Westwood Lions 2011 Calendar to Show Westwood Pride

Residents of Westwood currently have the chance to be featured in an upcoming 2011 calendar.

As part of the first annual Westwood Lions Community Calendar contest, residents are able to submit photos of what they think show the more unique and interesting parts of Westwood.

"We've started posting signs for the contest, and the deadline is set to be August 15," said Bob DeVoy, the second vice president of the Westwood Lions Club.

The Lions Club plans to extend the deadline a bit in order to give contestants more time to submit their photos if need be, Devoy said.

After all the photos are submitted for the contest, DeVoy and other members of the Westwood Lions will sort through them to decide on the 12 best to cover the entire 2011 calendar year.  A grand photo winner will also be selected t0 appear on the cover of the calendar, which will be about six by eight inches in size.

"We are accepting all photos having to do with Westwood," DeVoy said. "It can be sports, graduation, anything."

Proceeds from sales of the calendars will benefit such groups as the High School Scholarship fund, Thanksgiving meals for the elderly, the Westwood Fire Department, and the Lions Club community Tot Lot located on Nahatan Street.

"All of the proceeds will go back into the community," DeVoy said.

Residents interested in entering photos for the calendar contest should send photos in an email attachment to photocontest@westwoodlions.org, or by mailing them to:

Photo Contest
P.O. Box 432
Westwood, MA 02090

Lions International is "an international network of 1.3 million men and women in 202 countries and geographic areas who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities around the world," according to the Westwood Lions website.