THE AL ABAMA LION The Alabama Lion is published for Alabama Lions Sight Conservation Association, Inc. 700 S. 18th Street Birmingham, AL 35233 INSIDE Visions ALS Executive Director’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 2 District 34-A In and Around the District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3 District 34-B In and Around the District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 District 34-C In and Around the District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5 Renovate instead of recycling all the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 Alabama Lions Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 The Time is NOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 Awards presented . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8 A newsletter for members of Alabama Lions Clubs September 2016 CELEBRATE IN CHICAGO 2017 Lions 100th Anniversary The stage is being set and the plans are being finalized for the Lions of the World to come to Chicago for the 2017 Centennial Convention. Lions Clubs International is preparing to welcome you in June, 2017 for the 100th Lions Clubs International Convention. The convention opens on Friday, June 30th and runs through Tuesday, July 4th. Changes have been made in the use of the Chicago venues as well as the parade route since the last time the convention was in Chicago. All the plenary sessions, voting, exhibits, educational seminars, entertainment, and the International Show will be at one venue - McCormick Place located on Chicago’s lake front. The traditional Lions International Parade of Nations will march through the commercial district of Chicago on State Street on Saturday, July 1st. Annually, Chicago only permits three parades on State Street and in 2017 our parade will be number four. By going to Chicago, you will be able to experience the city of the birth of our organization. See the Lions statue that appears in the photograph of our founder, Melvin Jones. You will have the opportunity to visit an exhibit in the Convention Hall that displays our history as well as the opportunity to visit our headquarters in Oak Brook. Chicago by itself has a lot to offer for those that visit. The beautiful lake front where you can walk, along with a variety of museums and cultural centers, Navy Pier with its new Ferris wheel and of course the Magnificent Mile for your shopping experience. So, as we celebrate the 100th Anniversary, let’s take the time to renew our commitment to the motto “We Serve” and for the centennial “Where There is a Need, There is a LION”. This commitment will help us achieve our goals for our Centennial Celebration and carry us forward into our second hundred years of Service. The Alabama Delegation Hotel is the SHERATON CHICAGO. Other delegations assigned at the Sheraton Chicago are: Australia, Georgia, New Zealand, Oklahoma, and Texas. Therefore, it is imperative that you register early in order to be assured a room at the Alabama delegation hotel. Additional information on events, hotel accommodations, registration forms, and perhaps a bus charter opportunity will be published in the coming editions of The Alabama Lion newsletter. So plan to GO and CELEBRATE this milestone in the history of LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL. The convention will be well attended and you will meet Lion members from around the world. This is a once in a life-time opportunity. th 100th Annual Lions Clubs International Convention 100 Annual Lions Clubs International Convention Friday, June – Tuesday, July 4, 2017 • Chicago, Illinois, Friday, June 30 30 – Tuesday, July 4, 2017 • Chicago, Illinois, USAUSA Convention Registration andand Hotel Reservation FormForm Convention Registration Hotel Reservation Deadlines • May 1, 2017: Deadline for advance registration and hotel reservation. Registrations after this date will be processed in Chicago • May 1, 2017: Deadline to receive a refund for a registration cancellation and a refund for a hotel room cancellation REGISTRANT INFORMATION Please type or print name as it appears on passport/photo ID. First Name ___________________________________ Family (Last) Name _____________________________ Address ______________________________________ City ____________________________________ Badge/Call Name ___________________ State/Province _________________________ Postal Code ___________________________________ Country ________________________________ Daytime Phone ________________________________ E-mail _____________________________________________________________________________ Lion: Club No._____________ Membership No. ____________ District _______ Title _________________________________ COMPANION: First Name ______________________ Family (Last) Name _____________________________ Lion Lioness Badge/Call Name ___________________ Lion: Club No._____________ Membership No. ____________ District _______ Title _____________________________ Lion Lioness Guest CHILD: First Name ______________________________ Family (Last) Name ______________________________ Age _________________ Alpha Leo CHILD: First Name ______________________________ Family (Last) Name ______________________________ Age _________________ Alpha Leo This is my/our first LCI convention. Not my first convention, I’ve attended ______________ Letter of Invitation (If a visa is required for your country of origin) [Club number must be provided above to verify membership] The plenary sessions are presented in English with simultaneous translation Will you require a headset? No Yes PACKAGE A: Includes convention registration for each registrant listed above plus one (1) hotel room serviced by shuttle buses during convention. Before January 13, 2017: After January 13, 2017: Reservation in delegation hotel I prefer my delegation hotel if my delegation hotel is not available, next choice/preference _____________________ Prefer hotel based on: room rate of __________ location near convention center Arrival date ______________ Departure date___________________ Number of Guests in Room: __________ Number of Beds Needed 1 2 Special Requirements: Non-smoking Wheelchair Accessible Other _______________________________________________________________________ The Hotel deposit is US$200 for a standard room and US$350 for a suite. The hotel deposit is not the rate but reserves the room. One hotel deposit per room, not per person Your deposit will be credited to your hotel bill at checkout. PACKAGE B: NO ROOM REQUIRED (Registration only for each person listed above.) OPTIONAL TICKETED EVENTS I/we plan to attend the following event(s): (Must be registered to attend) DATE/TIME FEE QUANTITY EVENT Melvin Jones Fellow Luncheon July 3/ 13:30-15:00 US $75 _________ District Governor/Past District Governor Banquet July 3/ 20:00-22:00 US $125 _________ AMOUNT DUE $__________ $__________ PAYMENT: Full payment is required with this form. • US currency only. Checks and money orders must be drawn on US banks. • Only Visa, MasterCard & Discover cards accepted. • Contact LCI for wire transfer instructions. REGISTRATION FEES Adult Child (17 and under ) Early Regular Late Package A: Registrations: Ticketed Events: Hotel Deposit: Total Due: (before January 13, 2017) (January 14 through March 31, 2017) (1 April, 2017 – onsite) US$__________________ US$__________________ US$___200.00_________ US$__________________ OR US$130 US$180 US$200 US$10 US$10 US$10 Package B: Registrations: Ticketed Events: US$__________________ US$__________________ Total Due: US$__________________ Check Bank transfer/deposit (copy must be attached to this form) Visa MasterCard Discover Your name as it appears on the card _______________________________________________ Credit card must be in the name of the registrant. Card Number ___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-____ Exp. Date ____-____ Security code (3 digits) __________ Signature _________________________________________________________________________________ Mail form and payment to: Lions Clubs International Attn: Convention Division • 300 West 22nd Street • Oak Brook, IL 60523-8842 USA • Allow 4 weeks for processing and mail delivery of your confirmation. Credit Card and Bank Transfer Payments can be faxed to: (1-630) 571-1689 (If you fax, please do not mail original) •Questions? Email us: [email protected] . Please note: Lions Clubs International will be documenting the international convention for promotional purposes. Your participation may be filmed or photographed at this event. Your registration is your consent for use of these images by Lions Clubs International. CRHF 2017.EN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #77 MONTGOMERY, AL VISIONS ALS Executive Director’s Report Durden Dean Alabama Lions Sight and UAB Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital welcomes new residents! “I appeal to you, you who have your sight, your hearing, you who are brave and strong and kind. Will you not constitute yourselves KNIGHTS OF THE BLIND in this crusade against darkness?” — Helen Keller Alabama Lions Sight is excited about our five new residents in the Ophthalmology program at Callahan that will be with us for the next three years. The residents have already completed their medical training and are fully fledged Medical Doctors (MD’s) but have decided to continue their training to specialize in the treatment of the eye. At any given time we have 15 residents in the residency program with the first year doctors manning the Lions Eye Clinic and emergency room at Callahan which is one of only three 24 hour, 7 days a week emergency eye trauma hospitals in the United States. The first year is a grueling year for the 5 new residents as they are on call the entire year covering the ER and Lions Eye Clinic as well as getting practical experience at Chil- dren’s Hospital, Cooper Green hospital and the VA hospital which is located next to Callahan. Each year Alabama Lions Sight, along with the Eye Sight Foundation and the International Retinal Foundation, host a reception for all 15 residents and their families. Alabama Lions Sight uses the occasion to present the five new residents with a monogrammed doctor’s bag, a book written by Dr. Callahan on the history of the hospital and present them with a Plexiglas plaque with the Helen Keller quote from the beginning of this article when Helen spoke to the Lions International convention in 1925. We encourage the residents to display the plaque prominently in their office so that it may be a daily inspiration to them in their quest to prevent blindness. The Lions Eye Clinic at Callahan could not function and offer world class treatment to approx. 