Serving members of MD36 Oregon and Northern CA January, 2015 Volume 5/14-15 Winning Poster submitted by Kalea Adams, age 13, attends Hendrick Middle School, sponsored by the Medford Host Lions Club. 1) 2) 3) Three honorable mentions: #1 Jayden Parker, age 11, of Whitford Middle School, sponsored by the Beaverton Lions Club #2 Raven Neal, age 12, of Timber Ridge School, sponsored by the East Albany Lions Club #3 Genevieve Marvin, age 12, of Armad Larive Middle School, sponsored by the Hermiston Lions Club Peace Poster Contest Results Article on page ... 15
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Serving members of MD36 Oregon and Northern CA January, 2015 Volume 5/14-15
Winning Poster submitted by Kalea Adams, age 13, attends Hendrick Middle School, sponsored by the Medford Host Lions Club.
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Three honorable mentions: #1 Jayden Parker, age 11, of Whitford Middle School, sponsored by the Beaverton Lions Club#2 Raven Neal, age 12, of Timber Ridge School, sponsored by the East Albany Lions Club#3 Genevieve Marvin, age 12, of Armad Larive Middle School, sponsored by the Hermiston Lions Club
Peace Poster Contest Results
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January 2015 marks the anniversary of another year in Lionism. It’s great to be a part of a network of Lions who are recognized as the greatest service organization worldwide! Indeed, your Club continues in the excellent tradition of ser-vice and pride under the banner of Lionism.
January Grants Pass January 18, 1928 Powers January 30, 1942 North Bend January 14, 1947 Philomath January 13, 1948 Scio January 26, 1948 Beaverton January 16, 1951 Grants Pass Redwood January 09, 1952 Brookings Harbor January 10, 1953 Madras January 30, 1970 Island City January 14, 1974 Union January 15, 1974 Mitchell January 27, 1975 Cedar Hills/Sunset January 11, 2011
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January 2015 14 Patient Care Comm. mtg. - OLSHF @ noon 15 OLSHF Webinar - online or by phone @ 11am20 Exec. Comm. mtg. - OLSHF @ 11am26 SOLS&HC Board mtg. @ 6pm
February 11 MHSP Committee mtg. - OLSHF @ 10am Patient Care Committee mtg. - OLSHF @ noon19 OLSHF Webinar - online or by phone @ 11am
MONTHLY CALENDAR
January 2015 1 New Years Day - Observed - HQ closed9 The Oregon Lion deadline - Due HQ Office19 Martin Luther King Day - Observed - HQ closed February 2 Eyeglass Sorting Party - Keizer - Keizer Lions Hall @ 6pm7 District R Conference - Corvallis - OR State Alumni Ctr. @ 9am District G Cabinet meeting - Teleconference @ 10am10 The Oregon Lion deadline - Due HQ Office
MEETINGS
EVENTS
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Joyce Anderson R) 503.644.2753C) 503.901.0528F) 503.520.1713
MD and District Websites Find out what’s happening in your district by going to the web and typing in your district website address listed below. You will be amazed at the amount of information located on the site.
DIRECTORY CORRECTIONSPage 40 Salem Northeast: change meeting place to Lum Yuem Restaurant, 3190 Portland Road, Salem100 Milts, PDG Robert: change address is 811 Sherbrook Avenue, Medford, OR 97504 All else same108 Tichenor, PID Dennis: change address to: 15023 SE Elkhorn Road, Happy Valley, 97015. All else same
participated in the 2014 Peace Poster Contest this year. From the four District Winners that were sent to me, you had great participation and terrific talent. The Multiple District 36 winner is Kalea Adams from Hedrick Middle School in Medford. Congratulations Kalea and the other finalists. What beautiful talent we have in the children in our Multiple District. Please consider participating in this inspiring program next year. The new kits will be available from Lions Clubs International on January 15th. Wishing each of you a very Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Welcome 2015 As we begin a new year, I hope that 2015 will bring great things to you, your family and the Lions of MD 36. Each of our districts is hard at work with plans for District Conventions and Conferences. These events are such great ways for Lions to re-energize and to share ideas with other Lions. I hope that you are making plans to attend your district event. This is a good time to involve your new members. They will have the opportunity to make more Lions friends and hear about what others are doing in their communities. Our Multiple District is hosting the Northwest Lions Leadership Institute, April 10, 11 and 12, in Salem at the Red Lion. This is a great training for all Lions and I want to encourage you to register and attend. Please encourage your club to support this event and help a club member attend. Be sure to visit the MD 36 website to more information on the Conventions and the Institute. Registration forms and additional information can be found at md36lionsclubs.org. The month of January is a busy month for Lions. January 10 – 16 is Lions Worldwide Week of Service and a great way to celebrate the birthday of our founder, Melvin Jones. When your club holds any type of service project, be sure that it is reported on MyLCI. There are banner patches available to clubs that participate and then report the event. This is part of the beginning steps of preparation for the 100 year Anniversary of Lions Clubs International that happens in 2017. A big THANK YOU to all Lions Clubs who
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Winter is Coming.So much in our lives slows-down around the holiday season – when the weather and shorter days conspire with comfy clothes and good company to convince us that ‘this’ moment – by the fire, or at the holiday table – could last forever. In stark contrast, Lions VisionGift’s work actually amps up at this time of year for several key reasons.
Perhaps the most interesting facet of how the public’s general slowdown corresponds with our increase in work is that many people schedule their corneal transplants during the winter break – when they, or their families, have some time off to allow for post-operative healing. This increase in surgeries isn’t just tied to our region, as many patients across the nation get the same idea; so some of our surplus transplant tissue is shipped to those surgeons so their patients can also get the best holiday miracle – that of sight restoration.
The end of the year is also a busy time for many of the Eye Banking and Ocular Science conven-tions and conferences that occur. This past November alone had meetings for EBAA, AGS, AS-CRS, EU Cornea, and several other high-profile events that allowed us to network with some of the brightest minds in the field – we’ve used this space in the past to highlight some of the resul-tant endeavors. Perhaps this glut of important meetings at the end of the year is an opportunity for folks to showcase their newest research and findings ahead of new grant and budgeting cycles.
One of the less fortunate realities affecting Lions VisionGift’s winter workflow is the fact that this season typically sees a small spike in donor referrals. Part of this can be attributed to flu season and other infectious diseases that spread with more veracity in the winter seasons, but it also unfortunately has to do with increases in motor vehicle and winter recreation accidents. In any event, our Donation Specialists are well equipped to handle the varying referrals we receive in the winter.
