District 19C Newsletter
“C” THE FUTURE;
July 2009
It’s In Our Hands
Incoming Zone Chairmen, VDG’s and incoming DG greet the District at the District 19C Banner Passing ceremony. Fifty year Yelm Lion Don Miller and PDG Bob Wolf, also of Yelm, cutting the ribbon for the rededication of the Yelm Lions Club’s historic cabin and meeting place.
DG John Doyle addressing the District at the District 19C Banner Passing.
Camp Leo Campers and PZC Art Weatherly enjoy the sun and some fishing at Camp Leo, one of our District’s premier projects.
WE SERVE
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DG’s Corner
Welcome to the 2009-2010 Lions year! It’s exciting to get started on yet another Lions year, where there are so many possibilities, and so many great Lions in our district to bring those possibilities to reality. Before we get started on the new year, I’d like to express my gratitude to Immediate Past District Governor John Doyle for the great job he did last Lion year. His personal leadership style and his commitment to the health and welfare of our clubs fostered a culture of trust and confidence that was truly exceptional. He was a great mentor to me, personally, which is a role that he will continue to fill through the coming year as my Senior Advisor on the district cabinet. My thanks also go out to last year’s Zone Chairpersons, LEMPR&R committee and the many district cabinet members who did such a great job. Without their insight and willingness to dig in and tackle the tough issues, our district would not have achieved nearly as much as we did. Finally, I offer my sincere gratitude to all the club officers and individual Lions in our district. You are the most important people in Lionism and you all did amazing jobs. The projects you carried out last year were inspirational. Your service to your communities was exceptional. I couldn’t be prouder to step into the role of District Governor for a group of Lions so dedicated to helping others. The district theme for the coming year is, “C the Future; It’s in Our Hands”. Your Zone Chairpersons and 2009-2010 district cabinet members are dedicated to helping you realize the bright future that you envision for your clubs. We will do all in our power to make the bright promise of your tomorrows a reality for you today. You are already members of a class district. Even so, I challenge each of you to step it up a notch next year, by extending yourselves even further to help those in need. Whatever hours and dollars your clubs contributed last year, I challenge you to beat them by 10% in the coming year. Whatever your club’s size today, I challenge you to invite more “hands” into your club to make your expanded service to your community a reality. Together we can do it. Together, we can “C the future”, and make it a reality now! Welcome to the New Lion Year. Together, we will make it a great one! Your partner in Lionism, DG Dave
LEMPR&R Team News
The LEMPR&R team for this coming Lions year met for the first time at the BCG Kickoff planning meeting in Everett on June 6. It was a time for us to become familiar with the District goals that our District Governor Dave Pratt has set forth for the coming year. There will be a couple of new additions to this year's team with the addition of a Service Chair and a Training Chair. There will be a new approach to how some of the meetings will be conducted to save on expenses in these difficult economic times. Some of the LEMPR&R meetings will be a part of the District Cabinet meetings like in July, and in August it will be a part of the District Planning Meeting on August 15. We will have face to face meetings at least once a quarter and other meetings in between will be done by conference calls. This year's LEMPR&R team will be the six zone chairs, Leadership: PDG Bill Ellis, Extension: Iris Young, Membership: Jack Ford, Public Relations: Ed Kane, Retention: Jan McCaffrey, Service: Sharon Sikes and Training: PZC Ron Smircich. 1st VDG Dan Comsia will be the facilitator for the team and 2nd VDG Rick Drury will also be on the team. We have some ambitious goals for the coming year that will be shared in this column in the coming months. We encourage clubs to call on these Lions for presentations or for help that you might need. VDG Dan Comsia
Dave Pratt, Jr. (Jacqueline) Yelm Lions (H) 360-400-1746 (C) 360-791-6531 19C.DGDave@comcast.net
District Governor
Jacqueline Pratt (Dave) Yelm Lions (H) 360-400-1746 LionJ.Pratt@comcast.net
Cabinet Secretary
1st Vice District Governor
Dan Comsia (Cheryl) Lakewood First Lions (H) 253-840-0116 (W) 253-284-9061 (C) 253-208-9536 dancomsia@comcast.net Rick Drury Lakewood First Lions (H) 253-761-3118 (C) 253-740-8518 rdrury03@gmail.com
