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General Membership Meeting Minutes – Jan. 14,
2009
Lion Pres. Diane Dubiel called the meeting to order
at 7:08 P.M. at the Knights of Columbus with the Merritton Lions in attendance
for our joint exchange club meeting.
After the Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag, Canadian & American patriotic songs as well as a meal time prayer, the
Lions of Grand Island & Merritton sat down to a very good steak
dinner.
. After the dinner, Lion Pres. Diane made several announcements. Hands Across the Border will be held at the Days Inn, Niagara Falls, N.Y. on Jan. 20, 2009 at 6:00 P.M. Seven Grand Island Lions will be attending. Lion Pres. Arnold Hartnett of the Merritton Lions announced that their club would hold their 70th anniversary banquet on Feb. 21, 2009. Cost will be $30 Canadian or $25 U. S. per person and will be held in the Merritton Lions hall. Past International Director Bruce Murray will be the guest speaker. Lions and guests attending must RSVP by Feb. 11, 2009.
Lion Pres. Diane announced the Grand Island Lions annual Spaghetti Dinner will be held on March 30, 2009 at the Grand Island Holiday Inn. Pres. Diane also announced the Special Kids Picnic on July 15, 2009.
Motion made by Lion Dick Planavsky and seconded by Lion Dan Morabito to suspend the business meeting to get to the program. Motion passed.
Lion Pres. Diane presented Lion Tom DeCarlo his 25th year Lions Club pin. Lion Tom has actually been a member of the Grand Island Lions for 27 years.
Lion Paul Bassette presented a box of 39 Lions Club pins from various states and countries around the world that late Lion Burt Wixson had collected. His wife Ruth Wixson gave them to our club to auction or raffle off. A raffle of $5.00 a ticket was held at the request of Lion Jerry Dubiel. The winning number was Lion Bob Christmann. A total of $160 was collected on the raffle.
Lion Pres. Diane announced the next meeting would be held at the B.L.C. on Jan. 28.
Lion Pres. Arnold Hartnett of the Merritton Lions thanked the Grand Island Lions for both clubs getting together. Another Merritton Lion suggested that we make the joint Grand Island – Merritton Lions Club meeting to be held in March or April because of better weather than in January. Lion Pres. Diane stated that we would discuss this concern at the next Board of Directors meeting on Jan. 28, 2009.
Meeting adjourned at 8:27 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,Henry Lobl, acting for Annette Lobl
Secretary
Meeting of 3/11/09 @ our
sister club, Merritton, ON, CAN, eh!
In attendance was
Lions Pres. Diane, Jerry, Fred, Floyd, Sheila, Tom R, Dick C, Dan M, Paul B,
Anne, Al, Kathie.
The speaker for the evening was Diana Randall from St.
John's Ambulance and she demonstrated with Lion Bill from Merritton the
signs/symptoms of a heart attack. The risks being family tree, diet etc.
Then
she asked for a volunteer to demonstrate the AED. Portable heart defibrillator
which many businesses have, the Lions arena, next door has one; and can be
purchased for home use. They run about $1,500 CAN at present time. Lion Kathie
volunteered. Of course, many thought that it would mean that Kathie or someone
would get zapped with the paddles.
To no avail, Diana had flat line man &
the AED coached you thru the whole procedure of giving someone in defib, a
charge from machine & Diana told us the proper way to give CPR. Currently
the proper technique for giving CPR is 15 chest movements then 2 breaths. This
was very informative.
Several members won prizes from the tickets sold and
all had a good time.
Dick Crawford made a motion to dispense business
meeting for Grand Island Lions Club; seconded by Jerry
Dubiel.
eting was adjourned shortly after 9:00.
Respectfully
submitted, Lion Secy Kathie Norris
Lions
Club Meeting 3/25/09
-Split club, names called were John
MacNiel, Mark Frentzel & Anne Fahning.
-Our speaker was Jason Bridge from
UNYTS Donate for Life. He spoke about
Corneal Transplant that are done here
in WNY and is very thankful with the
monies that they receive from The Blind
& Charity Fund of Lions Clubs in
our District.
-There is a new
procedure used for these corneal transplants that has
significantly reduced
the time-line for recovery of this surgery. The new
procedure is called Moria
Micro Keratome System. It has only been done in
the past 2 years.
-We are
the only site in NYS that has this procedure available. We are
ranked #5 for
procedures done out of only 72 in the whole country.
