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President’s Message – November 2010

November 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The President’s Message

If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap.

If you want happiness for a day, go fishing.

If you want happiness for a month, get married.

If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune.

If you want happiness for a lifetime, help others.

- Chinese Proverb

Based on the proverb, Damascus Lions can expect happiness for a lifetime.  There can be no doubt that we help others.  October was a very busy month for us with activities going on every weekend but the last.  We kicked off the month with our 64th Year Charter Night celebration with our guest speaker, District Governor Sandi Halterman.  Congratulations go particularly to Lion Mike Thornett, recipient of the Emerson Slacum Community Service Award; Lion of the Year Honoree, Lion Gary Rogers; and Lion of the Years, Lion Ken Phillips.    It is a difficult task to honor a single Lion in this club as so many are worthy!  Thanks to the selection committees who were burdened with the job and finally settled on these three valued recipients.

Before the dust settled, we were on to Basket Bingo on Friday to raise funds for our scholarship program.  Many Lions stepped up at the 11th hour to sponsor baskets and sell tickets and pushed us to our goal for the year.  Many pairs of eyeglasses were collected that will be sent to the recycling center.  Thanks to you all for your rally and support.  Lions Mary Frances and Tess have this event down to a fine art with the organization and planning.

Pancake Breakfast was also a success thanks to the help of many.  Club members turned out in quantity and worked the floor, minimizing the effect of the missing Leos.  The bake table was well-appointed and saw great sales for the day and there was a steady stream of customers enjoying the great menu that went into production long before daybreak.  Lions Joy & Sue join me in thanking the ticket sellers, cooks, servers, floor staff, bakery group, dishwashers, ticket-takers and clean up crew (did I get everyone?) for their help and cheery attitudes and making it another fun Lion activity.

Clean Up Damascus Day was provided a boost with Lions helping to staff the registration area.  Thank you to those who signed up to help.  Lion Carol Cook headed up a road crew for our club to add our contribution to the beautification of Damascus for the day.  Route 27 looks so much better after the Damascus Lions go down the road.  Thanks to all who showed up to help.  An additional activity for the day was the ground-breaking ceremony held at the Recreation Center for the Skate Park.  3rd VP Lion Barbara Barry was our official representative, joined by County Council Chair Ike Leggett and one of our newest members, Lion Tom Didone, as well as past member Linda Panagoulas, Director of the Rec. Center, and organizers of Clean–Up Damascus Day, Sue and Mindy Miller.  There is a photo on the Montgomery County government web site and the Gazette ran an article on the park as well.

So catch your breath and gear up for November.  The pace is actually a bit slower, but not by a lot.  We’ll be participating in the Thanksgiving food distribution on the 20th.  And we have a blood drive scheduled for Monday, November 22nd.  Remember, there’s a new process in place now to give blood.  You need to sign up in advance with the Red Cross for a time slot.  Christmas will be upon us before you know it and we’ll be getting our children to shop for this month.

Once again, I hope I have included everything here you need to know and haven’t left out something important.  I am so proud of this club and the great work you do.  Be involved and enjoy happiness for a lifetime.

Yours in Service,

King Lion Marcia

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Basket Bingo: Members – Help Needed!

October 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Friday, October 8th,  – WOW it is this week!

The Damascus Lions Basket Bingo is at the DVFD Activities Center on Lewis Drive.  That is what the flyer says!!

Everything is all ready except for selling tickets.  I can not emphasize enough that for any fund raiser to be successful, we must actively sell tickets.  Have you asked anyone if they would like to play Bingo? Have you bought a ticket?  We are seeking sponsors as well.  Our Scholarships are funded through this activity.  All the more reason to give your support.

Setting up for the bingo will be Thursday at 7 pm.  We will be setting up the tables and chairs which  requires some strong arms and sorting and filling the baskets.    We need your help for about an hour or so.

The doors open for the bingo on Friday at 5:30.  Lions are needed to help with selling at the door and should arrive around 5 pm to get set up.  We need Lions to be on the floor to call back Bingo for the winners,  take the basket/pottery to the winner,  distribute door prizes, etc.   We also need help putting the table and chairs back after the bingo.

Tickets are $20 per person.  Seating is by reservation.

Call or email Lion Mary Frances if you can help either or both nights. -  Also if you want to buy some tickets. 301-829-1002   grangosnell1674@yahoo.com

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President’s Message – October 2010

October 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Dear Fellow Lions,

There is so much going on!  Let’s look ahead before we review September.

