News : Lions scrap metal drive exceeds expectations

The Vinton Lions Club and recycling business partner, A-Line, collected a large amount (and a wide variety) of scrap metal, at the fund-raiser culminated Saturday in Vinton. Many Lions Club members helped unload pick-up trucks and trailers full of bicycles, appliances, and many other metal items, including a small boat. The final tally of number of pounds collected and amount raised will take a while to compute, and a few more items remain to be collected. Yet, said Lions Club President Alan Woodhouse, the scrap metal drive exceeded expectations. The Lions filled eight 30-foot roll-out containers and one or two semi-trailers with appliances, including 100 from local appliance stores. A-Line will have to strip, sort and weigh everything before the Lions know exactly how much they were able to collect, and how much money this project raised.