No-dinner dinner?
From: PDG Steve Robeson
Announcing the first annual LIONS OF 4-C1 NO-DINNER Melvin Jones
DINNER:
To: All Melvin Jones Fellows (and everyone else too!!):
Purpose: To raise funds each year to purchase a Melvin Jones
Fellowship(s) for a Lion(s) in our district.
Plan: To make the event as simple and easy as possible for
Lions who are already busy and already travel and expend their resources
for Lions on a frequent basis.
Execution: Instead of spending $4.25 per gallon of gas ($45
for the event?), one night in a motel ($100), competing for our time on
busy weekends, enduring another raffle (yuck), and having to try to
digest some form of “roadkill”, we can save as much as $200 apiece!
How: Let’s just send a check!! I got a printout from LCI and
tried to estimate how much each of us needs to contribute. I figure we
have around 75 MJF holders who are still active Lions. If most of them
actually contribute $25 each would probably generate the needed revenue.
Added Benefit: We could present it (them) at the Transitional
Meeting this month. We could select at random from names in a hat, one
per club.
So: Send your check to me and we’ll do something special!!!
Cure Breast Cancer Walk-A-Thon
City of Hope Walk for Hope to Cure Breast Cancer
San Francisco – October 4, 2008
Mark your calendar – October 4, 2008 – San Francisco City of Hope
Walk for Hope to Cure Breast Cancer! Join our District 4-C1 Team …
With the approval and support of DG Bob Garr and IPDG Skip O’Brien, I
accept the challenge of our fellow Lions in District 4-C6 and formed a
District 4-C1 Lions team. Walk for Hope to Cure Breast Cancer is a
national family-orientated, non-competitive walk that raises funds to
support breast cancer research, education, and treatment programs at
City of Hope, The 5K walk starts at the Justin Herman Plaza, follows the
Embarcadero, circles the AT&T Park, and returns to the Plaza.
The Walk of Hope festival will include sponsor bottles with
giveaways, a Kid’s Pavilion, a Dedication Wall for participants to pay
tribute to those affected by breast cancer, and a Survivor Booth with
special benefits for breast cancer survivors.
I urge you, your family, and your friends, to join me for a great
showing of Lionism in raising funds for City of Hope! More information
will be mailed to your club and sent out via e-mail. Questions now? Call
me, our District 4-C1 Lions Team Captain VDG Becki Stange, at
530-873-1819 or contact me at rebeccastange@comcast.net
Take me out to the ball game...
The North and South teams split this year’s annual high school
all-star baseball and softball games arranged by the Chico Breakfast
Lions Club.
The North pummeled the South, 11-2, in the third annual girl’s
softball game giving the North a 2-1 series edge. The South pushed
across six runs in the third inning and won its second straight Bob
Busch Classic boys baseball game, 6-2. The North leads overall 4-2. The
games were played in Chico on May 31 (softball) and June 1 (baseball).
The games follow the format of the district’s football game with
North players chosen from schools from Red Bluff to the Oregon border.
The South draws all-stars from as far south as the Sacramento Delta.
Participants are graduating seniors.
Net proceeds are used for the club’s community service endeavors.
Incoming club president Bill Padula headed the games’ organizing
committee. The all-star weekend include a barbecue hosted by the Lions
for players, their families, coaches, and other special guests.
Hills woman is a Lion of aid
Read
the Appeal-Democrat article on Lion Debbie!!
UPDATE... Butte County Fires
District 4-C1 has responded to the Ophir Fire in Oroville. The
District Governor has assigned VDGE Becki Stange with the task of
coordinating the efforts of the Gridley Lions to provide emergency funds
for those families which have lost their homes. Vouchers for purchases
at Wal-Mart are being provided.
VDGE Becki is currently working to arrange similar relief for the
evacuees from the area of the Humboldt Fire in Chico.
Contributions for the relief efforts may be sent to Cabinet
Treasurer, PDG Dave Marceau. Make checks payable to Lions
District 4-C1 Disaster Fund.
Further information will be provided as it becomes available.
Children In Focus
Read the June 2008
issue of Children In Focus (98K PDF), a
newsletter for district Lions Services for Children chairpersons.
Splitsville
The North and South teams split this year's annual high school
all-star baseball and softball games arranged by the Chico Breakfast
Lions Club.
The North pummeled the South, 11-2, in the third annual girls
softball game giving the North a 2-1 series edge. The South pushed
across six runs in the third inning and won its second straight Bob
Busch Classic boys baseball game, 6-2. The North leads overall 4-2. The
games were played in Chico on May 31 (softball) and June 1 (baseball).
The games follow the format of the district's football game with
North players chosen from schools from Red Bluff to the Oregon border.
The South draws all-stars from as far south as the Sacramento Delta.
Participants are graduating seniors.
Net proceeds are used for the club's community service endeavors.
Incoming club president Bill Padula headed the games' organizing
committee. The all-star weekend includes a barbecue hosted by the Lions
for players, their families, coaches and other special guests.
Read the latest update
from LCIF on the earthquake relief in China.
CSFII Update
Congratulations!!! The overwhelming support that District 4-C1 has
shown for Campaign Sight First II has more than met our expectations.
Worldwide, to date, Lions have pledged or contributed more than $167
million in the effort to end preventable blindness.
June 27, 2008, marks the official end of the campaign for
solicitation so there is still an opportunity to reach the stretch goal
of $200 million. That is not to say that the funds must be collected by
that date. It is only necessary that they be pledged. The actual
donations may be paid over the next three to five years.
All of the funds raised, beyond the first $150 million, will be used
in the developed nations to find ways to end causes for preventable
blindness such as Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy and other serious
afflictions.
So, each of us and our clubs can still make a commitment to raise
funds and contribute over the next few years without yet writing a
check.
Discuss and decide ways your club and members can provide the gift of
sight:
