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1 M onthly News le tt er of Di s trict 20 - E2 - The F inger La kes Di str ic t July 2017 I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : International News 2 MD-20 News 3 From the District Governor s Desk District News 4 District Calendar 4 Directory Changes 4 Acts of Service Contest 4 Hello Lions, Lioness and Leos, DG Visitation Schedule 56 Club News 7 District Governor Harold Bush (607) st Vice District Governor Jake Brown (607) nd Vice District Governor Dave Noteboom (607) Cabinet Secretary Deb Bush (607) Cabinet Treasurer Naomi Rupright (607) Newsletter Editor Steve Chermak (315) stevenjchermak@gmail.com w w w. 2 0 e 2 l i o n s. c o m Happy New Lions Year! As we go forward with the 1 st year of our next 100 years There have been millions of projects, initiatives, activities, and services making a difference in our Communities, Districts, States, and areas around the World. Lions Clubs membership world wide is the largest this year as any time in history. We are looking to the future with some new focus areas in our framework, and our basics recognized with the theme We Serve as presented in Chicago by the new International President Naresh Aggarwal. Along with Vision, Hunger, and Environment, two new global focus service areas are Diabetes, and Pediatric Cancer. There is a service challenge to serve 100 million by June Currently we have exceeded the goal ( 159,185,438 people served ). Together we will continue to make the differences needed to make our world a better place. Thank you for all your support, and the privilege of being your District Governor for YIL DG Harold P. Bush P age 1

2 International News Commemorative Coins Are Now on Sale! ORDER NOW BEFORE THEY ARE GONE!!!! We recently introduced our new global service framework, which is a key component of LCI Forward and reaching our goal of serving 200 million people per year by Youth engagement is a cornerstone of our service framework and each of its five signature service areas. The future of service belongs to youth, and we have an opportunity to guide them as Lions. Encourage young people to volunteer with your club. Listen to their ideas. And give them meaningful leadership roles when they serve. Young people can be more than just volunteers they can be our partners in service. Now you can order this beautifully crafted Lions Clubs Centennial Commemorative Coin and support the life-changing work of Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF). These silver collectable coins make great gifts for Lions, family and friends. Own a piece of Lions history by purchasing your keepsake coins today! You can purchase this historic keepsake for only $52.95 through the U.S. Mint! $10.00 of each coin sold will go to LCIF. Buy a piece of history and support LCIF today! Here are three great ways you can start engaging youth in your community: Reach out to a local high school or youth organization offer to plan a joint service project, and consider funding it. Invite youth to participate in your next service project involve them in planning and give them meaningful roles. Take it to the next level by exploring LCI's youth programs sponsor the Peace Poster Contest, get involved in the Youth Camp and Exchange program or start a Leo club. However you choose to involve young people in your service activities, make sure to give them a voice and recognize their hard work and achievements. When you engage youth in service, you are investing in the future of your club and community. Very truly yours, Chancellor Bob Corlew Your International President P age 2

3 MD-20 News MD-20 Calendar of Events July 15, th Salute to the Lions at Guiding Eyes for the Blind July 28-29, st Council Meeting; Corning, NY July 30, 2017 Lions Day at Camp Badger August 2017 Visions Center on Blindness (VCB) Open House September 8, 2017 Lions Camp Badger Golf Classic Bristol Harbour Resort 5410 Seneca Point Road, Canandaigua, NY September 21-23, 2017 USA/Canada Forum; Portland, Oregon October 26, nd VDG Training; Binghamton, NY October 26-28, 2017 Lions Leadership Institute; Binghamton, NY October 27-28, nd Council Meeting; Binghamton, NY October 2017 MD-20 PDG Organization Meeting, Lake George November 7-16, 2017 International Board of Directors, Dubai & New Delhi. February 23-24, rd Council Meeting; Syracuse, NY March 2018 Lions Day at the UN March 2018 MD-20 PDG Organization Meeting, Ithaca, NY April International Board of Directors, Miami, Florida April 20-23, 2018 District Governor Elect School; Binghamton, NY May 3, th Council Meeting; Rochester, NY May 4-6, 2018 MD-20 Convention; Rochester, NY June 25, 2018 DGE School; Chicago, Illinois June 29 July 3, 2018 International Convention; Las Vegas, NV July 3 July 8, 2018 International Board of Directors Mtg.; Las Vegas, NV P age 3

