The 2009 Holiday Party will be held at the Brethren Village Fieldcrest Dining Room at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 15. Please make your reservations at our regular November club meetings or call Lion Sylvia for details or to make reservations. As always, entertainment will follow the meal. This will be our only meeting for the month of December.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Annual Holiday Party - December 15
Monday, November 2, 2009
Power Pack Project
On Friday afternoons, as part of the Power Pack Project, volunteers have been handing out the ingredients for inexpensive, easy-to-prepare weekend meals to Brecht Elementary School families who qualify for the subsidized school lunch program. Along with the meal ingredients and menus, parents get ideas for stretching their limited food dollars.
Members of the Manheim Township Lions Club pickup the food from the project's distribution center and transport it to the school. There, volunteer teams from St. Peters Lutheran Church repack it in appropriate amounts for distribution to individual families. The food comes from a variety of sources, including the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Community Action Program of Lancaster County.
Friday, October 23, 2009
White Cane Days - Thanks For Your Support!
The familiar white cane with a red band at the bottom is used by blind and visually impaired persons in many countries. As a result of a 1964 congressional resolution, the President of the United States annually issues a proclamation designating Oct. 15th as "National White Cane Safety Day." Lions Clubs help to increase awareness of the use of the white cane and laws governing its use.
To further that effort, on October 16 and 17 the Manheim Township Lions solicited contributions to be used exclusively for the support of sight-related projects including the Northeast Pennsylvania Lions Eye Bank, Leader Dog, Pennsylvania Lions Beacon Lodge Camp and the Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Thanks to the community for their generous support, in excess of $3,200 was collected. Thanks also to the following site sponsors for their support – A.C. Moore, Walmart, Savemart, Brewers Outlet and Stauffers of Kissel Hill, Oregon Pike.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Region II Rally - Manheim Township Lions Club Members Honored
The District 14-D Region II Rally was held October 8, 2009 at the West Earl Fire Hall. Two members of the Manheim Township Lions Club were honored at the event.
The highest honor given by Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF), the Melvin Jones Fellowship, was presented to a pleasantly surprised Lion Charles Brubaker by IPDG Dale High (See photo above.) The Fellowship, named after the Founder of Lions International, represents qualities such as generosity, compassion and concern for the less fortunate.
We are proud to have within our membership individuals that have received Melvin Jones Fellowships. They are as follows: Lions Don Bragg, Alvin Brubaker, Barry Caldwell, Jim Coleman, George Groff, Richard Groff, Thomas Kenyon, John Kettering, Linda McIntyre, Sylvia Miller, Jim Propst, Charles Steinman, Fred Wagner (Deceased) and Past District Governors John McIntyre, Larry Miller and Ralph Miller, Jr.
Also,our Secretary Linda McIntyre was presented with her second consecutive 100 Percent Secretary Award.
Congratulations to Lions Charlie and Linda!
This link will take you to our photos of this event.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
November Birthdays
We wish Happy Birthday to the following Lions: John Kettering - November 16, Ralph Miller - November 21 and Lynn Marie Blackman - November 26.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Dates to Remember and Upcoming Events
November 9 - Regular Meeting; Speaker - Lori Shenk, Quest Teacher.
November 23 - Regular Meeting & Board Meeting.
November 26 - Thanksgiving.
December 14 - No Regular Meeting.
December 15 - Holiday Party.
December 25 - Christmas.
December 28 - No Regular Meeting.
January 1 - New Years Day
January 11 - Regular meeting.
January 25 - Regular Meeting & Board Meeting.
February 8 - Regular Meeting & Visit From the Lititz Lions Club.
February 22 - Valentine Social.
March 20 - Basket Bingo.
May 29 - Pancake Breakfast.
June 19 - Chicken Bar-B-Que.
Neffsville Community Fire Company Support
During the months of July, August, September and October Manheim Township Lions Club members and their partners in service performed 438 hours of service to the Neffsville Community Fire Company in support of their October 31, 2009 Soup and Food Sale. Corn was husked, cooked and cut yielding 2,415 pounds of frozen corn. In October,we helped prepare 800 pounds of chicken, 120 dozen eggs, baked 169 pies and made chicken corn and vegetable soup. This link will take you to a slide show of our corn preparation photographs.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Shaggy Tales Volume 8 Issue 3
The November 2009 club newsletter is available for download as a PDF file at this link. Right click and save to download it to your computer. This latest edition contains reports on White Cane, the car show, proposed new fund raisers and an article on membership. Thanks to Lion President Judy for copying the newsletter!
If you missed an older edition of Shaggy Tales, right click the following links to download and save:
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