Md 19
District H-7
Central Whidbey Lions Club

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Central Whidbey Lions Newsletter

“TEAM CENTRAL”

December 2011

Season's Greetings to All

Upcoming Meetings/Events (additional information on events is in the newsletter):

1 Dec:        Business Meeting, 11:00 am, General Meeting, 12:00 Noon, Tyee

15 Dec:      CW Lions Christmas Party, 12:00 Noon, Tyee, Crazy Hat Day, “White Elephant Gift” Exchange, bring non-perishable food items for the food bank

2012

5 Jan:       Business Meeting, 11:00 am, General Meeting, 12:00 Noon, Tyee

                  District Governor Tom Bond & Zone Chairman Doug Tyler to speak

NO MEETING AT THE TYEE ON THURSDAY, 19 JANUARY 2012  >>> INSTEAD:

19 Jan:      CPR Training in lieu of regular meeting at Race Road Fire Station, Race Road

                   Coupeville, 11:30 arrival time.  Pizza and Soda provided for lunch. 

                   Let Kathy know if you will  attend.  Spouses and friends encouraged to

                   attend, but need to know by 5 January meeting for lunch count.

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Our Best Wishes for a Warm Holiday Season!

Happy Birthday to the December Birthdays!

Paul Whelan, 12 December Paul Weatherly, 19 December,  and

Wayne Flaaten, 27 December.

Thoughts and prayers

go out to Steve and Jan Holmes

and to Don Piercy.  Our best to you all.

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CENTRAL WHIDBEY LIONS – VOLUNTEER HOURS

Neal Amtmann                     John Burks                John Boone

Gary Giovannoni                  Steve Holmes            Jim Rich

Dick Zust                               Bill Jones                  Cec Stuurmans

Ginny Munn                         Jack McPherson       Don Piercy

Bill Heideger                        Daryl Thomas           Paul Weatherly

Paul Whelan                        Gerhard Matz           Bruce Bryson

Bill Bradkin                         Wayne Flaaten          Bill Pigott

Together we are making a difference!!

WEBSITES

Central Whidbey Lions Club website: http://CWLIONS.lionwap.org

MD-19 New Website is at http://www.e-district.org/sites/19h/index.php

 ZONE CHAIRMAN AND DISTRICT GOVERNOR

Questions, concerns or comments can be directed to ZC Doug at md19h7zc@yahoo.com. District Governor Tom Bond can be contacted at tombobbie@comcast.net

District Websites:

District Governor Tom Bond's website:

The Governor’s newsletter plus newsletters for LCIF, CARE and Public Relations are on the web. Go to www.md19hlions.com and click on Bulletin.

Check out Zone Chairman Doug Tyler’s Zone Bulletin for September 2011.  Go to

www.md19hlions.com and click on Zone Chair H7.

ZONE ANNOUNCEMENTS           FROM ZONE CHAIR DOUG TYLER

The Northwest Lions Leadership Institute will be in Gig Harbor, WA on February 9-12, 2012. This is an excellent opportunity to take advantage of some outstanding training at a reduced price. Please share the handouts with your club and emphasize the benefits to the individual, as well as, to your club. There is a December 31 deadline for the application and grant process.  If interested, contact Gary or Kathy.

Maximum participation was encouraged for Spring conference in Bellingham, April 12-14, 2012. 

Leadership 101 will be offered. 

Club Officer training tentatively set for the first Saturday in May at the Farmhouse Inn, Mt. Vernon.  Further details as they become available.

3rd H-7 Zone meeting February 4, 2012, hosted by Oak Harbor Lions Club, at San Remos Grill in Oak Harbor, social hour starting at 10:30 am.  Lunch will be available for around $10.00 off the menu.

Zone H-7 2012 Calendar

Merry Christmas, the Best of the Seasons and a Happy New Year!

2012 is soon upon us and if you are anything like me you probably have a new calendar or two that you are about to post. How about taking a moment and marking it up, (or updating your smart phone), by including some important Zone H7 Lions events that are just around the corner?

February 9-12 is the Northwest Lions Leadership Institute in Gig Harbor, WA. This is a great opportunity for personal development that benefits our Lions organization. There is

more information available at www.nwlli.org Please bear in mind that there is a December 31, 2011 enrollment deadline.

April 12-14 is the MD19 District H Spring Conference at the Best Western in Bellingham, WA. Conveniently within commuting distance, this is a great opportunity for fun, comradeship and informative panels. I hope to see you there.

April 21 is the Zone Project where we help the Deception Pass Park get ready for the coming season. I trust that you are aware of the budget cutbacks and how much our help is truly appreciated.

May 12 is the Zone H7 Club Officer training at Farmhouse Restaurant near La Connor, WA. It is a great opportunity for newly elected officers to learn about the duties and responsibilities of their new offices, as well as, for past officers to remain current

and to share their lessons learned. It is vital to the health of our clubs that we have trained and capable club officers.

Another thing I like to do before the start of a new year is to clear as many debts as I can. I know we have clubs that have budget line items for Leader Dogs, LCIF, MD19 Care, etc. that will wait until the end of the Lions Year to provide their donations.  I highly encourage you to submit those donations now.