Our Donor Specialists are the compassionate team members on the front-line of donor family interactions. In addition to determining the preliminary eligibility of potential donors, they are also charged with having the Authorization and Medical/Social Interview conversations with do-nor families. You can imagine that these kind of conversations are difficult whenever they happen – after all, someone has just died – but they are made all the more difficult during the season of celebrating family and friends. You’ll be glad to know, however, that many of these conversations turn into fond remembrances of loved ones lost.
This is all just a means of reassuring you that while you sit with your family, sipping egg nog and singing carols, we here at Lions VisionGift are plugging away to ensure that every family that needs us and every patient that is hoping for a miracle, gets it this year.
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The Responsible Planning & Management of Resources
Stewardship is a word we use here at Lions VisionGift with stunning regularity. It is the ethic espoused in the title of this article, and the guiding principle that underpins the ethos – and pathos – of our organization. Eye Bankers never forget the moral responsibility we have to our donors and their families as we manage the resources – the gifts – they provide us.
In practice, this value means maximizing the potential of the gifts we receive by working tireless-ly to qualify tissues for as many possible uses – and by extension, recipients – as we can. Some-times this goal can mean requesting and clearing through hundreds of pages of medical charts, or consulting with care providers about very unique diagnoses and courses of care. Other times it may mean that we have several eye bankers working on the microscopy of a tissue over a several hour period. In any event, the goal of these staff members is to make sure we’re honor-ing the donor’s gift by doing everything we can to boost its chances of being used in a transplant surgery.
Lions VisionGift’s status as a public service non-profit organization also means we are stew-ards of the public’s trust. Anatomical donation as a practice, survives as much for its inherent altruism as it does by the grace and nature of public opinion. The transparency with which we operate affords us the moral ground to be the tireless advocates for donation and transplant that we are.
Perhaps most crucially – certainly for the purpose of this ‘Chairman’s Article’ – the concept of stewardship extends to the governance from our Board of Directors, and the chairs themselves, who must act as the steward of the organization’s vision and direction. We’ve been blessed as an organization to have had a long line of capable and committed Board Chairs serve with distinc-tion – but also with an institutional consistency common in strong healthy organizations.
The word stewardship has another common usage in our language, one that relates to the con-servatorship of the organization’s past. Just as the ‘Steward’ of a state sits as the temporary seat of power, to preserve the contributions of previous leadership and ensures their legacy, our Board Chair sits as Steward over what Lions VisionGift has been and what we have grown to become.
It is with this sentiment that the staff of Lions VisionGift wishes to
welcome our new Board Chair, Chris Dorr. We look forward to the bearing witness to his unique application of the stewardship principle and implementing the vision that the board and senior leadership craft.
from the Staff of Lions VisionGift
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Santa and Mrs. Claus were the Highlight at the Breakfast
The Eugene Downtown Lions Clubs 7th Annual Pancake breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus fundraiser was very successful this year. The breakfast ran from 8:00am until noon
on Saturday, December 6th at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall and served about 500 hungry guests. The Hall was full for practically the entire time. There were even people lined up outside before the doors opened at 8:00am. The guests feasted on pancakes with syrup, sausages, eggs, cocoa and coffee. Holiday treats and baked goods were available for sale from Mrs. Claus’ kitchen. This was a
wonderful family affair with Santa’s helpers assisting kids with putting frosting and decorative sprinkles on their own Christmas cookies. Members of the Eugene Downtown Lions Club flipped pancakes, rolled sausages and scrambled eggs to prepare the meal. The servers were members of the Delta Gamma Sorority from the U of O. They did a great job of keeping the guests served. Again this year we couldn’t have done it without them. They came to work in shifts and totaled about two dozen lady volunteers. Santa and Mrs. Claus were, as usual, a big hit with the youngsters and adults alike. Many
kids gave Santa and Mrs. Claus one of the cookies they decorated at the Christmas cookie decorating table. Raffle tickets were sold for two kids bicycles
purchased from Fred Meyer. Lion Gene Gustafson, the “ticket master”, encouraged everyone to buy a raffle ticket for the bikes. Special thanks go to Fred Meyer and Chili’s for their contributions of the bicycles. The winning tickets were picked out by a
cute young lady named Teyla Gaboa who was assisted by Lion Twila Butler. The first winning ticket belonged to Walt Curtis who wasn’t present at the drawing but later said he would have to decide which young relative of his would be getting the bike. The second winning ticket belonged to Dan Vodvarka and young Melanee Vodvarka came up to accept the prize. They said the bike would be for a friend named Roman Weidman.
Santa’s helper welcoming guests at the ticket table
The cooks were busy in the kitchen
The Delta Gamma ladies look likeprofessional servers
The Lions and guests loved the food
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Special thanks go to Lions Twila Butler, John Morris and Judith Grosenick for organizing another perfect event. Thanks also go to St. Thomas Episcopal Church for allowing us to use their facilities again this year, the Delta Gamma Sorority, Elizabeth Highland who designed our poster and “QSL” Printing for printing the poster, Mike Corno for his assistance and especially all of the people who came to eat and visit with us. We can’t wait for next year’s breakfast.
submitted by Tim Chuey, Publicity Chairman
Santa and Mrs. Claus with some very cute children
Cookie decorating is fun!
