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President’s Corner: We need a volunteer to drive a man on January 13, to Lions Services Eye Clinic by 7:30 AM for an eye exam and then drive him home. Our Club is sponsoring him for an eye exam and eye glasses and the man has no transportation. We will also assist him with obtaining a hearing aid. Please contact President Pete at 704-553-8895. From a letter received from our International President Dr. Ashok Mehta: Dear Lions Club Leader, We all have our own heroes, individuals we admire and respect, individuals who made an impact on our life, and individuals that made us look at the world differently. These individuals inspired us, redirected our lives, or made a comment that empowered us. And, many of them don’t know that that moment ever happened. As a Lion, contributing to the community, making a difference, we may not always see the impact our assistance has on others. I am hearing the stories. Your passion to excel is changing the world. In my travels through out the world, I have met many Lions and non-Lions. Both tell stories of how Lions have made a difference to their lives. Worldwide Lions have a passion to excel, grow, and change the world one community at a time. Use your passion to make a difference and to inspire others. Keep in mind, a quote often attributed to Mohandas Karamachand Gandlhi, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Finally, please allow me this opportunity to send you Seasons Greetings and to wish you, your families and your fellow Lions all the best for a very happy and prosperous New Year! With thanks and gratitude, yours truly Men’s Winter Shelter We need members to assist on Saturday, January 7 from 6:00-9:00 PM Please call Lion Bill LeFeber at 704-554-8297. The Shelter is located at 3410 Statesville Avenue. If you have not purchased a towel for the shelter, please do so and bring them Friday, January 6th meeting. Camp Dogwood Tickets Ticket sales, as of December 31, were about $800. Please return your ticket stubs and cash by the end of January. The first drawing for $400 will be at the District Convention in Gastonia on Saturday, February 4. Many of you have not responded. Let’s do so at the earliest possible opportunity. If you have questions, please call Lion Jim Sasser at 704-552-5638. HAPPY BIRTHDAY:
525 Scaleybark Project Thanks again to all who were able to help. We also had a donation from a member that totally funded this project. We do need to go back and build two doors for the utility room attached to the back of the house and we need to repair six bricks on steps to the door. New Member Nomination Forms Please complete and bring your new member nomination forms to the next club meeting. Sheets should have complete names, addresses and telephone numbers – contacts will be made by the Membership Committee. Mid-Winter Convention District 31-C will hold its Mid-Winter Convention on February 3-4, 2006 at the Marriott Courtyard in Gastonia. This is your chance to learn more about what Lions are doing in our district, the state, the nation, and internationally. It begins with a Friday Fun Night program, followed by a Saturday morning TailTwister’s Breakfast, District Cabinet meeting, seminars, and concludes with the Saturday night District Governor’s Banquet. click her for ==> Registration Form Attendance and Membership Attendance at club meetings has been down for the last several weeks. Your attendance and participation is important to the health and well being of the club and its service projects. Please come as often as possible and bring a guest. We need new members to sustain the club and to provide the services our community needs. YOU ARE THE KEY TO SUCCESS HERE. Call For Dues Payment All club members have been given or sent dues invoices of $70. Please send/give your checks to Treasurer Ranjana Sontakay at:
Vision Van Screening History (5/29/99 to 11/30/05)
SEE YOU AT LIONS CLUB WHERE “WE SERVE”
Edition
No. 06- 2004
December, 2004
Editor:
J. Sasser
Calendar Friday, December 3 Bobby Lyles, Shepherd’s Center South December 3-4 Fall Broom Sale at Harris-Teeter Morrocroft Friday, December 10 George & Mary Anne Crouch, Honduras Medical Mission Report Tuesday, December 14 Monthly Board Meeting Friday, December 17 No Meeting – Christmas Party at the home of Phil & Peggy Adams Saturday, December 18 Homeless Shelter Meal December 24 & 31 No Meetings – HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Thought for the Month November 28 – December 4 is World AIDS Week – Since the 1980’s we have made great advances medically, but socially, we are not much further ahead than we were in the 1980’s. As Lions, let’s touch people and be aware of the needs around us. President’s Corner
November was another busy Lions month.