Sandy Johnston (David) Shelton Lions (H) 360-898-3800 (C) 360-490-8970 ssj@hctc.com
Bulletin Editor
2nd Vice District Governor
Dist. 19C Website www.md19clions.org
New Email Address for DG Dave - Effective July 1, 2009 19C.DGDave@comcast.net
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A New Lions Leadership Beginning
PDG Bill Ellis, Leadership Chair lionellis@aol.com
Membership
Jack C. Ford, Membership Chair
Leadership is new each year in Lions. We have a new president at International, new Council chairman in MD19, a new governor in District 19C, a new zone chairperson in each zone, and a new president in each Lions Club. Although our organization is long established, we get a new beginning to help us keep fresh. A great beginning is for the club president to understand that it is a new start. At the first of the year is time to look at the club’s strengths and opportunities for improvement. It is time for getting acceptance of new goals for the club. John C. Maxwell wrote. “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” The president’s customers are the club members. They will accept the leader because of the position, but they accept long term because the president cares about the members. Caring and communication are basic skills within everyone’s capability. We just need to be aware of what we are doing to be effective with our members who are all volunteers. Also, we can attend all the training we can to be more effective. Leadership training is available to all presidents. We will have make-up sessions for officer training for those who did not attend the two May sessions. Contact me or your zone chairperson when you are available in next two months. Officer training is a requirement for club President’s Excellence Award. We will have a presidents’ roundtable in September. Sign up for the Lions Leadership Institute to be held February 4-7, 2010 in Wenatchee, WA. We guarantee that you will get your money’s and time’s worth. The instructors and staff only purpose is for you to be completely satisfied. Go to the website at www.nwlionsleadershipinstiture.org for the registration application. Lions in Multiple District 19 who have not attended an institute in the past can apply for a 50 percent scholarship.
As we enter the 2009 - 2010 Lion’s year, I have established a “banner” to illustrate what we expect to achieve in regards to Lion Membership – “The Year for Revitalization Through Pro-Active Pursuit of Growth to Prepare for the Future!” Proactive growth requires exploitation of the synergism between membership and retention to achieve a net gain of members within Multiple District 19C. This requires membership and retention to work hand-in-glove to achieve this goal. I shall be working closely with Jan McCaffrey, Retention, to insure we fully exploit the synergism and flow the “best-of-the-best” down through the Zones, Clubs, and most importantly to the current Lion members. Current members are the key to Club membership growth. When I accepted the invitation to become the MD19C Membership Cabinet Member, I accepted to serve knowing that with only 2 1/2 years in Lions it was going to be a challenging learning experience to perform my assigned responsibilities. I have, from past experiences, learned the only way to be successful is to communicate, communicate, communicate. The key to effective communication is to listen, listen, listen. Therefore, my first action is to visit with each Club to listen and learn how I can favorably impact on the Club’s pursuit of membership growth by working with the Club Membership Chairman. I currently see two areas that are prime candidates for revitalization of membership growth. The first is branding. Lions are not currently broadly known within the communities as to the impact of Lion’s pursuit of We Serve through the programs and services provided to the local community. The key is effective communications to let the general population understand what Lionism is all about and we have fun doing it. The second is mentoring. Effective mentoring of new members supports both membership growth and retention. In the planning stages is a Membership Growth Workshop for all zone and club membership chairpersons to be held in the Fall.
Good News Alert!
NW Lions Leadership Institute Flier
(See Separate Newsletter Attachment)
PZC Art Weatherly, recently severely injured in a tree trimming accident, is being released from the hospital! Art will be transferred to Mother Joseph’s in Lacey for about a month, for recuperation. He is accepting visitors. Art’s morale is high. He and wife Jan send their regards and thanks to the many well-wishers and supporters around the district.
