Help Needed. Volume 63 Issue 2 August 2016

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1 President: Jerry Tecca Bulletin Editor: John Budzak Jr. Volume 63 Issue 2 August 2016 Puyallup Lions Club 2nd & 4th Wednesdays 6:30 PM Mrs Turners Restaurant Puyalluplions.com Puyallup.lions@gmail.com President: Jerry Tecca VP Kent Sharpe Secretary John Budzak Jr Treasurer Dave Hilderbrant Tail Twister Neil Gruchalla Lion Tamer Vacant 1 yr Board Terri Soliz 2 yr Board Anne Rhyner Membership Brian O Bannon IPKL Vacant PR John Budzak Jr Inside This Issue: Page 2 Pictures Month Page 3 International Page 3 Membership Page 3 Project Spotlight Page 4 News and Notes Page 4 Upcoming Events Page 5 Lions Information Page 5 Potpourri Page 6 Program Info Page 6 Misc. Info Page 6 Calendar Help Needed Help is needed by all of our members. What can we do to make our meetings better attended and more interesting? It is understood that it is summer and attendance is down but what can we do to make it a worthwhile reason to attend? Last year we had programs at a majority of our meetings. They were informative but were they well received? What do you the members want to see? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Do you have any ideas for small one day fund raisers or service projects? It was suggested that we may want to take one day a month and go to St. Francis House to help with sorting or anything else they needed. This is a possibility. Other things that could be done are things like sorting glasses a LERC once or twice a year. These are almost zero impact projects that cost us nothing to do but make a large impact on our community at large. Another thing would be to maybe plant some trees in a park with permission from the city to help the environment. Other ideas is to work with the local high schools or Junior High Schools and have them collect used eye glasses or hearing aides for us to turn into LERC and they can use it for community service and we can help our causes. Who knows we might be able to gain new members while doing this. Any new ideas is greatly appreciated and welcome. Please forward them to Puyallup,lions@gmail.com or mail them to P.O. Box 1101, Puyallup WA

2 Pictures of the Month Upper Left : Lion Terri in costume from the play Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Upper Right: Lion Kent and Jerry s view from a hike taken during the month. Center right: A ramp Lion Kent helped build in June. Lower Left: Then DG Al visiting our club in late June.

3 International Corner The Centennial Service Challenge The challenge is to serve 100 million people before June of 2018 in celebration of the first 100 years of service that the Lions have accomplished. Well to date with approximately 59% of the clubs worldwide participating in the challenge 90,045,786 people have been helped in the four categories of service so far. The four categories are as follows: Engaging our Youth: Support the youth in your community, or inspire the next generation of volunteers by inviting local youth to serve on a project with you. Sharing the Vision: Vision screening, Educational Events etc. Relieving Hunger: Improve access to healthy food for the vulnerable in your community Protecting the Environment: Protect and improve the environment to make your community a healthier place to live for everyone. Project Spotlight The Fun Ride is replacing our Poker Run this year. This is the first year will be holding the event. It is a scenic ride from the city to the ocean to the foothills with the proceeds going to Diabetes, a foodbank and an individual that was badly injured in an accident. Our largest sponsor is allowing us to take donations for hot dogs and hamburgers at his business at the finish line while we are waiting for the riders to finish. Thanks to all of the sponsors but especially the Elkhead Brewery were the half-way point and the end point will be located at. Membership Asking someone to join our club is sometimes difficult. You are afraid to ask the person to give of their valuable time to come down to a meeting that may or may not be interesting to them. Well don t ask them to a meeting, ask them to come to a project and see us in action. Let them see some of what we can accomplish. Ask them to join on that basis not what we do at the meetings. Yes meetings are important, but it is more important that we have people willing to come out and work on our projects. If they are willing to come to a feed, cook at a breakfast, work three or four shifts at the Christmas tree sale but maybe only go to a few meeting a year then they are still a valuable member of the club. Helping our community is why we are here. Dues are Due