From November 12-14 the Garbees and the Sassers participated in
the quarterly Council of Governor’s and North Carolina Lions
Foundation meetings held in Rocky Mount.
On November 20, SouthPark Lions cooked and served our first
meal at the Men’s Emergency Winter Shelter.
A special thanks to all those who helped, especially Bill and
Reta LeFeber who led the effort.
Our monthly programs were highlighted by Mayor Pat McCrory’s
visit on November 19. The Club’s primary focus during December will
be the Fall Broom sale on the 3rd and 4th and
the meal for the Men’s Emergency Winter Shelter on December 18.
The December highlight will be the Club Christmas Party on
December 17 at the home of Phil and Peggy Adams.
I would like to encourage all members to come and celebrate the
spirit of the holiday season with us. I would like to welcome Tom Guella as the newest
SouthPark Lion. In
conclusion, there is some sadness to share with you.
We lost Life Member and longtime Lion Ed Boland in November.
On November 29th many of us participated in the
Memorial Service for Roma Thomas, the wife of Lexie Thomas who passed
away in October, 2003. Please
keep the Boland and Thomas families in your prayers and thoughts –
the Holiday Season will be difficult for them.
Shelia
and I wish each of you and your families a wonderful Holiday.
SOUTHPARK
LIONS CLUB’S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY
The SouthPark Lions Club’s annual Christmas Party will be held at the home of Lion Phil and Peggy Adams on Friday evening, December 17 at 7:00 P.M. Their address is 3015 Ferncliff Road and their phone number is 704-364-3576.
PLEASE RSVP our
hosts prior to December 15, 2004 so they can plan accordingly. Dress casually!!!
Please bring an hors d’oeuvre or dessert.
Peggy and Phil will supply soft drinks, coffee and tea.
ALSO, we are requesting that each Lion bring an unwrapped
gift for the Men’s Shelter—scarf, hat, gloves, socks or underwear.
Come
and have fun with our fellow Lions and guests. SOUTHPARK
LIONS HELP HOMELESS
Since 1981 the Emergency Winter Shelter has
provided overnight housing from the cold for homeless men who would
otherwise have spent the night on the street.
These men fall outside the limited housing safety net provided
by the Uptown Shelter (formerly the Shinn Shelter) and
Room-In-The-Inn. Typically
they have only what they carry on their backs.
Many find themselves without even the very basic necessities.
It’s a known fact that there are 5,000 homeless people in
Charlotte. The SouthPark Lions are actively involved in
volunteering to feed and welcome these men into the Shelter the third
Saturday evening of each month from November to March.
During last winter the Shelter provided 23,720 nights of
shelter and 28,008 meals for men.
Our Club members and some of their family members have been
faithful “SERVERS” (Lions Clubs’ motto is “WE SERVE” and
this is one of the things we gladly do to help these less fortunate
people). Led by Lion Bill
LeFeber and his wife, Reta, this is our second year giving of
ourselves to join many people preparing and serving a dinner to these
men seven nights each week of the winter months. Please give a helping hand and volunteer the third Saturday night of each month at the Shelter. We are asking each member of our Club to donate a large bag of potato chips or $1.00 at our club’s meeting the day before we volunteer at the shelter, to be served along with stew, bread and desserts prepared by Lion Bill, Reta and a team of Lions from our club.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Dick McLaughlin – December 5 and Amr Swede – December 10
NORTH
CAROLINA LIONS LICENSE PLATE
Have you considered purchasing a North
Carolina Lions License Plate?
We
only need 300 people to make an application to get personalized
plates. Have you sent in your form???? Word is that the
plates will not be ordered until the form and check are returned.
Need a form??? See
Jim Sasser.
CAMP
DOGWOOD TICKET SALES HAVE YOU SOLD
OR PURCHASED YOUR THREE (3) BOOKS YET. THIS IS A VERY
IMPORTANT PROJECT.
Old
news but this is a very important part of our Lions giving program.
OPERATION
CHRISTMAS CHILD
Felix Smith has received the dates for
Lions to volunteer to help check, repackage, etc. gift boxes for
Operation Christmas Child.
December 02, 2004
-
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
December 11, 2004 - 7:00
- 10:00 p.m.
