Suffolk Lions Roar September/October Serving Suffolk County for … · 2014. 8. 30. · Suffolk...

Suffolk Lions RoarServing Suffolk County for more than 80 years

DG Edward “Skip” Meinhold 631-226-0064 [email protected]

IPDG Rich Nilsson, Jr.c/[email protected]

VDG Manny Vidal, Jr. c/(631) 223-5960 [email protected]

PDG/CST Lorri Rieger c/516-445-4144 [email protected]

ZC Robert Palmeri (Zone 1) (631) 422-4196

ZC Andrew Calev (Zone 2) (631) [email protected]

ZC Bernie Ferracane (Zone 3) (631) 277-3675 [email protected]

ZC Judie Swiss (Zone 4) (631) 399-2156 [email protected]

ZC VDG Manny Vidal, Jr. (Zone 5) c/(631) 620-2978 [email protected]

ZC Louise Ebert (Zone 6) (631) 289-4485 [email protected]

ZC IPDG Rich Nilsson, Jr. (Zone 7)c/[email protected]

PDG Paul MaxwellGMT Coordinator (860) [email protected]

Lion Balan Nagraj GLT Cooridnator & Editor(631) [email protected]

Visit our website at www.suffolkcountylions.org

The greater the difficulty. the more glory in surmounting it.

Patricia Neal

The District 20-S Annual Fall Conference is scheduled to be held this year at the Stone-bridge Golf Links and Country Club, 2000 Raynors Way, Smithtown, NY, just after the Hauppauge County Center on Route 347/454 northside. It will be held on Monday, Novem-ber 17, 2014 from 6:00PM till 10:00PM.

Our guest speaker for the evening will be the sitting International President, Lion Joe Preston from Arizona who will be accom-panied by his Partner In Service, Joni. This event is being advertised all over New York State, New Jersey and Connecticut.

We are requesting that any new Lions mem-bers, who have not been inducted into Lion-ism, to please be present so that they can be inducted by International President Lion Joe. Tickets are first-come-first-served (see Page 2 of this newsletter). Your support will ensure that this special evening will be a memorable experience for all who can attend. Imagine being inducted by an International President!

DG Lion Ed “Skip” Meinhold

The District is printing a Journal in honor of this visit by the International President. Please make special efforts to take an Ad in this journal. Details are on Page 3 of this newsletter .

In order to be more efficient, a new email address has been set up for our district. It is [email protected] You will receive emails throughout the year to inform you of district functions. Emails will always be sent BCC so that no one else sees your email and therefore protects your privacy and prevents anyone from forwarding your information.If you prefer not to receive any emails about our district, please let me know. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

PDG Lion Lorri RiegerCabinet Secretary/Treasurer

[email protected]

A good start for Lions Year 2014-2015 for our district. Besides July 4 celebrations. we had two Officers training programs in July and an event at a LI Ducks game.

The Patchogue Lioness Lions Club partici-pated in the Patchogue Lions Annual 4th of July Parade marching down the Village of Pa-tchogue! Lion Vinnie Liguori (Past President of the Patchogue Lions) drove his 1955 Ford to lead our members down Main Street.

An officers training session was held at the Tuckahoo School in Southampton; thanks to Lion Bob Grisnik for arranging this place. The second one was held at the Smithtown Guide Dog Foundation building. Thanks to Christine Mcdonald of the Guide Dog Foun-dation for arrangements at this place. About 30 Lions officers attended these sessions.

DG Skip Mainhold recognized the following Lions for doing the training: PDG Lorri Rieg-er, PDG Marie Petraitis, PDG Paul Maxwell, Lion Karen Granville & Lion Balan Nagraj.

Lions Clubs of Suffolk County’s Night with the Ducks on August 17 was attended by 58 lions, friends and family. The weather was great and the Ducks won. It was pleasant occassion to meet other Lions in an informal setting. This has the potential to be a nice annual event.

A milestone for The Lions Eye Bank for Long Island: 13,000+ transplants. The Eye bank is in need of volunteer drivers especially in Suffolk. Please volunteer; see Page 10 of this newsletter. A fund-raiser has been scheduled as per details on Page 9.