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Let’s Remember the Basics
Parley Applegate, Zone Chair, 19C1 I have only been a Lion for five years and already I find myself slipping – I forget why I joined. I joined to serve my community and the Nation in which I am a part. I worked most of my life and now that I am retired, I felt that I owed something to the community and Nation that supported me during that time. I was thrilled that I could give something back. I would fall asleep each night feeling good about the things that I had done for others. Then “organization” crept in and I almost forgot why I was here. Lions out of necessity are highly organized. How else could you account for 1.3 million members and 45,000 clubs? How else could you ensure that the Lions name is protected and well thought of? How else would you promote Lionism? But that same organization can be a two edged sword. The very complexity of the organization can overwhelm an almost new member and they will become discouraged in the confusion. They hear things like “zone”, LCI”, “district”, “multiple district”, “PZC”, “VDG”, etc. Someone said you have to learn to speak “Lions”. The Lions get in too much of a hurry to say what they want to say and use these terms to library. We all know this and tell each other we have to use the full name when we speak, but we still don’t. Then there are committees, cabinets, advisories, and other facets of the organization. Most of the time we can’t even map out what the “Lions” organization looks like. I wonder how many good Lions members are “past Lions” because of the complexity of the organization? But more important, we get so wrapped up in what we are doing that we forget why we are doing it. Do you really remember why Melvin Jones asked his friends to join him? Like me and hundreds of others, we want to give back to our community. The whole purpose of organizing, of joining, and all the other stuff that Lions do is to “serve”. Yes, I am slipping. I get so involved in doing my things as zone chair that I am beginning to forget that I became a Lion to serve. Sure, I still serve. I serve each club that is in my zone and I tell myself that I serve the clubs so they can serve their community. Then I visit the clubs and find that they have kind of put “serving” on a back burner. Instead, they are more concerned about “Where are we going to find the next speaker for our meeting?”, “How are we going to get new members?”, “Who is going to be president?”. Although they have thoughtfully selected several well deserving projects to practice “servicing”, they spend more time on
selecting a uniform, or participating in fun and games. Organization, it is just that – a two edged sword. Wake up! Remember why you are there? Build your meetings around “service”. Everything else will fall into place.
Dave Risley, IT Chair - webmaster@md19clions.org
By the time you read this it will be a whole new Lions year, the new roster book should be ready to print, and I'll be packing for the International Convention in Minneapolis. Since many of our clubs still do not have web pages, I'll start the year by reminding you that every once in a while a visitor or a new member tries to find you on the web. Your club looks more inviting and community oriented if those people find something that is current and describes what you do. Pictures are still worth a thousand words and can show how Lions have fun while working in their communities. Have you ever googled your club? You might be very surprised at what you find. Don't want to manage a website? Afraid of the blog? Join Facebook and create a group, join mySpace, or Twitter and just provide regular updates about what's going on. With luck, next month I'll have some great info about LCIs new web hosting plan. It might be an alternative to some who just don't want LionWAP – which is still a great place to create a website. Until next month, keep on roaring.
District Web Page: www.md19clions.org
Extension
Formula for Success: 1 Sponsoring Club + 2 Guiding Lions + 20 Briefed New Members = 1 Successful New Club We’re looking for these elements…
Iris Young, 19C Extension Chair tomatonj@aol.com
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NWLFSH Health Screening Unit
PZC Mary Jo Cady, District C Trustee
Scheduling the Lions Health Screening Unit: Several things to consider before making a request:
Do you have a Project Officer? This is the point of contact for the Northwest Lions Foundation and the main organizer of the LHSU visitation. Do you have adequate volunteers to host the LHSU? 6 per shift for public; 5 per shift for schools! Do you have the club funds to host an LHSU visit or do you know of a group who is willing to sponsor the visit? Can you adequately promote an LHSU free health screening? Do you have a location in mind that will provide sufficient foot traffic and visibility? Do you have alternate screening dates in mind? Weekends in the summer and the first four months of the school year are in high demand.
Local Sponsorships/Gifts: A “We Need Your Help!” message The Foundation encourages you to ask for in-kind support of the LHSU's visit. Gifts and/or sponsorships from area businesses will help offset the operational costs (more than $150,000/year) of the LHSU. This may include hotel stays and/or meals within your community. For further information contact Alex Conn, NWLFSH, at 1-206-682-8500 or PZC Mary Jo Cady at 360-4260340.