Our first meeting is Charter Night at Dutch’s Daughter restaurant.  Our guest speaker is our District 22-C Governor, Sandi Halterman.  We are celebrating the completion of 64 years of service.

Next Friday night is our Basket Bingo fundraiser.  Keep selling tickets!!  It’s not too late to get another sponsor or two, either.  Lions Mary Frances Gosnell and Tess Gladhill partner to make this such a successful fundraiser, but they need your help, too.  Workers are needed at bingo and we all need to sell tickets and spread the word throughout the community to maximize our results.  If everyone sells just 2 tickets, we’ll do well.

The following Saturday is our fall Pancake Breakfast at Damascus United Methodist Church.  Many hands make light work and a whole lot of fun for a fall morning.  We need kitchen help and dining room help.  In conjunction with the breakfast fare, we have a bake table that does a brisk business, too.  Tie on an apron and whip up something yummy for the bake table.  Cakes are very popular and bring a good price.  Again ticket sales make the difference, so carry some with you all the time.  Lions Joy Schwab and Sue Suddath lead this function so very well.

Not to let a weekend go idle, we will be participating in the Clean Up Damascus Day on Saturday, the 23rd.  We will do our Rte. 27 pick up on that morning.  We should have lots of extra help for this one from members of the community.  It will be a busy day around Damascus as the focus of the event is beautifying public areas.  The Library, Community Center and schools will be the focus of the cleaning centers.  Check-in will be at Damascus Chevrolet and crews will be sent to the different locations.  As plans solidify, we will have a better vision of our role for the day.  Please see me if you would like to take an active roll at this event.

Our board meeting for October will be at Gladhill Brothers on Tuesday, the 12th and our 2nd dinner meeting will be at Wesley Grove on the 19th.  Our speaker topic at the dinner meeting is autism and should be very interesting and informative.

Kudos and congrats are in order for our September activities.  We started the month with the Damascus Community Fair where Lions are very involved and busy.  Lion Tess and her able crew registered all the fair entries with impressive efficiency.  Thanks to all who lent her a hand on Thursday.  Friday, Saturday and Sunday were filled with the tempting aroma of popcorn served up by Lion Mary Frances and helpers.  Our poor old popper had trouble keeping up with demand and we need to consider replacing it in the very near future.  Lions Tuck & Eloise man the history corner and the Grandparents program.  Their costumes are so fun to see.  Thanks to all the Lions who turned out to make it another wonderful fair this year!

Also in September, we participated in the Hospice Caring butterfly release, in memory of our members who have passed away this last year.  The monarch butterflies were in a tent prior to the release and were a beautiful sight to see.  They have platters of cut fruit for them to eat which attract them in groups.  So pretty!  We honored the 65th anniversary of Damascus American Legion Post #171.  The Legion supports our veterans and is very active in youth and community functions.  What a great community we live in.

Another successful blood drive was headed by Lion Charlie Hertel on the 20th.  The changes made by the Red Cross in scheduling appointments have worked better than we had expected.  Much thanks to the Lions who helped get the room ready.  We are no longer making phone calls to our donors but your continued support is so needed.  Our next blood drive will be on Monday, November 22.  That’s the Monday of Thanksgiving.  Lion Charlie will need help in the morning getting the room set up and in the afternoon at the check-in table and the recovery area.  Plan now to come on up and lend a hand.

Lion Wayne Marr and his Daily Captains (sounds like a good name for a band, doesn’t it??) oversaw another amazing White Cane collection.  In spite of the hard economic times, Damascus residents are still of a giving spirit.  Each one of you who “Captained” for a day or worked a shift collecting donations get a big pat on the back.  We have experienced an increase in the number of requests for assistance with eye exams and glasses and have already come close to our budget for such expenses this year.  Successful White Cane collections allow us to expand our planned expense if necessary.

We set up a booth at the Heritage Day celebration at IWLA last month.  Lion Tom Jackson and myself learned how to put up (and take down) the tent so graciously loaned by Lion Mary Frances.  Lion Joy Schwab joined us to staff the booth for the afternoon.  Although it was a beautiful day, attendance was down from past years.  We were still able to let people know about Lions in Damascus and to promote our Bingo and Pancake fundraisers.  Thanks Lions Tom & Joy!

