Spirit & Service Report

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1 Kansas Lions District 17-A Carleen Rajala, District Governor Shawnee Lions Club (h) /(c) September 2015 Volume 1, Issue 3 Kansas Lions District 17-A Spirit & Service Report A MESSAGE FROM DISTRICT GOVERNOR LION CARLEEN RAJALA Never let it be said that Lions of 17-A do the same old thing time after time. Notice the variety of activities from all over our district. We are preserving Dignity, creating Harmony and serving Humanity with creative ideas and interesting partnerships. Read on and be inspired!! Abilene Lions start every meeting shaking the hands of fellow Lions. Salina Sunflower Lions team up with the Assaria Lions to earn money by counting the number of certain types of vehicles that travel the inter-state on a given week-end. Clay Center supports a youth recreation program by purchasing T-shirts for participants. Wetmore Lions have taken recycling to a new level by using a semi-trailer. Hiawatha Lions support the local school by sponsoring a New Teachers Breakfast. Minneapolis Evening Lions don t worry about a lack of chickens for a Chicken Plop, they sponsor Cow Patty Bingo instead. Holton Lions prepare and serve a meal at the Sheriff s summer youth camp. Olathe Noon Lions furnish large print books for the library. Leavenworth Lions assist with the annual Buffalo Bill Day s Outhouse Race. Salina Noon Lions manage a local blood drive. Wakefield Lions sponsor a free community meal and also a teen dance. Brookville Ell Saline Lions enlist the help of the fire dept. and families to sponsor the annual Haunted House. Topeka Sunflower Lions earn money by working concessions at a sports park. Auburn Lions collect school supplies by sponsoring an ice cream social. I have to admit that one of my favorite activities is a new Junction City Lions drive to collect spaghetti, purchase local hot dogs and personally serve a meal to youth in the Phillipines. They have truly listened to Dr. Yamada s request that Lions reach out and help children of the world! INSIDE THIS ISSUE Leadership Scholarships VDG Leander VDG Weaverling... 3 KU Eye Insight Out... 4 Kansas Lions Sight Week.. 4 Club Helps & Info... 5 Dates & Deadlines... 6 Spirit & Service Awards... 6 SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST New Members Planned Club Activities Club Anniversaries

2 A VITAMIN A DAY HELPS THE CHILDREN PLAY Join D17-A in collecting children s vitamins for the Organization for the Development of the Indigenous Maya Guatemala. Please no expired vitamins or gummy-type vitamins. Bring your donations to any District 17-A Lions function. Questions? Contact Margy Sundstrom Margaret1226@gmail.com SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GPLII OR FORUM The District 17-A Past District Governors Club is making eight $200 scholarships available to qualifying District 17-A Lions who would like to attend the 2016 GPLLI (Great Plains Lions Leadership Institute) in Jamestown, North Dakota, in July or the USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum in Omaha, Nebraska, September Who may apply? For GPLLI--Any District 17-A Lion who has not yet served as district governor and plans to attend. For the Forum Any District 17-A Lion who has not yet served as district governor and has not previously attended a USA/Canada Forum. If you plan to attend, apply for one of the eight scholarships by to PDG Al Kimmi at aikimmi@rainbowtel.net once you have submitted your application for the event. Scholarships will be paid upon verified attendance of the event. NEW LIONS IN 17-A Welcome to the following new Lions joining in July (listed with sponsor). Bryce Hundley, Atchison, Catherine Miller Cory & Bethany Jackson, Atchison, Catherine Miller Brendan Wolvington, Atchison, Catherine Miller Billy Land, Horton, Thomas Reed Galin Stoychev, Kansas City Dowtown, Susan Lewis Kelly Stanfield, Lansing, Michael Sundstrom Bruce Davis, Leavenworth, Gerald Ayres Timothy & Teresa Bauer, Louisburg, Dave Maddax Bonita Hicks, Salina Downton, Randall Holm Michelle Wood, Shawnee, Carleen Rajala Pam Luthi, Topeka, Irene