Rainier Lions Club Minutes for 11/11/12

Even though I sent out an e-mail with the agenda I thought that I would recap tonight’s meeting for those that could not attend. .

The dinner was great.  We had homemade meatloaf, mashed potatoes green beans & pumpkin pie.

• MLK quote-“the first question the priest and the Levite asked was ‘ if I stop and help this man  , what will happen to me ?’ BUT the good  Samaritan reversed the question ‘ if I do not stop to help this man , what will happen to him ‘

• Albert Schweitzer quote “ I do not know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know : the only ones among us who will really be happy are those who have sought and found how to serve “

• SERVICE—supplying aid and service rather than products or goods----an act of helpful activity----an act of help or assistance

Guest speakers- Mike & Margaret Madrid.  Al Headstrom.

MIKE & MARGARET MADRID:

• Mike Madrid had cataract surgery which was paid for by the Northwest Lions Foundation and the Rainier Lions Club, who split the cost 50/50.  Mike talked about his surgery and how grateful he is for the Rainier Lions Club’s help. 

• Mikes surgery went very well.  He said he sees colors more vibrantly and the cloudiness has vanished.  He said he now has 20/20 vision in that eye.  Mike and Margaret both said they are very grateful for our help. 

• He especially thanked PKL Evan Burnett, who did all of the Northwest Lions Foundation paperwork at our end for Mikes surgery.  

AL HEADSTROM:

• Al was politicking.  He’s running for a District wide leadership office.  Bill PKL of Mineral Lake Lions is running against Al.  Both men are fine candidates for this position.
  
  

McKenna restaurant:  The owner of this restaurant will allow us to have special fundraising events on Monday – Thursday (we have to make arrangements for specific days) and she will give our group 15% of the proceeds (or profit?) from her sales for this day.  We are thinking of scheduling a “White Cane Days” there on the Thursday before that special event nation wide.

Recap of dictionaries- recap already sent in an e-mail- We shared the thank you cards from kids at Eagle View Christian School.  There are a couple of pictures of these cards on our blog.

Recap of Halloween- very successful –feel that next year businesses in town will participate.  We have a couple of articles on our blog about this event.  One has a lot of pictures.

Need volunteers for getting Christmas trees Nov. 23

Christmas caroling at the tree lighting and on the 14 and 15 is a go and should be lots of fun

Christmas dinner on Dec. 7:  I need volunteers to help with the prep that day from noon on.

• ---Ideas welcome on how to make it a fun evening- lets make a deal , white elephant ‘ door prizes , etc.
• --Who else should we invite

 Christmas tree cutting for the hardware store – involvement of churches sending congregation to purchase

Grapefruit sales start in December – line up those customers

Dinners going forward are donation only and this will include any pot lucks

LERC starts on Wednesday this week – Evan, Bernice, Shirley G, Linda J. and George will go.  Thank you all for volunteering!

Club communication – How do we make it better? Call tree? If we are to grow and get our community involved we need more ideas and more participation-how do we make this work

Think about going to two meetings a month next year.  Possibly making on a board meeting with full club attendance