Melanee Vodvarka accepts a bicycle she will give to her friend Roman Weidman
The two prize bicycles donated by Fred Meyer and Chili’s
Teyla Gaboa picks the winners of the bicycle raffleThank you Fred Meyer and Chili’s
District O Governor ColumnBrad King (Laura)B) 503.413.7399 R) 503.692.4752C) 503.984.8090• [email protected]: www.lionsoforegon.net
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District O - Northwest - North Coast
District R Governor ColumnDarrell Scott (Narda)R) 541.933.1075 C) 541.543.5989• [email protected]: www.lionsclubs36r.org
District R - Willamette Valley - Central Coast
So Much To Do More Better in 2015! Greetings Mighty Lions of District 36-O! You are completely amazing! 2015 dawns bright for us! A new year is ahead full of promise and opportunity for us to serve and to do more in our communities to make people’s lives better! The end of 2014 gave us such good news that we should feel energized and ready to take on the new year. Here’s a quick run-down on what great things you accomplished near the end of 2014: 1) The new Portland Legacy Lions Club finally joined our happy family! On November 19th, 2014, Lions from all over 36-O joined together to welcome these 27 new Lions and to challenge them to do more better! It was a thoroughly inspiring evening! 2) 100,000. That’s a pretty big number! That’s how many students all over Multiple District 36-O you have helped via vision and hearing screenings with your Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation since school started in September. WOW! You’ll hear and read more about this from your OLSHF! 3) Our membership numbers are increasing! We have a 2.95% net growth in District 36-O so far this Lions year! That equals 32 Lions. Remember to “Ask 1” and keep asking. Also, the most important people to recruit to your Lions Club are the members who are already there. Retention is as important as new members. 4) 14. That’s how many WWII Veterans the Lions of District 36-O are sending to Washington DC with Honor Flight through our “Cans For A Cause” because you all collected cans and bottles to the tune of $7,144.14! Lions, please remember the up-coming Worldwide Week of Service Jan. 10-16, 2015! Please plan something special and work with a neighboring club if you can and record it on the LCI website! Also, sign up for the District 36-O Mid-Winter Conference on February 21st, 2015! It’ll be Lions-centric! Let’s continue to “Strengthen the Pride” through our efforts to relieve hunger this winter. Work with your local food banks, scout troops and social service agencies to provide what people desperately need. Keep doing more better because we’re Lions!!! I am so proud to serve you and honored to be counted among you!
Happy New Year The holiday season, is behind us now and our Lions year is half over. It seems like we’ve hardly gotten started. Where has the time gone? I guess time really does fly when you’re having fun. There have been good times and there have been sad times, but the good outweigh the sad. Our membership has dropped more than eighty people along with the passing of a few faithful Lions, who will be dearly missed. On the bright side we’ve gained approximately seventy new members along with the addition of a new club in Lincoln City and are still working on a couple new Leo Clubs. The service projects of our clubs this year have touched and help change the lives of many. There is still so much more to do. People receive gifts from Lions on a daily basis. You could say that being a Lion is almost like being Santa at Christmas. Well at least we run a close second. The look on a face of someone being able to see or hear clearly or the voice of a small child saying I’m not hungry now, makes our work efforts all worthwhile and makes me proud to say, “I’m a Lion”. Convention season is just around the corner. It’s a wonderful time to see people that you haven’t seen in a while and meet others, make new friendships and build relationships, share stories and ideas and sometimes get to meet some of those who lives have been touched by Lions and hear their stories. This year we have the pleasure of having ID Robert Littlefield and his wife, attend our Conference. ID Robert is from Fargo, North Dakota and is a very dynamic speaker. The Conference Committee is putting together some very informative forums and don’t forget the Peace Poster winner, basket raffles, awards and simply just having a fun day with others. Have you put your club story board together; one that you feel best depicts your club: possibly when your club was formed or your service projects, whatever you feel tells the best story of your club. This will be the initial year of the Guiding Light Award, this will be a traveling award passed on to other clubs. Each year the criteria will change as to the incoming District Governors mind set. So see you in Corvallis on February 7th.
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District G Central - Eastern Oregon
District G Governor ColumnGerald Hopkins (Mary)R) 541.534.4390 C) 541.786.0997 • [email protected]
Website: www.oregonlions36g.org
District E Governor ColumnGail BlackR) 541.459.7948 C) 541.733.5450• [email protected] Website: www.districtelions.org
District E - Southern - South Coast
Happy New Year! It’s a time to make resolutions and try new ideas. Why not include a resolution of adding new members to the club. Through expanded membership, a club is able to do more projects and serve those needing assistance in our communities. I talked to our Environmental Chair, Blake Marlia, and to date he has no entries for the environmental photo contest. I would encourage you to take some pictures of the beautiful scenery we have in our dis-trict and forward those pictures to Blake. He is also recording any planting of trees in our District and should you do this project, please call Blake to let him know how many trees have been planted. We still need entries to the Youth Speech Con-test. Roger Trueax related that he does have some scholarship money available for the contest, so we need the names of those entering by February 10th. They will compete at the District Convention, March 6th and 7th at Wildhorse Casino in Pendleton. This is a just a reminder to have your story boards ready for the contest at the Convention. We want to have some great entries for our competition with Districts O, R and E. Our hero list of sponsors continues to grow. They have helped to increase the membership in District G and they are: Gene Hardy, Steve Oliver, Russ Pad-dock, Steven Stacy, Bobbi Stoddart, Heather Phipps, Donald Henderson, James Bishop, Jeff Nelson, John Leonard, John Pasma, Donald Nachtwey, George Sahlberg, Harold Fox, Shirley Fox, Mark Dearman, Raina Taylor, Elaine Johnson, Brad Albro, Gary Mose, Debi Castor, Patricia Reinhart and Cheri Jack-son. I also want to remind members that I am tagging on to International President Joe Preston’s theme of “Ask One,” and will give a banner patch to each club with 100% of the membership asking one member to join. All I need is a phone call from the President guaranteeing that 100% of the membership has asked at least one person to join. Let’s make this a goal for all. “Round Three – It is Knock Out Time.”
Happy New Year Fellow Lions As we start this new year, we need to dig within and find what we want to happen in our life this year. We need to set goals, for goals are what gives direction to our lives. As Lions we need to determine what we would like to attain this year., what we want to accomplish and what problems we want to see solved. The new year brings us 365 blank pages in the book of our life to be written. The new year brings us new challenges and new opportunities; it is up to us to make the most of them. There are two main goals I would like to see set by the clubs in our District: 1) we need to have a goal for each member to “Ask 1”. I keep telling each club that if you continue to ask, eventually you will wear the person down or find that one special person you need in your club. We will unfortunately lose members to death, but that should be the only reason for losing a member. If a club is losing members for any other reasons, we need to insure that new projects are instituted that will encourage and utilize those members who may be getting bored or losing interest. Yes, not only gaining new members, but retention of current members is a very big part of keeping up our numbers. 2) Secondly, I would like to see each of our club Secretaries, with the assistance of all the club members, enter activities in MyLCI. Since the beginning of this fiscal year, out of 40 clubs we have averaged 10 clubs reporting activities each month. A couple of clubs are showing multiple activities while others show just 1 or maybe 2 activities. Now we all know that each club is actively doing projects and/or fundraisers in their own communities. It doesn’t take much to go ahead and enter these activities to show LCI what we are actually doing in our District. I know December was a busy month, so I will be looking forward to seeing that numerous clubs have entered their activities. As we start this new year, we are clearly soaring and will reach new heights as we enter into this calendar year of 2015.