Haws Scott Souther, Topeka, Irene Haws Matthew Twaredowski, KU Eye Center, Dirck DeKeyser 2 FROM THE DESK OF YOUR 1ST VDG September means summer is over. Lions Clubs are in full Spirit and Service. The displayed origami crane represents longevity of members. Ken and I are looking forward to bringing DG Carleen s creative awards to the following clubs: Washington, Belleville, Minneapolis, Tescott, Barnes, Topeka Noon, Eudora, and Gypsum. Please come and learn about Dr. Yamada s theme and the Centennial Projects (vision, youth, hunger, and environment). DG Carleen had a successful first cabinet meeting in Junction City on August 8. District Lions, who attended, Thank you. CC Bev Greenwood presided at the First State Council meeting in McPherson the weekend of August Many Lions attended from all over the state. Notable upcoming 2015 events are September Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson and the Lions Mobile Screening Unit bus and September USA/Canada Forum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. All Lions members are invited to attend these events. Ken and I are inviting you to the Assaria Lions/Zone 10 breakfast at our home in Assaria on Saturday, September 5, at 7 a.m. This is DG Carleen Rajala s official visit and you are welcome to come and listen to her inspiring message. For more details call (785) In Lionism! Submitted by First Vice District Governor Linda Leander Assaria Lions Club leanderl@hometelco.net

3 ARE YOU UP FOR THE CHALLENGE? The Centennial Service Challenge Goal is to serve 100 million people by June As of July 16, 2015, 42 million people have been served: Youth 16M, Vision 7M, Hunger 8M and Environment 11M. These stats are updated weekly for all LIONS to view on To assist with the counting process, all club secretary s are being asked to report your clubs youth, vision, hunger, and environment projects in MYLCI service activities. Most clubs in our district completes at least 3 out of the 4 initiatives, so keep up the great work, and step outside of what you have always done and try a new project. Teamwork is of utmost importance. Along with completion of the four initiatives come recognition banners for those clubs who successfully complete their projects within the timeline given. Each club is eligible to receive four banners. All are different and distinct to each year of accomplishment. Download the information from the Lions Club International website and share with your club members. Knowledge is Power. In the next several months most, if not all, clubs will be participating in vision screenings in the local schools of their community. In November, many clubs will begin their hunger projects, and in the spring clubs will begin work on their environmental projects. If your club is looking for new/different projects related to the four initiatives go to the Lions Club International website. You will find projects listed that may inspire you to consider replacing what you have always done. As mentioned above, you may want to implement a new project it will energize and motivate YOU. Your leadership is the key. The logo below really identifies LIONS across the world: Where There s A Need, There s a LION. A single act of service can change a life. Together, all 1.4 million LIONS, we can change the world. Are you ready? Submitted by Second Vice District Governor Deb Weaverling Leavenworth Lions Club dweaverling@gmail.com PLANNED 17-A CLUB ACTIVITIES Olathe Johnson Co. Old Settlers Festival Concessions September Volunteers from other clubs will be deeply appreciated Contact Vivian DeClements at or vdeclements@gmail.com Auburn Chicken & Waffles Breakfast Fundraiser September 12 7:30-10:00 a.m. Auburn Civic Center 1020 N. Washington $5 adults; $3 children Topeka Sunflower Annual Steak Fry October 1, 6:30 p.m. Shelter House #6 East Edge Road Lake Shawnee Cost $13 per person RSVP by 9/25/ or terrybobd@aol.com Bonner Springs Annual Golf Tournament October 9, 12 Noon Sunflower Hills Golf Course Two Team Flights Entry Deadline is October 1 Cost $75 per person or $300 per 4-person team Putting Contest, 12 Noon Cost $5 Corporate Hole Sponsorships available, $100 More info: Richard Everhart, (913) or rrleks@swbell.net 3