4 News and Notes Lion Ed Woodiwiss was in a nursing home for most of the month of July due to a fall he took. He was receiving therapy to regain his strength after a bad cold. He returned home on July 27th but will still be staying close to home until he regains his strength. Former Lion Dan Lockyer passed away in late June. Dan and his wife Joan were great hard working Lions in our club for many years. Our condolences to his family on their loss. Lion Amy Ledvina started a new job recently. She is now working for a Telecommunications company in Pacific called UTILIGI. Congratulations Lion Amy on this next chapter in your life. Lion Kent Sharpe won the membership draw at the first meeting of July. He took home a jackpot of $ Lion Terri Soliz has been performing in the ASTRA production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. From all reviews it has been a hit. Congratulations to all involved. Lion Neil Gruchalla lost his brother-in-law recently. Our condolences to Lion Neil and his family on their loss. Associate Member PDG Marilynn Danby had corrective eye surgery recently. First reports are that the corrective surgery went well and her vision is improving Upcoming Events Senior Breakfast: August 13th the Senior Breakfast will be held at the Activity Center. The breakfast will be from 8 11 am. We need to ensure that we enough people to cook the breakfast since we will also be holding our fun ride the same day. Feed-In Will be on August 15th at the Armory at 6pm. We will be serving casseroles this month, meat or chicken but not tuna. We have been averaging 60 people a feed during the summer months so plan accordingly with your dishes. Fun Ride: Our fun ride will be held on August 13th, It will begin at Eagle Leather in Lakewood go to Ocean Shores and end up at the Elkhead in Buckley. We will be providing meals at the Elkhead at the end for the riders and providing food for others for a donation. We will need help at the beginning and at the end. Beer, Brats and Bingo: The Sumner Lions will be running the bingo at this event in downtown Sumner August 6th. Support the Sumner Lions on this event.

5 Lions Information Some basic information about the Lions International. Mission Statement: To create and foster a spirit of understanding among all people for humanitarian needs by providing voluntary services through community involvement and international cooperation. Brief History: 1917 Association founded in Chicago on June 7th by Melvin Jones 1920 Association becomes international with the formation of the first club in Canada Association hels form the Non- Governmental Organizations section of the United Nations Lions Clubs Internation Foundation (LCIF) established 1987 LCI becomes the first service club to admit women as members 1989 First Lions Club organized in former Eastern Bloc countries 1990 Sight First blindness initiative launched 2002 Lins clubs chartered in China Potpourri Fun Facts About August 8/3/1492 Christopher Columbus set sail. 8/1/1981 MTV network debuted with 24 hour a day music videos. The first song to be played was Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles. 8/31/1803 Lewis and Clark stared their journey to explore the west. 8/29/1885 Gottlieb Daimler patented the first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen 8/28/1963 Dr. Martin Luther King gives his I have a dream speech 8/22/565 The first recorded sighting of the Loch Ness Monster. 8/17/1907 Seattle s Pike Place Market opens. 8/15/1914 The Panama Canal opens. This first ship through was the S.S. Ancon. 8/12/1981 IBM releases it s first PC (Note Tandy released the TRS-80 the first home PC to be massed produced on 8/3/1977) 8/2/1790 the first US census was taken with 3,929,214 people recorded. 8/5/1861 The first Income Tax was created to pay for the war (3% on any amount over $800) 8/30/1963 The Hot-Line between Washington DC and Moscow starts service

6 8/10 Programs Board Meeting 8/24 No Program, programs will resume after summer A new way to donate to the Lions Club If you shop at Amazon there is a way to help the Puyallup Lions Club Foundation. When you go to shop instead of going to the regular site go to then look up the Puyallup lions club foundation and select it as your charity you support. You only have to go their and set it up once. Now every time you go to shop at Amazon go through the Smile site. Your prime and account works as always but a small part of your purchase helps us. August 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat John Budzak Jr Birthday Regular/ Board mtg Breakfast Fun Ride Feed-In Regular Mtg