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“Beyond the Horizon”
Lions Roar
The official newsletter of Lions of Virginia District 24-I
Vol. 1, No. 6 March 2019
Connecting the clubs, communities & needs
for the Lions of Central and Southeastern Virginia. We Serve!
Virginia is for
LOVFers
Since 1972, the Lions of Virginia Foundation (LOVF) has lived up
to the Lions motto “We Serve” by helping people in need throughout
the state of Virginia. These monies come from the sale of the LOVF
raffle tickets and club donations.
Each year at the Virginia State Lions Convention, LOVF holds a
raffle. Every club is encouraged to sell tickets to support LOVF. The 1st prize is $10,000! Second and third prizes
are both $500.00. Plus the Lion who sells the winning ticket(s) gets $100.00 just for selling it.
Besides supporting LOVF, it’s also a great fund raising project for your Lions Club, whether it is large or small. Each
book contains thirty (30) tickets which sell for only $1.00 each, a total of $30.00 per book. The participating club
keeps $20.00 and returns $10.00 to LOVF for each book sold...2/3 for your club and 1/3 for LOVF.
The ticket stubs and monies must be turned in at the State Convention no later than Saturday, May 18, 2019. The
drawing will be held on Sunday morning, May 19, 2019 during General Session following the District meetings. If
no one from your club will be attending the State Convention in Chesapeake, VA please contact your district LOVF
representative and they will be happy to take your ticket stubs and check for you. Remember, the ticket stubs will not
be included in the drawing without payment. Checks should be made payable to LOVF.
Great, easy fundraiser!!!! Win-win situation...especially for the winners☺
Please support your Lions of Virginia Foundation...it is your foundation!
Lion Pat Kerr
LOVF 24I Representative
lionpatk@cox.net
Looking for a great club service project? Clean
Put eyeglasses out your club storage closet and put those
donated eyeglasses back to work!
back to work! The Lions Eyeglass Recycling Mobile Unit
(LERMU) has TopCon lensometers, Eyenetra smartphone-powered Netrometers, sup-
plies, and training available for clubs interested in getting ready for upcoming mission
season. “We’re asked for anywhere from 500-1000 pairs of eyeglasses at a time,” ac-
cording to LERMU Executive Director Lion Helen Person. “Having the capability to fill
those requests from what we have ready to deploy helps Lions help that many more people.”
Learn more. Contact LERMU at LERMU24I@gmail.com.
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Leadership & Jeffrey Gaddis
District Governor 24-I
Dear Lions of 24-I,
Training Earlier last week, Lion Lewis Adams decided to resign as our
1VDG. However, 2VDG Pat Jones is willing to step up to
1VDG and is looking for your help to fill her cabinet.
A key to building stronger Lions clubs is
developing future leaders. Lions mem- We are looking for willing and qualified Lions to serve as 1st and 2nd Vice
bership includes opportunities for profes- District Governors for next year. This position requires that a Lion have served
sional development to build your club’s as Club President and either Zone or Region Chair. If you are looking to move
upward in the Lions organization, this may be a good time.
succession plan. Won’t you take advantage
of one of these soon? Winter Social was a success with good fellowship, food, and training. Thank
you to all the Lions from the district that came to the training and the cabinet
Lions Leadership Center
Available online meeting.
Free courses available to Lions at all levels It is time to start getting your club officers ready for next year. On this page is
of the organization. You will need your information about Leadership Training Days with training for your incoming
member number to setup an account. President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Lots of good information, best practices,
and new reporting requirements you’ll need to know about!
Certified Guiding Lion
Available online State convention is this May and registration is open. If you register before
We are seeking Lions interested in serving March 30th, there is no registration fee! The 2nd International Vice President
will be our guest speaker. We’ll have the Bland Competion on Friday night, great
as a Guiding Lion in Central Virginia for a
training on Saturday, and many more exciting events. Don’t miss it!
new club or a club undergoing the rebuild-
ing process. Candidates must have served Yours in Lionism,
as a Club President. Jeff Gaddis Cell 804-854-9638
DG 24-I Home 804-684-5787
District 24-I Leadership Training Days
All Lion members are invited to attend this wonderful learning opportunity. Our goal is to provide a fun and exciting
educational experience. We especially encourage incoming club officers and new members to participate in this event.
We’ll be sharing new information to help you make plans for a successful Lions year. Our instructors will provide
answers to your questions and concerns. There is no cost to individual Lions to attend the Leadership Training Day.
Please encourage all interested Lions to attend training at one of two locations.
April 6, 2019 April 13, 2019
Va. Rehab Center for Blind & Vision Impaired Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church
401 Azalea Ave 1141 Campostella Rd
Richmond, VA 23227 Norfolk, VA 23523
Agenda for both dates:
8:30 A.M. Coffee and Snacks What’s New in 2019 - 2020
9:00 A.M. Welcome 10:30 A.M. Session II
9:10 A.M. Session I Treasurer
Club President Membership Chair
New Member Orientation Leadership
Secretary MyLion for Desktop
11:30 A.M. Message from 1st Vice District Governor
11:45 A.M. Worldwide Induction Ceremony (for all new members as of 7/1/18 and their sponsors)
Note: Contributions to the District 24-I Leadership program are welcome.