4 KU EYE INSIGHT OUT: VISION PICNIC Due to the success of last year s KU Eye Insight Out: Vision Awareness Picnic and Screening, the KU Eye Center Lions Club will host another free and familyfriendly event on Saturday, October 3, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the KU Eye Center, 7400 State Line Road, Prairie Village. This event is open to the public. World Sight Day is October 8 and the KU Eye Center along with their partners Assistive Technology for Kansans, Envision University, the Kansas State School for the Blind, and Saving Sight, are promoting the gift of sight while helping those with limited or no vision. The event will include interactive options for informing and promoting various services and programs to the public. This is being held in conjunction with the quarterly KU Eye Lions Free Clinic. The Lions pediatric screener SPOT will also be in use at the event. DISTRICT GOVERNOR S TEAM VISITATION SCHEDULE DG Carleen Rajala: 9/4 Sabetha Club 9/5 Assaria Club 9/8 Leawood Club 9/21 Waterville Club 9/24 Wamego Club 10/5 Morganville Club 10/8 Woodbine Club 10/14 Goff Club 10/15 Everest Club 10/19 Scandia Club 10/20 Lansing Club 11/2 Onaga Club 11/11 Horton Club 2VDG Deb Weaverling: 9/15 Lenexa Club 9/23 Effingham Club 9/28 Baldwin Club 4 KANSAS LIONS SIGHT WEEK Mark your Lions Club calendar for activities, even though all Lions the week of October 8-15 and start are committed to vision projects your planning for the celebration year round. of Kansas Lions Sight Week. If As in years past, the Kansas Lions you look ahead at the calendar, Sight Foundation will ask Governor Brownback to proclaim that you will see that both October 8 week as Kansas Lions Sight Week. Any activities that your club plans during that week can use the governor s proclamation as part of your publicity. There are White Can Day resources on the LCI website as well as other places that can be found on the internet. These and October 15 fall on Thursdays, resources provide a way to convert and you may consider it a little odd from the old Candy Day to a White to have Sight Week beginning and Cane Day. Other activities that ending on those dates. There is a might be planned during this week reason! October 8 is designated as are a drive to collect used eyeglasses or a vision screening activity. World Sight Day (a worldwide recognition) and October 15 is The creativity of Kansas Lions will White Cane Day (observed mainly undoubtedly result in many different ways to serve during this week. in the United States). Those two dates make excellent bookends for a week in which Lions Clubs can focus on specific vision-related continued on next page

5 CHILDREN HELP WITH EYEGLASSES Grandchildren of Past District Governor David Hentges and Lion Diane Hentges of the Kansas City, Kansas Downtown Lions Club help to count and sort collected eyeglasses. Pictured are Nathan, Audrey and Leo. More than 300 pairs of eyeglasses were received at the first District 17-A Cabinet Meeting held in Junction City, August 20. (Photo courtesy of Diane Hentges) LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL CODE OF ETHICS To Show my faith in worthiness of my vocation by industrious application to the end that I may merit reputation for quality service. To Seek success and demand fair remuneration or profit as my just due, but to not accept profit or success at the price of lost selfrespect due to unfair advantage taken or because of questionable acts on my part. SIGHT WEEK, CONTINUED As a point of information: The Kansas Lions Sight Foundation has voted to discontinue focus on Candy Days because the cost of Lions candy through private vendors has become prohibitive. District 17-A has a limited supply of fruit-flavored and peppermint sugar free candies. If you would like to purchase a case of either of these types of candy, please contact Lion Beverly Nichols at taximath@aol.com. Funds that have been raised through Candy Day efforts go to the KU Department of Ophthalmology, and