Project New Hope July Retreat

The September Retreat for Project New Hope is this coming weekend.  If you want to help, please contact Dee & Jim McDermott at:  mcphotoj@comcast.net

Rainier Lions Club 20th Anniversary Party Pictures

Please share these photos with your club.  Thank you for the honor of performing Rainier's Installation and your Club Charter Celebration of June 1, 1993. Many more super years to come.  I think Bill Miller wears the fur quite well!  Best of luck in the new year of Lionism.  Dee

Here are the pictures from the Rainier Lions Club 20th Anniversary Party that Jim McDermott took.

Cub Scout Damion Green with Dee McDermott at the buffet table.

George Johnson at the KL Table.

Linda Lazelle

KL George Johnson speaking to the group - introducing Dee.

Induction of new members.

Dee with KL George, Linda Bernice, Evan & Linda L

Dee with Julia, Art, Brenda, George & Linda.  

A group picture left to right:

Evan Burnett, Brenda Flaherty, Rodney Mitchell, Bernice Beck, George & Linda Johnson, Art Runyan, Linda Lazelle, Julia Green & Dee McDermott

Evan, Brenda, Rod, Bernice, Linda & George, Art, Linda L & Julia

Dee installing our Secretary, Brenda

Dee installing our VP, Evan

The tail twister brought a mink stole and men's jacket that were auctioned at a Chinese auction.  Past ZC Bill Miller was modeling the stole - which brought in a nice Tail Twister amount for the Admin Funds!  Thank you Bill!  (Donation made by Rodney Mitchell & Chris Beck.) 

September 9, 2013 Meeting Minutes

Linda Lazelle brought clam chowder, salad, rolls & homemade apple pie for dinner.

George opened the meeting at 7 PM with the Pledge of Allegiance, the singing of "America" and a prayer.  He read the following quotes: 

Ashleigh Brilliant— “Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.”

James Penny—“How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving, unless we teach them that the greater pleasure lies in the art of giving rather than receiving.”

KL George Johnson introduced our guests:  Lloyd & Mary Anne Howell.  Lloyd & Mary Anne seemed to enjoy our meeting and were actively engaged throughout the evening.

George began by talking about why he became a Lion.  His vision is to serve God by contributing to our community and bringing it together.  He became a Lion over 10 years ago, but when he started working at Big Lots, he had to drop out because he had to get up at 3 AM to be at work by 4 AM.  It was too difficult for him to be up late on Monday nights.  He rejoined when his schedule changed and he no longer had to be at work on Tuesday at 4 AM.  

George went on to thank the volunteers for Bluegrass & Peaches Pears & Nectarines.  He updated the club on Bluegrass & Fruit.  We were short on nectarines.  We had some bad boxes of peaches & 1 bad box of nectarines.  George called the grower & Deb said that if the fruit is picked after it rains, sometimes water gets down the stem & the pit area of the peach / nectarine molds.  We may get our fruit from her again next year, or we may get it from Cherie.  (The boxes of fruit are all 28 lbs. from Cherie we can have staggered shipping.)

Linda J. discussed making a Club instruction Manual, so everyone has the information on our projects from start to finish.  This way people can "hit the floor running" with projects.

Brenda F. has all of the decorations ready for "Halloween in the Park."  George will continue to contact local businesses about having tables to give treats to the kids in the park.  Julliette Pia is going to talk to the RHS ROC students about helping decorate the park for Halloween.

Linda L. gave a Dictionary Update.  The date is Sept 23.  Art, Linda, Bud & possibly Bev Jolley will meet at the Rainier Elementary School at 8:30 AM.  (Bud will go to work after RES) Then the remainder will go to Eagle View Elementary School at 10:30 AM.  We have the dictionaries, letters and labels.  Linda will put the dictionary packets together.

We discussed Christmas Caroling at local Nursing Homes.  We still need a chair / gifts / pick dates.  Bud Green said that the Cub & Boy Scouts would be interested.  He remembers making ornaments at a nursing home with patients when he was a scout.

Christmas Caroling for Cans - do at Christmas Tree Lighting or Door to Door?  Chair / Co-Chair.  We may do both.  They discussed using a trailer and bales of hay, so the carolers don't have to walk all around the city.

Essay Contest. Peace Poster Contest & Scholarship.  Teri Chair.  Brenda/Kay co-chair.  We will get the information about these projects to Teri, Brenda & Kay.  We need to work with both schools on the Peace Poster Contest, as the middle school students are eligible to enter that contest, too.

Road Clean-up.  Evan set a date for Saturday October 5th.  We'll meet in the church parking lot at 9 AM.

Health Van is available Jan 2 – 9.  George is confirming date with School.  The dates that work for the school are between Jan 6 - 9.  George is waiting to hear back from the school nurse to set the final date.

Apples Update:  Linda L chair / Bernice co-chair.  The Scouts, Rainier Community Gardens & Yelm Lions are going to partner with us on Fuji apples sales.  It's looking promising.  We have 
2 dates that we can pack apples.  The strange thing about the packing dates we were given, is they are both on a Wednesday.  Usually we pack apples on a Saturday.  We were given October 16 & 23 for packing dates.  We'll get back to Linda Lovely-Wright about the packing dates.

We voted on the Christmas Party.  Brenda made a motion to have the party held at the Rainier Chapel.  Bernice (& 2 others seconded the motion)  It was voted unanimously to have the party at the Rainier Chapel.  Brenda with Chair.  Julia G. & Linda J. will co-chair.  The date is set for Dec. 13, 2013 (a Friday).  We will invite all of the people who've helped us this year.  It should be a huge party.