-WNY of all corneal
procedures:
2007 252 reg procedure that takes 6 mos to heal. 98
were DSAEK
2008 372 " 232
" up 62%
Our location does approximately 7
cornea cuts a week. Nationwide there are
about 45,000 cornea
transplants performed each year with many on waiting
list. One good thing
about corneas is that you don't have to be a blood
match to get
one/two.
-Paul Bassette and the nominating committee have the gathered the
Nomination
of Officers Grand Island Lions Club for 2009-2010. They are as
follows:
Nominations of Officers Grand Island Lions Club for
2009-2010
President - Henry Lobl
1st Vice President - Dave
Chervinsky
2nd Vice President - Anne Fanning
3rd Vice President -
Tom Witkowski
Treasurer - Dick Crawford
Corresponding Secretary -
Annette Lobl
Recording Secretary - Donna LaVallee-
Tail Twister - Bill
Wind
Lion Tamer - Fred Ruocco
Director - Two Year - Dick
Planavsky
Director - Two Year - Al Ackerman
Director - One Year -
Jerry Dubiel
Director - One Year - Norm Hahn
Membership Chair - Paul
Bassette
Immediate Past President - Diane Dubiel
Respectfully Submitted,
Lion Paul Bassette,
Nominating Committee Chair
March 18,2009
-Lion President Diane asked if their were any
nominations from the floor.
None were noted. Al Ackerman made a motion to
close nominations, Jerry
Dubiel seconded.
-Correspondence Lion Secy Kathie
Norris: Kenmore Lions will be celebrating
80th Anniversary 5/8/09 we are
invited to join them @ Sean Patricks,
Getzville. Cash bar @ 6:00, Dinner
7:00. $35.00 Lion Robt Sikorski, Pres.
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading
program will be the guest speaker.
Requested donation for their
program...sent to finance committee.
-Lion Tom Witkowski noted that: This
year marks the 20th Anniversary for
Journey for Sight. Over $132,000 has been
raised for this program. This
year's walk will be April 25, @ Tuscarora State
Park in Wilson. Reg 10:00,
Journey 11:00. Reg is $15 w/tee, $5:00 w/o tee.
Resv thru Lion Tom
Witkowski 773-4437 or liontom20n@roadrunner.com.
-Our
next Lions Club meeting will be held in conjunction for the Region 2
ACM
meeting, Wednesday April 8th, 7:00 sharp (be careful don't be late,
might be
fined) @ Knights of Columbus Hall, 1841 Whitehaven Rd. G.I. Come
learn
& share news, ideas, projects, with fellow Lions. $9.00 gets you a
light
dinner of roast beef sandwiches, potato salad, tossed salad, &
coffee or
tea. Beer & pop available @ the bar. Deadline for reserve
Friday
4/3. Note: our club will be voting right before this meeting
6:30 for our
new board, so please plan on attending as this is very
important!
-Lion Dick Crawford reminded us that Monday, march 30th was our
annual
Spaghetti Dinner and want all to attend to help with this major
fundraiser.
Asked to bring baked goods for desserts. Sell tickets.
-Lion
Tom Witkowski reported that the young man Dominic Prine has
received
equipment that was requested so he can do his schoolwork from home.
G. I.
Lions donated $200; Ray Wheeler matched this with another $200. Rob
Barbara
- Homestead NYS Community Blind - is awaiting funds for more
equipment.
-Paul Bassette has a brochure about a book that Lions can
purchase that
tells the 'History of Lions Club' It can be purchased for
$29.95 plus S&H. A
copy was bought by the club & will be passed on
with each president.
-Board meeting immediately following. Motion to adjourn
by Anne Fahning,
seconded by Jerry Dubiel.
Submitted, Lion Kathie Norris
General Membership Meeting at Buffalo Launch Club
April 22,
2009
Lion Pres. Diane Dubiel called the
meeting to order at 7:02 P.M. This was followed by pledge to the American
Flag, a patriotic song and prayer. Pres. Diane introduced our guest
speaker Dr. Darrell Cole, a chiropractor from the Notaro Chiropractic
Offices. Lion Tom Witkowski served as Tail Twister in the absences of Tail
Twister Bill Wind. Drawing for the split club was held with Lion Dick
Crawford not drawing the Ace of Spades. There is now $115 in the split
club jackpot.
Lion Pres. Diane made several announcements.
l. Kids Day
will be April 28. Interested Lions can report at the Knights of Columbus
at 6:00 P.M. for coffee and donuts and then get their newspaper
positions.