it is important that Lions continue to provide support through some fund raising mechanism, even though Candy Day as such may be phased out. News in Brief Does your club have a project that you need some help with? Then, you need the Miami County traveling Lions Club. Send your request to: miamicountytraveling@outlook.com (this is a special address for RE- QUESTs ONLY do not send any other correspondence to this address). Kansas Lions directories are now available. All Past District Governors, Cabinet Members, Program Chairs, Club Presidents, Secretaries and Treasurers should have their copies in hand by the end of September. Please contact DG Carleen Rajala if you do not have one by October 1. Extra directories are $3 each. Topeka Sunflower Pancake Breakfast will be held October 24, 7-11 a.m., Highland Park United Methodist Church, 29th & Michigan. Cost is $6. Free vision screening will be available for all. Proceeds benefit vision projects. To Remember in building up my business it is not necessary to tear down another s; to be loyal to my clients/customers and true to myself. Whenever a doubt arises as to the right or ethics of my position or action towards others, to resolve such doubt against myself. To Hold friendship as an end and not a means. To hold that true friendship exists not on account of the service performed by one to another, but that friendship demands nothing but accepts service in the spirit in which it is given. Always to bear in mind my obligations as a citizen to my nation, state, and community, and to give them my unswerving loyalty in word, act, and deed. To give them freely of my time, labor and means. To Aid others by giving my sympathy to those in distress, my aid to the weak, and my substance to the needy. To Be Careful with my criticism and liberal with my praise; to build up and not destroy 5

6 KANSAS LIONS DISTRICT 17-A CLUB ANNIVERSARIES Congratulations to the following District Lions Clubs on another year of Lions Spirit & Service in their communities, the state, and the world. September 6 Wells Lions Club, 20 years September 12 Belleville Lions Club, 91 years September 17 Highland Lions Club, 39 years September 25 Atchison Lions Club, 68 years September 26 Enterprise Lions Club 47 years KANSAS LIONS DISTRICT 17-A NEWSLETTER Published by Lion Michele Reese Auburn Lions Club mreese7@yahoo.com CONTENT DEADLINE 25th day of each month prior to publication month contributions to mreese7@yahoo.com UPCOMING DATES & DEADLINES 2015 September 5 September September 25 October 25 Oct 30-Nov 1 November 7 November January January 23 April 8-9 June 2-4 June 18 Zone 10 Meeting, Assaria, ZC Lynn Van Meter USA/Canada Forum, Grand Rapids, MI District 17-A Newsletter Contents Deadline District 17-A Newsletter Contents Deadline 2nd Quarter State Council Meeting, McPherson 2nd Quarter District Cabinet Meeting, Topeka District 17-A Newsletter Contents Deadline Mid-Winter Rally, 3rd Quarter State Council Meeting, Manhattan Teleconference, 3rd Quarter District Cabinet Meeting District 17-A Convention/4th Quarter Cabinet Meeting, Topeka State Convention/4th Quarter State Council Meeting, Lawrence Year-end District Celebration, Auburn DG SPIRIT & SERVICE AWARDS CLUB SPIRIT OF SERVICE HEART OF SERVICE Salina Sunflower Ron Gallant Ernie Eikelberry Clay Center Vern Swanson Cory Urban Wetmore Dexter Davis Anna Marie Segenhagen Atchison Catherine Miller Lloyd Wright Abilene Linda Strunk Bill Sears Junction City Chuck Kizer Beth Howell Paola Larry McGee Ginger Vail Minneapolis Evening Daryl Stone Daryl Stone Holton Maurice Strawn Bob Layton Olathe Noon Clay Wenger Santosh Reddy Leavenworth Deb Weaverling Joe Porter Brookville Ell Saline Delbert Armbrust Claude Lechlider Salina Noon Kenton Driver Larry Farmer Wakefield Jerry Patterson Herb Able Topeka Sunflower Bobby Duvall Vern Failor Auburn Gary Adkins Laura Timmons Lawrence Noon Gary Beasley Don Edman Wyandotte Frank Folsom Bill Gregg Merriam Shawnee Dallas Mays Frank Dover Basehor Doug Bittel Dan Dearinger Olathe Vernon Nelson John Burns Valley Falls Geraldine Metzger Linda Durand/Jerry Heinen