LION TALK - MAY 2013

At the April 9th meeting Lion Darla Van Buskirk introduced guest speakers Barb Davis and Jamie Engle from The Cheese Market. This local business furnishes the cheese for our annual cheese sale fundraiser. After 3 years as a new business, they outgrew their location and are preparing for the Grand Opening of their new store location at 1791 South West Avenue on the east side of route 26 across the road from Applebee's and The Meadows Shopping Center. In addition to free samples in the store, they plan to do more activities such as make cheese curds and grill cheese related foods outdoors. Our guests brought a large variety of cheese samples for the members to sample so we could tell customers, from our own taste experiences, what certain cheeses taste like. There will be a cheese tour July 20^th at Famous Fossil Winery; sounds like fun. Most popular cheese is Baby Swiss, Butterkase and Havarti. We thank Barb and Jamie for the delicious samples and for answering our questions. Thanks Lion Darla for leading this program. She will have the all sales materials at our next meeting to kick off this annual project.

April 9, 2013, Communications/Announcements

• Lion Rick Eastman welcomed new granddaughter Cassandra on April 4th! That’s number 6 for Rick and wife Theressa. Congratulations to you both.
• Lion Rich Montgomery welcomed a son 39 years ago on April 12^th.
• Lion Joe Serafini welcomed two sons on this day April 9^th 31 and 34years ago. My how time flies!
• Our Twinning Project with the Kathmandu-Gliese Lions Club in Nepal is moving along thanks to Lion Rich Montgomery asking Lions Club International staff to officially recognize the project. Lion Richard asked us to think of things we might send the Kathmandu Lions to show who we are, what we do and what Freeport and the surrounding area is like. I'm sure we all have ideas that might be meaningful. Let Lion Richard hear about them.
• American Diabetes Association seminar to be held April 13 in Chicago. The brochure that was distributed by President Terry stated that 26 million Americans have diabetes and 79 million Americans are pre-diabetic. As many as 1 in 3 Americans are estimated to have diabetes by the year 2050 unless things are changed. If diabetes is not properly managed, it can lead to amputations, kidney failure, blindness, heart disease and stroke. The best health changes to make are healthy food choices and staying active.
• Lion Dave Snyders collected all Sight & Sound Tickets and says “thanks” for selling.
• District 1-D Convention April 4, 5 & 6 in Dixon - 6 Lions attended, was very enjoyable with several good breakout sessions.

 

Freeport Lions Shriver, Anderson, Serafini, Caruso and Pettis study materials at District 1-D Convention (Lion Montgomery photo)

 

 

 

 

 

 

• State convention is May 16 - 19 in Rockford
• Cub Foods Brat Stand - Lion Paul Rampenthal confirmed our club’s September 13 & 14 dates. Volunteer and mark your calendars!
• Thank you letter from University of Illinois Foundation for our $100 donation for 4-H youth development.
• Thank you letter from New Horizons Counselors Center for our $100 donation.
•  Lena Lions Club invitation on April 24 with meal at Beaches and meeting to follow at Lena Fire Station

April 9, 2013, Tail Twister -Lion Roland Caruso teased us with some cheese questions, which state has the most cheese factories? It was a trick question, why Wisconsin of course! Nice job, Lion Roland. You collected $18 for our Admin Account.

April 9, 2013, 50/50 raffle - tickets were sold by Lion Rick Eastman - $16.00 raffle winner was Joe Serafini and $16.00 goes to our Admin. Account.

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April 23, 2013, Meeting - Communications/Announcements –

