COURTESY PHOTO

Don Sweeney, secretary of the Great Bend Evening Lions, stands next to a broom stand at Pistol Pete’s Nuts and Bolts hardware store at 707 Washington St. in Great Bend. The Lions is a nonprofit service organization that helps people in need. The money raised from the broom sales is used to help local people in many ways, from buying eyeglasses to providing scholarships for high school graduates needing help with college tuition. For more information call 620-282-1343 or 620-282-2598.