5,000 patients a year without the residency program and the dedicated doctors that are being trained and those that are doing the training such as Alabama Lions Sight Clinic director Dr. Ye and resident supervisor Dr. Read! Remember, I would love to visit your club and give the members an update on all the great things going on at Pictured from Left to right are Dr.’s Bernard Dib, Robert Knox, Nishi Shad, Alex McGaughy and Richard Martindale enjoying the reception in their honor. Callahan and throughout the state by YOUR association, Alabama Lions Sight. Call me at 334-306-4904 or email me at [email protected] Yours in Lionism, Lion Durden Welcome our Incoming Residents! Appreciation Awards were presented at the June 2016 Alabama Sight Board Meeting Above, pictured, from left, PID Lowell Bonds, PCC Ron Seybold, Lion Steve Cartee and PDG Don Jarrells were also presented with an Appreciation Award for their many years of service to Alabama Lions Sight. Executive Director Durden Dean presented the awards. Pictured, at right, out going ALS President PCC Jerry Bonner, left, is presented with an Appreciation Award from Executive Director Durden Dean for his positive leadership this last Lion’s year. PATIENTS SEEN IN THE LIONS EYE CLINIC • 2,422 patients seen year-to-date • 243 were in the month of July — Page 2 — DISTRICT 34-A In and Around the District DG Anne Shumaker THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! To each and every Lion in District 34-A. Your generous service is making life better for the people of our communities, our district, our state, our nation---and our planet! Your efforts in the Centennial categories--plus the regular projects---are indeed making a positive difference!!! SPECIAL REQUESTS Please remember to submit monthly reports---we want to know how many people your club is serving. If every club reports its projects, we will ---I am CERTAIN! Be close to our long-range goal of serving 300,000 fellow Alabamians VERY SOON!!! Send photos of your club’s activities to [email protected]. We’ll use as many as possible in the ALABAMA LION newspaper. If we don’t have room for every photo, we will send any remaining photos for placement on the Alabama Lions’ website. Please purchase a Lions sign and display it along a road in your community. Let’s share the secret---WE DO EXIST and are serving our communities! The signs may be ordered from the supplies catalog or on-line. We may get some more members if we emphasize “We’re here!” to our communities. Send news of club activities to your local radio station(s) and newspapers. The stations and papers may not broadcast or print everything---but “the squeaking wheel” will eventually get some publicity. Keep “your eyes open” every day for prospective members. If you know of a prospective Lion in a town other than your own, please share his or her info with the club’s president or district officer. Circle the date on every calendar!! March 10-11---District a convention---”A Celebration of Lionism’s 100 years.” Cherokee Countians will be rolling out the red carpet---with a Friday night reception in a mansion atop Lookout Mountain, breakfast at the museum, a birthday party in another mansion, and flights over Little River Canyon, and much more!!! CONGRATULATIONS! To the Cullman Lions Club---for getting that multi-page article in the Lions› Magazine. A round of applause also goes to the club for actually sponsoring their fair for decades!!! A SALUTE ALSO GOES TO THE “YOUNG, BUT ON-THE-GO” HARTSELLE CLUB!!! Those Lions have hit the ground running and have accomplished an astounding number of service projects since receiving their charter such a short time ago!!! HARTSELLE LIONS CLUB HITS THE GROUND RUNNING Since being chartered in early 2015, the Hartselle Lions have been involved in numerous service projects---including a health fair (shown in photo), food collection for the needy, sponsorship of three students to Lions Youth Forum, eyeglasses for several individuals, barbecue sales, sponsorship of ice cream truck for youngsters living in a low economic area, and a Zombie Run. Have a happy Centennial celebration!!! DG Anne Photo by PDG Jim McGuire CENTRE LIONS WALK THEIR TALK Centre Lions have long supported anti-litter campaigns, but they have “put muscle to their words” by participating in the Adopt-A-Mile program for the past five years. The results were two dozen bags filled with an interesting assortment of litter. Pictured L to R: Lions Ed Allen, Jr., Gaylon Hammett, Linda Starr, Lanny Starr, Anne Shumaker, Tim Marton, and Jeff Wolfe. Not pictured is Lion Terry Dean, local newspaper editor. 