Suffolk Lions Roar. June -July Serving Suffolk County for more than 80 years. Suffolk Lions are ending the Lions Year 2014-

Transcription

1 Suffolk Lions Roar Serving Suffolk County for more than 80 years June -July 2015 DG Edward Skip Meinhold IPDG Rich Nilsson, Jr. c/ st VDG Manny Vidal, Jr. c/(631) nd VDG Balan Nagraj Newsletter Editor (631) PDG/CST Lorri Rieger c/ ZC Robert Palmeri (Zone 1) (631) ZC Andrew Calev (Zone 2) (631) ZC Bernie Ferracane (Zone 3) (631) ZC Judie Swiss (Zone 4) (631) ZC VDG Manny Vidal, Jr. (Zone 5) c/(631) ZC Louise Ebert (Zone 6) (631) ZC IPDG Rich Nilsson, Jr. (Zone 7) c/ Visit our website at Please submit your articles in one of the following formats: DOC, DOCX, RTF, JPG & PDF. Suffolk Lions are ending the Lions Year with a flurry of fund-raisers in May and the installation of new officers in June. A training session for the new officers was held at the Hampton Inn in Farmingville on May 16. LCI is offering a series of informative webinars as per details on Page 3. Our district was honored to have International President Lion Joe Preston at the Fall Conference in last November. Thanks to the arrangements coordinated by our District Governor Lion Skip Meinhold, it was an exciting evening. A message from our International President on ending this year. There s still time to earn your pin and paws in the Lions Pride Award! Here what you can do to earn your recognition in Period 2: Promote the Centennial Membership Awards There s no better way to motivate and reward your clubs for adding new members. Charter One Club you ll automatically earn recognition in Period 2. Period 2 ends June 30, 2015, so make sure you re in position to earn your Lions Pride Award! Lions have impacted more than 30 million people through the Centennial Service Challenge. To help reach our goal of helping 100 million people, I d like you to encourage your clubs to host at least one more service project by the end of your term. Service is a great a great way for clubs to strengthen their communities, find new members and earn a Centennial Banner Patch by reporting their Centennial projects through MyLCI. Let s work together to build our legacy of service, and a better world for all. It is time to honor our District Governor Edward Skip Meinhold at his testimonial dinner on Friday June 5 at Captain Bill s Restaurant in BayShore. Please see Page 2 for details. We would like a head count by May 30. So please respond if you have not yet done so. We want to get our new directory done as soon as the year starts in July. All clubs should submit the PU101 forms as soon as the new officers are installed. This will greatly enable to communicate important news quickly. The district also needs to fill a number of positions as detailed on Page 6. Please consider volunteering for one of these positions. News from the New York State Convention in Binghamton (April 24 April 26): Met & heard 1 st International Vice President Lion Dr. Jitsuhiro Yamada, the Convention Speaker. Voted to endorse Lion Bob Lubin as the next International Director to represent New York. Voted to approve the revised Constitution and Bylaws changes for our District. CST/PDG Lion Lorri Rieger presented a seminar on how we got Long Island Lions Quest up and running so other parts of NYS can replicate our model. Elected the following slate of District 20-S officers for Lions Year : Lion Manny Vidal Jr. as District Governor. Lion Balan Nagraj as 1 st Vice District Governor. Lion Andrew Calev as 2 nd Vice District Governor. Coming Up Saturday June 6: The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind is having the Annual Lions Recognition Day at their location at 371, East Jericho Turnpike in Smithtown. The event runs from 10:00AM to 4:00PM. It includes a tour of their premises, presentations by some of our clubs and refreshments. Members are welcome to spend the entire day or just a portion of the day. For additional information, please contact ZC Lion Bernie Ferracane at (631) Wednesday June 10, 2015: Annual Charity Golf Tournament. The Southampton Lions Club is holding their outing at the Noyac Golf Club. Proceeds will benefit the Guide Dog Foundation and America s VetDogs. For more information, please contact Thursday June 18 to Sunday June 21: The Mattituck Lions hold the famous Strawberry Festival in Mattituck. This is the 61st year of this festival; a must attend event, especially if you never attended one. For information, please call Lion Rob Nile at (516) or visit: festiva.org Those that aim for nothing hit it with remarkable accuracy... Michael Gerber

2

3 LCI Leadership Development Presents: Club Officer Training Intensive Webinar Series! Transition quickly and easily into the new year. Review key tasks for your role and ask an expert the questions you have. Webinars are scheduled before the end of this fiscal year so that officers can hit the ground running! Two sessions of each topic will be presented. Click on the date and time link to register for that session. Club Secretary Training New for 2015! New and returning club secretaries will not want to miss this foundation of skills and knowledge for the year ahead! Review MyLCI features and functions important to club secretaries: how to login submit membership and service activity reports gather member data access MyLCI support and resources Wednesday, June 3, 7:00pm CDT Wednesday June 10, 12:00pm CDT The Role of Club Treasurer New for 2015! Get your club off to a great financial start and stay there! Review MyLCI features and functions important to club treasurers: how to login run reports download billing invoices submit online payments access MyLCI support and resources Thursday, June 4, 12:00pm Thursday, June 11, 7:00pm Club President--Leader and Manager Prepare to make a positive and lasting impact as club president! Explore: club management best practices traits of effective leaders tools and resources to use throughout your term Monday, June 15, 12:00pm Tuesday, July 7, 7:00pm

4 Dear Friend, The Patchogue Lioness Lions Foundation Inc. is happy to support the Stony Brook Children s Hospital by having a SUPER CASH RAFFLE with all proceeds benefiting the Hospital. We had sent a $100 raffle ticket in anticipation of your support in this endeavor. Buy it for yourself or share it with a friend or co-worker. But don t delay send today. Only 300 tickets are being sold. Please make the check out to the Patchogue Lioness- Lions Foundation Inc., c/o Judy Rohtla, Treasurer, 92 Vernon St., Patchogue, NY For additional tickets, please contact Lion Kathleen Quinn at (631) Your support is greatly appreciated. Yours in Lionism, June Wilson President Patchogue Lioness-Lions Foundation, Inc. Lion Lorri E. Rieger Secretary Lion Judy Rohtla Treasurer Lion Lori Belmonte Director Lion Lari Fiala Director Lion Barbara Oestreicher Director Lion Marge Safranek Director Patchogue Lioness-Lions Foundation Inc. 92 Vernon Street, Patchogue, NY A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization

5 Lions Clubs of Suffolk County s Night with the Ducks! Please order tickets by Sunday July 12, 2015 so we can all be sitting together. Bring the whole family for the game and exciting fireworks. Name: Club: # of tickets: Address: Tel: Make Check payable to: Lions Clubs of District 20S & Mail to: Lion Judy Rohtla 92 Vernon Street Patchogue, NY 11772

6

7

8