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New York State aNd Bermuda
multiple diStrict 20 lioNS
June 2014
Follow Your Dream
Service is more than a dream—it’s our identity.
Yes, proud to be a Lion in Lake Placid!
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The Lions Camp Badger
Golf Classic 2014 is set for Friday,
September 19 beginning with a 1 p.m.
shotgun start. The outing will once again
be held at the Bristol Harbour Golf Course
in Canandaigua. Registration is now open. The outing is
held using the "scramble" format. You do not have to be an
outstanding golfer to participate. It is more important to
want to have some fun while at the same time helping out
Camp Badger.
The cost to play is $95 per golfer or $380 per foursome.
The price includes golf, cart, lunch, dinner and prizes. In
the past two years the Golf Classic has raised nearly
$10,000 for the Camp. You can play, volunteer, become a
sponsor or help us find door prizes. You can also encourage
your district and your club to become a sponsor. Sponsor-
ship levels run all the way from $1200 to $30. The more
help we get; the more help we can pass on to Lions Camp
Badger.
Information for players, sponsors and those who wish to
volunteer or donate is available from PCC Gary Brown.
Contact him at [email protected] or call 315-543-7352
or 315-486-8195 (cell). I ask for your help not only for my-
self but also for the kids at Camp. They count on us. Let's
be thee for them again while we have a little fun. I hope to
hear from you and see you on September 19.
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Lions Website: www.md20lions.comCouncil of Governors 2013 - 2014
20-N
Daniel Dunn
11 Waltercrest Ter.
West Seneca, nY 14224
20-E1
Robert Infantino
9730 Highland ave.
Dansville. nY 14437
20-E2
Rick Allabaugh
7 Deborah Dr.
Binghamton, nY 13901
20-W
Mark Whitney
Po Box 261
Schroon Lake, nY 12870
20-Y1
Kermit Mott Jr.
Po Box 34
Deposit, nY 13754
20-Y2
Stephen Lynch
48 north St.
Granville, nY 12832
20-O
Wilfred Rouche
8 Skyview Dr.
Poughkeepsie, nY
12603
20-R1
Barbara Chuck
108 Brookhill Dr.
West nyack, nY 10994
20-R2
Maria Sierra
300 Fort Washington
ave #3e
new York, nY 10032
20-K1
Barbara Moody
3 3rd ave.
Westbury, nY 11590
20-K2
Linda Ruggiero
203 n. elm St.
Massapequa, nY 11758
20-S
Richard Nilsson Jr.
10 Dundee Ln.
Southampton, nY 11968
Council Chair Terry Hartzell
43 elmwood Dr., apalachin, nY 13732, [email protected]
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District 20n Leaders of the Future were
toasted at their Hospitality Suite at Lake Placid,
nY during the recent MD20 Convention. 2nd
VDG John Haak, DGe Mike Lawkowski and
1st VDG nancy Luckman enjoyed the company
of their fellow Lions.
The Town of niagara Lions Club is extremely
proud to announce that PDG Lion Robert Shiv-
ely has been chosen the 2014 niagara County
Senior Citizen of the Year. He will be recog-
nized by the new York State Legislature on May
6 and by the niagara County Legislature
on May 20.
The Sheridan Drive Lions Club was proud to
have one of its members honored at the 91st an-
nual MD-20 new York & Bermuda Lions Con-
vention. Lion Sharon Battaglia was presented
the International President's Leadership award
by District Governor Dan Dunn during the
opening Session at Lake Placid. Lions who
have made a significant leadership contribution
during the international president's year in office
are eligible to receive this award. Lion Sharon, a
member since 2009, will soon be assuming a
District 20-n role as GMT.
PCS Lion Diane Muscoreil of the Wilson
Lions Club was presented with the District 20n
Governors Leadership award for the 2013-2014
year at the 20n Convention in april.
The Lions had the installation of two new
members at Riley's Restaurantand Bar in elli-
cottville during March.Shown in the photo (left
to right) are: Lion David nellis, President; Lion
James Jozwiak, Past District Governor and
Sponsor; new Lion members Jim and Sandy
Sterry of Springville.
