August 2025 Newsletter
We are continuing to evolve the format of the newsletter notification emails. This month, instead of printing each article in the email, we are providing the beginning of each one and you can select to read more or move on.
The publication of the newsletter is at the beginning of the month, but articles are posted all during the month. A second email notification mid-way through the month will be sent if there are additional posts to share.
You can reply to this email to give us feedback on the new format. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!
By Lion Peggy Tobin
LCI President’s Message
GET READY FOR A YEAR OF SUCCESS
Lead to Serve. Serve to Lead
Dear Lion,
As we begin our new Lion year, now is the time to think about your goals and how to achieve them. The key is leadership and service. That’s why our message this year is “Lead to serve, serve to lead” — because serving and leading are inseparable, and each drives the other.
When we act as servant leaders, we act with purpose. As the largest service organization in the world, Lions are already leaders in service, yet we have so much more to do. We need to grow our clubs so we can serve more people, have more impact and create a better world for us all.
So, let’s get this year started off right by working together to make this a year of strong leadership, compassionate service, exceptional growth and enormous success.
Together we serve,
A.P. Singh
International President
Special Notices – August 2025
ALL CLUB SECRETARIES
IF YOU HAVE NOT ENTERED YOUR OFFICERS FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR, PLEASE CALL LION PEGGY TOBIN AT 406-461-4206 OR EMAIL HER AT [email protected] !!
YOU WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE LIONS PORTAL UNTIL THIS ISSUE IS RECTIFIED.
For Club Treasurers
PLEASE NOTE THAT LCI DUES WILL INCREASED JULY 1, 2025. THE INCREASE IS $2/YEAR ($1/6-MONTH BILLING CYCLE) FOR FULL MEMBERSHIPS. NOTE: New members are charged at a prorated amount depending on date joined.
District 37 Club Officer Training Videos
These videos are all accessible via the district website, www.montanalions.org under “Training/Resources”.
- Club President: Trainer PDG Mike Tobin
- Club Secretary: Trainer Lion Peggy Tobin
- Club Treasurer: Trainer PDG Mike Collins
Short videos about how to do specific secretary or treasurer tasks:
Filing your 990-N (e-Postcard) (9 minutes)
With the release of the new LionPortal, we have added links to some of the short videos provided by LCI:
Newsletter Information
Any Lions club member can submit information associated with any type of Lions project or general club information. You can submit Club News ANYTIME! You are also welcome to email your news (hopefully with photo) to: Lion Peggy Tobin at [email protected].
Website Updates
The new “Tri-Fold Generator” is now available for clubs to create their own club brochures using a tri-fold format that your club can use to share your information to prospective new members. You will find it under Training/Resources on the website.
Free Club Websites!
The club-level website is still being offered by Montana District 37 at NO COST! If you don’t already have a domain name, Deanna can provide one for a cost of $20/year after the first year. If you are interested in getting a website for your club, please contact Peggy Tobin at [email protected] or call 406-461-4206.
Dates to Remember – August 2025
AUGUST CLUB ANNIVERSARIES
226 years of service! WOW!!
Baker 08/29/1946
Ennis 08/30/1948
Huntley Project 08/30/1954
UPCOMING DISTRICT MEETING DATES
MT Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation – August 2, 2025 @ 8:00am MT School for the Deaf and the Blind, Great Falls, MT
District Cabinet Meeting – August 2 2025 @ 10:00am MT School for the Deaf and the Blind, Great Falls, MT
2026 DISTRICT 37 CONVENTION
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!
APRIL 17-18, 2026, COLUMBIA FALLS, MT
LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION SCHEDULE
2026 Hong Kong – Jul 3-7
2027 Washington DC – July 2-6
2028 Singapore -June 23-27
2029 Minneapolis, MN
2030 San Antonio TX
2031 – Helsinki Finland
UPCOMING USA/CANADA FORUMS
USA/CANADA LIONS LEADERSHIP FORUMS CAN BE RELATED TO ALL AREAS OF YOUR LIFE – NOT JUST LIONS
2025 Atlantic City, NJ – September 18-20
Registration is open online at
https://members.lionsforum.org/event-5804241/Registration
2026 Memphis TN – September 3 – 5
2027 Huntsville, AB – September 16-18
2025 District 37 Post Convention Report – Endorsed Project Vendors
Over the next few months a series of convention reports will be published to share the experiences of many Lions who attended the 2025 District 37 Convention held May 2nd and 3rd in Helena MT. If you have stories or photos to share, please send them via the “Submit Club News” option on the website.
The 2025 District Convention provided an opportunity for our endorsed project representatives to have vendor tables so that attendees could learn more about their services and collect information to take back to their clubs. In addition, many of the representatives participated in the Saturday Speed Learning.
2025 District 37 Post Convention Report – Silent Auction
Over the next few months a series of convention reports will be published to share the experiences of many Lions who attended the 2025 District 37 Convention held May 2nd and 3rd in Helena MT. If you have stories or photos to share, please send them via the “Submit Club News” option on the website.
The 2025 District Convention silent auction was held Friday evening. Attending clubs provided the auction items which raised $3,840!!
Special Notices – July 2025 UPDATE
IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR SECRETARIES
The following was posted on the Lion Portal Facebook Page on July 1st after the newsletter was published:
Grace Period Information:
There will be a grace period for the following outgoing club officers so that they can close out their year regarding reporting service activities as well as making sure that the club officers for the new year are entered for transfer of duties.
The following officers (2024 – 2025) will be allowed to login from 7/1 through 7/31 with full permissions. As of 8/1, the permissions will be ended.
The list of officers allowed this 1-month grace period include:
Club President, Secretary, Treasurer, Administrator, Service Chairperson
Leo Club Advisor, President, Secretary, Treasurer
Club Protocol Chairperson, Club IT Chairperson, Guiding Lions
July 2025 Newsletter
We are continuing to evolve the format of the newsletter notification emails. This month, instead of printing each article in the email, we are providing the beginning of each one and you can select to read more or move on.
The publication of the newsletter is at the beginning of the month, but articles are posted all during the month. A second email notification mid-way through the month will be sent if there are additional posts to share.
You can reply to this email to give us feedback on the new format. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!
Meet 2025-2026 Int’l President A.P. Singh
Lead to Serve. Serve to Lead
2025-2026 International President AP Singh
Incoming International President A.P. Singh, of Kolkata, India, is a practicing chartered accountant and has family business interests in automobile dealerships and has three children.
A Lion since 1984 and a member of the Calcutta Vikas Lions Club, IPE Singh has held many positions within the association, including district governor and council chairperson. He has served as GMT international coordinator for four years and as a member on a number of ad hoc board committees. He was chairperson for the 2017 DGE seminar in Chicago, USA, and has served as faculty at more than 50 ALLIs/RLLIs, RLLIs, FDIs and LCIP certification programs. He has also served as multi-national coordinator for Campaign SightFirst II, CA leader for Campaign 100, member of the LCIF Steering Committee and as chairperson of the National SightFirst Committee of India. Vice President Singh has participated in and presented seminars at Area Forums in all constitutional areas. He was the co-chairperson of the Organizing Committee for the ISAAME Forum in Kolkata, India.
Polaris Raffle
The annual raffle sponsored by the MT Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation culminated at the Helena Convention on Saturday night when International Director, Robert “Ski” Marcinkowski from Fairbanks, Alaska pulled out the winning raffle ticket. The winner was Lion Steve. The Raffle netted the foundation $18,400 and represented the 3rd highest profit since they started the ATV Raffle. (The highest profit was received right after COVID).