In other club news, we are taking on a new project and partnering with the Didone family to help with a Skate Park to be built on the grounds of the Community Center.  We are just in the beginning stages of this exciting project that will provide the youth of Damascus with a place to skate safely.  Our role will include ongoing maintenance and upkeep of the park.  It is a two-stage project.  The first stage is a very simple skate area with plans for the second stage to offer a more aggressive and challenging skate course.  A construction crew is already on board for the initial stage of the park which we hope will be completed this fall!  The park is being built in memory of Ryan Didone, a Damascus boy who loved to skate and died in a fatal car accident two years ago here in town.  We are excited to be a part of this project and will keep you informed as it develops.

I think that wraps it up for this month.  If I left anyone or anything out, it sure wasn’t intentional.  I try to keep a slip of paper running during the month of all the things that have happened, but sometimes I miss something.  It’s an honor to be King Lion of the best club in the world!

Yours in Service,

King Lion Marcia

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President’s Message September 2010

September 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Dear Fellow Lions,

It’s hard to believe that it’s September already.  The kids are back in school and there’s (finally) a hint of fall crispness in the air.  It’s like a new beginning at the last third of the year.  I love the fall with the beautiful colors as the trees give up their leaves and prepare for the winter.  Neither the air conditioning nor the heater need to be running!  And it marks the start of the football season, too.

August was a busy month for us, just like every other month of the year.  Thanks to all the Lions who helped with our projects at the Montgomery County Fair.  Lions Gary Rogers & Charlie Hertel play our leading men for ice cream dipping and they really “scooped” the job up!  Lions Joy & Mary Frances set up a great looking display featuring Damascus Lions in action at the membership & information table.  Lion Gary’s role at the district level made sure the space was all spiffed up and ready to go ~ and it sure did look great this year.  Lion Charlie lined up plenty of help for our dipping day and there’s just not enough space here to list all the club members & Leos who contributed to the fun, but you are all appreciated for your help.  I hope you each got an ice cream pin to remember the special day.  If you did not and you would like one, please see Lion Gary.  He had the pins made in commemoration of our 30th year of ice cream bliss and they are $3 each.  Our second act at the fair starred that snazzy couple, Lions Rusty & Dee Reichmeider, at the Mobile Health Unit (eye bus) on Thursday.  They lined up helpers to do vision and hearing screenings to any interested fair goers.  They were joined by members of the Potomac Lions Club for part of the afternoon and had a great day of service and fellowship.  Thanks again to all who helped and especially the leaders for coordinating these two important projects.

The American Red Cross classically runs low on blood supplies during the summer.  It’s been that way forever.  I’ve been a blood donor since I was 18 ~ never mind how long that is ~ and every year the blood supply falls dangerously low as people go about their lives with travel and other activities during the summer months and donations drop.  Our resident bloodhound, Lion Charlie Hertel, got a call from the Red Cross on Aug. 20th to do an extra blood drive on Aug. 27th.  They told him that they expected to collect 300 units of blood.  We have some of the best blood drives around, but on a really great day, we generally collect just a little over 100 units.  Now they’ve changed some of their procedures and they want everyone to have an appointment prior to the drive.  In all honesty, we’ve had some reservations about such a policy.  Nevertheless, always willing to help and do what he can, Lion Charlie secured the activity building for the 27th and the Red Cross said they’d take care of the rest.  By Wednesday, the drive was loaded with appointments and they were considered “full” and would not be taking any walk-ins. Now granted, they said they’d give a Redskin ticket to all donors, and I’m not sure if that was the draw or what, but when I walked into the building at 10:30 I could not believe my eyes.  The room was packed with donors and collection chairs and interview booths.  Good thing there weren’t any flies in the room because I’m pretty sure I just stood there with my mouth agape.  “Holy Cow!” was the limit of my vocabulary.  It was easily 3 times the set up of our normal blood drive.  Lions Joy and Mary Frances gave away popcorn and membership information.  I haven’t heard the final collection number, but I have little doubt that they reached their goal of 300 units.  They put out the call on Facebook and the drive was full before the information ever hit the Gazette on Wednesday.  I personally have not jumped on the Facebook bandwagon, and again, whether it was the free Redskin ticket or the Facebook exposure, I couldn’t tell you, but that was one “happening” blood drive.  After I get this article submitted, I’ll create a Facebook page for the club.  If this is the kind of result it gets, we want some of it!!  We will still be having our “regular” blood drive on Monday the 20th of September.  Thanks to all the Lions who helped this event take place, get the room set up, and provide a Lions presence.  And especially to Lion Charlie who went the extra mile ~ where there’s never a traffic jam.

