Lions Take the Floor
Jun 24, 2024 02:57PM ● By Seti Long
GRIDLEY, CA (MPG) - The Gridley Community Center, also known as the Guardian Building, has recently had some work done to its kitchen floor courtesy of the Lions Club.
The building, located on the corner of East Spruce and Fairview Road in Gridley, is used for events from plays and performances to weddings. The large hall and kitchen make it ideal for dinners and drive-thru fundraisers.
The Gridley Lions Club uses the kitchen to dye thousands of Easter eggs for their annual fundraiser and has logged many volunteer hours cooking in it for community events.
Gridley Lion June Breitag shares that portions of the linoleum floor have become incredibly wrinkled, pulling away in waves from the cement subfloor.
There is also a large square drain on the floor located in a bad spot near a prep counter.
The Lions worked with local business Top Coat Concrete Coatings and Jeff Draper to have the unsightly linoleum removed and a durable concrete coating floor installed. The result was a soft blue-gray flake coated floor boasting slip-resistant qualities and an extremely long life.
Breitag shared with the Herald that excess firework fundraising monies helped pay for the floor which her fellow Lions said was best used for the community center project rather than just earmarking it for a single group or person.
The linoleum in the community center kitchen was beginning to ripple and become unsightly. Photo provided by Paul Breitag
“It (the community center) just serves so many people,” said Breitag.
The Herald spoke with Gridley High School Principal Rikki-Lee Burresch, who said that there had been no immediate plans to repair the bad floor.
“We are immensely grateful, especially given that this is a community building and it’s used by so many different organizations,” said Burresch.
The floor would not have been repaired for some time if the Lions hadn’t come forward with the project, according to Burresch.
In addition to the new coating, Ed White from GHS welding is having his students make grate covers for the drains that Lions have slipped into, creating a more aesthetic look to some existing floor panels.
