Community Assets: Lisa Foos, a busy mom with ties across Bellevue and Clyde
The school district's executive assistant, funeral home partner and mother of five volunteers with her church, the hospital auxiliary and Thankful Hearts.
Lisa Foos of Bellevue says her community work is not about her. It is about what she can do to make a difference for other people.
By day she is executive assistant to the superintendent of Bellevue City Schools, which is building two new schools. She is also part of the family business, Foos & Foos Funeral Services, which is building a new funeral home in Clyde.
Her volunteer list is long. She and her family are active at Immaculate Conception Church and in Activities Plus, a women’s service group that helps people in need. She works with the Bellevue Hospital Auxiliary, the Ladies Hatbox Auction and the Rec Club, and as a Clyde Lions Club member she helps at the Clyde Fair and the club’s chicken barbecue.
Foos, her husband, Brian, and their five sons volunteer with Thankful Hearts, which serves a free meal twice a month. Each June the family prepares and serves a full dinner for 80 to 100 people. She said it teaches the boys about service and helps both towns be better places to live.
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