2. Merritton Lobster Fest. will be May 30 at the Merritton
Lions Club House. Dinner at 7:00 P.M. and we have 10 reserved tickets for
our club. Cost is $65 Canadian and $55 U.S. Tickets are going fast
and if interested contact Glen of the Merritton Lions.
3. Anniversary
Dinners
(a) Kenmore Lions celebrating their 80th on May
8. RSVP by April 24.
(b) Pendleton Lions celebrating
their 40th on May 16. RSVP by May 6.
(c) Riverside
Lions celebrating their 80th on May 20. RSVP by May 4.
4.
District 20N Cabinet Recognition Dinner at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens on May
29. RSVP by May 14th.
5. Pres. Diane announced that she and Lion
Jerry will be Florida from May 4-May 28. Lion 1st V.P. Henry Lobl will
preside at the May Lions meetings.
6. International Heroes Award
candidate for nomination from District 20N will be our clubs Special Kids
Picnic. D.G. Jim Muscoreil will make the presentation and the winner will
be announced at the Lions International Convention in July at Minneapolis.
After the announcements, Dr. Darrell Cole made his presentation. He stated that to get rid of pain in parts of ones body is by adjusting the bio-mechanics on the inside. There is a need to correct mechanics of the spine. Chiropractic therapy cannot fix everything and it takes multi visits.
After Dr. Cole’s presentation, there were committee
reports.
Sunshine Committee – no report
Recycling Committee – Lion Jerry
Dubiel reported he sent 2 boxes of empty cartridges a few months ago and as of
this date has received no money. He will have Lion Jim Martin, District
20N Environmental Chair to look into the matter. If our club is going to
continue recycling these empty ink cartridges, Lion Jerry wants to step down and
get a new chair for this project.
Spaghetti Dinner Committee – Lion Dick
Crawford reported money still coming in from the adds on the placements.
We should end up with a net income between $4800 - $5000 for the event.
There were 375 dinners were sold.
Special Kids Picnic – Lion Annette Lobl
reported that Lion Mike Steinagel handed over the Special Kids Picnic books to
her and she plans to have the 1st committee meeting in the early part of
May.
Old Business – none
New Business – A notice was sent to our
Pres. from D.G. 20N Jim Muscoreil on an Extension Workshop hosted by Lions Club
International that our District will be holding on May 7 – May 9 at the Barton
Hotel and Spa in Lewiston, N.Y. Among other things, Lions will learn about
how to approach and recruit important community leaders. These methods can
assist in building up local clubs.
Next meeting will be May 13 at the Holiday Inn with the winners of our Peace Poster Contest being honored.
Lion Jerry Dubiel moved and seconded by Lion Anne Fahning to adjourn meeting. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Lion Paul Bassette, Recording
Secretary
Grand Island Lions Club Meeting,
Grand Island Holiday Inn, May 13,2009
Meeting called to order
by Vice-President Henry Lobl at 7:15 PM.
Pledge of Allegiance led by
Lion Dick Crawford
Song led by Lion Dick Witkowski
Prayer led by
Lion Paul Bassette
Motion made to release Tail Twister Bill Wind by
Lion Anne with second by Lion Dave. Motion made to excuse Tail Twister by Lion
Donna with second by Lion Dan.
Program:
Lion Henry turned over the meeting
to Lion Paul Bassette who gave an overview of Lions International Peace Poster
Contest. Lion Paul mentioned that our club had evaluated 64. Entries. He then
introduced the first place winner, Mattee Mitchell and the second place winner,
Carly Hand. Mattee received a $100 check and Carly a $50 check. They
introduced members of their families who were in attendance. Then they
explained their Peace Poster themes.
Treasurer’s Report Dick reported
that the Club has received $782 of ourshares from the District 20N Blind
and Charity Fund.
Special Kids Picnic. Lion anne mentioned that she had heard
rumors that the Buffalo Schools may not be participating this year. Lion Annette
noted that she has been in contact with the system for the past month. The issue
has to do with the hiring of teachers for split sessions rather than the whole
day. This would not allow the use of the teachers and counselors to accompany
the students to the picnic. The issue is still in negotiation.
Lion Annette
also announced that the first organizing meeting will be held at her house on
May 19 at 7PM. Committee Chairs are asked to come.
Scholarship Committee:
Lion Paul stated that the committee will meet on May 14 to review 23
applications.
