1. “Framing your club”
2. “Dynamics Between Generations”
3. “Communicating and Camaraderie”
4. “Don’t Blabber when asked about Lions”
5. “Free Money, double your impact”
6. “Why do we squabble?”
7, “PVC”
8. “The Diabetes epidemic”
Dear Lions,
Thank you for your most generous donations to LCIF. Just this year, your donations have enabled LCIF to respond to the disasters from Japan to South Asia to the U.S. Gulf Coast, Mexico and several Caribbean islands.
Earlier this month, Hurricane Harvey devastated the south central coast of Texas and areas of Louisiana. More recently, Hurricane Irma struck Florida and other areas of the Southeast United States, and laid waste to islands in the western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. Mexico has been rattled by its strongest earthquake in 100 years. Together, LCIF and Lions are supporting relief efforts for all of these disasters.
We have been working directly with Lions in the affected areas to ensure they have what they need to respond in these emergencies, and disaster relief funds have been made available for Lions in all of the affected areas. In turn, Lions are coordinating their efforts with local agencies to determine the greatest need and how Lions can address those needs.
Your donations allow LCIF to respond to disasters at the moment they happen, and ensure we can respond when called upon for future emergencies.
Together, we are making a significant difference.
Sincerely,
Chancellor Bob Corlew
Chairman, Lions Clubs International Foundation
Click on the image or use the drop-down link under “administration” below the banner above to open a copy you can read or save.The July 16, 2017, Cabinet Meeting Minutes are available for review.
The Foundation is auctioning the Safari (2017, spring fundraiser). The initial raffle winner decided to take the cash prize. Minimum bid $2000.00. Send all bids to PDG Monte Weisser, 533 West Arizona; Kalispell, 59901; 406-756-8528; monte014@gmail.com.
Bids must be received prior to 5:00 PM on Tuesday, October 10.
For more information contact PDG Monte Weisser.
PLEASE PASS THIS INFORMATION TO OTHER CLUB MEMBERS.
Dear Lions,
As a leader of this organization, something I want you to know is that Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) stands with Lions. LCIF helps Lions’ projects reach more people and benefit more communities. Have you ever thought about if the service project in your community could have reached more people if provided additional resources? Have you ever been involved in a project that you wish could have helped more people? LCIF grants are available to help you do that.
Receiving a grant for your service project may seem like an abstract idea, but it is possible to accomplish this for your own community. The donations that LCIF receives go directly to Lions who apply for grants and meet the required criteria.
Think about the service projects your club is participating in. Can a grant make your projects more impactful to your community or the community you are serving? In addition, think about this the next time you consider giving a donation to LCIF.
We have some exciting changes happening to our grants framework, so I hope you will talk with your club about LCIF and the potential grant opportunities available to you.
Very truly yours,
Chancellor Bob Corlew
Your International President
Learn more about how you and your club can help the fight to turn around the diabetes epidemic. Guest Presenter Jennifer Traube from Providence Hospital in Missoula will be presenting at the Montana LIons forum. Sign up today to attend.
Forum headquarters: Radison Colonial Hotel ( old Red Lion Colonial Inn). Address 2301 Colonial Drive, Helena Montana 59601. Make at reservations 406-443-2100. Discounted rates offered until September 1.
Dear Lions:
Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the hurricane in Texas, USA. In times of crisis, Lions are often among the first to offer critical supplies of food, water, temporary shelter, and clothing. Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) is right there beside them, ready to support their efforts with fundraising assistance through disaster relief grant programs.
Your generous donations to LCIF enable us to respond swiftly wherever and wherever the need exists. Please consider making a donation to LCIF’s disaster fund today so that we may continue to provide help and hope to those who need it most.
Sincerely,
Chancellor Bob Corlew
Chairman, Lions Clubs International Foundation
Did you know that diabetes impacts more than 400 million people per year, resulting in five million deaths annually? Because this disease has become a 21st century worldwide health emergency, we recently announced diabetes as our global focus in the new service framework. In alignment with this focus, we’ve added diabetes to the Centennial Service Challenge. Please encourage your clubs to host awareness campaigns, education and screening programs, and help expand treatment to stop this disease in its tracks. Together, we can meet the challenges of our next century of service!
Welcome to the final year of our Centennial! The Lions Centennial Team designated 2017-18 as our Year of Dedication—and we know you’re dedicated to helping your clubs achieve their goals. Now is the perfect time to begin planning how you’re going to support your clubs’ efforts. How many more people can we serve through the Centennial Service Challenge? How many Legacy Projects can your clubs complete? How many more ways can we celebrate? Let’s keep the momentum going and finish our Centennial celebration strong!
DON’T MISS OUT! ATTEND THE MONTANA LIONS FORUM.