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Basket Raffle – District 36 O!Five “Ws” and a Basket
WHO: MD 36-OWHAT: Mid- Winter ConferenceWHERE: Sunset Presbyterian ChurchWHEN: Feb. 21st, 2015WHY: Learn – Have Fun - BRING BASKETS
This year’s theme is: KEEP CALM and DO MORE Join us for a fantastic Mid- Winter Conference. Here’s the fun part: each club is encouraged to bring or send a BASKET for our fundraiser. The beneficiaries this year are: the Sight and Hearing Task Force and scholarships to the NW Lions Leadership Forum. The club basket best representing our conference theme will receive $50 the club basket with the most tickets will receive $50! The Five W-W-W-W-W’s are the questions to answer when writing a PR story. Come learn how to get Lions name out there for the entire world to know who we are and what we do. We all know that PR can help us get recognition and may result in more members and more service in our communities.
Remember: KEEP CALM and DO MORE! See you all there!
Knitters - Help District 36-O Eye Glass Taskforce
Get Eyeglasses
How you can help:Bring your yarn stash and join me in a unique knitting circle.
If you would like to know more,
Please contact Sandy Woolverton503-617-6971
All proceeds will benefit our local Lions Eyeglass “mission”
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36-R CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM“Growing the District”
February 7, 2015 * CH2M Hill Alumni Center * Corvallis, OregonPlease Print legibly. Registration Deadline: January 31, 2015
Parking
Parking is available on site. The street address is: 725
SW 26 Street, Corvallis.th
Dress Code
Casual, club vests.
Refund Policy
100% refund if request is received by January 30, 2015.
Once meals have been reserved, no refunds will be
granted. No refunds at conference. All requests for
refunds must be in writing and mailed to: Tom Hilgers,
PO Box 5145, Salem OR 97304-0145.
To Register
Make checks (NO CASH) payable to District 36-R.
Mail registration form and check to: Tom Hilgers, PO
Box 5145, Salem, OR 97304-0145. Registration
materials can be picked up on site on arrival at the
conference. Applications received after January 31,
Registrant No. 2 Lion [___] Guest [___] First Timer [___]
NAME: _______________________________________ BADGE NAME: _______________________________Last First If different from first name
TELEPHONE: ______________________________E-MAIL: ___________________________________________Area Code Number
CLUB: ___________________________________ CURRENT OFFICE HELD:__________________________
Hospitality Book (Registration & Meal): $45.00 [___]
Sessions only (No meal): $30.00 [___]
Meals Include:
Morning-Coffee, tea, water, pastries, & fruit.
Lunch-Buffet with Braised Beef Pot Roast and sides.
Afternoon-Coffee, tea, iced tea, and water.
Special Needs
• Vegetarian diet: [___]
• Gluten free diet: [___]
• Diabetic diet: [___]
• Other: __________________________ [___]
• Hearing Impaired (Signer Needed) [___]
Registrant No. 1 Lion [___] Guest [___] First Timer [___]
NAME: _______________________________________ BADGE NAME: _______________________________Last First If different from first name
TELEPHONE: ______________________________E-MAIL: ___________________________________________Area Code Number
CLUB: ___________________________________ CURRENT OFFICE HELD:__________________________
Hospitality Book (Registration & Meal): $45.00 [___]
Sessions only (No meal): $30.00 [___]
Meals Include:
Morning-Coffee, tea, water, pastries, & fruit.
Lunch-Buffet with Braised Beef Pot Roast and sides.
Afternoon-Coffee, tea, iced tea, and water.
Special Needs
• Vegetarian diet: [___]
• Gluten free diet: [___]
• Diabetic diet: [___]
• Other: _________________________ [___]
• Hearing Impaired (Signer Needed) [___]
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Fun and Garbage? What could be more fun than picking up garbage? Picking up garbage with fifteen fellow Lions!
Three times a year, the Crooked River Ranch Lions pick up garbage along five miles of the Ranch roadside under the direction of Coordinator Charlie Cameron. This October the Lions picked up about twenty ODOT bags full of garbage and roadside debris. Charlie mentioned, “With 16 Lions out here working, it only took us 90 minutes.” The Lions are among a number of organizations
on the Ranch who help keep Crooked River Ranch “A great place to hang your hat.” Good job Lions!
submitted by Mark Dearman
CRR Lions are ready to work. (l-r) Lions Bill Burt, Harold Fox, Herb Koth, Michele Cameron,
Herb Carter and Charlie Cameron
Sheila Dearman and Dean Flory at Fall Road
clean-up
Elephant Ear Wagon Celebrates 15 Years
The Cloverdale/Nestucca Valley Lions Club has operated a wagon-on-wheels for the past fifteen years making and selling elephant ears to raise funds for their many charitable projects. Lion
Jim Dieringer reconstructed a 40-foot trailer chassis into a 20-foot wagon that is pulled by truck to four or five different summer events in Tillamook County. More than one of the many Lions who help staff the wagon has been heard to say, “The main reason I joined Lions was to help make elephant ears!” The wagon will continue to be one of Cloverdale/Nestucca Valley Lions major fundraisers next season because Lion Brian Moore, who joined the Club this year, has agreed to accept responsibility as Lion Jim ‘retires’ from the wagon.