Dominic Project: Lion Dick Witkowski reported that we
have written the check for the purchase of the equipment for this student
with the matching grant of $500 from the Ray Wheeler Foundation . This bring
this project to completion.
Journey for Sight: Lion Tom Rusert
recognized Lion Tom Witkowski for chairing this project and raising $7700 for
20N. Club members who participated were Lions Tom Rusert, Dave Chervinsky, Henry
and Annette Lobl and companions Jenny and Penny.
Announcements: Lion
Henry announced that there will be a Board meeting following the 5/27 general
meeting. There will be a Board Meeting (organizational ) for the new year on
Wed. June 24,2009 at 7PM.
Motion to Adjourn made by Lion John Mc Neil
with a second by Lion Al Ackerman.
Respectfully Submitted
Annette Boies-Lobl Secretary:
Grand Island Lions Club Meeting, Buffalo Launch Club, May 27,
2009
Meeting called to order by Vice-President Henry
Lobl at 7:15 PM.
Pledge of Allegiance led by Lion Dick Crawford
Song led
by Lion Al Ackerman
Prayer led by Lion Paul Bassette
Lion Henry
introduced Lynn Kinkaid, Asst. Program Coordinator for the Long Term Care
Ombudsman Program.
Motion made to release Acting Tail Twister Fred
Ruocco by Lion Dick Crawford with second by Lion Floyd Doring. Motion made to
excuse Tail Twister by Lion Tom Rusert with second by Lion Dan
Morabito
Program:
Lynn Kinkaid discussed the Ombudsman Program,
operated by the Red Cross ,through a contract with Erie County Department
of Senior Services. This program acts as an advocate for residents in long term
care facilities. It investigates complaints and acts as a mediator for these
residents with the facility. The program trains Volunteers in a 36 hour
program to act as advocates as well as staff performing these functions. This
program will also make referrals to the State Health Department when there is
care issues. Lynn stated that 99% of the time the complaints result from a
breakdown in communication. There are currently 75 Ombudsmen in 41 Nursing
Homes.
Correspondence: Lion Henry mentioned the correspondence received
which was deferred to the Board Meeting for action.
Scholarship Committee:
Lion Paul reported that there were 23 applications. Four seniors were awarded
Scholarships whose names will be announced at graduation.
Special Kids
Picnic: Lion Annette mentioned that to date there is no decision regarding the
Buffalo Public Schools participation. Lion Paul suggested that we consider
inviting the New York State School for the Blind. Lion Annette will contact
them.
New Business:
Lion Floyd requested that a donation of a roll of
tickets be made to the Fathers’ Day
lawnmower race which will benefit the
Cancer Relay for Life Race. Referred for the Board meeting.
Lion Kathie
Norris was congratulated on the birth of her twin grandsons who arrived early
but are doing well.
Next Meeting is June 10 at the Holiday Inn with the
installation of the new member Brooks Rimes as well as the new officers and
board.
Motion to Adjourn made by Lion Kathie, 2nd by Lion
Dan
Respectfully Submitted
Annette Boies-Lobl Secretary:
Grand Island Lions Club Meeting September 09,
2009
Attendance: (23 in attendance) Henry Lobl, Annette
Lobl, Diane Dubiel, Jerry Dubiel, Dick Crawford, Dave Chervinsky, Bill
Wind, Paul Bassette, Dick Planavsky, Tom Witkowski, Donna Lavallee, Anne
Fahning, Tom Rusert, Shelia Ferrentino, Mike Steinagel, Fred Ruocco, Dan
Morabito, Bob Christmann, Al Ackerman, Brooks Rimes, Floyd Doring, Earl
DeGlopper, Norm Hahn.
Lion President Henry Lobl called the meeting to order
at 7:07 PM.
Split club: Dick Crawford; Total of $141, Lion
Jerry Dubiel selected the King of Diamonds, the split club will roll to the next
meeting.
Presidents Report: Six meetings do not have a speaker; 1/2710,
2/24/10, 3/10/10, 4/14/10 4/28/10, 5/12/10. LP Henry asked the members to
volunteer to speak on their businesses or to find a speaker that would be of
interest to the club. Tom Witkowski made a suggestion that we have a field
trip to The Ross Eye Institute to tour the facility, and meet for dinner at a
local establishment. Suggestion of 4/28/10 for this meeting. Members
were asked to review their club commitments for standing committees that are
listed in the member handbook. If you feel that you would like to be
involved in a committee, please contact committee chairs. Service to the
community; Lion Al Ackerman suggested a talk at GI Senior Center.