The Montana Lions Forum is coming September 30 in Helena Montana at the Colonial Inn. Presentations include: “Framing your Club“, “PVC” “Dynamics Between Generations“, “Communicating and Camaraderie“, “Don’t Blabber when asked about Lions” – your elevator speech, “Free Money” – double your impact, “Why do we Squabble?“, “Everything you need to know about Diabetes” and how to help.
Dear Lions,
I’d like to begin my first newsletter by saying I am very excited for my new role as chairman of Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF). Having witnessed the wonderful service projects that are being completed around the world, some with funding from LCIF, I am ready to serve in a whole new way by supporting our foundation.
LCIF supports life-changing service projects Lions complete all around the world, providing grant funding for your local and global humanitarian efforts. Your contributions to LCIF have helped people near and far by providing disaster relief, saving sight, supporting youth and meeting humanitarian needs.
This year, which leads to the foundation’s 50th anniversary, we have a goal to raise US$50 million to support Lions’ compassionate service in more ways than ever. Lions show strength in numbers. When we work together, we can accomplish great things. I am confident this year will be the best year LCIF has had yet!
I look forward to my year as chairman and hope to see Lions and LCIF working hard to create positive change in our world.
Very truly yours,
Chancellor Bob Corlew
Chairman, Lions Clubs International Foundation
Lions Clubs International’s Centennial Celebration at Convention
More than 30,000 Lions from all over the world arrived in Chicago last month to celebrate LCI’s 100th anniversary at the International Convention. Among the many events that took place, a highlight was watching the Special Olympics – Leos “Mission: Inclusion” Unified Basketball Clinic presented by NBA great, Sam Perkins. Leos and Special Olympics athletes participated in basketball drills and scrimmages while working together and learning more about one another.
Convention is a great time to thank the generous Lions who donated. A special thanks is in order for Melvin Jones Fellows, Progressive Melvin Jones Fellows, Melvin Jones Fellowship clubs, and those in the Humanitarian Partner program. This year, we raised one of the highest donation amounts in LCIF Convention history. Because of your contributions, communities all around the world will receive help when it is needed.
The Project for Elimination of Avoidable Childhood Blindness
For more than 15 years, LCIF’s SightFirst program and the World Health Organization (WHO) have partnered to serve more than 127 million children by working to eliminate avoidable childhood blindness. The Project for Elimination of Avoidable Childhood Blindness is an initiative that began in 2001. Since then, 51 Child Friendly Eye Care Centers have been established and supported in 50 countries within Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific. The centers provide preventive, therapeutic, and rehabilitative eye care services for children aged 0-15 years. To date, more than 67,000 pediatric eye care staff have been trained, more than 13 million children have been screened for eye diseases, and more than 127 million children have received treatment. There have also been nearly one million education sessions for parents, caregivers and healthcare staff. Because of your donations to LCIF, millions of children have been given the chance to avoid childhood blindness.
Club LCIF Coordinators Position Update
The Club LCIF Coordinator is an ambassador for LCIF at the club level and is crucial to the promotion of our foundation. This person shares LCIF stories, motivates fellow Lions to support LCIF, and enables LCIF to advance its humanitarian work both locally and globally. Club LCIF Coordinators will be equipped with resources that will allow them to champion the goals of the foundation to Lions.
A new policy has been put into effect to help fill this vital role at the club level. In addition to serving as mentors to the club president and vice presidents, immediate past club presidents will now serve as Club LCIF Coordinators. If he or she is unable to serve in this capacity, the position may be filled by another club member.
Lion Jim passed away July 20, 2017, and services were held at Crown Hill Cemetery, with a reception at Prairie Peace Lutheran Church on July 25. The photo was of Jim receiving his 35 year Monarch pin from ADG Lary Garrison in June. Jim was an active member in the Cut Bank Lions Club and was willing to help in any way he could, in spite of the health issues he faced.The updated directory is available under the administration menu in the banner above or click here.
Dear Governor Lary,
Thanks so sincerely for all of your hard work in a District 37. Although your District is not yet at growth for this year, you and the other Lions have worked hard to make your District even better, and you have worked to serve your communities.
I am writing you to ask your help and also to tell you about a way that your District can still be recognized for membership gains this year! You have already proven that yours is a District with dedicated leaders. Through your leadership, you have already contributed to our tremendous success this year.
I’m sure your already know that LCI is now larger than we have ever been during our 100 year history! We broke the records this year! But, I am sad to tell you that here in the United States, we are not yet at growth. Nonetheless, it has been a great year in the US as we have worked toward gaining new members. The last numbers I saw showed the US down by fewer than 800 members. And that’s the best we’ve been in much longer than I can remember.
