Thursday, November 29, 2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Christmas Trees at Rainier Hardware
Dear Readers,
George and Evan cut 5 Christmas Trees and delivered them to the Rainier Hardware Store. If you want a beautiful, fresh cut Christmas Tree for $25.00 - Head on down to the store and pick it up.
George and Evan cut 5 Christmas Trees and delivered them to the Rainier Hardware Store. If you want a beautiful, fresh cut Christmas Tree for $25.00 - Head on down to the store and pick it up.
- You can't beat the price or quality.
- Our trees have not been bundled up for shipping. They are beautiful and have not been stressed by netting or having their branches tied up.
- The average tree runs about 6' - 8' tall. If you want a tree - up to 12' tall - please call George or Evan and they will cut one just for your order. The price is still $25.00
Thank you for supporting our local businesses &community.
We're here to Serve YOU!
George Johnson (360) 292-5363
Evan Burnett (360) 280-0205
Sunday, November 25, 2012
"Are we hard-wired to care about others?"
The Psychology of Everything: What Compassion, Racism, and Sex tell us about Human Nature
Paul Bloom, Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology, Yale University
Paul talks about how to draw people to fundraising activities and altruistic actions. I was fascinated by the information in this video, so I wanted to share it with you, too.
Lions groups need to connect with others in our society. We need to be inclusive, not exclusive. Please watch this video and share your thoughts.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Rainier Lions Club Christmas Dinner
The Rainier
Lions Club
Invites Members & Helpers:
Annual Christmas Dinner
December 7, 2012
6:30 PM
at the Rainier
Chapel
This dinner is to thank everyone for supporting the
Rainier Lions Club activities throughout the year,
We appreciate all you do for our local
community.
Bring your appetite, but no gifts, please.
We will sing Christmas carols, eat, and be merry!
RSVP:
George Johnson (360) 292-5363
Evan Burnett:
(360) 280-0205
LCIF November Newsletter
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
Benefits of the Club Excellence Process
Hi, all –
Submitted for your
consideration.
Would you like to
…
-
Expand your club’s community
service work?
- Make your club a better organization?
- Make your club more visible to
your community and more attractive to prospective Lions?
- Develop a short- and long-term plan to pursue these
goals?
The Club Excellence Process is
designed with these goals in mind. This process is not something that can be
completed in one or two meetings; it requires time
and commitment to see it
through. And the results can be truly outstanding.
If you’d like more information on this topic, members of the
Faculty Development Team are available to make a presentation to your club.
Don’t hesitate to contact me for more details.
Al
Hedstrom
Past
Zone Chairman
Candidate
for 2nd Vice District Governor
Silverdale
Sunrise Lions
Service to others is the rent we pay for our time on this
earth.
Tony
Curtis
LERC Last Wednesday Evening
Evan B, Bernice B, George J and I went to LERC last Wednesday night. We cleaned and sorted glasses.
It was an amazing experience. I've never seen so many different types and styles of glasses! There are glasses that you can fold and bend without mutilating them! There are colorful, designer glasses - as well as very classy looking Ralph Lauren & Tommy Hilfiger glasses. Glasses that have gold plating - as well as titanium glasses. The wrap around sun glasses were awesome. Many of the glasses were perfect, without any scratches or damage at all.
Bill Miller was there to instruct us on how to clean and sort the glasses after they were washed in the dishwasher. Listening to him was fun and interesting. Here are a couple of things we learned:
- The glasses that were outside of the standards that are set up by the missions that request them.
- Glasses with gold plating are sent out to have the gold recovered. We get paid for the gold.
- Some "coke bottle" glasses are not sent out to missions.
- Glasses without lenses are not used. They are sent out.
- There is optometrist equipment to read the prescriptions of the lenses. Once read, the glasses are put in plastic bags and labeled. From there the glasses are organized in boxes.
- Readers (non prescription - magnification glasses) are given to people, too.
- Glasses that are badly scratched or scratched in the field of vision are set aside.
- We can't give out women's "low riders" as there have been fights between women over these kinds of glasses. Incredible? The winner would end up with the low rider glasses whether it helped her to read better, or not. Vanity is alive and well - even in third world countries.