submitted by Sandra Hanneman
Lion Jim Dieringer hands over keys to the wagon to Lion Brian Moore
Redmond Lions Join Bend Lions for Meeting Bend and Redmond Lions joined together to welcome DG Gerald Hopkins for his official visit. DG Hopkins presented Monarch pins from International President Joe Preston to Keith Davis (10 years), Donald Nachtwey (25 years), Ken Christiansen (25 years), Edward Carlton (40 years) and James Prosser (40 years). IP Joe Preston stated in his letter, “They (chevrons) give us the opportunity to celebrate, commemorate and reflect. Anniversaries are the perfect opportunity to celebrate your accomplishments and take pride in your contributions to your community. On behalf of the 1.35 million Lions worldwide, I thank you for your dedicated service.” DG Hopkins also recog-nized Marvin Gage, Milt Anderson and Club President Russell Chase with an “Outstanding Lion” plaque. DG Hopkins praised Lion Russell Chase for doing an outstanding job leading the Bend Lions with various projects and having open communica-tion. Lion Marvin Gage was recognized for his efforts with the pancake breakfast, while Lion Milt Anderson has been the key Lion getting Flags to the First Graders. Bend recently purchased a wheelchair for a community member in need as well
as collected over 72,000 pairs of eye glasses over a four year period to be sent for vision assistance. Lion Russell presented DG Ger-ald a packet of pull top tabs being collected statewide for the Ronald MacDonald House for families who are victims of cancer. Lion Russell Chase suggested the tabs collected in District G might go to the Ronald MacDon-ald House in Bend as well. The Demolition Derby, pancake breakfast and collection of eye glasses topped the list for favorite Club projects by members, while
garage sales and Flags for First Graders were also mentioned. Members said they would like to see a run of some kind spon-sored by the Club, a golf tournament, bowling event, peace poster contest as well as a wine and cheese tasting event. One member suggested organizing a Club in Sunriver. PDG Tom Bessonette of the Redmond Lions said their projects have included contributions to the Boys and Girls Clubs, collection of 425 pair of eye glasses and hearing aids to recycle, Christmas at the RV, Flags for First graders and screening of students. He said that the numbers in the Club are down and rebuilding of membership is needed. He noted that the Club will now be meeting the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at Straw Hat Pizza and he will also contact the Chamber of Commerce for various events.
President Russell Chase has a packet of pull top tabs collected
by the Club
Lions Milt Anderson and Russell Chase are recognized with “Outstanding Lion”
certificates
Lions receive chevrons
The plans are underway for the Guard Christmas Program, held Christ-
mas Eve for the Air Na-tional Guard in Pendleton by the Pend-leton Lions Club. The Pendleton Lions Club
serves dinner to the Guard on Christmas Eve in the event that the Guard may be called out during the holiday. “We also solicit gifts from the merchants to give to individuals,” according to Secretary Jonathan Spilker. “It’s our way of saying thanks to the Guard for helping us with our projects.” In a recent visit by DG Gerald Hop-kins, members listed the Army National Guard Christmas project as the favorite among the members. “It takes a lot of planning,” Bill Taylor noted, “So we have to start the first part of November.” Also ranking high among the Club’s projects
Jonathan Spilker is recognized for 30 years of service
were the Lions’ Radio Auction and Pend-leton Roundup sales. Others mentioned included the Blue Mountain Community College Car Show, and food drive. The members would also like to see a Lion campus club at the Blue Mountain Com-munity College. Members Bill Taylor, John Taylor and Dwight Johnson are pursing this idea. DG Hopkins recognized John Taylor and Dwight Johnson with Cer-tificates of Appreci-ation. He issued pins from International President Joe Preston to John Taylor, Jonathan Spilker, Thomas Taylor for 30 years of service and the 40 year Monarch Chev-ron to Richard Mayer.
Pendleton Lions Gear Up For Guard Christmas Project
Dwight Johnson (l) and John Tay-lor receive “Certificates of Appre-ciation from DG Hopkins
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Happy New Year Lions of MD36. May you prosper in the New Year and realize that your health is more important than material wealth. To put it bluntly, health is the greatest challenge we face every day of our lives. Please endeavor to lead a strong healthy life style by watching your diet, exercising daily, making sure you stay hydrated and getting the proper rest. Following is an excellent article submitted by the Diabetes Chairman for District G, Judith Poage, a mem-ber of the Hood River Lions Club. Thank you, Lion Judith, for your invaluable contribution. Let this be a challenge to the other District Chairmen in MD36 to also participate by submitting an article. I would also like to invite any Lions member to submit an article. Just send it to my email address. It is: [email protected]. Your participation is welcomed.
Diabetes Awareness and Our Children I became aware of diabetes at an early age. My Grandfather lost both legs below the knees due to complications with diabetes and an Aunt taught herself to read by Braille when she start-ed losing her eyesight. Type 1 exists on both sides of my family. Some folks have genetic markers; however, there are non-genetic factors that we all should consider to reduce our risk of diabetes including lowering your intake of sugar, regular exercise and good nutrition. Reducing your intake of sugar is fairly easy to do by watching desserts and snacks. We know sodas have sugar; however, sports drinks do also. Water is best. Counting calories, carbs and grams is difficult, so consider portion size. A deck of cards is considered a healthy portion size for meat, fish and chicken. A tennis ball is considered a healthy portion size for spaghetti, macaroni and noodles. Health professionals recommend you exercise at least four days a week and raise your heart rate for 30 minutes. You can lift weights, do Zumba, take yoga, ride a bike and walk your dog at a brisk pace. Just do it. Diabetes has appeared earlier in successive generations. Susceptible individuals develop-ing diabetes now include 1-5 year olds. At the same time, the genetic predisposition has not increased. The increase in childhood diabetes is partly due to bad nutrition and lack of physical activity. Childhood diabetes can be reduced by good nutrition and increased activity. Lions of Oregon support the Gales Creek Camp for children with diabetes. Eric Hanson of Gales Creek shared the following: in 2013, 451 children with diabetes attended camp sessions. A week session at Gales Creek costs the family $375 per camper. The actual cost is three times that and Lions donations account for the difference. Gales Creek Camp was able to extend the dormitory space by 20% last year thus eliminating its a waiting list. Campers at Gales Creek make friends with peers who have diabetes, take part in physical activities just like any camp, learn about nutrition and are coached by counselors who also have diabetes. Lions support of Gales Creek Camp is making a difference in our fight against childhood dia-betes.
Insert submitted by Lion Judith PoageHood River Lions Club
Life might not be the party we asked for, but we might as well dance while we’re here. MD36 Diabetes Chairman
Lion Charlie Tate
Diabetes InformationMore is better than not enough!
