North Shreveport
Lions Club
The Yellow
Rag
|
We meet every
Thursday at the D&W Business Center,
1434 Hawn Avenue. |
Yellow
Rag Editor
Mike Middleton |
Opening: Presiding:
Lion Ed Ball
Prayer: Lion Paul Little, Pledge:
Lion Mike Middleton;
First Verse: Lion Gloria Kennedy with
Lion Jimmie Giles playing the
cymbals. A special prayer for Lion Steve Davitt
who was ill today.
Visitors: Terri Harkey wife of Lion Scott
Harkey and member-in-waiting, Garry Lipscomb,
NOTES/Remarks: The speaker for February 6th will be Susan Reeks
regarding “Relay for Life”..(Programming note: Lion Bill Alexander will
have a speaker for us on February 13th.
·
March
7th – Irish Auction at the University Club – Din-din at 6:30 p.m.
and the auction at 7:00 p.m. – we need lots of prizes to be donated and lots of
guests (Lion Jennie Moore is chairing).
·
April
25th – Rose Day tickets are on order (Lion Stuart Reeks is
the chair)
·
The
“Book” sales are going well… Lion Craig Kennedy wants to conclude the
project so please hurry
·
Lion Robert Schwartz is assembling a committee to address acquisition and
retention of Lions members
Tailtwisting: Lion TT Bill Archambeau had had a “hay day”. He fined all members not wearing their vest in the day’s meeting
and has declared this Thursday (2/6) as also being a “vest day.” Today’s trivia regarded television questions
(and a few answers)… Visiting Lion 8-L Vice-District Governor furnished
a very nice picture frame for the TT to auction – Lion Stuart Reeks was
the top bidder at $7.00
Program: Lion Craig Kennedy introduced our program
chair for the day: VDG Bonnie Pharr. Bonnie
will be next year’s 8-L District Governor
and she is asking for all members’ help in keeping Lionism viable. She also thanked our club for all its
contributions to the community. The
LCIF is down 30% and need our support… The Children’s’ Camp workday is March 15th
& 16th and works is needed inside and outside to prepare for
this summer’s camp guests. Camp Director Bob Moss is retiring but will remain on the board in
search of a new director…. The Eyebank needs donations via driver licenses… It
also needs our support on the Board and nominations for board members are due
in by November 1st. Lions need
to work to be more visible in the community and we need all the coverage
possible on TV, radio, newspaper, etc.
Need to try and get members of these organizations as Lion club members.
(Note: Lion Mike Middleton
did an excellent job on television this week promoting the Foundation’s
Corvette auction…..Also, VDG announced
that our district is down 2 clubs and her goal is to start 4 new clubs. It is a
doable goal and such success will avoid re-districting of the District – we simply
need at least 2 new clubs to remain viable….The VDG
will be a hard-worker but she certainly needs our help – jump on the wagon with
her!!!
Ticket Drawings: The red ticket winners were: Lions Robert Schwartz and Lisa Nash.
BLUE TICKET: Lion Bob Allen drew the 5 of spades.
Attendance Prize: Lion Steve
Davitt was not present to
collect the money.
MAJOR PROJECTS:
Louisiana Lions Childrens’ Camp, LSU Eye Foundation, Northwest Louisiana Eye
Bank, Louisiana Association for the Blind, Northwood High School Leo Club,
Scholarships for Northwood and Green Oaks High Schools
FUNDRAISERS: Chicken Charbroil – October; Candy &
Nuts – November;
Irish Auction – March; Rose Sale – May