HSU Schedule - July 2009
11-12 Cornucopia Days Downtown Kent 2nd Ave. & Gowe St. Kent, WA 98032 Children’s Support Servs. Kelso, WA Public 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Public Kent Lions
14 18 24-25 31
Longview Pioneer Lions Chinook Pass Lions Ferndale Lions Queen AnneMagnolia Lions
Public Public Public
Practical Considerations:
LHSU visits are scheduled by general area to reduce travel time and vehicle wear-and-tear. Lions Clubs and organizations sponsoring a visit are encouraged to schedule screenings in and around similar areas to reduce travel and increase the likelihood of more requests being fulfilled throughout the year! Cost The daily fee of $150 is applicable to all screenings or visits, whether school or public screenings, conventions, parades, etc. This fee is payable at the time of the visit and should be given to the driver, payable to "Northwest Lions Foundation." Electrical Requirements Minimum: Two separate plug-ins (120 volt, 20 amps). There are ample cords to make the connections. LHSU generator will be used when electrical hookups are not available. Space Requirements The LHSU is 62 feet long, 11 feet high, and 8.5 feet wide. Reserve sufficient room for placement and visibility. Volunteers and Training The Project Officer will recruit the appropriate number of volunteers, which may vary depending on the site (school or public). Public screenings normally require a minimum of 6 volunteers per shift, and school screenings require a minimum of 5 volunteers per shift. All volunteers must arrive 30 minutes prior to the scheduled opening to receive training from the LHSU Manager.
1st Cabinet Meeting – July 14
Tillicum Community Center
14916 Washington Ave. SW, Lakewood, WA 98498 6:30 – 7:00 p.m. – Social & Dessert: 6:30 p.m. 7: 00 – 8:30 p.m. Cabinet Meeting Cost: $5 per person, includes a selection of desserts,
coffee, tea and water 50/50 Raffle w/half to the winning person and half to the clubs present
RSVP to DG Dave at 19C.DGDave@comcast.net or call 360-400-1746
Dist. Cabinet Planning Retreat Saturday, August 15
Seattle Museum of Flight (Next to Boeing Field, South of Seattle) 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Working Session 4 – 6 p.m. Dedicated Walking Time Lunch is on your own in the Café and around the museum (Approx. $5-$7)
Details in August Newsletter
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From May ‘09 - LCIF Newsletter:
Dear Lion, During my time as Chairperson I have made a conscious effort to elevate the awareness of the Lions Quest program. I would like to share a story with you about Lions Quest that demonstrates the impact of the program on youth. Mrs. Megquier, better known as Ashley by Mrs. Hart's fifth grade class, was teaching Lions Quest at an elementary school located in Maine. Throughout the year the class worked on an environmental community service project. Though the project was useful and fun, the important life lessons Ashley taught to the class through the program were much more significant. Lions Quest taught the students about friendship, trust, respect for others and positive decision making. The program brought the class together, showing them what difficulties their fellow class members were experiencing. Lions Quest made the students realize that the feelings of other people matter as much as their own, and that itself is a life lesson. The success of the Lions Quest program is just one example of many Foundation's humanitarian initiatives. It is with great pride that I have served all of you as Chairperson, a year which I will never forget. Thank you for your continued support and dedication in the years to come. Best regards, Mahendra Amarasuriya, LCIF Chairperson
Lions Quest
State coach for national and world taekwondo championships. Richard graduated from Western Washington University with an MS in psychology. He was also a former probation officer with the District Court in Whatcom County, involved with counseling juveniles and adult probation. Richard recently completed the Lions Quest training in Sedro Woolley in May. But the gift Richard brings to District 19 C and Lions Quest is found in his quote, “I love to teach, empower and help people achieve their dreams.” Please welcome Lion and Master Richard Na as the new co-chair for Lions Quest. You can contact Richard at richardna@comcast.net or myself at 253-840-0116 or tahoma@comsia.net. Sincerely, Cheryl Comsia 19C Lions Quest Co-chair
District C Pilots the New MD-19 Faculty Development Program
PZC Ron Smircich, Dist. C Training Chairperson MD-19 Faculty Chairperson
The newly initiated MD-19 Faculty Development program will begin on August 1. The eight hour block of instruction will be held at the Greater Lakes Mental Health Facility in Lakewood and will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The training will be an abbreviated version of the LCI Faculty Development Course taught at the LCI Faculty Development Institute. Course materials will include presentations skills, visual aids, interactive learning, adult learning characteristics, and lesson design. The purpose of the training is to develop trainers who will provide five to twenty minute training sessions at the club level on a large variety of subjects of interest to Lions members. The goal is to have at least one trainer per Zone. Attendees will receive a MD-19 Certificate of Training for completing the course. Persons interested in attending should contact the new incoming Zone Chairpersons.