4 District News Acts of Service Contest Apalachin Lions 9,694 Avoca-Wallace Lions 0 Big Flats Lions 0 Bloomfield Lions 1,360 Bloomfield Leos 0 Campbell Lions 0 Canandaigua Lions 6,870 Clyde Lions 0 Cohocton Lions 0 Cohocton Lioness 0 Corning Lions 10,287 Corning Lioness 5,442 Geneva Lions 1,967 Horseheads Lions 0 Horseheads Lioness 0 Hector Area Lions 0 Ithaca Lions 2,879 Lansing Lions 0 Lansing Leos 0 Man-Shortsville Lions 0 Marcus Whitman Leos 1,075 Newfield Lions 0 Newfield Lioness 0 North Rose Lions 1,632 Ovid-Willard Lions 4,578 Owego Lions 2,279 Painted Post Lions 4,516 Pal-Mac Lions 11,094 Penn Yan Lions 0 Penn Yan Jr. Leos 0 Penn Yan Sr. Leos 0 Phelps Lions 4,643 Rushville Lions 2,382 Sodus Lions 2,037 Sodus Lioness 1,084 So. Tier Retired Lions 1,015 Spencer & Candor Lions 0 Tioga-Nichols Lions 1,636 Trumansburg Lions 0 Twin Cities Lions 3,568 Union Springs Lions 0 Victor Lions 0 Waterloo Lions 0 Watkins-Montour Lions 5,083 Waverly Lions 0 Weedsport Lions 884 Wolcott Lions 1,670 Wolcott Lioness District Calendar July 30 Lions Appreciation Camp Badger August st Cabinet Meeting, Phelps, NY September 8 Camp Badger Golf Classic, Bristol Harbour November 3-4 Fall Conference, Geneva, NY 5 2nd Cabinet Meeting, Geneva, NY January 27 3rd Cabinet Meeting, Ovid, NY April 21 4th Cabinet Meeting, Corning, NY May TBD 20-E2 Testimonial & Awards Dinner, Romulus, NY Directory Changes The New LCIF District Coordinator is Immediate Past District Governor Lion Lynn Williams Individual Lions or Clubs can send their LCIF donation checks to her at the following address: IPDG Lion Lynn Williams Box 635 Rushville, NY Special Club Anniversaries Club Yrs Charter Date Weedsport Lions 70 05/28/1948 Horseheads Lions 65 12/10/1952 Rushville Lions 65 03/20/1953 Wolcott Lions 65 05/08/1953 Union Springs Lions 60 09/18/1957 North Rose Lions 60 04/23/1958 Pal-Mac Lions 60 05/20/1958 Sodus Lions 45 10/31/1972 Corning Lioness 35 03/01/1983 Marcus Whitman Leos 15 02/24/2003 Lansing Leos 15 05/16/2003 P age 4

5 District News II District 20-E2 1st Cabinet Meeting The 1st District 20-E2 Cabinet Meeting will be held on Saturday, August 26th at Phelps Community Center, 8 Banta Street, Phelps. All Lions, Lioness and Leos are invited to attend. Below is the agenda: Saturday, August 26, 2017 Phelps Community Center 8 Banta Street Phelps, New York Hosted by the Phelps Lions Club Agenda 9:30 Coffee & Donuts 10:00 Long Range Planning 11:00 Region / Zone Chair Meeting PDG Meeting 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Cabinet Meeting Lunch will be provided at $12.00 per person. Lunch includes the following (tentative) Pulled Pork Sandwiches Salt Potatoes Sweet Corn Dessert & Drinks Please Make Reservations! CS debber@rochester.rr.com (checks payable to District 20-E2 ) through: Lion CS Deb Bush PO Box 154 Ovid, NY Telephone: debber@rochester.rr.com Reservation deadline is Saturday, August 19th IF YOU ARE ATTENDING THE LUNCHEON, YOU MUST LET CS DEB KNOW! P age 5