PCC Jeffery Stribing died on Feb 27 2014 of
mucopolysaccharidoses. He was 55 . Lion Jeff
was a life member of the Lancaster Lions Club
of district 20n . Lion Jeff was a Melvin Jones
Fellow and a recipent of The Robert J uplinger
Humanitarian award.He was also the founder
and driving force behind the Vision Beyond
Sight Foundation at the Ira Ross eye Center. al-
tough blind, Lion Jeff left a lasting legacy on his
community and is being honored by the Villaga
of Lancaster. The attached photo and article ap-
pered in the Buffalo news on May 26, 2014.
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one LaST PuSH..... for DG Kermit Mott’s
district project....with a push-up contest. PDG
Scott Renner and Lion Don Rhoades pictured.
DGE Tim Bush presenting membership program
at Regional Zone Meeting. Below Zone Chair-
man Tom Pallidino making the rounds during
the xone meeting at Manlius Lions Club.
At the Lake Placid Convention, future Leo
Xavier Lowery impressing the Lady Lions of
NYC with his plans to be President of the New
East Syracuse Leos Club.
In memory of
a great Lion,
DGE Bill Winans.
DG Bob Infantino and CS Lion Barry Haywood
District Governor Bob Infantino was able tonominate one outstanding Lion in his district forthe "Miracles Through Service award." Thenomination needs to be approved by the Boardof Directors of the Brandel – Murphy YouthFoundation.
We are proud to announce that the recipient ofthe Miracles Through Service award was pre-sented to Past District Governor Barry Haywoodat the new York State and Bermuda Lions Con-vention held in Lake Placid on april 25-27th.
PDG Barry has been active as a Lions memberfor 44 years; he has held various leadership po-sitions and is the producer of the annual Dans-ville Minstrel Show. PDG Barry was a teacherfor 40 years, directing band at both Holland andDansville Schools. The Red Cross Chapter no. 1is fortunate to have him as the chairman of theirBoard of Directors. They recently recognizedhim for his service with the prestigiousFounder’s award.
President Chuck Switzer accepts a Certificateof appreciation from Marianne Sernofsky repre-senting The army Strong Community Center(aSCC) in Rochester. For the last two years,army Strong, working with the Brockport Lionsand the association for the Blind and VisuallyImpaired (aBVI), has collaborated on a projectto provide jackets and winter clothing for thechildren of service men and women in theRochester area. aSCC provides a variety of re-sources and sup-port to Military Members andFamilies in the community closest to where theylive. The Brockport Lions look forward to work-ing with aSCC on this and other projects in thefuture.
The Wellsville Lions have completed the busypart of the year with the ending of the GreaterWellsville Trout Derby. This Year’s Derby sawa slight decrease in contestants but proved to bea year for the fishermen. Here are the numbersfor this year’s DerbyBy the numbers- number of fish caught - 215- amount paid out - $17,375number of fishermen registered - 1247
each year inthe spring theMedina LionsClub coordinateand sponsor acommunityclean-up day.This past Satur-day we haveabout 50 volun-
teers including Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, the JobCorp, Masons, and Lions spread throughout thecommunity to pick up trash. Many bags ofgarbage were collected and our village certainlylooked betterwhen the workwas done. afterthe hard workthe Lions Sup-plied andcooked hot dogsfor all.
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Tyler Kasperski, Andrew Morris and Andy Fiskcollect eyeglasses at the Andover Lions ClubMaple Festival.
Three Boy Scouts from Troop 739 Bolivar, nY.Tyler Kasperski, andrew Morris and andy Fiskcollect eyeglasses at the andover Lions ClubMaple Festival. andrew Morris is currently work-ing to attain the rank of eagle Scout. He is re-quired to create a project which among manyother things demonstrates his leadership skills. Toachieve his goal he is working to raise publicawareness of the long standing Lions Club serviceactivity of collecting used eyeglasses for recy-cling. Through his efforts he has gathered the en-dorsements and support of several Lions clubs inthe Southern Tier as well as the Region V Journeyfor Sight Committee. Through radio and newspa-per ads he intends to help Lions Clubs by educat-ing the public and establishing eyeglass collectionpoints during the allegany County Sherriff’s pilldrop program and at the Region V Journey forSight event in angelica.