2016-17 OFFICERS OF THE RAINBOW CITY LIONS CLUB Club president Joyce Frohock, second from right and her fellow club leaders were installed in late June by PDG Jim McGuire, an active leader of the Hokes Bluff Lions Club. PDG McGuire used a lifebuoy visual aid to remind officers and club members that it takes all officers and members working together to keep the club on an even keel. The Rainbow City Club sponsors a successful Pancake Day breakfast each spring. The club also has had a district-high number (more than 120) entries in the Peace Poster contest for the past several years. — Page 3 — DG Don Keesler DISTRICT 34-B In and Around the District Well, have you found your “New Mountain to Climb” yet? Have you made plans to make this 100th year the best year ever and send it out with a mighty ROOOAR!!!!? District 34B has already started with our 1st District Cabinet meeting (23 Jul 16) in Odenville, AL we moved 2nd VDG Pedro Pino to the 1st VDG position and appointed PDG Ray Miller (from the Talladega Lions) temporarily to the 2nd VDG position. As stated the 2nd VDG position is just filled temporarily so we are still looking for a highly qualified motivated person who wants to move up into the DG slot in 2018. Our next cabinet meeting will be held on 29 Oct 16 at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce located 714 E. Glen Ave Auburn, AL don’t worry there are no home football games that weekend so we should have a big crowd right? This past month we added Face book as a social media sight for our district and you can log on by going to Alabama Lions 34B in the search engine block of your face book page. We are looking at adding a web page but the cost would amount to $150.00 and at this time our district budget can’t fund it so donations would have to made by the clubs to do this at a cost of about $3.00 per club per year. If you have any suggestion about this please feel free to call your Zone and Region Chairs or bring it up at the next district cabinet meeting when you get there. The District Team will be visiting your clubs in the next few months and the only way we can be sure that your club receives a visit is by going on MyLCI and looking at when/where the club meets and call the President or Secretary to set up a time for the visit. Our problem is several clubs every year do not put in a PU101 form or fill it in the slot on MyLCI reporting page. Let me remind you that this is required by LCI by the end of May each year whether you change officers or not, it must be reported. My DG Team will be assigned in this order 1st Pino (205-515-0494) Regions 1 &2, 2VDG Miller (256-362-6665) Region 3 Zone 5 and DG Keesler (256-8200043) Regions 3 &4 along with the Pelham, Tuscaloosa and Vernon Clubs, so give us a call. As we finish out our 100th year let us remember what brought us into being, a few business men setting around at a table in Chicago, IL in June 1917 having lunch and discussing business when Melvin Jones spoke of a need to serve people in need.. After much thought and discussion the Lions Club was formed and now here we are going 100 years with over 1.4 Alabama Proud at International Convention in Japan Pictured, from left, are Lion Betty Keesler, Mobile Lions Club President Tom Walch, DG Don Keesler and PDG Sylvia Acosta. million Lions in over 200 countries around the world with that same need to Serve. DG Don Keesler Pictured is Brittany Lee of Oxford H.S. who attended the ALHSLF at Troy University and members of the Oxford At 90 and 91 years young Lions Donald and Katherine Vives of the Auburn Lions Club. Lions are still serving strong. — Page 4 — DISTRICT 34-C In and Around the District DG Daryl McDaniel Fellow Lions, hello! District 34C held its first cabinet meeting, July 23rd in Greenville. All the clubs represented gave interesting reports of their service activities. It always amazes me the service that our clubs are providing to their communities! Hopefully, at our next cabinet meeting, we will hear reports from more clubs. Immediate PDG Dora Hartsock surprised Greater Dothan Area Lions Club President, Tracey McDaniel, with a Melvin Jones Fellow. Lion Tracey is also the district’s treasurer Pictured, from left, are GDA Lions President this year. Congrats Tracey, Tracey McDaniel, PCC and LCIF-D Coordinator you deserved the recognition! Glen Elmore, and IPDG Dora Hartsock. By the time you receive this newsletter, the Alabama Lions Leadership Conference will have already occurred; so it’s like a “Back to the Future” kind of report! I will have attended the conference, rich with information about lions, leadership skills sessions, and more. If you didn’t attend this year’s conference, I would encourage you to mark your calendars for attending August 2017. 