Linda J. gave a brief presentation on the MD-19 Zone 6 cookbook.  She asked everyone to email her recipes with pictures and brief stories.  The cookbook is this year's project of our Zone Chair, Donna Murr.  It will be put together and put up on Amazon in both the Kindle edition and a print form - through Amazon's Create a Space.

INFORMATION:

City Council meets 2^nd & 4^th Tues. at 7:00 PM

Senior Center Lunch:  Mon & Wed at noon $2.50 each

Together:  1^st & 2^nd Wed 5 PM City Hall

Rainier Food Bank: Food available Wed & Sat 9 – 12

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sept 13 – 15:  Project New Hope

Sept 16:  Board Meeting at 6:00 PM

Sept 18:  Harborview Lions (Bellingham) Casino Night Fundraiser.

Sept 24:  Zone Meeting 6:30 PM Hawks Prairie Restaurant

Sept 26:  LERC at 6:00 PM

Sept 28:  Lacey Lamplighter Garage Sale

Sept 28:  Lacey Midday Medicine Creek Wine Tasting Party 6 – 9 PM

Sept 28:  Tacoma SE Lions – Soup Frenzy 5 – 8 PM

October 1:  Apple order deadline

Oct16:  Packing apples @ Fairgrounds

Oct 23:  Packing apples @ Fairgrounds

Support Our: Rainer Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts & American Heritage Girls

MEETING AGENDA 9-09-2013

MEAL 6:30-7 P.M.

7 P.M. MEETING

Pledge of Allegiance

Sing:  AMERICA

KL George:  PRAYER

Ashleigh Brilliant— “Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.”

James Penny—“How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving, unless we teach them that the greater pleasure lies in the art of giving rather than receiving.”

KL George Johnson:

1. Guests:  Lloyd & Maryann Howell, Caroline Rodgers

2.  George: Being a lion.

3. Thank volunteers for Bluegrass & Peaches Pears & Nectarines

4.  Update on Bluegrass & Fruit

5.  Linda J.:  Club instruction Manual

6.  Brenda:  Halloween in the Park

• Possible help from RHS students

7.  Linda L.:  Dictionary Update

• Co-chairs?

8.  Christmas Caroling at Nursing Home.  Need a chair/gifts/pick a date.

9.  Christmas Caroling for Cans - do at Christmas Tree Lighting or Door to Door?  Chair / Co-Chair?

10.  Essay Contest.  Teri Chair?  Brenda/Kay co-chair?

11.  Peace Poster Contest.  Both Schools.  Chair Terri.  Co-chair Brenda & Kay.

12.  Road Clean-up.  Evan.  Date.

13.  Health Van.  Jan 2 – 9.  Confirming date with School.

14. Apples Update:  Linda L chair.  Bernice co-chair

• Scouts
• Rainier Community Gardens
• Yelm Lions

15.  Christmas Party Dec. 13, 2013

Need Chair & 2 co-chairs

16.  Linda J.: Zone 6 cookbook

INFORMATION:

City Council meets 2^nd & 4^th Tues. at 7:00 PM

Senior Center Lunch:  Mon & Wed at noon $2.50 each

Together:  1^st & 2^nd Wed 5 PM City Hall

Rainier Food Bank: Food available Wed & Sat 9 – 12

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sept 13 – 15:  Project New Hope

Sept 16:  Board Meeting at 6:00 PM

Sept 18:  Harborview Lions (Bellingham) Casino Night Fundraiser.

Sept 24:  Zone Meeting 6:30 PM Hawks Prairie Restaurant

Sept 26:  LERC at 6:00 PM

Sept 28:  Lacey Lamplighter Garage Sale

Sept 28:  Lacey Midday Medicine Creek Wine Tasting Party 6 – 9 PM

Sept 28:  Tacoma SE Lions – Soup Frenzy 5 – 8 PM

October 1:  Apple order deadline

Oct16:  Packing apples @ Fairgrounds

Oct 23:  Packing apples @ Fairgrounds

Support Our: Rainer Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts & American Heritage Girls

Rainier City News Blog

We have discussed the name "Rainier Pride" and decided to give our city news blog a different name.
We will update you once we've decided on a different name.  LJJ

NEW: RAINIER PRIDE BLOG

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Welcome to RAINIER PRIDE Blog

The Rainier Pride Blog is for the citizens of Rainier, WA and the surrounding area. You can find the Rainier Pride Blog at:  http://rainierpride.blogspot.com/. We will post information on social activities, local businesses and civic organizations.  

If you want an article or information posted about your group, please email:  
George & Linda Johnson @ rainierlionsclub@gmail.com.

The upcoming Rainier Lions Club activity is a fundraiser for Fuji Apples.  They're selling 40# boxes of top quality Fuji Apples for $30.00.  The apples will be delivered the second or third Saturday in October.

What Makes a Hero?

The Surprising Science of Selflessness  

"Contrary to conventional wisdom that humans are essentially selfish, scientists are finding that the brain is built for generosity."  

Elizabeth Svoboda

I found an article by Elizabeth Svoboda "Hard-wired for Giving" that explains how the human brain is hard wired for generosity.  According to studies of subjects by Dr. Grafman, MRI's show human beings get the same pleasurable "high" from giving that they do from sex and food, because  the same area of the brain lights up, when a person is giving.  This area has a lot of receptors for the hormone: oxytocin, which promotes social bonding.  

Upon further study of the MRI's by Dr. Harbaugh & Dr. Mayr, they were surprised to find that the areas of the brain that release dopamine lights up when patients give.  This is remarkable.  

The results of these studies show that altruism is inherently rewarding:  "The brain churns out a pleasurable response when we engage in it."  

You can obtain your copy of this book at Amazon.com HERE