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D i s t r i c t e 2Around The District
BLOOMFIELD LIONSFundraising for a Vision Screening Camera hasbeen successful. The Club has purchased a Plu-soptix Mobile Vision Screener system to im-prove our eye Screening program for theCommunity.Lions International will be doing a Vision Videofeaturing the Bloomfield Lions Club in thespring to highlight the benefits of eye Screeningand the importance of early detection of any po-tential problems. Congrats to Lion Mike Bartlefor leading the Bloomfield eye Screening pro-gram and the dedication of all of those who haveparticipated in the eye screenings and helpedwith the fundraisers.
CANANDAIGUA LIONSoperation Gratitude is a nonprofit organizationformed to thank our military veterans for theirservice by sending them care packages. Theirmotto is, "it's never too late to say thank you" toour Veterans. They ship care packages to dis-charged veterans and active duty military per-sonnel. Care packages are sent overseas andwithin the uS to wounded warriors in hospitals.The boxes can contain such things as a hat, lipbalm, lotion and other personal care items, cof-fee, candy, cookies, magazines, and many otherinteresting items and opportunities.
The Canandaigua Lions Club supports opera-tion Gratitude's efforts by creating 'thank you'notes that are included in the care packages.once we sent several letters, they contacted usto be an ambassador for them within our localarea for the distribution of the care packages.We secured a shipment of care packages for ourlocal Veterans at the VaMC in Canandaigua,and delivered boxes to other local veteran’s lo-cations including The Veterans Club, The elijahHouse, the Gerofit Program in Canandaigua andRochester (distributing them while supportingthe Blue Star Mothers annual spaghetti dinnerfund raiser), and the Victory Home for Veterans.We have also provided contact information forthe Syracuse VaMC to access care packages di-rectly from operation Gratitude. We will con-tinue to look for opportunities to provide thesecare packages to local veterans within the guide-lines set forth by operation Gratitude.
CORNING LIONSThe Corning Lions Club honored the best andthe brightest from Corning east and CorningWest High Schools Thursday with its first-everHigh School Leadership Recognition Banquet –held in the cafeteria of the future Corning-Painted Post High School. Sixty students wererecognized for their leadership roles on Hawkssports teams, as well as on high school club ac-tivities at both high schools.
"To honor this many kids is a great thing," Corn-ing-Painted Post Superintendent Mike Ginalskisaid. "Leadership does matter."
The Lions Club kicked off the annual event with
two of the area’s most well-known leaders – for-mer Congressman amory Houghton, Jr., as wellas Chairman and editor-in- Magazine HenryDormann - who were guest speakers.
"I’m so honored to be here," Houghton said."The Lions Club does so much for the commu-nity." Houghton lauded the students for display-ing the essence of leadership at an early age, aswell as the Lions Club for recognizing them fortheir efforts. Dormann spoke of his travels meet-ing with world leaders – entertaining and inspir-ing the audience.
ELMIRA COLLEGE CAMPUS LIONSDG Rick inducted the new members on March13th. Robert Killmer is the President of theelmira College Campus Lions Club.
Robert, Rui Arichika, Lauren Wolfe, MeghanCornforth, Rick. Missing was Chaemin Lee
GENEVA LIONSon Saturday March 22nd the Geneva Lions dida vision screening of kids at the Geneva Library.We screened 8 children, and they all seemed toenjoy having their pictures taken.
Lion Connie Waldby sets up the Plusoptix equip-ment for the screening at the Geneva Library.
on Tuesday, april 29 the Geneva Lions did ascreening at the Head Start at the West Street el-ementary in Geneva. approximately 43 childrenwere screened, with 8 children referred. Thestaff at the Head Start and also the Geneva ele-mentary Schools like our program and we willbe screening at both places this coming fall.
LANSING LIONSThe Lansing Lions held their Spring PancakeBreakfast on the morning we changed ourclocks. Members, volunteers and Boy Scouts allcontributed to making this a very successfulevent. It was a great time for residents to get to-gether for a social get together.
NORTH ROSE LIONSThe north Rose Lions hosted a american RedCross Blood Drive on april 24, 2014 with theStudent Council of north Rose-Wolcott HighSchool. The north Rose lions usually host 2Blood Drives each year at the local HighSchool.
Liz Lockley and Allison LeFever, Student Council members, Lion Allan Mitchell and
Donor, Jamie Clement.
PAL-MAC LIONSThis is our 2013 year at the Hill Cumorah Pag-eant with our Popcorn Trailer. a great represen-tation of the Lions Club! The lines were soooolong.
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PHELPS LIONSPhelps Lions Club served dinner at a benefit fora 13 month old boy who is battling BilateralRetinoblastoma, a rare cancer causing tumors ofthe eyes.
SODUS LIONSThe Lions Club of Sodus is sponsoring a studentfrom Sodus Central Schools, for one week thissummer at a DeC environmental ed. Camp. In-terested students were required to write a pageas to why they wanted and deserved to go toDeC camp. entries were open to students age 11– 17. The winner was selected by the science de-partment staff from the middle and high schools.The winner is andrew englert, a 6th grader. an-drew chose Camp Rushford in alleghanyCounty to attend. To say andrew was thrilled tobe selected would be an understatement.
Sodus Lion 1st VP Bill Hontz and Andrew.
UNION SPRINGS LIONSSuper Bowl Sunday Breakfast: The breakfast tobenefit nicole Tanner was one of most success-ful ones in recent history. We appreciated theunion Springs academy taking 80 breakfasts,and their students and the students from theunion Springs High School did a tremendousjob. The compliments from the supervisingLions and community members were extremelypositive.
Sweet Heart’s night: nicole Tanner and herfamily were in attendance, and we presented herwith a check in the amount of $2,500.00. She isextremely grateful, and now able to have a bath-room built on the 1st floor of her home.
VICTOR LIONSThe Victor Lions have completed their eyescreenings for the year. on april 5th we spon-sored our 2nd (and hopefully, annual) YouthWrestling Tournament at Victor Central School.188 kids participated and all went well. april12th, in cooperation with Victor Parks andRecreation’s easter egg hunt, we served a pan-cake breakfast with help from the Boy Scouttroop the Club sponsors. Scottish dancers, withthe help of four Lions, did many dances for uson april 15th. no Lion had to wear kilts. onMay 6th, we look forward to hearing from thenew Superintendent of the nYS School for theBlind at Batavia. We will find out what theBlind Student activity fund can do for the stu-dents.
WATKINS—MONTOUR LIONSThe induction of our newest member of theWatkins Montour Lions Club.
New member Beth DeCaro (second from the left) is shown with: (L to R)
Lion Paul Marcellus (sponsor); Lion PresidentTamre Waite; Past President and Master of
Ceremonies Thomas McGarry
on March 10th, the Watkins-Montour LionsClub assisted the Schuyler Hospital auxiliary intheir annual pasta dinner to raise money for theirHealthcare Scholarship Fund. The event, held atthe Montour Moose Lodge, was a collaborativeeffort of all three entities. The local Interact stu-dents helped out by serving dinners andbusing/setting tables. a total of 223 meals wereserved to individuals dining-in as well as thosewho chose the “take out” option.
WEBSTER LIONS CLUBThe campers will also enjoy overnights. TheWebster Lions members and their families sharean evening meal, and counselors set up 6-8 per-son tents at Camp Smile. a bonfire is built ands’mores are prepared. Typical campfire storiesare told, songs are sung, and everyone has agreat time camping out at our site. The WebsterLions Club cooks a pancake breakfast for thecampers the following morning.The Webster Lions Club is extremely proud tobe the sponsor of Camp Smile.