1st VDG Claudia Wigglesworth and her husband, PP Charlie, will be attending the Lions USA/Canada Forum, September 15-17, in Omaha, NB. I look forward to her sharing her experience and renewed energy in lions with all of us throughout the district! CLUBS CORNER The Ashford Lions held a Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, Friday, July 22nd, partnering with their local Broadway Café who provided breakfast and lunch to 41 LE officers throughout the day. “This was the first time an event like this took place in Ashford”, said Ashford Lion Denise Fowler. She also said that she benefited just as much as the officers, by saying “thank you” to the people who protect her every day. Satsuma Lions prepared twenty bags of school supplies for students that might not be able to purchase them. Satsuma Lion Club President Jimmy Upton and Lions Tom Williams, Linda Robbins, and Shelia Walters with grandson Bradley Walters are shown delivering the supplies. The Lions also served as greeters/guides for “Swamp Survival” for Seventh and Eighth Grade orientation; and for “Meet the Teacher” for Satsuma elementary students. LIONS CENTENNIAL SERVICE CHALLENGE I hope all of our clubs have planned out their service impact activities to include at least one activPictured L-R, President Jimmy Upton, Lions Tom ity in each of the centenWilliams, Linda Robbins, Shelia Walters and her nial core programs, youth, hunger vision, and envigrandson, Bradley Walters. ronment. Be sure to submit your activities through MyLCI and select the centennial service icon that fits your activity. AS you should know by now, one of our district goals is to connect with community by each club to identifying and completing one legacy project in your community by April 30, 2017. If you need assistance with any of your centennial activities, please feel free to call on our district centennial coordinator, Han Lahti of Bay Minette Lions. You can see what other clubs around the world are doing for centennial service activities through the Lions Club International Facebook page; https://www.facebook.com/lionsclubs. If you haven’t already received a notice from myself as your district governor, or one of our vice district governors, you should anticipate being contacted soon to schedule a governor’s club visitation. Remember, “Where there’s a need, there’s a lion!” Next district cabinet meeting: Saturday, October 29th, Ridgecrest Baptist Church, 1231 Fortner Street, Dothan, AL 36301. LCIF GOALS - District 34-C JULY 2016 - JUNE 2017 Pictured, from left, are Ashford Lions President Bob Basch with law enforcement officers. REMINDER!! Make plans to attend the 7th Annual EER and Fishing sponsored by the Covington VIP Lions Club, September 25 – 28, 2016 at the Blue Lake Camps, 8500 Oakwood Lane, Andalusia, AL. For more information contact: Lion Wanda Scoggins at 334-428-3335 ([email protected]) or Lions Dirk Price at 334-469-2016. • Donations must be on record with LCIF by June 1st 2017 • $30,000.00 District with every club donating • The club with every member donating $20.00 plus the club makes a donation. • Every member who donates $1000.00 or more • Every club giving a Melvin Jones or Progressive Melvin Jones award. • The award for each category will be drawn/presented at 1st cabinet meeting 2017-2018 — Page 5 — When sending funds to LCIF headquarters, Club secretaries must send in names of member donations along with amount to LCIF to be recorded on their records . Lions Club International Foundation 630-571-5466 www.LCIF.org Look for info in Alabama Lion on updates to our Goals PCC Glen Elmore LCIF Chairman 34C 251-769-6365 Cell 334-636-4450 Home [email protected] Renovate instead of ALABAMA LIONS FORWARD recycling all the time ID Jerome Thompson My goodness the Lionistic year is already speeding away and the lions of Alabama have begun their run! The Global Leadership Team for MD 34 has ambitious plans to improve the pool of future candidates to lead our Multiple. So far we complain about the lack of leadership in our districts, about the lack of commitment, knowledge, and willingness to participate. Yes, there is certain truths to those negative connotations with the unfailing reality that there are some Lions who are still believers in the organization, who attend every meeting, and give gladly their personal resources to foster the ideal of service. The tragedy of this fallacy is that there are not enough of those dedicated Lions to fulfil all of the vacancies in the leadership positions. When we have to start recycling old Lions…, a negative sign is hitting our face. When we have 25 or less members attending a cabinet meeting, or 50 attending a Leadership Conference, the flame of service must be reignited and our efforts to prepare the Lions for such an endeavor multiply. There is another issue on the table, it is so much easier to point out shortcomings and faults than provide solutions to remedy them. As Coordinator for the GLT program I have the awesome responsibility to find, prepare and launch the future leaders for Alabama. I request your help in helping me to scout for talent among your members. I cannot be present in every club, but I have an innate faith in the quality of