This month is chock-full of activity, too.  We return to Wesley Grove UMC for our meetings tonight.  This weekend is the Damascus Community Fair and if you are available on Thursday evening, let Lion Tess know you can help check in fair entries.  Any time you can contribute will be appreciated.  Even an hour is a great help.  We will have the popcorn machine running and giving out free popcorn to all takers on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so see Lion Mary Frances to sign up for a time slot in the booth.  Again, even just a little time is a great help.  Ideally we should have 2 people in the booth at all times.  If everyone put in an hour sometime over the weekend, then the booth would be fully staffed for the full event and

no one would be burdened, so please, do what you can.

The meeting of the Board of Directors will be on Tuesday, Sept. 14th at Gladhill Bros. Tractors.  We thank Lion Tess for her generosity in offering the club a free meeting location.  These are open meetings and all club members are welcome.  If you have an idea for an activity for the club, a fundraising idea or just want to understand the “inner mechanism” better, feel free to join us.

The weekend of Sept. 15-18 is our fall White Cane collection. Lion Wayne Marr coordinates this event.  White Cane funds support our vision projects.  We help provide eye exams and glasses for those in our community that are having financial difficulty from children to the elderly.  Your 2 hour shift collecting donations makes it possible for us to help many people throughout the year.  Lion Wayne has met the challenge of securing locations for us to collect and needs your help in manning all the locations and times.  Do what you can to help.

Our second meeting on the 21st is prospective member night.  Prospective member night works best when we bring people.  You know someone that you like enough to invite to this meeting.  Give them an opportunity to see what Lions are and what we do.  Extend and invitation to them and bring them to the meeting.  They just might accept your offer.  Call Lion Joy and let her know who you are bringing.  Plus, we need to make sure we have enough food to feed them well.  Guests at prospective member night do not pay for their meal ~ another incentive ~ you can invite them to a free dinner AND a chance to check out our great club.

Before you know it, it will be October, and the month starts out fast with our Charter Night celebration, Basket Bingo, and Pancake Breakfast all at the beginning of the month. Please get your reservations in for our 64th Charter Night ASAP.  Lion Mary Frances will be looking for Bingo helpers for October 8th.  If pancakes are your thing, see Lions Joy and Sue to help serve a yummy breakfast on the 16th.  Talk up basket bingo with your friends and neighbors and start selling tickets now for both the bingo and pancakes.  Bingo supports our scholarship program and is an important fundraising event for our club.  And the more pancake tickets we sell, the more funds we have available to make a difference in our community.

I hope I haven’t left anything out.  We are such an active club and I do try to keep on top of everything that’s going on.  I have a couple of “housekeeping” items to hit here.  Please check your home and cell phones and change my phone number to 240.380.9405.  I have changed cell phones and I forget to check the old one on a regular basis.  If you don’t hear back from me, don’t hesitate to call the house and leave a message.  Trust me, you won’t be a bother.  I’ll send an email message when I have our Facebook page set up.  Don’t forget to ask a friend to come to prospective member night on the 21st.

Yours in Service,

King Lion Marcia

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President’s Message – August 2010

August 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Dear Fellow Lions,

I am so glad that July is over!!  It was a month of ups and downs and dreadfully hot days and nights. And at least for the time being, the temperature has gone back to “normal.”

The month began on a sad note with the passing of Lion Margaret Duvall who will be missed by us all.

Then we had the gaiety of Celebrate Damascus with our participation in the parade, the wonderful fireworks and the very successful flea market.  Thanks to Lion Tess for providing the tractor and trailer for us to ride in the parade.  We had a good showing with Lions in the parade.  Lion Tony drove for us and didn’t toss a single one off the wagon.  Good job, Lion Tony!  And kudos to Lion Charlie Hertel for braving the heat as our cute little mascot.  There’s nothing quite like the faces of the children along the parade route when they see the lion.  They just light up.  On Saturday, Lions Tess and Jerry were up and at ‘em early for the flea market.  The weather was dreary in the morning and the car show cancelled for the first time ever, dropping attendance to an all-time low.  Even so, booth rentals were prepaid and about half showed up for the day.  Lion Jerry was on to a great idea with a Lions booth for ‘fleas.’  A steady stream of donations came in and kept the merchandise “fresh” and just begging for someone to make a great deal.  Thanks to all who participated in the events of the weekend.