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D i s t r i c t WEdwards Lions Eye Screener FundraisingThe edwards Lions Club had an easter Fest thisyear. There was an egg hunt, face painting, raf-fle items, bake sale items and photographs withthe easter Bunny. Children of all ages enjoyedthis day. The weather cooperated but it was a bitcool. We are hoping for a better day next year.Pictured above are members of the edwardsLions Clubs and many children enjoying theday.
LONG LAKE, NY LIONS CLUB NEWSSince Lions is the only service club organizationin the small hamlet of Long Lake, nY, which islocated in the middle of the adirondack Park,our 19 members keep extraordinarily busy eitherplanning projects or carrying them out. Theclub earns money by selling calendars with pho-tographs from the area, and with local birthdaysand anniversaries listed, by serving food at sum-mer events and also by sponsoring vintagesnowmobile races.
Mary Jo Dickerson, Bill Kunzmann, Robert Keough, Brian Castler,
Kathy Duffendack, Sue Kunzmann, Carol Jilk and Dick Farr.
We have used the proceeds from our events topurchase eye exams and glasses, to purchaseseeds for the community garden, and to helpseniors with heating costs (which were ex-tremely high during the past very cold winter).In addition, we donated money to the school’selectrathon Car Club and helped to sponsor aneducational field trip for students pursuing ca-reers as health professionals.
International Presidential Leadership Award Winner
Pictured is District 20-W VDGE Lion Liz Walker(middle) receiving the International PresidentialLeadership award from Past International Presi-dent J. Frank Moore III (Left) and District 20-WDistrict Governor Mark Whitney at the 91st An-nual Convention of the Lions in Lake Placid, NY.
Quad Town Lions Eye Screener Fundraising
Members of the Quad Town Lions Club receiv-ing a $1000.00 donation from Seaway Commu-
nity Federal Credit Union (SEACOMM).
Members of the Quad Town Lions Club receiving a $500.00 donation from North
Country Community Bank.
District 20-W DG Mark Whitney
at the annual District 20-W Testimonial andawards Banquet held at the Sticks and StonesRestaurant in Schroon Lake District GovernorMark Whitney was honored with a Melvin JonesFellowship by the Lions of District 20-W.
VDGE Liz Walker, DG Mark Whitney and DGE Mike Brennan.
Hello, my name is Betsy Cummings, I reside inupstate nY in the small town of Gouverneur. Iam a hairdresser and a happily married motherof 3 grown children, and a Grandmother of 3grandsons with two more grandchildren on theway. The reason I am writing this story is to tellyou about two of my grandsons, Daimon andSeeley, who have been blind from birth with bi-lateral detached retinas and what our local Lion'sclubs have done for us.
Bills started coming in from upstate universityHospital in Syracuse, Boston and ones from giv-ing birth to him just a few months before. I wastalking to a customer who belonged to the Gou-verneur Lion's Club. She said to come to one ofthe meetings and ask for their help paying forthe bills as that is one of the reasons for their ex-istence. So, Tiffany and I went to one of themeetings and they were very interested in hear-ing about Daimon and his case and what we hadall been through. They did help us and I decidedto pay it forward and joined the GouverneurLion's club myself after a couple of visits as aguest.
The Gouverneur Lion's club helps us with gasand hotel fees just about every time we make thetrip to Michigan. We wouldn't have been able tomake the trips as easily without their help! Wehave made 10 trips in 17 months.
Seeley, was born we saw the same thing in hiseyes as we saw in Daimon's.
The Lion's Club is not just there for monetaryhelp, but they have been a blessing as a moralsupport group also. not just our local group, butalso the surrounding groups. When they hearabout our misfortune, they have also sent us gascards.
Daimon can see bright light, like sunlight or theflash of the camera, and Seeley now has a littlebit of a redish reflect in his left eye and can seelight also.
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The Lions Hearing Conservation Society an-nounces their 2014 - 2015 officers.