our membership, that if we GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY to the silent majority, the number of members willing to come to the plate will surprise us. I feel upset when I see positions in a club perpetuating year after year, I am not questioning the effectiveness, loyalty and dedication of the Lions doing the job, but I am questioning the loss of an opportunity to another Lion to show his/her leadership. The idiom “if it ain’t broken, do not fix it” in this case, is not good advice. We must renovate instead of recycling all the time. I am attending on August 20th seminar in Kinston, NC sponsored by LCI about the opportunity to learn how to polish our presentations. I am driving the 8 or 9 hours and I hope it is worthy of my time….How presumptuous of me to think that I might learn a little in that workshop!! Here is another issue we face, some of the Lions of Alabama feel they have heard it all, and nothing new will come about in a seminar. Another myth we have to bring down, if attendance will increase. We just have been following the same pattern, generation after generation, “because we have always done it this way”, we are depriving the new comers to showcase their initiatives, ideas and opportunities to help the association. I will repeat this workshop on “polishing presentations” in Montgomery after we come back from the U.S. Canada Forum. The training of all club officers is of daring importance, MD34 A with PDG Dr. Glenda Moxley is ready to be called and train as many officers as needed. PDG Judy Pritchett has almost completed all the zone chairs as well as MD 34 B club officers, and there is not a GLT assigned for MD 34 C to complete this task. PDG Ron Mitchell has ably fulfilled that duty in the Western part of Alabama. In my humble opinion and for once I believe everybody agrees, that one person per district is not enough to cover the territory training club officers. Luckily, I received notification that a small stipend has been set aside for the GLT and GMT district officers to do their jobs. I do not think that is conducive to great participation if you have to foot the bill for all your traveling; now with this little initiative I expect to have better participation. We are middle class folks willing to share a bit of our resources, but some of these jobs require multiple visits that are done happier with a little financial help and another partner. The rest of the year we will be encouraging you to follow webinars sponsored by LCI. I will start a new program composed of three Saturdays during the second semester of the Lions year in every district with the objective to prepare a decent number of Guiding Lions. WE will also have a general training similar to the Lion University, with an array of relevant courses to prepare our leaders for a better and brighter leadership challenge. The maximum number of participants will be 15. The materials will come from LCI resources and the courses will be free to the participants. The Long Range Planning Committee continues to meet with Lions in leadership roles to create a vision of what Alabama Lions will accomplish in the next decade. As we conclude the first century of service, we have positioned ourselves as the “Global Leaders in Humanitarian Service”. Our focus for the past 90 year has been to actively respond to the challenge issued in 1925 by Helen Keller. While her vision has guided us well, we must also carefully begin to broaden our definition of service. While Lions Clubs International will be sharing an overall global initiative for the second year of service, we in Alabama must also work together to develop a dream for a better tomorrow in our state. Four key areas of emphasis have been defined by the committee. Each area builds upon the other until we have gone full circle. With each revolution through the cycle of key words, we, the LIONS of Alabama, become more focused upon our mission. Our first challenge is to return to our original mission of service. In the 2014-15 Lion year, we provided service to over 100,000 people. That figure is based upon 50% of the clubs reporting through MyLCI. With proper reporting and a renewed focus on serving all of humanity, the committee chairs who convened on February 6, 2016 agreed upon our goal of serving 300,000 annually by 2025-26. As we increase service, we will need to engage more hands. Engagement of current members, identification of new members and the formation of new clubs will assist us in reaching the goal of growing to 5663 members over the next 10 years. Once we achieve this goal, we will then be ready to explore transitioning from three districts to four. The only way to continue our momentum, having a renewed commitment to service and having engaged more volunteers, is to connect with our members, as well as, our community of support. Being a Lion is more than meeting, paying dues and serving others. Rather, when we are able to connect with the passion of our members, we begin to build enthusiasm, reveal new creativity and witness the development