17 club members, along with 38 friends and family descended on Frederick on the 27th to take in a Keys baseball game (see pictures on page 4).  The weather was just right for a ball game and a good time was had by all.  At least within our group.  The Keys struggled against the Lynchburg Hillcats and were soundly beaten.  It was a busy night at the stadium with the appearance of Bryan Voltaggio of Top Chef fame.  If you didn’t mind standing in line for an hour or so, you could sample his wares.  The first 1000 fans got a bobble head doll of the chef.  To the best of my knowledge, no one in the club got a doll.  But we were fortunate in that Robert Legard, a member of the Lovettsville, VA Lions Club, was seated directly in front of us. We struck up a conversation, gave him a club visitation and he gave us one of his bobble head dolls.  Now I just wouldn’t feel right keeping this cherished collectible for myself, so look for it in the auction in the spring.  And before you ask, no, I did not stand in line for an hour to get it signed.

We ended the month back on a sad note as we said our good byes to Lion Kenneth King.  It is my sincere hope that the rest of the club members enjoy good health for a very long time.  It’s tough having two services so close together and to lose two such fine Lions as Margaret and Kenneth.  Keep their families in your prayers.

So August can only get better, right??  We’ll start off with our traditional fried chicken and veggies at our only dinner meeting in August at Montgomery United Methodist Church.  Partner in Service, Kate Warfield, made special effort to be sure we were returning to Montgomery for our August dinner as a tribute to Lion Albert.  Much thanks to Lion Roy Stanley for providing the corn for dinner this year.  And also thanks to Lion Gary Rogers for providing the ice cream to help the cake go down a little easier.  PDG Bill Lynch will be our speaker for the meeting, bringing us all up to date on Lions Camp Merrick.

Our second August meeting will be at the fair on the 17th as our ice cream dipping day.  Lion Gary and crew have spent weeks readying the Dairy Barn for this year’s fair.  Be sure to call Lion Charlie Hertel to let him know you are coming to help dip or run a register or herd the crowds.  This is a fun day at the fair and it really is good ice cream.  On Thursday, we will man the mobile health unit.  We’re looking for volunteers to work shifts that day also.

For our September meeting, we will be returning to our “home” base at Wesley Grove.

I am working on finalizing committee chairs and assignments.  This year, we are developing each committee to have two chairs – a mentor/mentee (is that really a word??) setup so that we are in a better position as a club to function.  Additionally, we are setting up committee members so that everyone knows what committees they are serving on and can be focused on the events and activities they are most interested in.  Please sign up for the committee(s) of your choice.

Let’s hope we don’t have the prolonged heat wave in August that we had in July.

See you at the fair!!

~King Lion Marcia

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President's Message – July 2010

July 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Happy New Year!  July marks the start of our Lion’s year.  I would like to start out by thanking Immediate Past President Mary Frances for her dedication and service to the club this past year.  And congratulations to all on attaining District 22-C 5-star award status again this year.  The 5-star award is an achievement that the entire club can take pride in.  It is the district recognition that Damascus Lions maintain a high level of service in multiple areas of Lionism, including membership, youth programs, activities, publicity and community service. 

One thing is for sure; our club just doesn’t have a “down” period!!  By the time we have our first meeting, Lions Sue Suddath, Mary Frances Gosnell, Midge Tench, Ann Davis, Joy Schwab and unidentified others have celebrated birthdays at the senior center last Friday.  With that group, you know they had a fun party!

This weekend we Celebrate Damascus.  Thanks to Lion Tess, the club again has a “float” in the parade on Friday.  Lion Tony will be driving the tractor and we have plenty of room for Lions to join the fun and take a ride.  Stay and enjoy the fireworks.  On Saturday we have the flea market, this year at the DVFD grounds.  Lion Jerry is taking charge of a “flea table” for our club.  Bring her your stuff to sell for the good of the club.  If you can, spend an hour or two helping out. 

Our second meeting this month will be held in Frederick at a Keys baseball game.  We had such a fun time last year, let’s do it again.  Due to the Keys’ schedule, that meeting will be on Tuesday, July 27th.  Please let me know how many tickets you need.  Feel free to bring your friends and family to enjoy an evening of baseball.  There will be a flyer on this outing at the meeting and also posted on the website.  Have you seen the website lately??  Lion Cindee does an awesome job keeping it up-to-date with news, photos, copies of the Lions Tale and all.  Spend some time there and know what’s going on at www.damascuslions.org.

Our first August meeting will be held at Montgomery UM Church again this year.  We can look forward to a delicious meal and interesting program.  The 2nd August meeting is our night of Ice Cream dipping at the Montgomery County Fair.  See Lion Charlie Hertel to lend a hand with this annual event on Tues. August 17th.  Then on Thursday the 19th we have our day at the fair for vision and hearing screening.

