The Illinois Lion & Leo - MD1 State Monthly e-Magazine for the Month of October 2021.

MD1 e-Magazine (Full) Vol. 9 - Issue 4, October 2021

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MD1 Concil Chair Speaks:

jebarsanti72@gmail.com

Over the August 13-15 weekend, I had the privilege of being one of the presenters at the Regional Lions Leadership Institute, along with District Governor Gail Anton and State Global Leadership Chair Larry McGuire. We started with a fun introductory session led by District Governor Gail, then spent an enjoyable time going over programs such as Diversity, Lions Fundamentals, Public Speaking, Local Issues and Opportunities, Working in Teams and others. The 19 participants were enthusiastic, and eager to join in the discussions and work sessions. They made this Institute enjoyable for everyone, including the presenters. I hope next year we will again offer this

program and that lions from across the State will join in the opportunity to increase their leadership skills.

Speaking of programs, after the September Council of Governors meeting, we will hold a Global Action Team Summit where State and District Global Leadership, Global Membership, and Global Service Chairs will meet to discuss ways to achieve our goals in these areas. You won’t be left out; the district Global Action Team chairs will be bringing the ideas from this summit to Your districts and asking your help in implementing them.

The Governors in each district are working hard to increase membership and service and promote leadership. They need your support to succeed.

This summit will provide new approaches to help accomplish these goals. I hope to see the Global Action Team Members from all the districts at this summit so that the ideas generated will be spread throughout the State and then implemented by the clubs and members.

John Barsanti, MD-1 Council Chair

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FROM MD1 GLT CHAIR:

Change is coming. Is your district prepared?

Last month I was absent from this page.

Right after we were vaccinated for COVID, Lion Ann planned a long, out west, trip.

Hotels had been booked and tours were paid for in March. For 18 days we were on the road. I had no computer with which to write and submit an article on leadership. But that was kind of the plan, to get away from everything.

Sometimes you need to step back and take a breath. It can help revive you and clear your head of cobwebs.

So, what has happened with leadership since last hearing from me?

Multiple District 1 held a successful Regional Lions Leadership Institute (RLLI) in East Peoria. It was attended by 19 Lions.

CC John Barsanti and DG Gail Anton were excellent in instructors.

Reviews were great, with some even wanting the Institute to be a day longer.

New friendships were forged, and fresh ideas were brought back to clubs and districts.

We were honored by the presence of ID Bob Block. He was not a candidate; he was just there to see what an RLLI is. He says he is expected to speak about RLLI, but has never been to one. Now he can speak authoritatively on the subject.

CC John challenged each attendee to voluntarily donate $5.00 to Campaign 100. As he noted we are leaders and leaders lead. So, with 22 donors in the room at $5.00 each that should total $110.00. But we did better than that, we raised $355.00 for campaign 100.

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As to leadership in MD-1, I saw something that really bothers me.

There was a map on the wall and each attendee placed a marker from whence they came. Now before I go any further, I will grant you the Illinois Lions population is in the greater Chicago area. But that is only population, not necessarily leadership.

Leaders can come from any district be it district 1-J with 2,000+ members or 1-CS with its 600+/members. So, I muse and ponder and put before you this question, “Why was no Lion from 1-D, 1-CN and 1-CS in attendance at the RLLI?” I just cannot understand why or how this can be.

“Well, I have a job,” you may offer. Or, “I have a family,” another may say. Yes, you do have those.

But many of those who attended the RLLI have them, too. Basically, there is no cost to attend an RLLI. Your only expense is your travel to and from the Institute. Everything else related to your training is FREE! Did I mention that RLLI is FREE? And the leadership skills you

learn at RLLI can just as easily be applied to your employment as they can be to your club or your district.

Leadership is leadership no matter where it is used.

Your Council of Governors has already approved us to seek a grant for next year’s RLLI. As we work toward getting it ready, I want the leaders of 1-D, 1-CN, 1-CS and 1-G (one attendee) to push hard, to sell, to promote your penitential leaders to attend any leadership training offered. Especially when it is FREE. And the mentoring of new leaders is becoming increasingly important. Governors, you better be on the lookout for potential leaders when you make your club visits.