----Greetings District 19C:
As we head into the 2009-2010 Lions year, I would like to take a moment to introduce you to my new co-chair for Lions Quest. Our district covers a wide area, and our clubs meet at various times of the day and week. In order to help meet your needs District Governor Dave Pratt found a wonderful Lion to help spread the news about Lions Quest. It is my pleasure to introduce you to Richard Na from the Lacey Mid-Day Lions club. He is a Grand Master Instructor of Taekwondo and oversees 15 affiliate schools in 5 states and teaches at the headquarters school in Lacey, WA. He has been practicing martial arts for 43 years. Master Na is a Washington
White River Valley Lions Awarded
19C Environment Project Contest Trophy
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse, Rethink, Reconsider
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Our New First Lady
by PZC Mitzi Ludwig, Roving Reporter
Here are some of her other favorites: Favorite Food – chocolate, especially dark chocolate; Favorite Color – blue and Favorite Flower – daisies. Welcome new First Lady. We love you!
Lion Jacqueline Eileen Pratt
Jacqueline was born and raised in Seattle and graduated from Chief Sealth High School. She attended Washington State University where she met her husband, our District Governor, Dave Pratt. She was majoring in Environmental Science. An advisor told her to change her major because there was no future in Environmental Science. Jacqueline was obviously way ahead of the times. Jacqueline working at Camp Leo Jacqueline and DG Dave moved quite a few times because he was in the military. When they were in Massachusetts she got her degree as a Veterinarian Technician. She took the exam to be a technician at Cornell University, so she jokes about getting a degree from Cornell. She worked for 10 years as a Veterinarian Technician in many states including Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, Alaska (she’s been to the North Pole), and Washington. You might be wondering how they ended up in Yelm. DG Dave’s last tour of duty, before he retired, was at Fort Lewis. They moved to Yelm because they had driven through there a few times and liked it. They liked it so much they’re still there. Lucky for us! Jacqueline became a Lion in February, 1999 and she has been very busy ever since. She has been Secretary/Treasurer for her club (Yelm Lions), advisor to the Yelm Branch Club, Treasurer for Camp Leo for 5 years, Secretary for the LERC, Secretary for four Zone Chairpersons (Mildred Henson, Dave Pratt, Curt Nelson and Ron Smircich), and she was the editor of the district bulletin for three district governors (Carl Freeland, Frank Paul and Ida Malone). Jacqueline was honored with a Melvin Jones Fellow in 2006. As you can see, she doesn’t have much time for her embroidery business. She also likes to travel. DG Dave and Jacqueline went to India for a friend’s wedding and ended up going to two Lions Clubs’ Charter Nights. They met Shyam Malpani, who is now an International Director. They will see him again at the International Convention in Minneapolis this July. Jacqueline’s hobbies include wild bird watching, reading, gardening, and animals. She and DG Dave have two dogs and a horse.