Checks should be sent to the District Treasurer and earmarked for Leadership. Thank you in advance for your support.
PDG Beth Stevens, GLT lionstevens@cox.net
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Hampton Roads Vision Walk set for April 7th
We’ll be celebrating the Foundation Fighting Blindness’ Hampton Roads VisionWalk
community fundraiser and festival on the afternoon of Sunday, April 7 at Neptune’s
Park on 31st Street. (11:30 AM registration) What a fantastic district project to
show prospective new members What Lions Do by involving them in raising funds
and awareness for people fighting blindness. FFB has been instrumental in funding
research which has identified 237 Gene mutations that cause blindness. They have
helped develop the first gene therapy drug that is in use today!
HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?
Step 1: Any member of any club may participate by joining the Lions Pride of 24-I
https://bit.ly/2XofMb5 . Just click the join button or if you’d rather just donate there is
a button for that too! The VisionWalk is full of family-friendly fun – complete with a
live DJ, free food & drink, face painting, and hundreds of smiling faces!
Step 2: Re-think what it means to fundraise. Lions districts I and L are putting together a 10x24 Challenge to help make the com-
petition as fierce and as easy as possible! All it takes is $10 from as many 24-I Lions as possible. Imagine if all 2301 Lions in 24-I
could donate just $10. If every one of us donates at least $10, that means over $23,000 goes to the FFB and their search for a cure for
blindness. Talk to your club – you’d be making a bigger difference than you think.
Step 3: Come out on April 7th to celebrate the VisionWalk with me and as many other Lions as we can fit into Neptune’s Park! You
might even be leaving with a mystery prize. The District 24-I club that raises the most money will be publicly recognized on stage
and rewarded for their outstanding efforts!
I hope I can count you in for an awesome spring, filled with reasons to celebrate our friends, our families, and our fraternal bond as
Lions! I have hope for a brighter future
Welcome to our New Lions! every day thanks to the Foundation Fight-
ing Blindness, whose fundraising efforts
Amherst County Gloucester directly support research that is leading
Lion Bonnie Ferguson Lion Bryan Abel
Sponsor – Lion Carrie Davila Sponsor - Lion Raymond Weakland
to advancements, treatments, and cures
for retinal degenerative diseases. You can
Cape Charles Lion Shelley Abel read more on what they’re doing every day
Lion Mary Yu Sponsor - Lion Linda Maples
Sponsor – Lion Stanley Plowden to make this future a reality here: www.
New Kent County blindness.org.
Chesapeake Host Lion Hal Wallof
Lion Catherine Curtain For more information:
Sponsor – Lion Monica Griffin Rustburg Lion Mack Stevens
Lion Carter Elliott, Jr.
Lion Linda Etheridge mackstevens@cox.net
Lion Sandy Savey South Hill or call 757-621-9074
Lion Branisha Walker Lion Tammy Green
Sponsor – Lion Robert Burley Sponsor - Lion Charles Butts
Lion Jennifer Myers
Sponsor – Lion Margaret Baker
Surry
Lion Gloristine Evans
Find us on
Sponsor - Lion Joan Brown
Danville Host
Lion Rita Lea Sussex County
Sponsor – Lion Jeanette Cruz Lion Janet Grey-Stith
Sponsor – Lion Barbara Banks
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Lion Dr. Kanika Agarwal Virginia Beach - Bayside
Lion Alex Im Lion Cecil Jones
Sponsor – Lion Abigail Barger Sponsor - Lion Thomas Walsh
Lion Dr. Eric R. Crouch Virginia Beach - Thalia
Sponsor – Lion Andrew Kalina Lion Karen Austin
Sponsor - Lion Nancy Watters
Lion Dr. Giovanni Disandro
Lion Dr. Lawrence Flanders Lion William Austin
Lion Tam Tran Sponsor - Lion John Watters
Sponsor – Lion Daniel Barmas-Alamdari P
Virginia Beach - Town Center - Blind
Lion Dawnielle Kerner Lion Naomi O’Toole
a
Sponsor – Lion Haley Garrison Sponsor - Lion Annie Ascher fa
Williamsburg Host
Lion Dr. Shannon Mccole Lion Lynn Lubinski
Sponsor – Lion Haley Garrison Sponsor - Lion Adam Devore
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District 24-I Website Contest
We learned on March 3rd that the Council of Governors 2018-2019 has cancelled the 2019 website contest. However,
PR Chair PDG Donna Weiler confirms that District 24-I will sponsor the contest on a District level with a $500.00 first
place prize for to the winner. The prize will be awarded to the winning club at the final district meeting in June. The rules
are the same as for the 2018 MD24 Website Contest. All entries must be sent to PDG Donna Weiler, 267 DawsonLane,
White Stone, VA 22578 by May 10, 2019. FOR THE COMPLETE CONTEST ENTRY FORM WITH RULES, PLEASE VISIT
THE DISTRICT 24-I WEBSITE AT: WWW.LIONSDISTRICT24I.ORG.