Treasurer Eric Unislawski (Johnstown LionsClub), President Sandie Clark & Secretary JimClark (Glens Falls Lions Club). Absent from the
picture is Vice President Rick Brisee ( Waterford Lions Club).
SCHUYLERVILLE Lions Club
Lion Bob Haney, Lion Nancy Johanson, hus-band Lion David Johanson, Lion Russ Hansonand photographer (not shown) Lion Mc Lough-
lin, chairman do road clean-up along Rt. 4.
HEUVELTON ALPHA LEOSMD-20 NEW YORK/BERMUDA CONVENTIONat Lake Placid
As Lion Scott and I were coming back fromlunch on Saturday, we noticed a group of youngpeople in purple tee shirts lined up by two out-side of the convention center. I made the com-ment, “Look Scott, those are Leos! They arevery young Leos”! We didn’t think much about itagain, until right before tear down of our LionsEye Institute/Lions Foundation at Albany Booth,when I started seeing the purple tee shirts again.As I realized they were making their way around
the exhibit hall, I was excited to meet this groupand talk to them.
Identifying one of the adults with them, LionNancy LaFaver, I found out they were theHeuvelton Leo Club. I thought to myself what awonderful experience to take a group of Leos tothe MD-20 New York/Bermuda Convention!What really surprised me was their ages! When Ithink of a Leo group, I automatically think ofHigh School age teens and pre teens! This groupof twenty eight youngsters were from fifth gradethrough eighth grade!
As I waited for them to congregate for a groupphoto in front of our booth, I asked Lion Nancysome questions about the group. Lion Nancy isone of their advisors, and is from their sponsor-ing Heuvelton Lions Club, District 20W. She isalso the District 20W Leo Chairperson. (Forthose who don’t know, Heuvelton, NY is betweenCanton and Ogdensburg, NY, in St. LawrenceCounty.)
I was amazed to learn about this eager groupof young volunteers! The Heuvelton Leos areseven years old, and currently have twenty eightmembers grades five through eight. This is just aglimpse of what their busy fundraising and com-munity service year looks like! The Glens Falls Lions Club held their annual
“Garden Planting and Picnic Meeting at Cran-dall Park, Tuesday, May 27. Lions Scott andKaren Rager planted purple ageratum and or-ange marigolds, Lions colors, in their circulargarden on the Glens Street side of the park.After, the club held their meeting and picnicunder the park’s large pavilion.
2 members of the Utica Lions Club were hon-ored by Central Association for the Blind andVisually Impaired for their Volunteer Service.
Lion Willam Corrigan with the inaugural RogerSinnott Volunteer Leadersgip Award.
Left CABVI CEO Rudy D” Amico, at right VDGPaula Flisnik, with Lion Geraldine Schisler,center, recipient of the Elizabeth C. CrandallVolunteer of the Year Award.
Tom says, “I gave uprunning after losing mysight in my 20s and Inever thought I wouldrun again. But with a lotof hard work, plenty ofambition and a littlehelp from friends, I haverediscovered my love forthe open road.” Withhelp from Guiding Eyesfor the Blind, many oth-ers can achieve their lifegoals.
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Sauquoit Valley Lions Annual Pancake Breakfast was held on Palm Sunday,
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social gathering. In addition to the breakfast there was a bake sale, art poster sale donated by Lion Ed and Lion Joanne
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Other proud Lions at Lake Placid convention
Putnam County and Rockland County Lions event
Putnam Valley Lions, Monsey Ramapo Lionsand north Rockland Lions held a joint clothingdrive for blind campers from VCB (Vision Cen-ter on Blindness). Lions helped the blindcampers find lovely free clothes, shoes, coats,purses etc. at VCB. Lion Dina nejman was thelead contact person and received hundreds ofdonations from all over the district and beyond.We were all touched by the emotions and grati-tude from our campers. Blauvelt Lions andnanuet Lion Jean joined us for the cause. a spe-cial thanks to Pearl River Lions for their dona-tion on their way to their next event.