Treasurer’s report: Dick Crawford; Money is still coming in for
membership We have a couple of thousand in the general fund.
White cane brought in $1850, we need more club involvement in this. A
suggestion was made to have more student involvement from GIHS seniors to
complete their government service hours. Suggestion for carrying out the
white cane sale twice a year was made. Discussion was had regarding this;
consensus says that once a year should be sufficient. Lion Brooks Rimes
mentioned that IHA does a Friday “dress down” day. The donations
from the staff goes to a local charity, Brooks will look into this for us as a
possible fund raiser. We are still receiving bills for the SKP.
General budget does have a bit of a short fall. Fund raiser ideas are
welcome.
Annette Bois-Lobl; Bon Ton, Annette stopped at Summit Park
Store to inquire about participating at that store. 25 books are
available. The Community Days are on November 14, 2009. Shifts may
be available to sell books at Bon Ton.
Corresponding Secretary: Lion
Annette; Nothing to report other than a number of requests have been made for
donations, these will be reviewed by the board of
directors.
Membership: Lion Paul Bassette; Lion Paul reported on
the ideas that he gained from attending the summer district meeting in West
Seneca. Key item; current club members need to come up with a pool
of potential new members. Members will come up with a prospective list of
names the club will draft a letter inviting these prospective members to the
Lions Club meeting on 10/28 with 2 or 3 speakers to tell these people what Lions
Club is all about. Letter would include details about how we serve,
who are members, etc. This method could possibly be an effective way to
grow membership in our club. Prospecting lists were passed out all members
present at the meeting.
Sunshine Committee: Sunshine Committee, Lion Mike
Steinagel sympathy card for Lion Dick Planavsky and get well soon card to Lion
Mike Kelly.
Zone report: Tom Witkowski; GI, Town of Wheatfield,
Pendelton and the Tonawanda Lions Clubs comprise our zone.
Community
Needs assessment (CNA) will be addressed to reach out to the leaders of our
community.
Photo Screening, we have 4000 kids in our zone that have
not been screened at all. It is our duty as Lions to pursue photo
screening at each club in our zone. Lion Shelia and Lion Henry have
volunteered for this.
Sight Night, we need to get more kids
involvement in the event. Kids can drop off a letter the week before
Halloween that they will be also collecting eyeglasses and hearing aids on
Halloween night. The country needs 26 million eyeglasses to be donated this
year. Perhaps we can get the message out the schools for more kid
involvement.
DG newsletter clubs or Lions can place ads at 50% off. DG
has a grant to support a billboard to increase awareness at the cabinet level.
Programs: Diabetes awareness month, Lion Henry We will co sponsor the
event, with the Knights of Columbus and Mount St. Mary’s Hospital, Lion Shelia
will help with the promotion of this event. The Diabetes awareness and
screening will be held on November 15, 2009. The event will be at the
Knights of Columbus. More information to follow.
Old
Business: Jerry Dubiel; Tail twister fines should be limited to $1,
can the board check on this in the by-laws and constitution.
New
Business: Lion Fred: Discussion regarding the low number of participants
at the SKP. Should the club research perhaps changing the day. Lion Bob
Christmann suggested that we speak to the superintendent in Buffalo to see
if we can rectify this situation. The club decided to not become
politically involved in the teacher union position this past summer.
Perhaps we can work on this in December and January. Lion Bob Christmann
and Lion Bill Wind will coordinate this effort.
Lion Al Ackerman:
Meeting nights are reversed in the newsletter. First meeting is at the
Holiday Inn, second meeting is at the BLC.
Meeting adjourned: Motion to
adjourn Lion Jerry seconded Lion Paul meeting adjourned 9:00 PM.
Next meeting
will be September 23, 2009 at the Buffalo Launch Club
Respectively
submitted by Lion Donna Lavallee
Grand
Island Lions Club Meeting September 23, 2009
Attendance: (22 in attendance) Henry Lobl, Annette Lobl, Diane Dubiel, Jerry Dubiel, Dick Crawford, Bill Wind, Paul Bassette, Tom Witkowski, Donna Lavallee, Anne Fahning, Tom Rusert, Shelia Ferrentino, Fred Ruocco, Colby Smith, Mark Dunbar, Denise Dunber, Al Ackerman, Floyd Doring, Earl DeGlopper, Norm Hahn. 2 guests; Nancy Luckman, & PDG John Luckman
Lion President Henry Lobl called the meeting to order at 7:10 PM.