ANOTHER
WAY IN WHICH WE CAN “SERVE”
Edition
No. 05- 2004
November ,2004
Editor:
J. Sasser
CalendarFriday, November 5 Marilyn Bowler, VP of Community Relations & Marketing Services at CPCC Tuesday, November 9 – 7:15 AM Monthly Board Meeting Friday, November 12 Monthly Club Business Meeting November 12 - 13 Council of Governors Mtg. Rocky Mount Friday, November 19 Mayor Pat McCrory: State of the City Friday, November 26 No Meeting: HAPPY THANKSGIVING Thought for the Month November is Homeless Awareness Month---May each one of us touch someone personally and financially. President’s Corner
October
was another busy Lions month.
We completed two service projects:
A Vision Van screening at the CPCC Levine Matthews Campus and the
Honduras Medical Mission project with Providence Baptist Church.
We screened 75 persons on the Vision Van, with over 50% needing a
referral to an eyecare professional.
The Medical Mission Team left for Honduras on October 26 with
nearly 1,000 pairs of used (and new) eyeglasses, over 700 coming from
our club.
They will give us a program in December to share the results of
the project. Five
SouthPark Lions participated in the District Cabinet meeting held in
Stanley on October 23.
They key focus of the meeting was diabetes, especially juvenile
diabetes and working with other Lions and groups to fight this dreaded
disease.
The Board will soon discuss adding a line item to the budget for
diabetes in the future. Our
club’s primary project from November, 2004 through March, 2005 will be
participating in cooking and serving meals at the Men’s Emergency
Winter Shelter.
We will take the third
Saturday of each month from November-March.
Bill & Reta LeFeber will lead this effort.
Please mark your calendars and volunteer for this worthy effort. I
would like to thank Governor Hunter and all the club members who
participated in setting up and bringing the Lions International Peace
Poster Display to the Wachovia Atrium and the Public Library.
The theme was “Creating A Brighter Tomorrow.”
It was amazing to view the skill of the artists, the beauty of
their work and the meaningful message the art conveyed. PEACE POSTER DISPLAY AT CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY ---- The SouthPark Lions Club is proud to sponsor an
exhibit of youth art work at the Main Charlotte-Mecklenburg County
Public Library, 25 October through 30 November 2004.
The exhibit consists of 24 works of art created by youth ages
11-13 from around the world. Approximately
350,000 young people, representing nearly 100 countries, participate in
the annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest.
Over the past 17 years, more than three million children have
created posters for the contest. “Create
a Brighter Tomorrow” is the theme of the Peace Poster Contest on
display.
The winning poster was created by a 12-year old girl from Italy.
Her poster includes a candle with the flame representing the
light for a path to a brighter tomorrow and the dripping wax –
depicted by flags of different countries of the world – melting
together to create peace.
Amongst the other 23 posters on display is artwork done by
13-year old Victoria Cairco who was sponsored by the Fort Mill, South
Carolina Lions Club.
Victoria’s poster shows the world being held by interlocked
hands.
Victoria explains her poster with the comment that, “Peace lies
in our hands.
If we want it enough, we can have it.” Lions
Clubs International sponsors the annual contest to emphasize the
importance of world peace to young people everywhere.
The 24 winning posters are selected for originality, artistic
merit and portrayal of the contest theme.
The grand prize includes
a cash award of $2500.00, plus a trip for the winner and two family
members to New York City for the awards ceremony at Lions Day with the
United Nations.
The 23 merit award winners receive certificates and cash awards
of $500.00 each.
An additional interesting note is that the United Nations Postal
Administration uses Lions Peace Poster artwork for the creation of
national stamps --- see www.un.ort/Depts/UNPA/Index.html
for more information. It
is anticipated that thousands of people will view the Peace Poster
Display located adjacent to the Gallery L Exhibit Hall near the front
desk and 6th Street entrance to the library.