• Lion Bert (Linda) Kersten just returned from a week in New Orleans. How many Hurricanes did you drink?
• Lion Rebecca Shriver is flying high as her daughter Marilyn is home for 4 days & they're having fun.
• Lion Rick Eastman submitted a great looking pin for the Lions of Illinois pin design contest. Good Luck!
• Twinning Program Update - thanks to Lion Rich Montgomery for his research and work. We are awaiting confirmation from Lions International & a patch for our club banner. Discussed sending our twin club in Nepal items from Freeport, i.e., Mrs. Mike's Chips; Freeport Pretzels, tee-shirts, etc. More to follow, any ideas, let us know.
• National Day of Prayer will be May 2, 2013.
• Lena Lions Fish Boil - 5/18 for good food/fun, don't miss this.
• Center for Sight & Hearing thanked us for our $500 donation.
• Parkview Nursing Facility asked our endorsement of their plans to add a 500-bed addition to their facility. The club gladly endorsed their plan.
• Congratulations to the Forreston Lions Club on their 50th Anniversary. We wish them many more years of service to their community.
• We received a thank you from the University of Illinois Extension for our $100 donation to their Youth Conference.
• A number of our club members will attend the Lena Lions Meeting on April 24th.
• A number of members are also planning to attend at least one day of the state convention being held at the Clock Tower Convention Center in Rockford May 18-19.
• President Terry informed us that a Freeport High School graduating senior has been awarded our $1000 Lions Scholarship this year (a young lady). She was chosen from 4 applicants who plan to attend Highland College. The award will be presented on May 23 and her name will be made public at that time.
• President Terry showed us a polo shirt with the Lions Logo which our club members could purchase for $20. This was another item that had been mentioned in the September 2012 survey responses.
• United Way sent a letter to the club explaining a plan to make a "Learning Trail" at the Willow Housing Complex, and requesting various levels of donations for construction. The project is planned to be a learning experience for the children who reside there or in the neighborhood. The Board voted to donate $250 to help create the children's' learning trail.
• The Board voted to purchase a $100 brick paver for the Leonard C. Ferguson Cancer Center’s “Garden Walk”. It will have "Freeport Lions Club We Serve" engraved on it.
• Lion Joe Serafini told us during our dinner meeting that Rose Day will be October 26th this year. He and Lion Rick Eastman have already been working on redesigning our sales tickets. He passed the new ticket around and asked for our ideas as well.
• Board voted to donate $300 for the RAMP - Wheel-a-thon event.

Following is a list of our special committees resulting from the September 2012 Survey Results.

MEMBERSHIP	SIGHT AND SOUND	PUBLICITY
Bert Kersten	Terry Anderson	Rich Montgomery
Kevin Grande	Roland Caruso	Rick Eastman
Brian Burke	Duane Smith	Rebecca Shriver
Troy Pettis

 ''SAY CHEESE'' SALES PROJECT REMINDERS

• Order Forms - Bottom (Pink) copy goes to the customer. Middle (Yellow) copy to be kept by Lion salesperson until June 25 and then turned in to Lion Darla. TOP (White) copy turn in to Lion Darla at the June 11th meeting. June 11th is end of the sale. The Cheese Market will use the (most legible) WHITE copy to fill the orders.
• We deliver what we sell. Pick up and deliver your orders for delivery from the Cheese Market from Friday, June 21 thru Monday June 24. All orders should be delivered by meeting night, Tuesday, June 25, 2013

April 23, 2013, Old Business:

Lena Lions visit - Lions Terry Anderson, Dave Snyders & Angie Snyders, Bert Kersten, Darla Van Buskirk, Richard Montgomery, and Joe Serafini attended Lena's meeting 4/25. Nice dinner at Beach's and then we went to Lena Fire Dept. for informative history lesson, a short meeting then toured the Fire Station and their equipment. We had a great visit. President Terry invited their club to join us for our golf outing/steak fry 6/11 and they were excited. We will get them more information on costs/times.

April 23, 2013, 50/50 raffle drawing: Lion Rick Eastman conducted - $14.00 won by our Treasurer Kevin Grande Additional $14.00 to Treasurer for our Admin. Account.

April 23, 2013 Tail Twister - Lion Roland Caruso teased us with some water questions. Oceans/seas cover how much of earth's surface? 97%. Did you know you could live without food for over a month, but only a week without water. I'm thirsty - how about you? Nice job Lion Roland, and along the way you collected $15.00 for our Admin. Account.

NOTE: Both Raffle & Tail-Twister funds raised go to our Administrative Account to help offset our postage, supplies, added meal costs for attending Zone Meetings, etc. - Thanks to all Lions for contributing and helping!!!

Up-Coming Dates (mark your calendar):

May 14 - 6:00PM Regular Meeting

May 16-19 - State Convention - Rockford

May 28 - 5:30PM Board Meeting

May 28 - 6:30PM Regular Meeting

Jun 11 - Club golf outing/steak fry - we've invited Lena Lions to join us

Jun 25 - Installation of officers/Ladies Night

Aug 8 - District l-D Golf Outing - Wolf Hollow (more to follow)

Sep 13-14 - Cub Foods Brat Stand

These well-behaved attendees were looking for YOU at the 2013 District 1-D Convention in Dixon IL

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