Lion Tom Witkowski introduced our speaker Nancy Luckman of Gasport Lions Club who will speak on Diabetes.
Program: Nancy Luckman 20 N Diabetes
Coordinator and member of the Gasport Lions Club.
Lion Nancy presented on
Diabetes. International Lions Clubs support Diabetes by walk
fundraisers. Lion Clubs could cooperatively participate in hosting a
walk. Lions Clubs could also sponsor a health fair, however, the club must
pay for the handouts. A local store may allow the club to hand out
information in November, Diabetes Awareness month. LP Henry will meet
tomorrow with Mt. St Mary’s Hospital officials on our joint Diabetes screening
to be on November 14, 2009 at the Knights of Columbus. Involvement in child
awareness also so very important, particularly with Diabetes Type II. An
idea for a Health Fair for kids sponsored possibly by a Girl or Boy Scout Troop.
Every club should have a Diabetic chair person; Lion Shelia will take on
this role in our club.
Split club: Dick Crawford; Total of $150, Lion Donna Lavallee selected the Ace of Hearts, the split club will roll to the next meeting.
Corresponding Secretary: Lion Annette. The club has received a number of publications that are displayed on the table for club review. We have also received a number of requests for donations that will be reviewed by the board.
Committee Reports: Lion Tom W. Sight Night 10/31/09. Lion Tom will meet with the managers at Tops in order to pass out information to the kids at Tops the week before. Lion Tom has Boy Scout troops helping to pass out information, Lion Fred will dress up as the Lion and Lion Shelia and Lion Dick, Lion Annette will also help. Tom has an idea to string together all eyeglasses together for a dramatic display. Time TBA.
Membership: Lion Paul Bassette; Stuffing envelopes for UNYTS, October 17, 2009, Lions Norm, Henry, Annette, Paul and Diane have volunteered for this service. We have compiled 8 names for prospective members to be invited to a meeting. Lion Paul has developed a letter and will work on a brief presentation to be presented to the prospective members. Lion Dick will speak on Spaghetti Dinner, SKP- Lion Annette, Loan Closet – Lion Fred. Lion Tom will present on a Community Needs Assessment. Phone committee should stress that current members should make every effort to attend this very important meeting.
Bon Ton: We have sold 26 books and Lion Annette has picked up 25 more. We need to sell 40 books to included in the November sale profit sharing.
ACM (Advisory Council Meeting) meeting: Lion Tom: ACM meeting 10/06/09 at Fanny’s Restaurant on Sheridan Drive cost is $20. ACM meetings hold a roundtable discussion on the status of the local Lions Club. Future meetings may be held at Wheatfield Lions Club to keep cost down.
Old Business: Henry Lobl; LP Henry read
from the club constitution regarding fines. There was no violation from the tail
twister at the last meeting. LP Henry addressed on whether or not Lou
Macro was not being paid for services. LP Henry spoke to Lou and he indicated
that he is up to date with any invoices that he has submitted. The
one-year were funds were short. Lou donated some of his services. However, there
were no outstanding invoices
New Business:
.
· Lion Paul Peace
Poster Contest, we need judges for the Peace Poster, Lion Diane, Lion Norm, Lion
Dan, Lion Paul and Lion Donna will judge these posters near the end of
October.
· Charter Night for the Lewiston Lions Club in November, Lion
Nancy Luckman will forward this information.
· Lion Diane- Lion Jerry
will be honored as the immediate past Grand Knight as the Knights of
Columbus. Lion Diane invited all Lions to this November 7 dinner; details
will be in the newsletter. The dinner will be at the KOC hall, cocktails
6:00 dinner at 7:00 approximate cost $20
· Lion Henry: October 7,
2009. The Lions have been invited to the GI Chamber of Commerce to discuss
a SEQR (State Environmental Quality Review) Act at the BLC. The Chamber is
seeking community leaders who are interested in land and property development on
Grand Island. Lion Dick and Lion Henry will be attending
others are invited. Cost $15 dinner buffet.
· Lion Dick, The
town did receive a grant from NYS of million dollars for asbestos removal at the
old Dunlop Building.
· Lion Jerry: 10/02, 10/03, and 10/04.
KOC is celebrating 50 years with Happy Hour for 7-9 10/02 with drink prices from
1959. Dinner on 10/03 is sold out; Sunday 10/104 is an open house from
1-4.
