Save the Pool
A vital part of North Carroll for more than 60 years needs your help. The cornerstone Lineboro-Manchester Lions Club Community Pool was built to provide a safe place to learn how to swim and has served generations of families.
Today, the beloved Lions Club Community Pool faces critical structural repairs. Without urgent support, this community treasure may not fully operate past the 2026 season. Help preserve a space that has given so much to so many.
From Our Chairman
Regarding our community swimming pool, our Lions club has been fortunate that members of the “Greatest Generation” of Americans had a vision for our North Carroll community for a safe place for children and families to swim, get swimming lessons, be on the swim team and have family fun. In addition, we have hired many young teens as lifeguards for a first job. This community pool as well as the youth baseball fields are an asset to our community where many have made lifelong relationships. We are pleased to continue to see the pool and ball fields being used in the community.
While the community has changed over the years and the financial model needs to be modified, we nevertheless need to maintain this valuable community asset for future generations. We do not receive any direct funds from the government and have been self-sustaining for more than the past 65 years. I have been a member for more than 45 years and have seen many changes over the years. I am committed along with our Lions Club to Saving our Lions Pool for future generations.
As a result of substantial losses since covid, we have embarked on a major fundraising effort to raise substantial funds now -- first and foremost to fix the dive pool after this season with plans to tend to other necessary improvements soon after. Our goal is $100K this year and another $100K next year for reserves and other betterments. As we all know, costs for everything have gone up, including costs to operate the pools and the facility.
As of writing this letter, we have raised $32,203 towards our 2026 goal of $100K. We are confident and hopeful that our community will respond to our financial appeal. Our total goal of $200K over two years is lofty, but achievable. If you look at it as small steps, if 2,000 people donate $100 each or 4,000 people donate $50 each, the goal is met. That should be possible as we believe the community cares enough to save this community asset for the future.
To learn more about our history, please browse our website. You can donate by sending a check made out to the Lineboro Manchester Lions Charitable Foundation Inc., mailed to PO Box 27, Manchester, MD 21102-0027. You can also donate electronically through our GoFundMe on our website. Your donation is tax-deductible as the Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Please give serious consideration to donating. Thank you in advance for your support.
Save Our Lions Pool!
Lion Wayne Miller
Chairman Fundraising Committee
Lineboro-Manchester Lions Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Pool History
1960's
Build a Pool
In 1957, the Lineboro-Manchester Lions Club first built the pool for safety, not just recreation. At the time, too many local children were drowning in nearby ponds and rivers.
The community came together with a simple but powerful mission: create a safe place where families could gather, where children could learn to swim, and where lives could be protected.
1990's
Swim Team
In 1995, Dan Bressler formed the North Carroll Sea Lions swim team. In the early 2010's, Coaches Mike and Cindi Federline led the team from Division VII to Division III, winning back-to-back Divisional Championships.
Federlines still coach the North Carroll Sea Lions today.
2000'S
Lap Pool
The Lions Club expands with the addition of a lap pool on the east wing of the facility.