6 District News III Hello from Lions Camp Badger! June is crunch time here at the camp and by the time you are reading this, we will be in full-on summer camp mode. Session One for campers ages begins on July 2 through July 14, and Session Two for campers ages begins on July 16 through July 28. We are already adding names to our mailing list for next summer. For staffing, we will have one Assistant Director; two Health Directors over the 4 weeks of camp being assisted by a part-time LPN; one Aquatics Director who will be assisting as a counselor when not at the pool; plus eleven counselors, some of whom will be acting as 1:1 aides as needed. Oh, and we can t forget the Camp Cook! Also this year, we will have 5 or 6 student volunteers during the day. The staff will be participating in several days of training before camp including participating in a workshop from the Department of Health on tick-borne illnesses and disease prevention, and attending a fishing clinic sponsored by the Department of Environmental Conservation. The DEC is bringing free fishing poles and other equipment to use with our campers. Pat Gillule, our Camp Director, has been working hard on programming and scheduling, and several special events are planned and confirmed. She has secured participation in the NYS Summer Food Service Program for Session One, which will provide Breakfast, Lunch, and Snacks for campers and student volunteers. This will provide significant savings for us, but since most of the food that the program offers is prepackaged, processed foods, we plan to supplement with fresh ingredients whenever possible. Our campers will assist with salad bar preparation and making their own snacks. Don t forget to like our page Lions Camp Badger on Facebook for regular updates on what s happening here at camp. Also, mark your calendars for our annual Lions Appreciation Day on Sunday, July 30th. It s a day that we hold every year to celebrate and show appreciation for you, as Lions, and others who support this beautiful camp and help us to continue our mission. It s also a good time to show you what camp is all about and all the great things that are happening here. The day begins with a brief memorial service in our beautiful Chapel at 10:00 am and dedication of any new memorial pavers in our Chapel gardens. Then we head to our Collins Conroy Lodge to show off the new addition to the building; for introductions of the new Council of Governors and our Board of Directors & staff; recognitions; camp slideshow presentation; and best of all, our Chicken BBQ luncheon. If you are thinking about attending, just make a quick phone call or send an to Cynthia in the office with a head count, so we can plan on how much food to make! or lionscampbadger@htva.net. For the complete schedule for the day, please visit and look under What s New. DG Visitation Schedule JULY 2017 Tue 11 th Clyde Lions Wed 19 th Phelps Lions Tue 25 th Southern Tier Retired Lions AUGUST 2017 Wed 2 nd Spencer & Candor Lions Mon 7 th Rushville Lions Wed 9 th Wolcott Lioness Wed 23 rd Apalachin Lions Thu 24 th Owego Lions SEPTEMBER 2017 Tue 5 th Corning Lioness Wed 6 th Wolcott Lions Thu 7 th Twin Cities Lions Mon 11 th Penn Yan Lions Tue 12 th Waverly Lions Wed 13 th Horseheads Lioness Thu 14 th Waterloo Lions Tue 19 th Victor Lions Wed 20 th Manchester-Shortsville Lions Thu 21 st Sodus Lions Mon 25 th Watkins Glen Montour Falls Lions Tue 26 th Ithaca Lions Wed 27 th Geneva Lions OCTOBER 2017 Tue 3 rd Pal-Mac Lions Wed 4 th Bloomfield Lions Thu 5 th Corning Lions Mon 9 th Hector Area Lions Tue 10 th Union Springs Lions Wed 11 th North Rose Lions Mon 16 th Lansing Lions Tue 17 th Avoca Wallace Lions Wed 18 th Canandaigua Lions Mon 23 rd Big Flats Lions Tue 24 th Trumansburg Lions (Subject to change) P age 6