September/October2014

DISTRICT 20-S ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE

CLUB NAME ______________________________

WHERE: Stonebridge Golf Links & Country Club, 2000 Raynors Way, Smithtown, NY

WHEN: Monday, November 17, 2014 6 p.m – 10 p.m.

WHY: Come hear our guest speaker: INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT JOE PRESTON

Have your new members inducted by International President Lion Joe President Have your club bring a theme basket (Strengthen the Pride) for a Chinese Auction (Include Club name on basket – winning basket (closest to theme) wins $50 in gift cards) 50/50 RAFFLE Enjoy the camaraderie of your fellow Lions Learn more about Lionism and the positive effect we have made Support your District Officers COST: $55 per person on or before November 1, 2014 (after this: $65 pp)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Tickets are ONLY available in advance. NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR. Checks should be mailed to CS/T Lorri E. Rieger, 35 Smith Street, Glen Head, NY 11545 and made payable to DISTRICT 20-S SUFFOLK COUNTY LIONS. All tickets will be handed out at the door when you check in. Please use the cut off below to list the names of the members from your club that will be attending and include this with your check. We look forward to seeing you there. First 350 Lions to respond will be accommodated.

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Contact Person________________________________ Contact’s Phone number __________________

District 20-S 2014 Fall Conference Journal

Ad Order Form

JOURNAL ADVERTISEMENTS

q Back Cover $350

q Inside Cover (back) $250

q Full Page $100

q Half Page $75

q Quarter Page $50

Ad Copy must be received by Friday, October 24, 2014

Name ______________________________________________________________________

Lions Club / Company ________________________________________________________

Address ____________________________________________________________________

Phone ________________________ Email ______________________________________

Place "x" if ad is attached (if computer generated, please consider emailing it directly to: [email protected]

Please make check payable to “District 20-S Suffolk County Lions”, write “FC journal” in the memo area and return with this form payment and ad copy (if not emailed to Lion Balan Nagraj)to:

CS/T Lorri E. Rieger 92 Vernon Street

Patchogue, NY 11772

Long Island Lions Quest Initiative

Lions Quest is a life skills program of Lions Clubs International Foundation, implemented in more than 80 countries around the world. Lions Quest programs teach young people skills necessary for everyday success. These skills include learning to accept responsibility, communicating effectively, setting goals, making healthy decisions and resisting pressure to use alcohol and drugs.

Lions Quest programs provide high-quality, research based classroom resources for teachers and age-appropriate learning material for students and present opportunities for students to learn and practice skills that build and enhance positive relationships. This program also involves the family and community in supporting the healthy development of young people. This is a K-12 program that provides teaching units for elementary (Skills for Growing), middle school (Skills for Adolescence) and high school (Skills for Action).

Here on Long Island, the Suffolk County Lions have joined with the Nassau County Lions to form the Long Island Lions Quest Initiative. The purpose of this joint effort is to aide school districts in bringing this program to their students without overburdening their budgets or their taxpayers. We applied for and received a $100,000 Lions Quest Core 4 Grant in 2013. In order to receive the full amount of this grant, we must raise $33,000 between our two districts. Currently both districts have donated equally. We continue to need donations from Lions clubs to reach our goal of $33,000. Please discuss this at your next board meeting. A pledge form is included in this newsletter for your club or any individual Lion to make a donation or pledge. Remember that pledges can be paid off over a two year period.

The money raised helps to offset the expenses of introducing a school district to this very important program, lowers the expense for a school district to train their teachers and supplies the districts with the manuals and lesson plans for teachers to put the program into effect. Teachers do not receive any pay increases for attending these trainings. Training seminars are presented on regular teacher workdays, so there is no extra pay for these professionals at all.

I look forward to sharing more about this program with you in the next issue of this newsletter. In the meantime, if you happen to have a school administrator in your club or have a good relationship with one, please let me know and we will be happy to meet with them to explain the benefits of this program.

Respectfully Submitted, PDG Lorri E. Rieger LI Lions Quest Chair

SEPTEMBER 2014

THE LCIF GAME SHOW!