Mecklenburg County residents voting at the library polling place
are enjoying the Display. In
addition, hundreds of library professionals from 12 states (NC, SC, VA,
WV, KY, TN, GA, AL, FL, LA, MS and AR) will view the Display during the
Southeastern Library Association’s Biennial Conference being held in
conjunction with the North Carolina Library Association’s Centennial
Conference and Library Marketplace Exhibition in Charlotte, 9-13
November. Prior
to exhibit at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Public Library, the
Atrium at Two Wachovia Center hosted the Lions International Peace
Poster Contest Display, 4-15 October.
One objective of moving the Display to the Main Public Library
was to increase the opportunity for children to enjoy the Display.
Families, teachers and youth groups are encouraged to take
children to see the Display. Youth
leaders and art program teachers interested in learning about
participation in the 2005 Lions International Peace Poster Contest
should contact Lion Cindy Garbee at cindygarbee@yahoo.com
or phone 704-849-9567 HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Felix Smith – Nov. 8; Ranjana Sontakay – Nov. 15 NORTH
CAROLINA LIONS LICENSE PLATE Have
you considered purchasing a North Carolina Lions License Plate?
We only need 300 people to make an application to get
personalized plates. Have
you sent in your form???? CAMP
DOGWOOD TICKET SALES HAVE YOU SOLD OR
PURCHASED YOUR THREE (3) BOOKS YET. THIS IS A VERY
IMPORTANT PROJECT. OPERATION
CHRISTMAS CHILD Felix
Smith has received the dates for Lions to volunteer to help check,
repackage, etc. gift boxes for Operation Christmas Child.
November 23, 2004 - 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
December 02, 2004 -
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
December 11, 2004 - 7:00
- 10:00 p.m.
Edition
No. 02- 2004
August ,2004
Editor:
J. Sasser
CalendarFriday, August 6 Jim Bartl, Meck County Code Dept. Friday, August 13 TBA – Moodye Clary Tuesday, August 17 – 7:15 AM Monthly Board Meeting Friday, August 20 Monthly Club Business Meeting Thursday, August 26 White Cane Workshop-Huntersville Friday, August 27 Ed Lewis, Charlotte Bobcats President’s Corner
The new Lion’s Year is off to a great start. Several SouthPark Lions participated in the District Awards & Installation Banquet at Camp Dogwood on July 17. I had the honor of receiving the District 31-C Governor’s Banner from President Carolyn Caldwell of the Stanley Club. This banner will be proudly displayed at our Den meetings for the 2004-2005 year as Governor Hunter goes about his duties. The month of August is a planning and preparation time for our club. Each member is expected to serve on a committee where the talents can help us have a productive year. When your Committee Chair calls, please say “yes” and be a positive influence. Member participation is the key to a healthy and vibrant club such as ours. It is a call to serve Our first priority is to participate in the Charter Service for the new North Charlotte Lions Club on Saturday, August 14 at 11:30 A.M. at Lions Services, Inc. Next, on August 26, is the District White Cane/Camp Dogwood Workshop at the Huntersville Club. The time is 7:00 P.M. and meal reservations are needed for all participants. Jim Sasser 2003-2004 Club Summary Contributions $4,000
Humanitarian White Cane 250
Melvin Jones Fellowship 500
Jack Stickley Fellowship 300
Woolard Partners in Service 500
CPCC Educational Scholarship 886
Camp Dogwood Tickets 225
Vision Van Screenings 137
NCLF Brick Honorariums 652
NCLF Matching Funds 1,395
Mecklenburg Association for the Blind 428
Lions
Services, Inc.
2,443 Local Contributions $11,716
Total Highlights
---2,617
hours and 15,490 miles in Community Service by club members ---Sold
886 Camp Dogwood tickets ---Conducted
three (3) Vision Van Screenings ---Collected
8,691 pairs of used eyeglasses ---Collected
179 used printer cartridges ---Collected
3 used hearing aids ---Supported
VDG Hunter Garbee ---Very
good programs for entire year ---Inducted
ten (10) new members ---Successful
Annual Golf tournament ---Very
successful 30th Anniversary & Awards Banquet ---Honored
with presence of Dr. Tae-Sup Lee, President of LCI
at Fayetteville State Convention, and PID Sid Scruggs at
30th Anniversary
Banquet ______________________________________________________ HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Moodye Clary, August 16; Pete Givens, August 29; Smithy Curry,
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