7 Club News Canandaigua Lions The Canandaigua Lions Club recently held an eyeglass work detail to sort, count, and package used eyeglasses collected by many Clubs throughout District 20-E2. Part of the workforce that evening were new to the Canandaigua Lions, so they received crash course in the process. The usable plastic glasses will eventually be headed to a Lions Recycle for Sight facility; once enough metal has accumulated it will be sent to a recycler and the funds appropriately distributed amongst the participating Clubs. Manchester-Shortsville Lions Seth Jacobus, Director of the Red Jacket Community Library presents a plaque to Gina Lonneville, President of the Manchester-Shortsville Lions Club for their donation tosupport the purchase of handicap access hardware for the main entrance to the library. The ladies of the Lions Club chose this donation as a Legacy Project for the club as a means of celebrating the Lions Club International Centennial The International Organization had asked each local club provide a lasting gift to their community as part of the celebration. The Club is pleased to provide an easier access to the library for it's patrons to enjoy the materials and programs provided for the community The Canandaigua Lions welcome our newest Lion members, Cliff and Peggy Mooney to the Canandaigua Lions Club! We are happy you have joined with us to help serve the citizens of the Canandaigua School District (and in some specific scenario's, even beyond) who need our help The Canandaigua Lions recently sworn-in their new officers for the fiscal year. Pictured from Left to right are: Dr Geoff Halstead, Treasurer Tom Albanese, President Richard Vara, Vice-President Rodney Dutton, Secretary Past District Governor Dick Ernst, Lion Tamer and Board of Directors Not pictured, but sworn-in for Board of Directors, Sam Potter, and Diane Seward. Clockwise the members pictured are: Gina Lonneville, Linda Whipple, Pam Nurse, Bish Rush, Susan Johnson, Rita Lonneville and Susan Clark P age 7

8 Club News II Owego Lions The Owego Lions Club held their Installation Dinner at the Countryside Community Center on June 20th. 1VDG Harold Bush was our guest speaker and inducted the club officers. The new officers are President Carla Eiklor, 1 VP Bruce Ludwig, 2VP Eve Kretsch, Secretary Donna Henry, Treasurer Linda Thomas, Lion Tamer Joan Henry, Tail Twister Deb Norton, 2 Year Directors Anna Denise Robinson and Conrad Metcalf, 1 Year Directors Gil Henry and Ed Kretsch, Membership Chair Nancy Ketcham with Wendy Smith and Conrad Metcalf on the committee. Also, Lions members were recognized for their years of service. Lion Eve Kretsch received her 30 year attendance award. The highlights of the evening included the Lion of the Year Award. Lion Deb Norton was recognized with this great honor by her fellow club members. Lion Anna Denise Robinson presented the plaque to Lion Deb. Also, two Robert J. Uplinger Awards were given. The recipients were Ralph Tapia and Denise Brown. Both of these people were recognized for their faithful service in helping others within the Owego community. Ralph Tapia is the VFW Post 1371 Commander and Denise Brown is an administrator with Rehabilitation Support Services. Congratulations to the award winners and the Owego Lions Club looks forward to another year of serving in their community. 20-E2 at Chicago Centennial Convention The statue of the boy leading another with a stick is a gift from Jimmy Carter to the Lions in Pictures from the parade down State Street and Convention Sessions Left to Right President Carla Eiklor, Lion of the Year Lion Deb Norton, and Lion Anna Denise Robinson (left) Lion Ed Kretsch and (right) Ralph Tapia Uplinger Award Left to right Lion Conrad Metcalf, Lion Donna Henry, Denise Brown Uplinger Award More Convention Pictures on Page 12! P age 8