Journey for SightMany guests, including VCB Students, MyBrother Vinny -- Paula Miratello , Kenny Beck,County Legislator aney Paul, and State SenatorDavid Carlucci , were on hand Saturday May 3 atGermonds Park in West nyack for the northernWestchester Rockland Putnam County LionsJourney for Sight.
Region Chair Mathai Chacko organized the event,which brings increased awareness for Lion proj-ects that seek to help the vision impaired, includ-ing Vacation Camp for the Blind, and Guidingeyes for the Blind. Thanks to Lions Khaled Musaand PDG Maybelle Twohie for organizing VCBtransportation.
new this year -- for Lions -- is My Broher Vinny--. a Greater Yorktown based charity whichworks with Special olympics, one Year + Home-less Veterans (via the Montrose Va).Since June 2013, MBV has furnished apartmentsfor 97 homeless veterans, who have been able toobtain a housing voucher.
The nanuet Lions Club celebrated their 55thCharter anniversary by announcing the forma-tion of the Rockland Regional Branch Club.PDG Ray Icobelli inducted the Charter mem-bers, and praised the efforts of DG BarbaraChuck and nanuet Lion Dr. Stephen Buckley tobuild a new club in R1. The branch club will beattached to nanuet Lions, and Lion Stephen willserve as mentor/liaison/guide/sherpa for the newclub. PDG Michael Bryceland inducted thenanuet officers. DG Barbara also announced theformation of the Hudson Valley Blazin' LeosClub, who will have their formal charteringThursday night, May 29, at Palisades Mall.
Yorktown Lions Club, Town of Yorktown
Mohegan Lake Audi/20th Anniversary -
Summer Concert Series
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HUSON VALLEY BLAzING LEOS INDUCTION NIGHT
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Bayside-Whitestone Lions Club Donates Supplies St. Alban's Veteran's Hospital.
District Governor Barbara Moody visited the Bayside-Whitestone Lions Club giving her commendations for their outstanding community service
efforts including much needed donations of winter goods to the St. alban's Veteran's Hospital in Queens. Pictured above, Bayside-Whitestone Lions
President Barbara Leonardi, Charter President Paul Vallone (now Council Member, District 19, Queens), and District Governor Barbara Moody with
club members.
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District Strides Walk for Diabetes brought inclose to $5,000 for Diabetes Education andCamp for diabetic children.
K2 PDG Peg DiIorio, PID Jack Weber & DGLinda Ruggiero celebrating PID Weber’s 90thbirthday!
Charter Night for the new Nassau CentralLions Club. Sponsoring Club is the ValleyStream Lions Club. Guiding Lion is 1stVDGETejinder (TJ) Anand.
Memorial Day 2014, Post 1711 former Divi-sion Commander, PDGTom Di Iorio pictured hiswith son Tom Jr. NCSD. Flagging graves to-gether at Pinelawn National Cemetery, SaturdayMay 24. A personnel Memorial Day traditionstarted over 25 years ago.
ID Dr. Steve Tremaroli inducted three newLions into the Farmingdale Lions Club at the K2Awards and Testimonial Luncheon
The Baldwin LEOs with Coordinator Lion Di-anne Cattrano at the Strides Walk.
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MULTIPLE DISTRICT 20 LIONS
Lions Club of NYS and Bermuda
1215 James Street
Syracuse, New York 13203-1629
PRSRT STDU.S. Postage
PAIDPermit No. 1947
Syracuse, NY
Did You Know that . . .
L i o n s S . E . E . , I n c .(Screening eyes early)
Has Done The Following In MD 20 Since 2008?
• Vision Screened More Than 34,000 Kids •
Resulting In . . .
• More than 1000 children in new glasses
• Thousands of referrals for amblyopia, strabismus, cataracts and other serious yet treatable eye conditions
• and more than 20 sight-saving surgeries
THIS WORK CAN CONTINUE ONLY WITH YOUR HELP!
"There is nothing so pitiful as a person with sight . . . but no vision."Helen Keller
Visit www.lionsSEE.org to learn more about this Official MD 20 State Project, to donate and to find the contact information for your district's Lions S.E.E., Inc. Trustees
