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JANUARY
THANK YOU LETTERS were received from RAMP for our club’s 2014 donation, and from School District 145 for our club’s
December donation to the Freeport High School Choir.
Member Communications: - Congratulations to Lion Elizabeth "Liz" Boyer, now known as Liz Moshure, who announced that
she was married to Justin Moshure on December 31, 2014 . What a nice way to ring in the New Year!
Lion Dave Snyders says
turning 60 is the new 40 but he did get new hearing aids shortly after that
birthday.
Keep Lion Duane Smith in our thoughts and prayers
as he continues to seek medical treatment.
We hope to see him soon at our club events.
Lion
Liz (Boyer) Moshure and Lion Roland Caruso both won monthly drawings
during 2014 in the District 1D Monthly Calendar Drawing Sweepstakes. The cost
for 2015 calendars is $25.00 with chances to win $50.00 multiple times. Three
calendar buyer winner names are drawn each evening on Monday, Wednesday and
Saturday. See Lion Joe Serafini to
get your calendars and your chance to win!
Our
Tail Twister events and 50/50 drawings at regular meetings continue to funnel
small donations from members and guests wallets and purses into the club
administrative account. Members and guests have fun while donating to worthy
causes.
The
Freeport Lions Club has a busy schedule in the coming months. See Calendar of Events further on for complete details.
Lion
Terry Anderson reported that in 2014 the Freeport Lions Club purchased 28 pairs of eyeglasses for requests from the
needy in our community at a club cost of over $1,200. Our club has purchased/subsidized
hundreds of pairs of glasses over the years. He and Lion Dennis Zimmerman are in charge of organizing and collecting our
mint candy sales (over $2,500 collected in 2014) to help subsidize the cost
of glasses. Candy sales and local businesses patrons who fill the collection
trays in sponsoring establishments are an important source of income for Lions
Club activities each year. It is an important job deserving a really BIG thank you to
both Lion Terry and Lion Dennis for all their efforts. THANKS!
Lion
David Snyders has booklets of Lions
of Illinois Foundation “Sight and Sound Sweepstakes” tickets
for Lions to either buy for themselves or to sell to the general public.
Contact Lion Dave unless he contacts you first for a donation. Cost is for a 3-ticket
book is $10.00 or $4.00 per ticket. Sales support Camp Lions
The
Freeport Lions Club’s 2nd Annual Car Show “Cruisin for a Cause”
is scheduled for May 9th on the Union Dairy property on Douglas Street in Freeport. Chairman Lion Rick
Eastman is working to get more sponsors. Lion Rick says we are seeking trophy/award
plaque sponsors @ cost of $25.00. More to come as to meetings and getting all
Lion's involved in seeking out sponsors. Rick said this year's show will include categories for motorcycles and trucks, so Get your motor runnin', Head out on the highway, Lookin' for adventure, In whatever comes our way!
THINK WARMER THOUGHTS - Again
this year, as we have done for many years, the Freeport Lions Club will help sponsor
a youth with special needs to attend Camp Lions Camp Lions Freeport
The Freeport Lions Club Scholarship Committee has given $1,000 scholarship application forms to the counselors at
NOTABLE
QUOTES:
· Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In
all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To
all the people you can, as long as you can. - John Wesley’s Rule
· “Kindness begets kindness evermore.” – Sophocles
· “What we are saying today is that you are either part
of the solution or you are part of the problem.” Eldridge Clever
· “Anger is a short madness.” Horace
· 02/10/15 - 6:00PM Regular Mtg – Eagle’s Club
· 02/24/15 - 5:30PM Board Mtg / 6:30 Regular Mtg - Eagle's Club
· 03/02/15 - 6:00PM Regular Mtg / 6:30 Zone Mtg at Eagle’s Club *
* PLEASE NOTE: The club’s previously
scheduled March 10th regular meeting was combined with the March 2nd
NW Central Zone meeting. This should ensure good attendance and minimize
exposure to January’s cold weather to attend another meeting.
· 03/07/15 - Ice Hogs
Game in Rockford IL Rockford
· Mid-April 2015 - Diabetes
Awareness Event TBA - Our club will participate in this world-wide effort. Lion
Brian Burke volunteered to chair an
awareness subcommittee to organize a community awareness event in mid-to-late
April. Contact Lion Brian if you would
like to help.
· 03/24/15 - 5:30PM Board Meeting / 6:30 Regular Meeting - Eagle's Club
· 04/10/15 - 2-day District
1D Convention - Radisson Hotel, Rockford IL
· 05/09/15 - 2nd Annual Car Show "Cruisin’ for a Cause"
· 06/09/15 - Golf Outing
& Steak Fry – Park Hills GC & Eagle’s Club
· 06/23/15 - 5:30PM Board Meeting / 6:30 Regular Meeting - Eagle's Club
· 07/14/15 – 6:00PM Regular Mtg, 2015-16 Officers Induction – Eagle’s Club
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