19C District Officers & Zone Chairs
2009 - 2010
District Governor
DAVE PRATT (Jacqueline) Yelm Lions Club C-6 14953 101st Way SE, Yelm, WA 98597 Res. (360) 400-1746 Bus. (360) 791-6531 Cell (360) 791-6531 Email: 19C.DGDave@comsast.net
1st Vice District Governor
DAN COMSIA (Cheryl) Lakewood First Lions Club C-1 th 307 6 Ave. NW, Puyallup, WA 98371 Res. (253) 840-0116 Bus. (253) 284-9061 Cell (253) 208-9526 Email: dancomsia@comcast.net
2nd Vice District Governor
RICK DRURY Lakewood First Lions Club C-1 PO Box 111402, Tacoma, WA 98411 Res. (253) 761-3118 Cell (253) 740-8518 Email: rdrury03@gmail.com
Zone Chairs
C-1 PARLEY (Ley) APPLEGATE
Lakewood First Lions Club 14515 Woodbrook Dr. SW Lakewood, WA 98439 Res. (253) 267-1004 (Orene) Email: p.apple@comcast.net
C-2 BILL ZIDEL
Olympia Capitol City Lions Club 5143 Blackfall Court NE Olympia, WA 98516 Res. (360) 438-3503
(Beth) Bus. (360) 790-7398 Fax. (360) 455-1888 Email: zidelrcsd@aol.com
C-3 PATRICK (Pat) TAYLOR
Auburn Lions Club 1812 4th Place NE Auburn, WA 98002 Res. (253) 833-9155
(Gloria) Cell (253) 880-5949 Email: lionpatrick@live.com
C-4 DAVE RISLEY
Poulsbo Noon Lions Club 23989 Dove Lane NW Poulsbo, WA 98370-7112 Res. (360) 930-2751 Email: davidrisley@comcast.net
C-5 DALE SWANSON
Eatonville Lions Club P.O. Box 716 Eatonville, WA 98328 Res. (253) 970-6673 Email: dalebo2007@aol.com
C-6 NICHOLAS (Nick) MURPHY
(Sugar) Lacey Sunrise Lions Club Bus. (360) 438-2335 3512 Morse Merryman Rd. SE Olympia, WA 98501 Email: nmurphyrmis@comcast.net Res. (360) 491-6262
Full Cabinet List - In August Newsletter
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Happenings Around Dist. 19C
Apple Sales Near
Thank you so much for your help with the 2008 Fall Apple Sale. It was a success. We would never have made it without you.
Sheet Metal Students Help Lakewood First Lions Refurbish Old Newspaper Dispensers About 300 old
Seattle P-I newspaper dispensers were salvaged by the Lakewood First Lions Club and under an agreement with Bates Technical College are now being refitted by students in Sheet Metal Technology. The refurbished newspaper dispensers will serve as donation drop off boxes for eyeglasses, cell phones and hearing aids. The Lakewood First Lions Club is offering two $500 scholarships annually to students in Sheet Metal Technology through the Bates Technical College’s foundation. The students work on the boxes as work-study students, after class so they are not missing vital instruction and classroom time. Lakewood First Lions will place the newly refurbished donation boxes in high-traffic areas, such as Sam’s Club, Costco, cellular phone stores and Wal-Mart.
Before folks leave for the summer, I want to make sure your club wishes to continue selling those wonderful apples in the Fall of 2009. We are getting calls from area Lions Clubs wishing to become part of the sale. If your club has decided to bow out this year, please let me know so we can make space for the interested clubs. One suggestion in recruiting an apple chair is to make sure they have access to email. As the sale comes closer, more and more communication is required and email does that so well. Please confirm your apple chairperson as soon as you can. Send me the confirmation with the chairperson’s email address. Looking forward to working with the great Lions-don't we have fun? More in August, Lynda Lovely-Wright, Olympia Host Lions Email Address: lovelywright@yahoo.com
Federal Way Lions Fifth Annual Scholarship Classic Car Show – Saturday, August 22 from 9:00 a.m. to
4 p.m. at the Federal Way Commons Sears Parking Lot. Free to the public! Federal Way Lions will have great public raffle prizes. A grand prize of $500 will go to one lucky car participant. Federal Way Lions are selling award sponsorships at $150; $100 & $50. Contact PZC Bob Darrigan at 253-874-4282 or IPP Mike Persha at 253-838-8677 to be a sponsor.
