DISTRICT 22B NEWSLETTER
April, 2015
Volume 10, Issue 1
D I S T R I C T G OV E R N O R ’ S
MESSAGE
DISTRICT OFFICERS
DG Joseph Schanno
60 Watertown Road
Berlin, MD 21811
410-603-6457 - Res.
410-603-6457 - Cell
Email: [email protected]
1st VDG Wayne Cole
2640 Meadowbrook Avenue
Federalsburg, MD 21632
410-754-5594 - Res.
410-943-0200 - Bus.
443-786-3943 - Cell
Email: [email protected]
2nd VDG Glenn Owens
11330 Urieville Lane
Worton, MD 21678
410-778-2279 - Work
410-708-6078 - Cell
Email: [email protected]
CS Dalton Mann, PDG
22944 Lyn Oaks Drive
Preston, MD 21655
410-673-9085 - Res.
410-310-6660 - Cell
Email: [email protected]
CT Jeffrey T Beever
3811 Seymour Drive
Trappe, MD 21673
410-476-4309 - Res.
410-476-4309 - Bus.
443-497-3066 - Cell
Email: [email protected]
District 22B Web Site:
www.e-district.org/sites/22B
INSIDE
ISSUE:
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DG’s Message
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Committee Reports
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Obituaries
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International & Multiple
District Events
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Zone, Region and District
Events
7
Roster Book Changes
7
Editor’s Notes
7
Club Activities and
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Club Events Completed
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International President
Joseph Preston
.Lions Clubs International officially launched our Centennial celebration on
July 8, 2014 at the organization’s International convention in Toronto with the
announcement of the LCI Centennial Service Challenge. The Chairperson of the
Challenge is Past International President J. Frank Moore III. He has stated that the
service challenge is an ambitious call to action of Lions around the world to serve 100
million people before June 30, 2018.
Lions have a vibrant past, a famous quote of Melvin Jones, “You can’t get very
far until you start to do something for somebody else.” Upon that principle our motto
“We Serve” emerged. Year in and out since 1917 Lions have grown providing service
around the world by meeting humanitarian needs in local communities. Lions lend a
hand and support efforts not only locally but around the world. Every day, the Lions
Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) works to fulfill their mission: "To support the
efforts of Lions clubs worldwide in serving their local communities and the world
community as they carry out essential humanitarian service projects." The need for
Lions is as great now as it has ever been.
The Centennial celebration slogan is “Where There’s a Need, There’s a Lion.”
Lions are not bound to one area of service. The ability to decide what local service
needs to be met is flexible, leaving decisions to the local clubs. Every Lion is a Lion, or
should be a Lion, ingrained and first dedicated with the principle of fulfilling our motto.
The organization and operation of clubs is also flexible. Every Lion must be a
member of a club. The membership of a club may structure operations, meetings and
projects in a way that best fits the needs of their membership, to be inviting, to use the
appropriate forms of technology to keep members connected and manage club
business. While many clubs maintain traditions passed down from generation to
generation, most traditions are optional, with the current membership free to add,
abandon, and modify how a club is operated. If a group of twenty or more people wish
to join the cause of Lions but are unable to find a club that fits their needs, they may
charter a new club even if it is in the same community, or nearby.
How better can we honor our past or go with strength into the next hundred
years then to engage in service? To this end LCI is asking each club to participate in
four Global Service Action Campaigns throughout each year. In each of the campaigns
the clubs decide when to serve and which projects are right for their club. The
campaigns are Engaging Our Youth, Sharing the Vision, Reliving Hunger and
Protecting Our Environment. Detailed information about the Challenge and the
individual campaigns is available at LionsClubs.org. You are also able to download
material from the 22B website or simply send an email to [email protected]. The
Lions internet site also has much information and testimonials about projects already
undertaken by clubs around the world. One or more of these projects may be suitable to
your club.
Use the service campaigns to encourage member participation or even to attract
new members. Assign each campaign different members of the club. Go outside the
club to obtain input from the community to identify needs that have not been met. The
Club Excellence program including Community needs assessment are great guides to
venturing into unfamiliar parts of communities. Use the Just Ask Recruiting Guide to
develop a membership campaign to run concurrently with each of the Centennial
Service campaigns.
We can do it. Let’s do it.
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USA/CANADA FORUM
Each year Lions from across North America gather for three days of training, sharing, fellowship
and rededication to the world’s largest, and by far, most active service organization. This event is the
USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum. This year’s Forum will be September 17-19 at Grand Rapids,
Michigan. If you have been before you know how wonderful those three days will be. If you have
never been, you will be in for a treat of three great days of learning, fun and socializing. You will have
the change to meet past and present International officers. Hope to meet current LCI President Joe
Preston, the person behind the great programs of Strengthen the Pride. President Joe is a natural
motivational speaker with a deep commitment and love for all things Lions- you will not want to miss
him.
The seminars being offered are a mix of ordinary titles to ones you never guessed you see at a
Lions event: Club Presidents; Your Club Your Way; Community Service Builds Clubs; Lead Follow or
Get Out of the Way; Hello I’m Your New Member, I’m Leaving; Young Punks vs. Old Geezers;
Nurturing the Next Generation; Stop Recycling Leaders; Beer Brewing, and much more.
Yes -- Beer Brewing -- Grand Rapids is very well known for great craft breweries. Round out
the great seminars with some fun. One of the top ten vacation cities for beer lovers. If beer is not your
game, Grand Rapids is renowned for farm-to-fork restaurants, museums, the Lake Michigan Shoreline
and more. The Forum includes several events with special guest speakers to entertain and motivate you.