Meeting adjourned: Motion to adjourn Lion Jerry seconded y Lion Anne meeting adjourned 8:50 PM.
Next meeting will be October 14, 2009 at the Knights
of Columbus
Respectively submitted by Lion Donna
Lavallee
Grand Island Lions
Club Meeting October 14, 2009
Joint meeting with the Merriton’s at the
Knights of Columbus
Attendance: 27 (in attendance)Henry Lobl, Annette Lobl, Jerry Dubiel, Dick Crawford, Dave Chervinsky, Bill Wind, Paul Bassette, Tom Witkowski, Donna Lavallee, Brooks Rimes, Mike Steinagel, Fred Ruocco, Dan Morabito, Al Ackerman, 13 Merriton Members
Lion President Henry Lobl called the meeting to order at 7:20
PM.
Presidents Report: New Business;
· Jerry
Dubiel: On 11/07 there will a dinner honoring Jerry as past Grand Knight
at the Knights of Columbus. All Lions Club members are
invited.
· Sight Night - Tom W. We are celebrating our 5th annual
Sight Night, children collect used eyeglasses and hearing aids. Lions Tom,
Fred, Annette and Henry will be at Tops the weekend before Halloween to
hand out information to the children. We have collected over 4000 pairs of
glasses thus far.
· Lion Paul: Stuffing envelopes for the Blind
and Charity Fund, Norm, Henry and Annette, Al will go this Saturday morning at
8:30, back 12:30.
· Approximately 30 letters have been sent out for
prospective members, follow up phone calls will be made. Annette, will
present on SKP, Lion Fred; Loan closet, Lion Dick Spaghetti Dinner Members who
would like Bon Ton books should see Lion Annette.
· Diabetes Screening,
Lion Shelia will begin to do advertising for this event. Next meeting
members will be asked to sign up to help.
Split club:
Dick Crawford; Total of $156, Lion Dave Chervinsky selected the nine of
diamonds, the split club will roll to the next meeting.
Corresponding Secretary: Lion Annette; Nothing to report
other than a number of requests have been made for donations, these will be
reviewed by the board of directors.
Meeting adjourned: Motion to adjourn
Lion Al seconded Lion Tom W. meeting adjourned 8:13 PM.
Next meeting will be October 28, 2009 at the Buffalo Launch
Club
Respectively submitted by Lion Donna
Lavallee
Grand Island Lions Club Meeting
October 28, 2009
Attendance: (22 in attendance) Henry Lobl, Annette Lobl, Diane
Dubiel, Dick Crawford, Paul Bassette, Tom Witkowski, Donna Lavallee, Anne
Fahning, Tom Rusert, Shelia Ferrentino, Fred Ruocco, Mark Dunbar, Denise Dunber,
Al Ackerman, Dan Moabite, Dave Chervinsky, Bill Wind, Dick Planavsky, Mike
Steinagel, Bob Christmann, two guests, Pete Parisi, Kevin Slachciak
Lion
President Henry Lobl called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM.
Split
club: Dick Crawford; Total of $167, Lion Diane Dubiel did not select the
Ace of Spades the split club will roll to the next meeting.
Program:
Lion
Bob Christmann: Reported on the capital improvements campaign in the
school district. Included are an update of the heating and cooling systems
in the district schools and buildings. Expansion at the High School: The
building has essentially not changed since 1963, specifically the science and
technology classrooms. An engineering program in collaboration with RIT
has been developed at the High School. Presently there are 320 students in
pre engineering program at the High School. The Library will be expanded
as well as updates to the Gym and Auditorium. A new entrance will be
constructed to secure the entrance to the building. A pamphlet
was distributed to the Lions Club members regarding the Capital
Improvements. Members were encouraged to vote on Tuesday 11/17/09.
Lion Tom Witkowski: Community Needs Assessments (CNA). Lion Tom
addressed the need for service organizations to serve the community in
meaningful ways. Our club needs to find out what other services local
organizations are providing to the community. The focus should be on
service not fundraising. Our focus should also be on collaborating our
efforts with other local service groups. A CNA will help focus our Club’s
efforts that will directly benefit the community without a duplication of
services. Perhaps a joint meeting of local clubs would be beneficial. Our
club will be able to demonstrate our leadership in the community.
To
begin a CNA;
· The idea will be presented to the board, and then
a committee will be formed.
· Key people in the community will be
contacted to assess the needs in the area. Lion Tom’s presentation was
made available to the club.