9 Club News III Pal Mac Lions Gearing up for the summer months the Pal-Mac Lions Club held its annual picnic on June 20th at Lion President, Kathi Woodlock s Home, Lions and spouses and guests had lots of food and fun. Let s take this year in review as we work up to our new election of officers. The Palmyra-Macedon Lions club does eyesight screening for children, funds for the Food pantries, donations and assistance to Green Angels, Lions International, eye tests, eye glasses, and hearing aids. Celebrating its almost 60 years of service to the communities of Palmyra and Macedon through food baskets and delivery, Camp Badger (a week camp for those with sight impairment and a new program for veterans), assistance to Historic Palmyra, Route 31 road cleanup 4 times per year, and of course, the Red Kettle Campaign held each year in December at Walmart in Macedon. We head up the Easter Egg Hunt in the Village Park, the Halloween Costume Parade at the Palmyra- Macedon Primary School each year. We collect old and used eye glasses at multiple sites each month and send them to be reused in countries who need them. The Pal- Mac Lions Club takes care of the flags at the Port of Palmyra s Vietnam Memorial. Helping hands are very willing and ready to serve, our motto, We Serve holds true. Guiding eye dogs is one of our specialties and we assist with funding of training. The Pal-Mac Lions Club meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month from September to June at the Alling Coverlet Museum, 122 William Street, Palmyra NY, followed by an annual picnic with awards. New President, Kathi Woodlock, has many ideas, and programs for the upcoming year. Come join us at your first meeting as our guest and see what we are all about. On June 6th, 2017 the Pal-Mac Lions Club installed their new officers and chairpersons. Penn Yan Lions The Penn Yan Lions Club of Penn Yan, New York took on a Special Needs Playground for their Legacy Project to celebrate 100 years of Lions Service. Lions was founded by Melvin Jones, in Chicago, 100 years ago and serves the needs of people worldwide. The new playground was installed at Red Jacket Park on Keuka Lake May 12 and 13. The total cost of the project was $ 70, and funding was possible by the following: Penn Yan Lions Club, Lions Clubs International Foundation, New York State & Bermuda Lions Foundation, Brandel/ Murphy Youth Foundation, District 20E2 Special Projects Fund and very special support from the Penn Yan Elks Lodge #1722. A total of 70 Lions and community volunteers built the playground in two days amassing over 980 Lions Hours. The build was supported by the village and many local businesses for which the Lions are very, very thankful. The new playground replaces one built by the Lions in 1988 and will serve thousands of children over its life time. The Penn Yan Lions participated in the July 4th Branchport Parade passing out 1,000 American Flags. Pictured are a group shot of the Lions and grandchildren who helped pass out flags, newly inducted King Lion Taylor Fitch with Grandson Charlie and the Lion's wagon with grandchildren helping on an absolutely gorgeous day. L-Back Row Past Pres. Terry Goodwin, Membership chair, Rowena Redmond, Director Dave Cook, Bill Bush, Vice President and Environmental Chair, Don Carpenter, Director, Jerry Kelly, Treasurer, and Director, Dave Pinkney. Front Row, Tail Twister, Bonnie Hays, new President Kathi Woodlock, and Sandy McMenamin, Secretary. Missing is Paul Murphy Director. P age 9

10 Club News IV Rushville Lions Sodus Lioness The Rushville Lions honored Lion Larry Edwards with a Robert J Uplinger Distinguished Service Award at their year end dinner on June 5th. Presenting the award to Lion Larry is PCC Bill Williams. Bloomfield Lions SODUS LIONESS END BUSY, BUSY YEAR WITH EXCITING EVENTS June started with the Lions VIP (Visually Impaired persons) Fishing Derby on June 3rd at the Finger Lakes Preserve near Hector. Sodus Lions, Bill Hontz, Dave Lewis, Lioness, Sharon Maher, and her Husband, Jim, volunteered to help make this first ever New York State event an experience that the VIP s raved about throughout the day. We were joined by Pal-Mac Lions President, Terry Goodwin, to make it a truly strong Wayne County Lion/Lioness experience. Lion Ron Koniz has been promoting this throughout New York and used his preserve to launch the successful, enriching day. For this event the participants will have an opportunity to travel to North Carolina in October to enter in the National Championships The next Saturday, June 10 Sodus Lioness traipsed off to Camp Badger south of Ithaca for the Officer training session in the morning and then our yearly Chapel garden restoration and clean-up. Jean Minkau accompanied, President, Sharon Maher, to the training at 9:00. Darcy Davidson, Kay Baker, and our own Master Gardener, Audrey Ferris joined us at 11:00, after an adventurous roadtrip ready to work. We had an amazing lunch cooked by Donna Mistler, then off to 4 hours of weeding, laughing, planting, sweating, fertilizing, more laughing, watering, and strategizing on how to keep the cute, voracious deer from eating it all. Our Club closed out the spring session with a steak roast at the Holfield Rod and Gun Club in Bloomfield on June 21. There were 40 in attendance including members and guests. Pictured at the grill is Lion Dave Brien and Bloomfield resident Bob Roth. The grill masters did an excellent job and received many compliments. Then into July with out annual picnic and installation of officers, monthly Sodus Estates craft get together with lunch, and the last of the 5 yearly events with the Sodus ARC home. This year s picnic will have a new theme, cowgirls and cowboys. Our club thanks Outgoing President Lion Bruce Heacock for his efforts as president over the past two years. Incoming president Bob Knopf was unable to attend as he is recovering from a very serious ladder fall. The club wishes Lion Bob a speedy recovery and wish him success as our incoming president in September. The Bloomfield Lions Club Memorial Day Float picture includes driver Lion Gerry Erdle and Guiding Eyes for the Blind Representatives with future service dogs. Thanks to all for working on this special day honoring the Men and Women of our Armed Services. Page 10