Attendees will return home charged or recharged, inspired to bring themselves and their clubs to new
heights of service and fellowship.
Every Lion is invited. First year attendees are given royal treatment as officers from around the
world will go out of their way to shake hands and welcome you to the Forum. Grand Rapids is close
enough to drive to in one day. Some Lions of District 22B are organizing a caravan to travel as a group.
More news of this to follow. Interested, contact PDG Charlene Travers or DG Joe Schanno. Go to
lionsforum.org for more
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OBITUARIES
Andrea Nichole Joyner - Crisfield Academy High School LEO Club - 15 years old
INTERNATIONAL & MULTIPLE DISTRICT
EVENTS
MD22 Convention - Dover Downs Hotel and Casino - May 18-21, 2015
USA/Canada Forum - Grand Rapids, Michigan - September 17-19, 2015
ZONE, REGION and DISTRICT EVENTS
ROSTER BOOK CHANGES
Page 55 Secretary Kenneth S. Hearn Email: [email protected]
If you have any Changes to the Roster Book please contact PDG Dal Mann at
410-673-9085 or [email protected] or Lion Joe Wood at 410-482-2244 or
[email protected].
EDITOR’S NOTES
If any Club or Committee Chair has something they would like for me to
include in the District Newsletter please send me the information at
[email protected] by the 10th of each month and I will try to include it in the
Newsletter. I would like to have anything that is happening during the next month
and any projects that you have completed included in the Newsletter. Club
Communication Chairs please distribute to your Club Members!
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CLUB ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
CECILTON: They are collecting shoes for the needy. The program is called
Footsteps.
CONOWINGO: They will be holding a 5K Run on the 9th of May beginning at
12 noon at the Conowingo Park (Flyer Attached).
EASTON: They will be holding their 75th Anniversary Celebration on the 2nd of
May (Flyer Attached).
FRUITLAND: They will be holding a Spaghetti Dinner on the 25th of April beginning at 4 PM at St. John’s UMC (Flyer Attached).
GREENSBORO: They will be holding their 3rd Annual Marty Gangemi
Memorial Car Show on the 7th of June (Flyer Attached).
PRINCESS ANNE: They will be holding their 5th Annual Lion Sam Boston
Memorial Golf Tournament on the 16th of May at the Great Hope Golf Course
(Flyer Attached).
RIDGELY: They are holding a Fishing Trip Raffle to be drawn on May 24, 2015
(Flyer Attached). They will also be holding their 36th Annual Strawberry Festival
on the 24th of May at the Martin Sutton Park (Flyer Attached). Along with the
Strawberry Festival they are holding the Strawberry Chase 5K (Flyer Attached).
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Easton Lions Club
You are cordially invited to attend the
75th Anniversary of the Easton Lions Club.
Please join us at the Easton Elks Lodge on
May 2nd of 2015 at 6pm.
(502 Dutchmans Lane, Easton, MD 21601)
Tickets are $50 each.
Our guest speaker will be State Representative Johnny
Mautz
If you have any questions, please call me at 410-476-5825.
The Easton Lions Club thanks you for your help!
Regards,
RSVP by April 1st with check made out to the Easton Lions Club
PO Box 1202
Easton, MD 21601
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Lion Brinsfield Lowe received a Presidential Certificate of Appreciation at the Sharptown 75th Anniversary
held on the 11th of April. Shown above Lion Brinsfield receives the Certificate from PID Richard Chaffinch.
Cecilton Lions Club King Lion Ma Carroll recently addressed the members of the Cecilton County LEO
Club. Shown above left from left to right are Lion John Bunnell (Club Advisor), King Lion Ma Carroll and
LEO club President Angel Lowe. Above right are the members of the Club.
The Conowingo Lions Club recently received a $1000 donation from the Old Dominion Electric Company
toward their upcoming 5K Run.
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The Easton Lions club made a donation to Channel
Marker, Inc.at its last meeting. They have been
providing mental health support and rehabilitation
services to adults and children in our local communities for thirty two years. Their motto is " Like a
marker on the Bay, we help each other find a way".
Laura Higgins, Adult Services Director spoke to the
club about the need for continued support and how
much she appreciated the donation. Pictured are
Frank Divillio, Lions Club first VP, Laura Higgins
and Lion Erik Higgins an employee of Channel
Markers, Inc.
The Easton Lions Club at its last meeting presented
Talbot Hospice with a donation. Mary Ellen Shea
spoke to the club about what Talbot Hospice
provides for their residents and their families who
are facing the challenges of a currently progressing,
life limited illness. Pictured are Lion John Morris
presenting check to Mary Ellen Shea.
The Easton High School Leo Club delivered the non-slip socks today to the Neighborhood Service Center
as a project the club did recently. The Leo club is in it's 10 year helping and supporting the community and
school. The Easton Lions Club sponsors the Leos.
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The Greensboro Lions have been busy with their spring projects. Above left some of the 200+ kids are
shown participating in their Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Above right are the winners of their Annual Little
Miss Greensboro Pageant. They also completed Kids Sight Screening, Little League Parade and Barbecue.
The Rising Sun Lions Club held their Annual Ham and Oyster Dinner on the 10th of April. Shown above
left are the Lions who served the meal and above right are the Oyster Patters preparing the oysters. Below
left the Lions are preparing to march in the Little League Parade on the 11th of April. Below right the AgIndustrial is shown presenting their donation to the Rising Sun Lions Club Healthcare Program.