of new leaders. In addition to connecting with our members, we must also begin to forge greater relationships with those in the community that support us, as well as, other non-profits who share our commitment to serving others. The final piece of the puzzle, which is being assembled to define our progression toward excellence over the next decade is the improvement of our communications. The Lions of Alabama are often described as the best kept secret. The challenge is not only to educate those outside our association of the great work we do. Additionally, we must also find ways to better communicate with our members, who often are unaware of our accomplishments, service projects or honors received. At the MD 34 Annual Convention, each delegate will be given the opportunity to adopt the Long Range Plan that has been drafted based upon the input of large cross section of Lions from across Alabama. GLT Coordinator PID Yamandu Acosta — Page 6 — The TIME is NOW Is the Lions Centennial Band in Your Budget? FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ’S) SEND IN YOUR SPONSORSHIPS, PLEDGE or Donations RIGHT NOW Alabama Lions High School Centennial Star Band - Update Fellow Lions: I wanted to provide a brief update on our 100 member BAND initiative. See below for pledged clubs and donations, by district as of this writing. We need 60 more sponsorships ASAP. The cutoff date for sponsoring a band student is the end of March, 2017, however, in order to plan and reserve lodging, events, transportation, etc., we need to know NOW how many students the Lions of Alabama want to send to Chicago. If I have not included you on the list above, please let me know, so I can add your name to the list. The time to ACT is NOW. WILL YOUR Club BE NEXT?? Want to Sponsor??? CALL, EMAIL, Let us KNOW RIGHT AWAY Need a program??? CALL, EMAIL, Let us KNOW RIGHT AWAY • How much does it cost to sponsor a student? • We are finalizing the amount at this time, but for 100 students, the amount will likely be $900. • What type of student are we seeking? • The typical band student is a sophomore or junior, although we occasionally see a senior or freshman. Seniors have already graduated and may not be interested, and freshmen may not be mature enough for this trip. • How does a student become a member of the Lions Centennial Band? • Once funds have been received from, or on behalf of a Lions Club, the Club specifies the school the student should be come from. Our Band Director contacts your band for an appropriate student, based upon character, leadership, musical ability and instrumentation needs of the Lions Band. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me via email at: [email protected], or call 205.979.6371. You may mail all donations, (made out to: Alabama Lions Band) to: Alabama Lions Band c/o PCC Ken Vaudo 3337 Shallowford Road Birmingham, AL 35216 In Lionism, PCC Ken Vaudo, Chairperson Alabama Lions Band Committee WE SERVE 100th Annual Lions Clubs International Convention Friday, June 30 through Tuesday, July 4, 2017 Chicago, Illinois, USA — Page 7 — Congratulations 1st VDG Pedro! The 2015-2016 “Tom Jones Lion of the Year Award” was given to 1st VDG Pedro M. Pino, right. Sr. PIP J. Frank Moore presented the award at the Multiple District 34 Leadership Conference on Saturday, August 13, 2016. Congratulations to these Clubs! The William C. Chandler Awards is presented annually to the Clubs with the highest percentage membership gain with a membership of: • 0-19 Members: Leeds Lions Club • 20-49 Members: Talladega Lions Club Awards presented • 50 or More Members: Enterprise Lions Clubs LCIF District 34C Chairman IPCC Glen Elmore presented LCIF awards to Headland Lions Club President Ronnie Dollar the 100% Club and PIP J. Frank Moore the Progressive Melvin Jones award. Thanks to Lions clubs and Lions like these District 34C surpassed it’s goal of $30,000.00 last year, but the real winners are all the citizens who were helped by our contribution here at home and around the world. Clanton Lions Club promotes youth baseball The Clanton Lions Club contributed to the 12 and under Clanton All Star team who won the Dizzy Dean State Championship and placed third in the World Series. The Clanton Lions Club has sponsored a team in Clanton youth baseball for over 40 years. Pictured front row (l-r), Crawford Easterling and Katon Elijah, members of the 12u team, back row (l-r), Kenyon Easterling, coach of the 12u team and Don Hand, grandfather of Katon Elijah and long time Clanton Lions Club member. ATTENTION ALL LIONS CLUBS Let all the Lions of Alabama know what your club is doing in the near future. E-Mail, fax or call Doris at 205-933-9288, fax 205-933-9215, E-mail: [email protected], and indicate it is for the newsletter. We cannot use clippings from local newspapers. When you send photos they must be in JPEG format, and everyone in the photo needs to be identified. These articles will be used on a first come first serve as space is limited. — Page 8 —
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