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Peace Poster Contest Draws to an End The Peace Poster Contest for MD36 has ended and this year’s winner is Kalea Adams from District E. She is 13 years old, is a student at Hedrick Middle School in Medford and was sponsored by the Medford Host Lions Club. As I write this, I understand the posters are on the front page of the magazine. The other district winners are Jayden Parker for District O from Whitford Middle School in Beaverton sponsored by the Beaverton Lions Club; Raven Neal for District R from Timber Ridge School in Albany sponsored by the East Albany Lions Club and Gevevieve Marvin in District G from Arman Larive School in Hermiston sponsored by the Hermiston Lions Club. Congratulations to all the winners and to the sponsoring clubs. Also, a big thanks to all of the clubs that participated in this year’s contest. It is only through your dedication to this program that it is a success every year. But somebody In District O needs to get on the ball and give Beaverton a challenge since, as I recall, they won the Multiple District last year and the District the year before. This year’s contest is over and now everybody is thinking about Christmas and New Year’s but when the holidays are over it will be the time to start thinking about next year’s contest. Get your kits ordered early and make contact with the schools and organizations in your club’s area to get them interested in next year’s contest. This is especially true if you are working with teachers. Get them excited in the spring when they have time and don’t wait until school starts when your idea is just one of a hundred they have to deal with at the beginning of their year. It might even be they can get the contest started before school is out so kids can work at it over the summer. Thank you to all the clubs, organizations and kids that make this possible and remember that if we were 11-13 years old, 99% of us were too dumb to have an idea and too untalented to put on a piece of paper.
submitted by PDG John Hamstreet, Peace Poster Chair
Rockaway Lions ProvidedThanksgiving Baskets
Rockaway Lions and Lioness worked together to fill baskets for 47 needy families.
Thanks to our Project Chairman Marilyn Kaleikilo and her Committee for a wonderful job organizing this event. It went smoothly and it was such a joy knowing we made these families happy.
submitted by Gloria Tarnasky
Rockaway Lions Provided Back Packs To Neah-Kah-Nie Schools
Rockaway Lions provided 29 back packs, erasers, pencils and pencil pouches to the
Neah-kah-nie High School, Middle School and special needs students who were not able to afford them. It was such a pleasure to know that we made a difference in the lives of 29 children. They were overjoyed at our generosity and could not thank us enough.
submitted by Gloria Tarnasky
Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation www.OLSHF.org 800.635.4667
Help Invest in the Education of Oregon’s Children
Thank you to every Lions Club and to every Lion that has helped the Mobile Health Screen- ing Program (MHSP) dramatically increase the number of students screened this school year. Last month MHSP exceeded 110,000 children screened for the 2014-15 school year and we project that with your help we will screen over 140,000 students this school year. We’re ec- static that MHSP continues to move closer to achieving our “2020 Vision” of one day every child in Oregon having their vision screened, but in order to do so we need your help in a different way.
Thanks to our 2020 Vision fundraising we now have the screening equipment in place to screen in virtually every school district in MD-36. Our new Welch-Allyn Spot devices are accurate, they’re fast, and school nurses and staff love them. The challenge is to secure the resources necessary to fund MHSP operations on a statewide level. We’re currently raising in the neighborhood of $400,000 per year for MHSP and to continue this growth we’ll need new revenue streams. This is where you can help, and you don’t even have to pull out your checkbooks!
We’ll soon be introducing a new bill at the Oregon Legislature seeking public funding for vision screenings in Oregon schools. Last session HB 3000 was passed, making it mandatory for Oregon families to have
documentation of their child’s eye exam or vision screening by the time they turn 7 years old. Our new bill will ask legislators to “put their money where their mouth is” by providing state monies to meet this unfunded mandate. We’ll soon be contacting all Lions Clubs in Oregon and asking you to contact your State Representatives and State Senators seeking support of this bill, which is being drafted as I write this. In December a report came out estimating that 60% of Oregon 3rd graders will fall short of passing newly established tests in reading, writing and math. This is disturbing since chil- dren at that age that don’t learn at their grade level tend to have a greater risk of dropping out of high school. We also know that nearly 25% of all children have vision health issues yet less than 10% of students that need eyeglass- es actually have them. Since children that see well are more likely to learn well, it stands to reason that funding vision screenings in our schools will help keep kids on track academi- cally and would provide a sound investment in the education of Oregon’s school children. Thank you for supporting this bill and feel free to contact Doug at [email protected] or at (503)413-8385 for more information on how you can help pass this important piece of legislation.
Jason Shaner, Board Chair Doug Thompson, Executive Director
Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation www.OLSHF.org 800.635.4667 We screen, treat, save, and restore sight and hearing in partnership with Lions Clubs.
Gifts & GrantsLion King/Queen: $10,000+
NW Regional Education Service DistrictLion Sentinel: $1,000-$2,499
Glen Guttormsen Wilsonville Lions Club
Lion Tamer: $500-$999Carlton-Yamhill Lions Club
Lion Patron: $100-$499Rod & Debbie Bach
Rennie ClelandMary Fechtel
Herminia, Robert & Kathleen Marxen
HonorariumsIn Honor of Diana Richardson
Leslie SewardIn Honor of the Portland Lloyd Lions Club
Patrick Block
MemorialsIn Memory of Milli Boldman
Brenda AndersonIn Memory of Toni C. Jackson
Craig JacksonIn Memory of Dan Johnson
Elsie JacksonIn Memory of Naomi Meyer
Gerald MunroeIn Memory of Art Rotter
Richard & Vicki Smith
Contributions list includes gifts received 11/15 through 12/15 only. Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy.
We apologize for any omissions and appreciate you bringing any to our attention by emailing [email protected].
P.R.I.D.E. DONORSRecurring Gifts
Did you know your cumulative gifts count towards Foundation awards? Honor someone with a Helen Keller,
Spirit of Service, or an Honor Roll award.
Brenda AndersonJohn Anderson
Rod & Debbie BachAlice Bender
Chuck BlanchardGerald H. Caldwell
Hank Calhoun
Carleene IversonDavid & Penny Rich
Dale & Sharon RollinsJason & Amalia Shaner
Sherril SmithDoug Thompson
Roger & Paula Trueax
The Mobile Health Screening Program is our gateway program to identify sight and hearing issues. MHSP was designed to meet the medi-cal needs of both elementary aged children and families throughout Oregon who don't have access to healthcare or are underinsured.
We provide access to sight and hearing health checks for rural, suburban and underserved urban areas in all counties of Oregon. When-ever possible we link people who need follow up care to our other nine programs or to local Lions Clubs for further support.
The Oregon Department of Education recom-mended in its December 1, 2013 report to the House Education Committee “that the public side of the partnership provide funding to pri-vate partners to secure the staff needed to con-duct screenings, training of volunteers, and fol-low-up communication with the child’s family. Funds for the public part of the public/private nonprofit partnership could come from: Legis-latively appropriated state grant-in-aid; a new “carve off” from the State School Fund; or an expectation that services be funded from exist-ing State School Fund dollars to conduct vision screenings.”