We all had a very good time working at LERC. (Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center) Any Lion who works 20 hours during the Lion year - gets a LERC pin. This is the only way to earn this pin. I highly recommend volunteering for LERC. Time flies there! It seemed like we had just arrived, when we left. We laughed and visited all evening long! Come join us!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
LCI Peace Poster Deadline TODAY
All,
Today, Thursday November 15, is the cutoff for submitting peace posters for the competition.
To my knowledge only two clubs are submitting peace posters. If I can get confirmation from others by email by midnight I'll include them in the judging.
Please spread the word as you are able.
Dave Risley
Families in Service
"To empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace, and promote international understanding through Lions clubs." - Lions Clubs International Mission Statement
Families in Service
"To empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace, and promote international understanding through Lions clubs." - Lions Clubs International Mission Statement
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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
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
Thank You Cards From: Eagle View Christian School
The third grade students from Eagle View Christian School had their "THANK YOU" cards for the Rainier Lions Club all ready when we arrived to deliver their dictionaries.
All of the children signed both cards. To respect their privacy, the children's signatures were not scanned for public display on our blog.
After KL George Johnson gave his presentation and the children thumbed through their dictionaries, we were presented with 2 thank you's from the third grade class. Both thank you cards were hand made.
In closing, one of the students said a prayer for the Rainier Lions Club (& us). This was touching and means a lot to George and me.
A special THANK YOU goes out to all of the children, staff and parents of the Eagle View Christian School for granting us permission to present dictionaries to the third grade students.
George and I treasure the memories we share with you. Going to your school is a wonderful experience.
On card was very large. I scanned an image of the inside thank you, so you can read it here:
Above is a picture of the inside of the large Thank You card.
This is the outside of the smaller card (shown with the back of part of the larger card.)
This is the inside picture in the smaller thank you card. (resting on the back of the larger card.)
Monday, November 12, 2012
38th Annual Food A-Thon
The Port Angeles Lions Club Hosts:
38th Annual Food A-Thon
Benefitting the Port Angeles Food Bank
on Thursday November 15.
The Lions will take over the airways on KONP 1450 AM and 102.1 FM from 6AM to 6PM. Lions will man the microphones and announce pledges received from the listeners. Lions will be standing by the phones to accept pledges and challenges for the 12 hours.
Telephone number is 360-457-1450. Listen as the Lions relay
information to the listeners (not always as professional as we would like, but,
we have fun)
Call to extend wishes and pledges, if you like.
Thank you,
PDG
Gary
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Dictionaries Delivered to Third Graders in Rainier
Hi Gang ,
Linda and I went to Rainier Elementary & Eagle View Christian School
and passed out our dictionaries to 79 third graders. I know that some of you
were unable to attend because of life issues.
I have to tell you that you missed one of life’s absolute fine moments.
The reaction in the students eyes was worth more than any amount of money. It
was a moment akin to Haley’s comment, an event that only happens once or twice
in a lifetime.
The dictionaries are one of the fun things we do with the money we work so
hard earn with our fundraisers. Events like giving out the dictionaries are the
precious rewards of being a member of the Rainier Lions Club. Most of us have
too few of these kinds of rewards in life.
Helping with the sight and hearing van is another rewarding experience, but
that may not happen this year because of a scheduling problem.
We need to be about making a difference in our community. I do
believe that there are people in town ready to help us make our town a better
place to live. Please come out and help lead them.
Thanks,
George
Thank you for inviting us to your school!
Pictures of Rainier Elementary School
Third Grade Students
Receiving Their Dictionaries:
Third grade teachers.
Third grade teachers.
Sixty-nine third grade students right after they receive their dictionaries.
Students engrossed in their new dictionaries.
Still looking up facts in their dictionaries, as King Lion George makes presentation.
Students looking up facts.
Still looking.............
Engrossed..........
Comparing facts.
Asking questions of the staff in sign language.
King Lion George with staff member
King Lion George with staff member
King Lion George
Students comparing facts with other students.
