Nurse Nancy comes to Poulsbo Lions’ aid once again

POULSBO — The Poulsbo Noon Lions Club will once again prowl through the Poulsbo Armory May 27-28 as it hosts its semi-annual antique show. While the club’s pancake breakfast raised money for scholarships for North Kitsap High School students, proceeds from the antique show will help fund a myriad of other ongoing projects it is doing throughout the community, said event organizer Chuck Weaver. The show runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 27 and from noon to 5 p.m. May 28.

POULSBO — The Poulsbo Noon Lions Club will once again prowl through the Poulsbo Armory May 27-28 as it hosts its semi-annual antique show.

While the club’s pancake breakfast raised money for scholarships for North Kitsap High School students, proceeds from the antique show will help fund a myriad of other ongoing projects it is doing throughout the community, said event organizer Chuck Weaver.

The show runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 27 and from noon to 5 p.m. May 28.

“Nurse Nancy is returning and she has donated a $600 doll as a raffle item,” Weaver said.

Nurse Nancy is known throughout the Northwest for her repair and refurbishment of dolls and has a collection that reaches into the tens of thousands of dollars for single dolls, he said.

However, the famed collector is not the only dealer returning to the weekend event.

“Most everybody is coming back and they’re all excited about it,” Weaver said, noting that many of the dealers use antique shows as their primary source of sales.

The Lions continue to bring in something for everyone as each dealer represents a different segment of the antique market, he said.

While the pancake breakfast required a bevy of volunteers, only three or four Lions will be needed to ensure this show runs smoothly, he said.

Past shows have averaged proceeds of about $2,000 each, so the club anticipates at least matching that mark with the Memorial Day weekend event, he said.

“All of the money goes to support the numerous local projects we’ve got going on and there’s a ton of them,” he said.

The event will mark the end of a fund-raising blitz as the Lions sponsored White Cane Days and tackled Viking Fest as well in the past month.

In the past, proceeds from the event, which is held twice a year on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, have helped sponsor representatives to the American Legion’s Boys and Girls State and with North Kitsap High School’s senior cruise, Weaver said.

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