11 Club News V Spencer Candor Lions Seymour Maltese Fishing Derby Fun for All: The annual Seymour Maltese Fishing Derby was Saturday, June 17. The fishing derby is intended for children in the Candor and Spencer-Van Etten school districts. One after the other, throughout the morning the kids proudly filed up to the judges table with flopping live fish to be measured. Prizes were awarded to each child through a lottery drawing and bigger prizes (trophy, fishing poles, and tackle boxes) were awarded to the top fishermen in three age groups and four categories. Once the awards were presented, kids walked across the street with family members to the Parkview Pizzeria for a free slice of pizza donated by Parkview Pizzeria. It was wonderful to see kids, parents, and other adults interacting throughout the morning while connecting with nature. President Donna Mistler and Ann Weber attended the Candor High School Awards Night and presented the Richard Weber Award in memory of Richard Weber. Richard was a charter member of the Lions Club and one of the original founders of the Spencer Candor Lions Club. The award was presented to Sierra Bartolis and she will be attending Corning Community College majoring in nursing. President Donna Mistler and Carol Maltese attended the Spencer-Van Etten High School Awards Night to present the Seymour Maltese Award in memory of Seymour Maltese. Seymour Maltese was also a charter member of the Lions Club and had a heart of gold. The award was presented to Arrianna Megivern and she will be attending the Elmira College School of Nursing. In closing, members also planted flowers this month beneath the Village of Spencer signs and trimmed the tree branches surrounding the Lions Club signs so they are more visible to the public. Union Springs Lions About 70 people attended our 60th Anniversary at Yawger Brook. While the Community Band played, we enjoyed a wonderful meal followed by the presentation of our annual awards, the Installation of New Officers, the Induction of 3 new members, and checks given to Mayor Shattuck and Deputy Mayor Marion Case. Annual Awards Meritorious Service Lions Linda & Bob Bower Club Appreciation Award Lion Rhonda Dixon Lion of the Year Lion Eric Rosenkrans Community Service (non-lion) - Randy Mayer Robert J. Uplinger Award Lion Andy Rindfleisch Installation of New Officers President Lion Bill Boyd Vice President Lion Cherl Heary Secretary Lion BJ Bellen Treasurer Lion Rhonda Dixon Membership Director Lion Martha Russell Induction of New Members Lion Deb Lewis Lion Marion Case Lion Stephen Case Finally, we witnessed 10 organizations present checks to the Village of Union Springs to support the new 7 refurbished Frontenac Park playground. It was a wonderful evening! Wolcott Lioness Members worked at the bloodmobile and read to the children at Huron Head Start Program. They read and hand out books once a month starting in October each year. End-of-Year donations made in June to organizations totaled $1895. P age 11

12 Chicago Centennial Convention Chicago Convention Pictures from PID Dr. Ed Cordes Page 12