There’s no shortage of activities to chose from.  Participate in those that you can.  We’re always glad to see you and enjoy the time we spend together serving the Damascus Community.  Here’s to a great year!

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Installation of New Officers

June 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Damascus Lions Club installed their new officers on June 16, 2010.   We have posted some photos below.  You may also view the printed program  from the evening or view a list of the new Damascus Lions officers.

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Installation of New Officers – June 15, 2010
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Indoor Family Picnic Photos

June 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Below are a few photos from the Damascus Lions Club family picnic held on June 1, 2010. Please click on the image to view all photos – opens in a new browser window.

Lions' Family (Indoor) Picnic June 1, 2010
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President's Message – June 2010

June 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Can you believe that 11 months ago I was writing my first President’s message for the Lions Tale?  How time does fly by when you are having fun?  And it has, indeed, been a great, productive and fun year, thanks to all you, Fellow Lions!

For the events in May, my appreciation goes to –

  • All Lions who assisted and attended Youth Night.  It truly was a rewarding evening for the recipients as well as the Lions – We Serve!
  •  To Lion Bernie Duplan who organized and worked the Lions Booth for Damascus Relay For Life – also to Lion Jerry Mallack for helping to set up and getting started.  Was great exposure for the Lions and a sense of appreciation for the attendees?
  • To Zone Chairman Lion Eloise for inducting the new Leo Advisors and to District Youth Outreach Chairman Lion Marcia for Installing the Leo Officers.  The night was important for the Advisors and Youth.  They are now ready to start the Leo Club this coming school year early on.
  • Lion Martin for attending the Multiple District Convention, going to all the Business Sessions gathering pertinent info while I manned a booth for Cochlear Americas.  Also the Lions Tuck and Eloise for coming to attend the Multiple Banquet and the Necrology Service.  And yes, Damascus Lions, we are a Five Star Club for the year 2009-2010.  Thanks to all!
    • Lions Dale Ryan and Chris Fletcher for organizing and working the Clarksburg Relay For Life Lions Booth.

Welcome to new members Mary Kroll, Deborah Volley, Kym Ails and Theresa Sluger, all Leo Advisors.  WE look forward to working with them in the coming school year.

Mark you calendars now for June events,

  • Blood Drive – June 7, DVFD Activities Building, Lion Charlie can use some help.
  • Golf Tournament – June 14, Beaver Brook Country Club – Have you sponsored a Hole or got a team?  Contact Lion John Warfield
  • Installation Night, June 15, American Legion – Lion Bob Snapp needs your reservations.

 Hope your Memorial Day weekend was a safe and memorable one.   School will soon end its year – so watch out for the kids while driving, enjoy your vacations and relax.

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President's Message – May 2010

May 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

As if life is not busy enough, then Springtime comes along with all the clean-up both inside and outside as well as the continued lawn maintenance.  And that is the way it is with the Lions Club, we are continually looking for new and better ways of doing things.  Thanks to many of our members, the Damascus Lions has definitely made a difference in community over the years.

And so, our appreciation goes out to –

  • Lions Carol and Charlie Stone for planning, organizing and bringing a great Big Band Dance to fruition.  It was an elegant evening with three of our newest Lions volunteering their time.  Although it is not a huge fund raiser, the ambiance of the evening says it all. 
  • Lion Tuck Woodfield for arranging the 22-C Night reservations.  A great evening of connecting with other clubs and honoring our Most Valuable Player, Lion Ken Phillips.
  • Lion John Holpuch and family for organizing the Highway Cleanup.  It truly makes a difference upon driving south on Route 27 and witnessing what a great service was done by the Lions Highway GANG!
  • Lion Joy Schwab and sponsors on coordinating another new member Induction and meeting our membership goal.

     Welcome new members – Lion Heather Geehreng, Advisor of John T. Baker Middle School Leo Club, Lion Carol Cook, Lion Donna Feuilett and Lion Ruthie Johnson, representing

Damascus Community Bank.  I trust all Lions will make these and other new Lions welcome, give them guidance and get them involved.  Lions Heather and Carol have already volunteered.  Way to go Lions!

The calendar reflects lots of Lions activities that we can all become involved with in the next two months.  Just remember, being out in the community makes the Lions very visible.  “We Serve” is the name of the game!

Thanks to all of you for what your do for Lionism and the Damascus Community.

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