My Fellow Lions, Lionesses and LEOs,
This year is like all others: we approach the beginning of the new
Lions Year with eager anticipation. Together we can do anything we
commit to.
We have a tremendous opportunity in front of us and are off to a great
start. When Helen Keller challenged Lions to serve the blind and
prevent blindness, it became our prime mission.
Our clubs supply eye exams and glasses. We have been involved in
vision screening for people of all ages.
Some clubs have taken on the task of screening school children. While
they have used older methods, technology has now produced PediaVision
units, which take a picture of the eyes, runs it through a computer
for diagnosis and wirelessly sends that data to a printer.
The result is a reliable report which an eye doctor can use to make
preliminary diagnoses of eye disease. It can diagnose a 6 month old
child’s eyes!
Your district is in the process of acquiring several of these units,
which will give us the opportunity to screen both pre-school and
school children, to offer vision screening at community events and
health fairs and much more. This will make a direct impact on our
communities.
As we all know, retaining and recruiting Lions has been a challenge.
The acquisition of the PediaVisions will give us direct contact with
those we need the most: younger citizens with children. We are
preparing Lions Information packets so our membership goals should be
easier to attain. With that, Lions International has initiated two new
programs this year: the Global Leadership Team and Global Membership
Teams. They have put a plan into place to help carry our district to
new levels.
Let’s do big things! Let’s make this District and every Zone and Club
what we know we ought to be—what we know we can be!
Please join me in making our tremendous opportunity a reality. Let us
all dedicate ourselves to taking our District to a new level this
Lions Year!
I most humbly look forward to serving with you: together we will make
a difference in our communities and our fellow citizens.
It’s not about me,
It’s not about you,
It’s about those we serve!
Yours in Lionism,
Janis Chenery
District Governor, 24-B
District 24B
Midwinter Conference
&
CABINET MEETING
February 18, 2012
Mark your calendars for an important, informative and fun event.
The Farmville Lions Club will be hosting the Midwinter Conference Meeting that everyone is invited to participate
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The events planned for the Lions are:
● Cabinet Meeting
● Lunch
● Seminar 1
● Seminar 2
● Seminar 3
● Reception (spouses/significant others)
● Dinner with entertainment (spouses/significant others)
The events planned for the spouses/significant others are:
● Oil painting class (even if you don’t think you can paint, you will leave the session with a painting you have done. This is a really fun and exciting experience.
● Jewelry making class
● Lunch with the Lions
● Reception
● Dinner with entertainment |
The Midwinter Conference, District Cabinet Meeting and spouses/significant others events will all be held at the Fuqua School.
The beautiful Hampton Inn in Farmville, only a very short distance from the conference location, will serve as the conference hotel.
For those who wish to make hotel reservations, please call either the hotel or the Hampton 800 reservation. Rooms are limited, so make your reservations as soon as possible! The last day to receive the conference rate will be February 3, 2012.
To receive the special rate, be sure to use the conference code which is:
LBC
Hampton Inn
300 Sunchase Blvd.
Farmville, VA 23901
404-392-8826
Hampton Inn National Reservations
1-800-hampton (426-7866)
Complete details and registration information will be available next week!
The Farmville Lions Club looks forward to your being at this special event. |
District Calendar of Events
