North Shreveport
Lions Club
The Yellow
Rag
|
We meet every
Thursday at the D&W Business Center,
1434 Hawn Avenue. |
Yellow
Rag Editors
Gloria Kennedy, Mike Middleton,
Patricia Schwartz |
August 1, 2002
Visitors: Lion Jerry Paige brought
with him his beautiful wife, Beverly. Accompanying Lion Steve
Davitt was his usual, wife of 50 years – Rubye.
WELCOME GUESTS!
Remarks: Very few except the Eye Foundation will be meeting in Hammond on
8/10 and 8/11 – call Lion Gloria (Foundation Officer) for more details.
Tailtwisting: WOWWWWWWWWWW… The birthday in attendance for the month of August:
Lions Max Lipscomb, Charlyne Langton, Gene Bacon, Gabby Garbarino, Gloria
Schwartz, Robbie Raiford and Russ Peterson – CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!! Tailtwister Lion Bill Archambeau read
a great joke and a few remarkable facts about similarities in presidential
history…. A few late members: Lions Bryan Self and Oscar Smith. Recognized for wearing “short attire” today:
Lions Hubert and Libby Gleason and Lion Russ Peterson. Then onto Who Wants to Be…. The TT hit about 50/50 on getting correct
answers right out-of-the barrel. Opinion: We are about ready for the big trip to
TVLand.
Program: Lion Gloria Kennedy
introduced Mrs. Kathryn Usher, Director of Public and Community Relations for
the Louisiana Federation of Families for Childrens’ Mental Health (kusher@laffcmh.com webpage:
www.laffcmh.com). The mission of the Federation is to develop
and maintain a financially independent family run organization which functions
as the statewide information, referral and support network for families and
serves as a united voice in advocacy efforts on behalf of children with
emotional, behavioral or mental disorders and their families….Kathryn presented
a lot of good, useful information about her organization. There are a lot of people in our state who
have mental health problems and this Foundation is there for the kids and their
families. It is estimated that between
110,000 and 260,000 kids in our state are in-need of some degree of mental
health assistance, or 1 out of 4 families in Louisiana need MH assistance. Kathryn thanks for coming and for the
interesting information. Try this link
for more information: Louisiana Federation of
Families for Childrens' Mental Health
Ticket
Drawings: $5.00 red ticket winners were: Lions
Charlie Smith and Gene
Bacon.
Attendance
Prize: It would have been Lion Pete Copes.
Blue
Ticket Drawer: Lion Harold Wright drew the 7 of Clubs.
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