Membership - Retention through Service
Amherst County – The club raised money to help people to provide food sources for humans and wildlife. The club trained
stay while family members were patients at Central Hospital in older students on equipment so they could scan pre-k and 1st
Lynchburg grade students. SPOT vision screening of 9 children at Bay-
Cape Charles – Recycled aluminum cans, paper, and glass. view Elementary School in Norfolk. The club also screened 35
Central Shore - Northampton Co Social Services Pantry & Adult, as part of a LAMP Project. The club provided eye exams
Domestic Violence Shelter donations.Member of the club aided to adults and sugar screening. 28 adults were SPOT Vision
a senior by changing a flat tire and cleaning up a seniors yard. screened. Additionally, eight EVMS students were trained on
Chesapeake Great Bridge - Bagged and distributed food at using the SPOT for eye screening.
Chesapeake Avenue United Methodist Church Food Pantry, 47 Onancock - Donated 48 new bookbags to the Metompkin Ele-
families (serving 168 persons). Screened a total of 254 children mentary School.
at Great Bridge Presbyterian Preschool, Oak Grove UMC Pre- Powhatan – The club assisted at the Powhatan Food Pantry
school, and Le Patte Child Care. A total of 11 referrals. on 2/7 and 2/14. The club hosted the directors of Pack Backs
Danville Host - The Men’s Fellowship of Calvary Baptist Church of Love, an organization that provides food to students for the
gave the indigent and homeless of the community a breakfast. week end that would otherwise go hungry. We donated
Local sorority gave food and clothing to the homeless and $250 to the organization.
indigent. Rustburg – The club donated the Rustburg High School after
Eastern Virginia Medical School – Vision and eye pressure Prom Party.
testing for patients at EVMS’s community health fair in MacAr- South Hill - Eye screening for pre-school students at Caring
thur Mall. Screened both children and adults during this event. Hearts Academy. Screened 11 students.
Screened and provided eye exams and glasses at Dios de Adonai Tappahannock - Our club collected 243 pounds of plastic. Well
Church. Translation services provided by EVMS Medical Span- to our goal of 500 pounds and then we will be sent a recycled
ish Service-Learning group. park bench to be places in our community.
Gloucester – Fed 17 homeless individuals to a free supper. The The club collected 72 pair of used eyeglasses.
club also fed the homeless and watched over 15 people at shelter. Virginia Beach-Bayside - On 15 Feb 2019, 3 Bayside Lions
Hampton-Northampton – Members of the club volunteered transported 7 sight impaired people to and from their monthly
at the Sentara Hospital for 15 days, they greeted patients, gave meeting at Bayside Library.
directions, and provided administrative assistance. Virginia Beach-Princess Anne – The club screened children
James City - Lion Phil Giles volunteered his time reading for at the Bull Frog & Butterflies Pre-School and Court House
the blind for WHRO. The club performed eye exams at the Old Academy Pre-School. The club participated in a Hunger Relief
Town Medical Center. Lions Steve and Claudette volunteered at Initiative during the Lions Year.
Colonial Williamsburg and Hospice. Lion Steve Silvasy served Virginia Beach-Thalia - Screens the visual systems of children
as Activities Chairmen for Continuing Care Retirement Center from age 6 months and older to find the causes of amblyopia.
and also assisted with pre-death funeral at church and Power of Visits day care centers, preschools, kindergartens, Head Start
Attorney for an elder gentleman. and Early Discovery programs and uses new technology (Spot)
Newport News-Warwick - Lion Bill Stinebaugh continues to to screen as many children as possible. Malibu Elementary
put in about 200 hours a month at the Sarah Bonwell Hudgins School follow- up, Kings Grant Elementary follow-up.
Center in Hampton, VA for the mentally challenged people that Williamsburg Host - Club donated to several local youth and
live and attend activities there. charity organizations.
Norfolk-Ocean View – The club provided a breakfast for the Windsor – The club donated $850.00 to the 2019 24-I diabetes
Homeless. The club did a lecture, PowerPoint, and demonstra- camp for three scholarships.
tions on how to build ecosystems in your environment that will York – The club did Vision Screening in partnership with the
improve the plant and animal existence, beautify the planet and Church of God and the Ministry to the Military.
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PCC Harry Parker
is planning to seek
Virginia's endorsement for
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR
At the State Convention in May, delegates will
have the opportunity to vote to endorse PCC
Harry Parker as a candidate for
International Director.
There will be competition. It is important that
you study each candidate very carefully and then vote for the Lion
who you think will best represent the Lions of Virginia on the LCI
Board. I plan to earn your vote by standing on my past
accomplishments as a Virginia Lion.
Your support for PCC Harry Parker will be deeply appreciated!
Contributions for Harry Parker for ID may be mailed to:
Lion Michael Yuenger, Campaign Treasurer,
12503 Fascia Court, Woodbridge, VA 22192-5284
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Lion Helen Person, Editor
haperson.va@gmail.com
Please feel free to put an address label
here so you can mail a copy of this issue to
your Lions who don’t “computer.”
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