Lions, Lions, Everywhere
One thing that always amazes me about our Lions Club is that we do live up to our motto: We Serve. If you regularly attend meetings and activities or read this newsletter, you know we are a very busy Lions Club. And we are not just having fun but we ARE serving our community and the world.
We just finished our Fall White Cane Days in which we raised for Lions Club programs and services that support people who are blind or visually impaired. And we are looking forward to our Pancake Breakfast on October 15. We will serve our community of Damascus by cleaning up Damascus later in the month. Plans are already underway for our annual Holiday Giving Project that helps to make the season merry and bright for local needy families.
What also blows me away is the part we play in the world-wide network of giving and helping. I checked out the Lions Club International webpage and found that Lions are providing Disaster Relief for Hurricane Irene victims. LCIF has awarded US$110,000 in emergency grants for disaster relief to districts impacted. Lions Clubs are already using these funds to help people in the hardest hit areas.
It is an amazing fact that “Somewhere in the world, a person goes blind every five seconds” (Lions Club International webpage). As members of the Lions Club and as caring individuals, I would like to challenge our club to find ways to aggressively fight blindness in our community and world thorough club activities, fund raisers and personal activities. It would be really great if each of our members came up with one small (or even large) idea that the Board could consider as future projects for our club. The old saying goes “seeing is believing.” But I think that believing is seeing. If we believe in our ability to help, there will be more people in our community and the world who will see.
Lion Vicki