Lion President Henry: A new Lions brochure
has been developed that demonstrates the different ways that our Club
serves. The brochure will be posted on the website.
Corresponding Secretary: Lion Annette. The Bon Ton Community
Days, we are still selling booklets. Pre Sale purchases are available for
this event per a letter from Bon Ton. The presale is the entire week prior
to the 14th of November. Eyeglass dropped off on Sheridan Drive; Tony
Zappia’s glasses can be accepted only on sealed
boxes.
Peace Poster Contest: 60 posters will be judged at Lion Paul’s house
on 10/29/09.
New Business:
· Lion Paul has been contacted regarding
eyeglass drop off sites. We need to get the word out regarding the
collection stations. The Club needs publicity regarding this, Isle de
Grande and banner, photos in the dispatch.
· Diabetes Screening:
Lion Shelia has contacted local business and organizations. The event is
11/15/09 between 9 AM and 1 PM at the Knights of Columbus. GI Lions Club,
Knights of Columbus and St Mary’s will be working together.
Volunteers are needed for registration, refreshments, etc., contact Lions Shelia
if you would like to volunteer. Lion Shelia will be distributing flyers to
local business and organizations. We need people to attend this event, get the
word out. Lion Dick C will look into a message board.
· SEQR State
Environment Quality Review - Lion Dick briefly spoke about the SEQR meeting.
Motion to adjourn Lion Dick seconded by Lion Mark meeting adjourned 8:58
PM.
Next meeting will be November 11, 2009 at the Holiday Inn
Respectively
submitted by Lion Donna Lavallee
Grand
Island Lions Club General Meeting
November 11, 2009
Attendance: 19 (in attendance) Henry Lobl, Annette Lobl, Jerry
Dubiel, Diane Dubiel, Dick Crawford, Dave Chervinsky, Bill Wind, Paul Bassette,
Donna Lavallee, Brooks Rimes, Mike Steinagel, Fred Ruocco, Dan Morabito, Al
Ackerman, Shelia Ferrentino, Anne Fahning, Floyd Doring, Tom Witkowski, Debra
Hoffman
Lion President Henry Lobl called the meeting to order at 7:10
PM.
Announcements: LP introduced Debra Hoffman a certified
Diabetes educator from Mt St. Mary’s Hospital.
· Lion Dick Crawford invited
the Lions to attend the Veterans Day Ceremony at Veterans Park next
year.
·Lion Paul distributed the new Lions Club brochures to the
membership.
Lion Dick: Split club, $187, Lion Tom Witkowski was chosen,
5 of clubs was drawn.
Presentation: Debra Hoffman, certified diabetic
educator, registered dietician, employee of Mt. St. Mary’s Hospital presented on
Diabetes. November is Diabetes awareness month. Questions were distributed
to the members for discussion regarding diabetes, risk factors, myths and
disease problems associated with diabetes. Debra will assist us at the
Diabetes Screening on November 15 from 9-1 PM at the Knights of Columbus.
The screening will involve a finger prick and possibly another test depending on
the results of the finger prick test.
Correspondence: Bon Ton community
days, Saturday 11/14.
Committee Reports:
· Sight Night - 1061
eyeglasses, 16 hearing aids, 65 batteries, talking clock, talking watch were
collected from GI. Lion Tom dropped off the eyeglasses at Southside
trucking, so far 350,000 eyeglasses have been collected from district 20 N this
year.
· Sunshine committee: Lion Mike: A card went out to Lion
John McCarthy.
· We have received a total of $995 in memory of Lion Mike
Kelly. The money is in the welfare account.
· Peace Poster:
We had 60 entries, the winner was selected at the district meeting on
11/7.
· Envelopes will be coming for the annual Lions Blind and Charity
Fund, ½ of the money donated comes back to our club to go into the welfare
account.
Presidents Report: New Business;
· District Governor
has nominated Erie County as the host for Journey for Sight. This year the
event will be on Grand Island at Beaver Island State Park. Date and
beneficiary TBA in April 2010.
·Lion Mike: Motion that the board
consider a posthumous Melvin Jones for Lion Mike Kelly Seconded by Lion
Floyd.
·Lion Fred; Christmas Party, December 9, at the Holiday
Inn. Spouses are invited; the cost is $20 per person.
Meeting adjourned: Motion to adjourn Lion Jerry seconded Lion Tom W. meeting adjourned 8:47 PM.
Next meeting will be December 9, 2009 at the Holiday
Inn
Respectively submitted by Lion Donna
Lavallee