We continue to pursue advocating for public funding for school screening as it relates to House Bill 3000. We also consult with legisla-tors to advocate for funding for our program in partnership with ODE.
From OLSHF’s Final 2020 Report
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Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation www.OLSHF.org 800.635.4667
Consider coordinating a community eyeglass exam event in your area this summer.
Lions Eyeglass Assistance Programs - Lions In Service
OLSHF’s mission – to screen, treat, save, and restore sight and hearing, in partnership with Lions Clubs – focuses on those who have no place to turn for help. Our LEAP plan to build an optical fin-ishing lab at the Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in NW Portland furthers this mission by creating a resource to make glasses for our Lions Eyeglass Assistance Program (LEAP). By increasing the capacity locally as makers of low cost glasses, OLSHF can better assist the network of Lions Clubs who are addressing one of the most pressing healthcare problems in their communities. This month, construction will conclude and equipment training and testing will begin. OLSHF will need YOUR help as we develop our newest program. If you are interested in responding to requests for assistance, please let us know.
LEAP by the NumbersThe Lions In Service Referral Line at
Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation www.OLSHF.org 800.635.4667 We screen, treat, save, and restore sight and hearing in partnership with Lions Clubs.
Mobile Health Screening Program - How It Works
Month or More Before Screening EventEmails and calls to confirm the screening space, stu-dent data, and volunteer recruitment.
Week or More Before Screening EventConfirm school received labels and rosters, event de-tails. Load student data into Spot photo screeners.
6 AM Day of Screening EventStaff rises early, often traveling for an hour or more to the location.
7:30 AM Day of Screening EventSet up screening space and review event plans with school personnel; train volunteers.
9 AM Day of Screening EventThanks to automated and objective Spot devices, each classroom can be screened in less than 10 min-utes. Even large schools with hundreds of students can take only a few hours to finish screening.
2 PM Day of Screening EventIndividual student data is securely uploaded to our office where staff sort and compile school reports.
1-2 Weeks After Screening EventIndividual student results are submitted to the school along with details of any potential vision issues and follow up resources for those in need.
Repeat up to 500 times this program year...
Wallowa Lions Park Closed for Season President John Duckworth announced to the Club that the Lions’ Park in Wallowa was closed for the season and the fence has been constructed around the park. He related to the members that the Club had netted approximately $1,200 for the summer through trailer spots but also said the park served as an area of study for school students. During the official visit by DG Gerald, members stated that the park project and Lion Basketball Tournament were the favorite activities of the Club. Others included the Lostine Flea Market and lighting the star in the city. New projects that members wanted to consider were the planting of trees, involving Wallowa students with the Lion speech contest, repairing the ditch and fixing the fence near the park, planting trees in the city and having membership growth projects. During the meeting, DG Hopkins recognized Beth Lowe with an Certificate of Appreciation and Chevrons from International President Joe Preston went to: Tim Barton and Kevin Neal (10 years); Becky Schaeffer and Leisa Prince (15 years) and Dale Johnson for 35 years of service. Lions John Duckworth and Tim Bartin
accompanied DG Hopkins and PDG Steve Oliver to the park to look over the facilities. It was noted that a large boulder has been placed at the entrance to the park with a plaque stating: “Wallowa Lions Park, in honor of Hubert Crow and Roger Decker and other Lions, past, present and future. A better community is only made better by those who serve it.”
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Halfway Lions Discuss Winter Projects The Halfway Lions are in the middle of their winter projects and discussion centered around donations of food baskets for those in need as well as gifts for the Christmas tree. The Club also discussed the Food Bank and snow removal around the Lion Hall and park. President Ivan Crow will talk to the Mayor of Halfway about the best way of disposing of snow near the hall. Members of the community have also asked for usage of the hall during the months of December and January.
Visitors who enter the meeting room of the Lions Hall will observe a large board on the wall listing the Club activities by the month. They include donations in December,
the Annual Crab Feed in March, Easter Egg Hunt in April, Auction in May, Jr. Rodeo in June, 4th of July activities for that month, the Let ‘R Buck Rodeo Breakfast in September, Fall Folk Festival in October and food distributed on a monthly basis. Of these, the Crab Feed and food bank topped the list of favorites by members. During the official visit by DG Gerald, members added to the list the possibility of creating a new club pin, partnering with the Fair Board and having a neighborhood BBQ or spaghetti dinner. DG Hopkins presented Certificates of Appreciation to Ivan Crow and George Beach. Service Chevrons from International were presented to Bill Sheilds (25 years), Dave Schmitt (25 years) and David Romine (20 years).
(l) Lion George Beach and (r) Ivan Crow receive Certificates of Appreciation from DG Gerald
(center) Sharon Stutzman inducted by DG Hopkins (l) with sponsor Ralph Smead (r)
John Duckworth, PDG Steve Oliver and TIm Bartin examine dedication area of park
DG Hopkins presents Certificate of Appreciation to Beth Lowe
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14 is a BIG Number for District 36-O! The Lions Clubs of District 36-O are generally pretty amazing, but they eclipsed themselves during the late summer and autumn of 2014! The Lions of Multiple District 36 adopted Honor Flight through a project of the MD 36 Public Relations Committee’s “Cans For A Cause” project last spring. Honor Flight is a nationwide volunteer program that helps World War II veterans travel to Washington DC to visit the World War II Memorial as well as other sites and special functions. Through Honor Flight’s connections, the cost of an actual Honor Flight trip is reduced to about $500. When the amazing Lions of District 36-O found out about this project, they took it straight to heart. Clubs organized can collection events, opened accounts at central recycling centers, cleaned out their garages as well as those of their friends and families and generally got down to business collecting cans and bottles to help this great cause. More than 10 clubs in our District participated, the most in the Multiple District, and some friendly competition arose as it almost always does among Lions Clubs. 36-O Lions started doing more better with this project and they continue doing it every day! At the Multiple District 36 Council of Governors meeting in November in Springfield, the Multiple District Chair of this project, Lion Carol Sweeso of Sutherlin, handed out checks to the District Governors from the funds that had been collected in each District. These checks were to be presented to the Honor Flight Board in each region of Oregon. District 36-O’s check was for $3,974.44 with a slightly late check from a club for another $200 for a total of $4,174.44. That was GREAT! But wait, there’s more! As the date for the presentation of the check(s) to the Portland Honor Flight Board approached, some tireless, motivated, energized (more adjectives, please!) Lions from the King City Lions Club, notably Lion Bill Gerkin, just couldn’t stop collecting cans! Thus, on the evening of Monday, December 1st, 2014, District Governor Brad King visited the Portland Honor Flight Board of Directors and presented Honor Flight Board Chairman Tony Hartley with a check for $7,144.14. The Honor Flight Board, which includes Lion Frank Gorshe of the Portland Bentham Lions was stunned and very happy. Chairman Tony said that the donation from the District 36-O Lions “Cans For A Cause” project would fund 14 World War II Veterans trips to Washington DC! On that night, 14 was a big number.