I’m writing you to ask you to help us get the US to growth during this Centennial year! We have 9 more days to do it! Won’t you make some contacts with the Club Presidents in your District and get them to help us? This is a great opportunity for the Lions of the US to demonstrate our leadership once again.
As an additional incentive, I have already announced that in addition to recognizing Governors of Districts at growth for the year, we will also recognize Governors whose Districts grow DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE! So this is a chance to your District to be recognized for your membership growth!
So please, make these last 9 days count for us in the US and also in your District. Please keep up the great work so we can get more good members who will help us help more people in more communities. Together we will continue to find those New Mountains to Climb!
I hope to see you at the Convention in Chicago!
Bob
Dear Fellow Lions,
I am pleased to announce that we just surpassed our all-time membership record of 1,445,591 Lions!
I want to thank each and every one of you for your dedication to changing lives and growing our association’s humanitarian impact over the past year. Thanks to you, we are positioned to enter our second century of service stronger than ever before. Thanks to you, Lions clubs are serving in more communities around the world. And thanks to you, we are helping more people than ever before.
Thank you for helping Lions reach new heights!
Very truly yours,
Chancellor Bob Corlew
Lions:
The 100th International Convention is fast approaching. This message is official notice of Constitutional changes proposed for the Convention to consider.
Please allow this message to serve as a reminder that the Official Convention Call has been published in the Lions Magazine in compliance with Article VI, Section 2 of the International By-Laws.
All Lions can review the 2017 Official Call and Notice of Amendments on the Association website or may click the following link to review the 2017 Official Convention Call and Notice of Amendments as published in the LION Magazine.
We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!
The Derby is being held Sunday, June 18th at Newlon Creek Reservoir from 7 AM to 3 PM. Tickets are $10 (sales close at noon on Sunday) from a Club member, Meagher County News, or any local bar. $500, $300 and $200 winner’s prizes (by weight) plus lots of door prizes, too. Stop by and enjoy a great time!
Chicago Readies Lions Centennial ConventionCelebrate the Centennial, June 30-July 4, 2017, at the Lions International Convention in Chicago, the city where it all began. Join Lions and Leos from more than 100 countries for five days of activities, fellowship and fun at this historic event! Here are just a few highlights:
Stop by the Centennial-LCI Forward Booth and be sure to purchase a beautifully crafted Centennial Commemorative Coin at Club Supplies Store.
“100 Years of Service and Beyond” is the theme of Lions Clubs International’s District C-2 Convention being held October 20 & 21, 2017, in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The fillable registration form is now available.
Catch up on all the latest Lion news and views in the June issue of LION Magazine. Check out some of this month’s digital extras and features:
Wherever you go, LION Magazine is already there.
Best regards, Your LION Magazine Team
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Any current club officer is being asked to submit club information to the Foundation administrator. Information that is needed includes: club meeting location, address, day of week, and meeting time. Also, please send the names, mailing address, phone numbers (home and cell), email addresses for club presidents, 1st vice president, secretary, treasurer, membership chair and LCIF coordinator.
A directory of club officers is indispensable in the effort to contact clubs. Almost daily, requests are received asking for club contact information. Help may be needed for sight, hearing and/or speech issues or other Lions related issues.
Every effort will be made to have the directory completed by Labor Day and available to all clubs. Information can be sent via regular mail to: 1st VDG Dennis Kopitzke, Box 1266, Forsyth, 59327 or email djk_7491@rangeweb.net
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Start Planning Your Final Centennial Year TodayWe’re celebrating Lions Clubs’ Centennial through June 30, 2018, so your club has one more year to serve in honor of this historic milestone. Make a difference by planning now to participate in all of the Centennial Service Challenge Campaigns and by implementing a Legacy Project that will make your club visible in your community for years to come. The best part is that youget to decide when to serve and which projects are right foryour club and your community. Get started today!
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The Montana Lions Convention adopted officers for the coming year (2017-2018).
PDG Jim Johnke was elected to the District Hall of Fame.
The dues reduction failed – district dues remain $25 per year.
The flag ceremony opened the convention on Friday, April 28.
The Montana Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation wishes to recognize the following clubs for their outstanding support over the past year. The top 5 in each category are listed below in the order of presentation (fifth to top) at the Montana Lions Convention in Kalispell. Each was awarded a patch for their banner.
Total contributions by club
5. Electric City $2,320
4. Missoula South Side $4,185
3. Bozeman Gallatin Empire $5,261
2. Ennis $5,500
1. Helena $7,497
Average contributions by member
5. Great Falls Sunrise $ 84.21
4. Ennis $101.85
3. Electric City $145.00
2. Helena $149.94
1. Missoula South Side $155.00
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