Happy, smiling student.
Kids talking about the things they find in their new dictionary.
Happy, smiling third grade girl.
Mrs. Cinkovitch taking picture of the third grade classes in the library.
King Lion George with teacher, staff and students.
Pictures of Eagle View Christian School
Third Grade Students
Receiving Their Dictionaries:
Principle Barbie B. sits behind the 10 third graders who just received their dictionaries.
Students looking at their dictionaries.
Students engrossed in their new book.
Still reading.......
Students talking about the things they find just before presentation closes. They thank us an and say a prayer before we conclude. Very nice indeed!
King Lion George asked the students: There's a million, a billion and then a trillion. What comes after a trillion? The students answer, "a quadrillion." We were very impressed. We didn't know that answer until we found it in the dictionary before the presentation. Even third graders are smarter then we are!
GO KIDS!!!
Thank you for inviting us to your school!
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Lions Clubs International News
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International Leo Day, celebrated annually on December 5,
is the perfect time to call attention to those we hope will one day lead the
association. Lions Clubs Respond to Superstorm Sandy
Dear
Lion,
Earlier
this week as Superstorm Sandy was near landfall on the East Coast, we let you
know that Lions would be there for those in the storm's path. We know the
devastating impact that a disaster can have in a community and as always, our
thoughts and prayers are with those who were affected, including members of our own Lions
family. As Lions, we have
once again demonstrated our quick response in the time of need, and we
want to update you on relief efforts.
Lions
Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) awarded a US$100,000 Major Catastrophe
Grant with money from the disaster relief fund, allowing Lions in affected areas
to immediately begin providing assistance. Many Lions are already working with
local food banks, police and fire departments and other local
organizations.
In
addition to the Major Catastrophe Grant, LCIF has awarded US$100,000 in
emergency grants to Lions districts in North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey,
Connecticut and New York. LCIF was able to award these funds from the disaster
relief fund, thanks to Lions who generously donated knowing that in times of
disaster there is an urgent
and great need.
Follow
our efforts online through the LCI blog, Twitter and Facebook. LCIF is expecting and is ready for many
more emergency grant requests as Lions assess the needs
of their communities and power is restored. We also encourage Lions to consider
making a donation to the Foundation for disaster relief. Donations to the disaster relief fund are Melvin
Jones Fellowship eligible.
We
believe that "In A World of Service," one person can make a difference, but
together we can have an even greater impact.
Sincerely,
Wayne
A. Madden Wing-Kun
Tam
President,
LCI Chairperson, LCIF
Friday, November 2, 2012
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Halloween in Park a Huge SUCCESS!
Thank you all for coming!
It was cold and windy. Children and their parents flocked to the Rainier Lions Club first Halloween Party in the Park!
AWESOME!!
A special "THANK YOU" goes out to Main Street Cookies
for donating cookies to the children of Rainier, WA.
Thank you!!
Joyclyn & Cookie Crew!
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| Linda Johnson (left) & Lion Secretary Brenda Flaherty. |
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| One of our first Trick or Treat children. |
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| One of our first Trick or Treat children. |
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| Our Lion waving. |
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| Our Lion walking toward our King Lion, George Johnson. |
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| Our Lion, waving to 2 little girls, who came for Trick or Treat. |
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| This little girl was afraid to take candy from our Lion, so Mommy took the candy from the Lion's paw for her. |
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| Our second set of Trick or Treater's a ghost & vampire. |
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| The Vampire spreads her wings! |
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| Trick or Treat girls with their family members. |
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| Trick or Treat children in the park. |
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| More Trick or Treat children in the park. |
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| Kids coming to the Lions Den. (See the little Strawberry Shortcake?) |
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| Brenda serving Main Street Cookies!! |
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| Sweet Miss Strawberry Shortcake. |
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| More children coming for treats. |
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| More children with their friends and family. |
It was a HUGE SUCCESS!
The Rainier Lions Club will be celebrating Halloween in the Park again next year.
PKL Evan Burnett & our Lion!
Thank you again for coming for treats!!!!
We're here to serve you.
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