Just thought you might enjoy seeing how much you know about LCIF! See how many of the following questions you can answer! Hope you try to answer before looking at the answers below. 1. When did Campaign SightFirst II start? 2. How much money was raised in Campaign SightFirst II? 3. What was MD 20’s Club participation rate in Campaign SightFirst II? 4. What % of your LCIF donations are used to pay LCIF administrative ex-penses? 5. Who was International President during 9/11? 6. What year was LCIF incorporated as a foundation? 7. When did LCIF award the 1st grant? 8. When was the MJF program created? 9. When was the first Major Catastrophic Grant issued? 10. When was the Progressive MJF program established? 11. When did LCIF partner with QUEST international on the Lions Quest pro-gram? 12. How much money was raised worldwide for the 9/11 relief efforts? 13. What was the #1 NGO in the world with which to partner, as named by an in-dependent Financial Times study? 14. Who was the LCIF Chair during the Haiti earthquake? 15. How many LCIF grants has MD 20 received since LCIF’s inception? 16. What is the $ amount of MD 20’s LCIF grants received since LCIF’s incep-tion? 17. How much money was donated to LCIF by MD 20 in the 2012-2013 Lions year?

What was MD 20’s goal for LCIF donations in the 2013-2014 Lions year?

LCIF IS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP! Sincerely yours in Lionism, PDG Marie Petraitis LCIF District Coordinator

1. 2005 2. $200 million 3. 86% 4. 0% 5. Frank Moore 6. 1968 7. 1972 8. 1973 9. 1985 10. 1986 11. 1984 12. $3.2 million 13. LCIF 14. Al Brandel 15. 149 16. $6,040,145 17. $213,482 18. $250,000

The Brandel-Murphy Youth Foundation is dedicated to helping children in the communities of New York State and Bermuda who need assistance. During these difficult economic times, it is our mission to give hope to any children in need. Currently we are exploring many opportunities to achieve that mission including partnerships with local children's hospitals throughout New York State and Bermuda and an Eyeglass program that will facilitate delivery of needed prescription eyeglasses to local children. Through the direction and partnership with local Lions Clubs, the Foundation can issue financial grants to promote projects that can change a child's life. For more information on our Grant Program, click here.

In order to fulfill these goals, the Foundation coordinates many ongoing fund raising programs. There will be more information in future issues of the District 20-S newsletter.

The Super Bowl Raffle will be held each year, with tickets going on sale in September. The cost of tickets is $20 each or 6 for $100.

2014 Super Bowl Raffle Winners:

1st Prize Kathi Collins K2 2nd Prize Donna Bechtle O 3rd Prize Michael Halloran 33S 4th Prize Kevin Durnan K2 5th Prize Lina Drago K2 6th Prize Greg Incalcaterre S 7th Prize Nina Lanci K2 8th Prize Dana Malley R1 9th Prize Kathleen Secker 22C 10th Prize Kevin Cullen R1 11th Prize Wayne Wagner E2 Respectfully Submitted, Lion Lorri E. Rieger Brandel-Murphy District Coordinator

The NYS & BLF was formed in 1993. The primary function of the Foundation is to provide funds to clubs and districts for projects beyond their capability through grant requests approved by the Foundation Board of Trustees. To obtain funds, the Foundation conducts various fund raising programs. These include the Robert J. Uplinger Distinguished Service Award Program, the annual raffle, the contributing member and contributing club programs.

We encourage each club in District 20-S to make a donation of $100 to the foundation. 100% of this donation will be used for the grant program (no administrative fees) and your club will receive a patch (or chevron after the first patch) for their club banner. If every club in our multiple were to participate just in the patch program alone, the NYS & BLF would be in an excellent position to help many clubs through the approval of grant submissions.

Will your club participate this year?