Northwest Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center (LERC)

Just a heads up for now, but Oak Harbor Lion Charlie Van Cleve has volunteered to take over for Central Whidbey Lion Ginny Munn as the Northwest Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center (LERC) Zone H7 Satellite Coordinator. She will be accepting the eyeglasses that our clubs collect throughout the zone and will need help with sorting, cleaning and delivering. I know she can count on our support.

Central Whidbey Lions Announcements/Upcoming Events

PTA Winterfest Breakfast:  Will be Saturday, 10 December, from 9-12 am at the Coupeville

Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room.  All volunteers will please show up NLT 8:00 am for set up.  Neal, Gary, Ginny, Dick, Jim Rich, John Burks and Paul Weatherly have volunteered to be pancake makers and servers.  

Let's get the word out to family and friends to bring their children, grandchildren and others to come support the PTA and your fellow

Central Whidbey Lions as they cook up the annual pancake breakfast!

Shopping  and Santa for the kids is available!

Central Whidbey Lions Christmas Party:  Scheduled for 15 December at the Tyee, 12:00 Noon.  It will be a “white elephant” gift exchange, crazy hat day, and Lions are requested to bring non-perishable food donations for the food bank.

“11^th Annual Recycle Your Tree” with Troop 53, will be held on Sunday, January 8, 2012.  You can help Boy Scout Troop 53 raise funds for the upcoming year by recycling your Christmas tree with the troop.  Call Kathy at 678-3263 if you wish to have your Christmas tree picked on January 8^th.  By Donation only.  Tell your friends and family too.  And thank you for your continued support of Troop 53.

CPR Training:  This meeting could save your life - or that of someone you love or someone you don't even know!

Topic: The NEW CPR. See and train on the new CPR that is saving lives. New evidence proves this update to traditional CPR is saving more lives. Bring your spouse and friends.

Speaker/Demonstrator: Robert May, Whidbey General Hospital Emergency Medical Services Department

Date: Thursday, January 19th

Place: Race Road Fire Station Community Meeting Room

Time: Noon to 1PM, although Robert will be there 11:30 to 1:30

Lunch: Pizza and Soda provided, but we need to know how many are attending so we can order the right amount of pizza and soda.  Let Kathy know if you will attend.

This is a replacement meeting for our normal meeting at The Tyee since we can't spread out and try what we learn in the confines of The Tyee.

Thank You's

Thank you to the following Lions for helping with the gathering of greens for the “Greening of Coupeville.” Volunteering their time  were Dick Zust, Bill Jones, Cec Stuurmans, Bill Pigott,   Gerhard Matz and John Burks.  Thanks Guys!  The Town of Coupeville looks great for the season. 

Thank you to the following Lions for splitting wood at Neal's storage place on 6 December:  John Burks, Neal, Dick Zust, Bill Pigott, Gary and Paul Weatherly.  Thanks to Dick's brother for use of the splitter.  Your efforts will “warm” hearts this winter.

Thank you to the following Lions for posting flags on Main Street on Pearl Harbor Day: Jim Rich, Bill Jones, Gerhard Matz, Paul Weatherly, Neal Amtmann, John Burks, and Bill Heideger, who also made sure we had volunteers to place the flags.  Thanks to all of you!

Central Whidbey Lions  “HANDS ON” PROJECTS

Is there a project or program that you would like the board to know about?  Just let one of the board of  directors know.   We would like all Central Whidbey Lions to be on the lookout for new projects.  Contact John Burks if you “hands on project” that the club can help with.

Possible/Pending building projects:

1 Shelter at the Libbey Park on Libbey Road

Kiosks at Trillium Woods

Planting trees:   Central Whidbey Lions have planted 90 trees to date as part of our contribution to Lions International “plant a million trees” campaign.  If you plant trees, let Kathy know and she will had them to our list of “plant a million trees” campaign.

Membership

Our Club is always looking for new members. If you have a friend that YOU think may be interested in joining the club and working side by side with YOU on a project, then invite them to one of our meetings. They can be entertained by any number of Lion joke tellers!!! So be on the look out for new members. Bring them along on a building project or a hot dog fundraiser. Who knows, they might just like what they see. If you need Central Whidbey Lion business cards, see Gary.

THANK YOU TO EACH CENTRAL WHIDBEY  LION

WHO HELPED/HELPS & PARTICIPATES IN THE BUILDING PROJECTS, FUNDRAISING, BOARD MEETINGS, AND ALL OTHER PROJECTS ALL YEAR LONG.    

TOGETHER …“WE SERVE.”

Interesting People or Speakers?

Any interesting people or speakers that you know of? Bill Bradkin can schedule them to come to a meeting. E-mail Bill  at bradkin@whidbey.net.

DO YOU HAVE NEWS YOU WANT PUBLISHED

IN THE NEWSLETTER?

Do you have any news you would like posted to the newsletter? If so, all it takes it a quick e-mail to Kathy at marley2@myfrontiermail.com and I will include it.

GOT CANS AND OTHER ALUMINUM TO RECYCLE?…

Boy Scout Troop 4053 hopes you do!

YOUR Boy Scout Troop is collecting aluminum cans for recycling. Just collect all those cans,       aluminum foil, aluminum pie pans, etc. and bring them to a meeting, and give to Kathy. Thanks to all who have brought aluminum for recycle to the meetings!

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