submitted by DG Brad King
Honor Flight Board Chairman Tony HartleyIs presented check by DG Brad King
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Sight Impaired In Action With ThePortland Centennial Lions Club
The Portland Centennial Lions Club help with community residents who are sight and hearing impaired. Many of the members of the Portland Centennial Lions Club are blind or sight impaired and they help many others. I visited one of their Club meetings as Zone Chair and was truly inspired by how their personal challenges didn’t get in their way to have fundraisers and help students in their local schools.
Pat Wallace, Club President, said, “The Club almost folded last May with membership getting too small. But we worked to find new members and now we have a stronger Club and continue to grow.”
The Club participated in National White Cane Day, October 15th, by giving out pamphlets and educating the public about safety around people who are blind or sight impaired. Some of the other service projects are to collect eyeglasses at 5 different locations and to host a Dine-Out Night at a local Burgerville. The money raised in the past from the event went for school supplies at the local elementary school. November’s Burgerville night will raise money for a scholarship at the local high school.
submitted by Bert Diamond
Club members discuss projects at regular meeting
For A Good Time, Visit The Dalles Lions
The Dalles Lions love having a good time and they enjoy sharing their activities with others. The Dalles Lions carry good will and good fun while sharing their successes. The successes are many including the car show, vision screen-ing for the area schools, flags for first graders, Project Elf, Salvation Army Bell Rings, Christmas Tree Pickup, spring raffle, food drive, traffic con-trol for local events, tree planting, community meals, sponsorship of the Leo Club and more. The Leo Club has been so successful that mem-ber Vanessa Ford was named Lion’s Club Inter-national LEO of the Year and Mary Lion Stephen Lawrence proclaimed Leo Vanessa Ford Day for her accomplishments. During the District Governor’s visit, Club members indicated they were satisfied with all of their accomplishments. Members listed other projects they would like to consider including: Books for Kids, Cans for Vets, Tabs for the Ron-ald MacDonald House, Special Olympics and pool events, pre-sold pork as a fundraiser, media promotions, summer camps for kids, cub scouts, local robotics and donkey basketball. DG Hopkins commended the Lions for their service to the community and recognized Kris-tine Harmon, Brad Durso and Mike KilKenny with Certificates of Apprectiation. Chevrons were given out to members for their years of service. These included Bob Guerrant (30 years), Caro-lyn Layson (10 years), Dr. Jay Mauck (40 years), Dr. Robert Perkins (35 years), Jef-frey Krier (30 years), Jim Broehl (30 years), John Layson (10 years), Kim Kennedy-Burns (10 years), Richard Miller (30 years) and Ross Cain (25 years).
(center) DG Gerald Hopkins presents Certificates of Appreciation to (l-r) BradDurso, Mike KilKenny
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An Option For Receiving The Oregon Lion MagazineTo: Lions of Multiple District 36From: MD 36 Communications CommitteeRe: The Oregon Lion and Budget Implications
The 2013-14 Council of Governors has adopted the recommendations from the Communications Committee at their Council meeting on May 15th, 2014, regarding The Oregon Lion magazine and its impact on the MD 36 Budget. With the continued loss of membership as well as escalating costs for print media, it was decided to eliminate three (3) of the eleven (11) printed issues of the magazine, saving approximately $2,460 per issue. The net income from District Conference/Convention advertising as well as from Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation and Oregon Lions VisionGift comes to approximately $10,700, while the costs for printing and mailing the eleven (11) issues of the magazine is budgeted at $26,620. The current proposed 2014-15 budget has a shortfall of $4,555. Elimination of the three (3) issues would allow a savings of $7,260, which would give the ability to add back some $3,205 to be used for programs. The issues that would be eliminated would be October, March and June. The months of July/August, September, November, December, January, February, April and May would still be published. All eleven (11) issues would be available on the MD 36 website by the 5th of each month. The Communications Committee also recommended that those willing to receive The Oregon Lion issues via the Website or via electronic means have the ability to indicate so by a check-off method. For each person so choosing, there will be a savings to the MD of $0.61 per issue, which could be added to overall programs as The Oregon Lion printing and mailing budget would be thus reduced. Additionally, this check-off will be published in the magazine for several issues. For those of you receiving the electronic version, your issue will not be sent in the form of an email. You will need to go to the website: md36lionsclubs.org and click on the list on the left that reads: THE OREGON LION MAGAZINE ARCHIVES. Look for the current month issue.The check-off options are as stated below:
I, ____________________________________do hereby ask that I receive The Oregon Lion via electronic means on the Lions website. Club Name: __________________________________
I, _____________________________________do not wish to receive The Oregon Lion via electronics, but instead wish to continue with a paper copy sent to my home address.
Please send your option to: MD36 Headquarters Office, 1075 Washington Street, Suite #212, Eugene, OR 97401 or by email to: [email protected]
Thank You So Much!
Santa and Helpers Do It Again!
Back row (l-r) Lion Trudy Tallman, VDG Paul Zastro (Santa) Terri Tyler
Front row (l-r) Michael Chamberlain, Lion Meg Rummell and McKenna Chamberlain
Santa and his helpers are at it again! Photos with Santa (VDG Paul Zastrow) are taken by Lion Kim Hawkins. Donations are accepted for the Christmas Project and families receive a CD with several photos. The event is organized by Lion Terri Tyler with helpers Meg Rummel and Lion Trudy Tallman and little elves McKenna and Michael Chamberlain.
submitted by Trudy Tallman
Leo Vanessa Ford Honored
The Dalles Mayor, Lion Stephen Lawrence, made a proclamation at the Dalles City Council held September 8th, 2014. This proclaimation honors the accomplishment of Leo Vanessa Ford for being selected as the 2013/14 Lions Club International Leo of the Year.