Respectfully Submitted, Lion Lorri E. Rieger NYS&BLF Trustee

Those who can’t change their minds cannot change anything.............................................Bernard Shaw

The past is a picture.The future is a painting. How do you want to paint it? ....................Unknown

A classic is a book that everybody praises but nobody reads......................................... Mark Twain

The Melville Lions mourn the loss of Lion Leopold Hedbavny Jr. He was 86 years old. A Past President of his club and a dedicated Lion for 45 years, he was a Life Member and a Melvin Jones Fellow with a Progressive. For many years, he served as the Headmaster of the Eastern Military Academy in Cold Spring Harbor, where he started a Leo Club. A Korean war veteran, he was involved in many community service organizations: Veterans of foreign war, American Legion, Boy Scouts of America where he held many positions, and the Glendale Chamber of Commerce of which was a President.He is survived by his wife Lion Marie Hedbavny (pictured with him), his sister Elizabeth Snell and family members.

The Lions Club of North Babylon EventsSaturday, October 25, 8:00AM to 10:00AM: Halloween Pancake Breakfast

at Applebeeʼs of North Babylon, $10 PPSaturday November 22 and Sunday November 23: South Shore Thanksgiving Lacrosse Classic

2014, Boys & Girls Tournaments, North Babylon High School and Robert Moses Middle School grounds, 8:00AM to ????, $675 per team

Sunday, May 17, 2015 Annual North Babylon Street Fair, ( rain or shine ), 10:00AM (setup)-6:00PM (breakdown) at Old Deer Park Avenue in front of North Babylon Senior High School,

vendor spots are $85.

Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind New Training Program

The training class is now 12 days not the 25 days as in the past. The new program is more demanding but less down time, an accelerated program gives students a better chance of success with there new partner. The chances of the dog becoming a guide are better then ever. Classes are smaller, usually about 8 to a class. This gives the trainers more time with the students.

I might raise another dog I am not quite sure it’s getting more demanding and because of my other obligations I don’t know if I will have the time to devote to a new puppy.

Luica, my last puppy is going to become a bomb detecting dog. She is a very smart dog but not suited for guide dog work.

Spencer who was the dog before Lucia is working as a guide for a man who lives in Lloyd Harbor. I think he lucked out. Harvey and Spencer will be coming to our dinner meeting to show his appreciation for sponsoring Spencer.

Guide Dog Liaison Lion President & Zone Chair Bernard Ferracane

BENEFIT CONCERT FOR

The Gift of Sight

THE BAND OF LONG ISLAND

For Tickets, please contact PDG Steve LesetzTel: (516) 431-3027 email: [email protected]

LIONS EYE BANK FOR LONG ISLAND NORTH SHORE –L I J HEALTH SYSTEM

900 FRANKLIN AVENUE VALLEY STREAM, NEW YORK 11580

(516) 256-6690

COURIER APPLICATION AND INFORMATION SHEET

CLUB: __________________________________________________ LION LIONESS

CIRCLE ONE

HAVE YOU EVER REGISTERED TO BE A COURIER BEFORE? YES NO COURIER NAME: ____________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS: __________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

HOME PHONE:__________________________________________ WORK PHONE: _________________________________________ PAGER#: _______________________________________________ CELL PHONE: __________________________________________

WHICH OF THE ABOVE NUMBERS IS THE BEST NUMBER TO CONTACT YOU BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 7:00 PM? ___________________________________

HOURS AVAILABLE 5::00 AM— 8:00AM* [] YES [] NO 8:00AM----12NOON -[] YES [] NO

12 NOON - 6:00 PM r YES r NO 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM r YES r NO 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM* r YES r NO

* INDICATES THAT THE EYE BANK HAS A SPECIAL NEED FOR COURIERS DURING THIS TIME

GEOGRAPHICAL PREFERENCE(S)

NASSAU r YES r NO SUFFOLK r YES r NO BROOKLYN* r YES r NO QUEENS r YES r NO BRONX r YES r NO MANHATTAN* r YES r NO

* INDICATES THAT THE EYE BANK HAS A SPECIAL NEED FOR COURIERS FOR THESE LOCATIONS

ARE YOU AVAILABLE FOR TRIPS TO THE AIRPORT? (PRIMARILY LAGUARDIA) r YES r NO

SEND TO-LION ELLIOT KRAKAUER 15 NAUTILUS AVE. PLAINVIEW,NY 11803 516-433-1235

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