Welcome to all
our (2014) new Lions. We are extremely proud to have you with us.
Guests at our October 28 dinner meeting, Past District
Governor Lion Paul Lindstrom & wife
Lion Pat Lindstrom, Leaf River Lions Club, introduced their own
special guest, Kathleen Breen from Leader
Dogs for the Blind in Rochester Hills, Michigan.
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Ms. Breen and her young dog, "Laker", showed
us some of the many things that their program for leader dogs does to alter
behavior before a dog can be placed with someone who has
vision loss. Freeport Lions has been and continues to be a strong supporter of
Leader Dogs for the Blind. The winner of the 50/50 raffle for the evening was the "Laker" who promptly donated his winnings to his sponsoring organization!
ADDITIONAL GUESTS on October 28 were Past
District Governor/International Director Lion Russ Sarver
and his wife, Lion Sue Sarver, Durand Lions Club. Lion Sue nominated Andrew “Andy” Skinner, to be a member
of Freeport Lions Club. The motion was seconded and the vote was unanimous to
accept the nomination. WELCOME ALL !
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| PID Russ Sarver, inducts new member Andy Skinner as his sponsor, Lion Sue Sarver, fastens a member pin to Andy's shirt, while Lion sponsor Rick Eastman and new member Jim Medendorp look on. |
It was great
to have Lion Sue Sarver of the Durand
Lions Club present an application to sponsor Andrew "Andy" Skinner to join our club as PID/PDG Russ Sarver led the ceremony inducting Lions Andy
and Jim Medendorp into our club.
The event marked Lion Sarver’s 30th
New Member Sponsorship! Lion Medendorp was Lion Rick Eastman’s 3rd sponsored new member in 2014!
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
October was
a very busy month for our club with Candy Day, rose sales and Rose Day. It was,
again, a very successful month with all of our good Lions volunteering.
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| Lions Terry Anderson and Dennis Zimmerman sort roses for delivery drivers in the shop of Good People Automotive. |
Lions Rose
Day chairperson, Joe Serafini, also reported
another great Rose Day. Club members sold a total of 547 dozen roses and received another $90
in unsolicited donations. Super salesman, Lion Terry Anderson, sold an amazing 196 dozen roses this year! Thank you to all of our members, donors and volunteers! It takes active members, caring
citizens, and volunteer students to enable this club to be successful
in helping those who are disabled or less fortunate.
It also takes extra personal time to deliver roses. Thanks to this year's delivery route drivers, Brian Burke, Roland Caruso, Jim Medendorp, Terry Anderson, Bert Kersten, Paul Rampenthal, Jack Grigsby, David Snyders, Dennis Zimmerman, Leo Bonin, Joe Serafini and volunteer Cowman. Lions Joe Serafini, Paul Rampenthal, Dennis Zimmerman and Terry Anderson drove 100 mile routes to get the job done.
Special Rose Day thanks also go to Lion Rick Eastman, owner of Eastrich Printing for ticket and poster printing, the Journal-Standard for advertising and publishing articles, Event Floral of Loves Park for supplying flowers, and Gordy Tormohlen of Good People Automotive for acting as a ticket sales site and honoring his father's long time tradition of providing his facility as our distribution site, including free coffee.
Candy Wrappers
The total collected for Candy Day on October 3 & 4 this year was less than last years' record amount but was still one of our best years.
Many, many a "Thank you" to the 28FHS students who volunteered their free time, to all good Lion volunteers, and especially to chairperson Lion Terry Anderson. Thank you to our officers and leaders who give countless hours every year to get the rest of us organized.
Many, many a "Thank you" to the 28
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TO ALL !
Special thanks to my fellow Freeport Lions who
stepped up to deliver roses for me on the day of my mother’s funeral. Thank you
also for your prayers for our family and for your good thoughts and deeds. – Lion Rich Montgomery
CLUB HISTORY NOTES: By Lion Duane Smith
Thirty
years ago when the Freeport Lions Club collected donations for Candy Day things
were a little different in our town. We collected at sites of heavy pedestrian traffic
such as big grocery stores like we do now and at what was then a brand new and
very busy Lincoln Mall. Many Lions were assigned to the downtown area where major
banks and such as the F. W. Woolworth and S. S. Kresge department stores
brought people to town. A few brave Lions even stood in the busy intersections
of major streets. Many community changes have occurred over the years, and so have the number and locations of Lions donation
sites. Where do you suppose our club will be collecting in thirty years?
Notable Quotes:
· "The only thing necessary for
the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."- Edmund Burke
· "Always keep your words soft
and sweet just in case you have to eat them.” – Andy Rooney
· "If you lend someone $20 and never
see that person again, it was probably worth it." –Kahlil Gibran
· “We could
learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while
others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live
together in the same box.” - Robert Fulghum (author/pastor)
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