Enumclaw Lions Club Receives WASA Honorary Award For their ongoing commitment to the
education of students in the Enumclaw School District, the Enumclaw Lions Club received the 2009 Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) Honorary Award. The Enumclaw Lions have been presenting dictionaries to all third graders in the Enumclaw School District for the past four years. The Enumclaw Lions have delivered between 800 and 1,000 dictionaries each year. This project emphasizes the club’s commitment to the children of the Enumclaw community and to the importance of education and literacy. Congratulations!
federalwaylions.org for further details.
Visit Federal Way Lions Website at Thank You!
Visit University Place Lions Fireworks Tent at 40th & Bridgeport in University Place
starting Sunday, June 28 at noon and going thru the 4th of July, everyday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. If you want to purchase fireworks this year, please come and support the University Place Lions. This is their big fundraiser for the year. If you are a Lion and make a purchase from them, please let them know you are a Lion. They are then able to put that money into their administration fund. Tell your
Rainier Lions Club Sells Peaches, Pears & Nectarines
Again this year Rainier Lions are sponsoring the sale of delicious tree-ripened, hand-picked and packed Yakima Peaches, Pears and Nectarines. 20 lb boxes of Peaches or Nectarines are $22 each and 20 lb. boxes of Pears are only $20 each. Contact your local coordinator or call Rod Mitchell at 360-446-5385 to place your order. All orders must be in and paid for by the 5th of August for delivery shortly thereafter. Call and reserve your order
friends and neighbors…. tell them to come support the Lions.
Today!
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Lions Club Day
w/the TACOMA RAINIERS Sunday, July 26th 2009
CHENEY STADIUM- TACOMA RAINIERS VS. LAS VEGAS 51S SUNDAY JULY 26TH, 2009 @ 1:30 P.M.
$15 TICKET
Tickets are $15. For that price, you will also receive: 1) Voucher good for a hot dog, chips, and soda 2) Limited edition Rainiers baseball cap!
OR $9.50 TICKET
For that price, you will also receive: your ticket to the game with your group, food voucher good for a hot dog, chips, and soda. Scoreboard Recognition for each Club Your Lions Club will be welcomed on the scoreboard during the game! Family Fun with Rhubarb and Base Running Run Kids can join Rhubarb for a run around the field in the 4th inning! Families with children can run the bases directly following the game! Payments can be made through each club or directly through Lindsay Enger Gates open an hour prior to the start of the game @ 12:30 P.M. *Parking in the Rainiers lot is $5 per car
For Questions: contact Lindsay Enger at (253) 722-1038 or LENGER@TACOMARAINIERS.COM
Dist. 19C DG’s Visitation Schedule
July & August 2009
(as of 6/14/09)
July 14 – 6:30 p.m. July 23 – 8:00 a.m. August 3 – 7:00 p.m. August 11 – 12:00 p.m. August 13 – 7:00 p.m August 15 – 8:30 a.m. August 19 – 12:00 p.m. August 19 – 7:00 p.m. August 20 – 7:00 a.m August 20 – 7:00 p.m. August 25 – 7:00 p.m. August 26 – 7:00 p.m. August 28– 6:00 p.m. August 29
District Cabinet Meeting Tillicum Community Center Camp Leo Visit Camp Leo, Shelton Puyallup South Hill DG Visit Hanger Inn, Airport, Puyallup Bonney Lake Lions DG Visit Windermere Real Estate, Bonney Lake Mineral Lake Lions DG Visit Mineral Fire Hall, Mineral Dist. Cabinet Planning Retreat Museum of Flight, Seattle Bremerton Central Lions DG Visit Elks Lodge, Bremerton Key Peninsula Lions DG Visit Civic Center, Vaughn Lacey Sunrise DG Visit Hawk’s Prairie Restaurant, Lacey Roy Lions DG Visit Roy Saloon Olympia Capitol City DG Visit Shipwreck Café, Olympia Puyallup Lions DG Visit Mrs. Turner’s Restaurant, Puyallup ZC Gathering Bill Zidel’s House DG Down Time – NO Appointments
Deadline for submission of newsletter information – 20th of each month (July 20)
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