Seek that Lion out and encourage that Lion to consider moving into a cabinet position.

Assign a mentor to that potential leader.

As many already know, change has arrived. District governors can serve only one term. No more PDG’s like me, who served twice.

Past District Governors cannot serve as zone chairs. Zone chairs can only

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serve three consecutive terms.

or. . .

Change is coming. district prepared?

Is your

Why the changes?

Because we want to promote leadership from within our club -PDG Larry McGuirre members.

A good club presidencould be a great zone chair ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------MD 1 Membership Update have conversations where questions, strategies, and plans were shared.

Greetings fellow Lions!

The MD1 GAT Summit was held September 18th in Bloomington. I want to thank all who were able to attend. I was pleased to lead the GMT group of GMT-Ds, DGs, FVDGs, and SVDGs who worked to review new membership materials and

This year MD1 has two new documents to assist district GMTs and club membership chairs with all areas of membership: recruitment, retention, and member satisfaction.

The purpose of these new materials is to offer an organized collection of resources and strategies to districts and clubs. My hope is that it will be a quick and easy way for our Lion membership leaders to find assistance to help them succeed in their efforts. The GAT Membership Team reviewed these documents and made suggestions for improvement.

The new MD1 District GMT Manual and the Club Membership Chair Manual are now available. Both will be posted on

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the MD1 website and have been emailed out.

Another resource created as a result of the COG Goals was a set of customizable New Member Orientation materials.

Both a PowerPoint presentation and a Word document can be used to inform new members of what being a Lion is all about. It might also be nice to use these during a “social” event where new members meet and greet current members. Stories could be shared and connections made that will support the new members and strengthen the club.

These will also be posted on the MD1 website.

MD1 continues to grow our membership! We are currently up 53 members for the year. We have five districts with positive membership growth and five in the red at this point. While recruitment is off to a great start with 336 new members since July 1, the same pattern of drops continues with 283 Lions lost. While MD1 is currently in positive growth, my GMT efforts are

going to be heavily focused on helping districts help their clubs stop the exodus of members. This means addressing two main issues: member engagement and satisfaction. I hold the belief that you can’t fix a problem when you don’t know what is causing it. That means gathering data on dropped members and the satisfaction level of current members. One area of focus will be compiling data from dropped members to try and understand why they left their service as a Lion. Emails are many times effective, but also can be easily overlooked. We will be using a questionnaire that will be mailed directly to past members. In the area of membership satisfaction, I am working to convert the excellent LCI “How are Your Ratings” tool to an online format for not only gathering responses, but providing a dashboard for viewing compiled data.

I will be working to the best of my ability to help the Lions of MD1 have a successful membership journey. That journey must include

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great leadership and meaningful two great and devoted Lions. service. I look forward to working Onward! with the MD1 GLT, Lion Larry PDG Deb Greaney McGuire and GST PDG Kathy Dieker, MD1 GMT -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Campaign 100: LCIF Empowering Service instrumental in moving us closer to our world-wide $300 million goal.

We Keep Getting Closer, Let’s Add a Legacy of Love We hope that your club has made a commitment to Campaign 100: LCIF Empowering Service.

Perhaps you have earmarked a fund raising activity towards Lions Clubs International Foundation goal of helping two billion people worldwide. Legacy, and large donations have also been

However, have you considered a personal donation on a regular basis? One Lion has been sending $5 a pay period to the Campaign.

That’s $130 a year. Over a ten year period that simple $5 can make a statement to service. And pretty much painless. Most of us would not miss $5 every two weeks.

Maybe your own budget would do better.

As we wind up this Campaign, now is a good time to develop a regular plan of donating, creating your own personal legacy of love.

Simply get in touch with lionsclubs.org/en/donate. You can also TEXT LCIF 243-725.

Or contacting your district Chairperson:

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1-A: Lion PDG Joan McMillan, R: (708) 389-590, C: (708) 539-3297 govjonimac@gmail.com 1-BK: Lion PDG Sue Wolf (815) 474-5474 swolf13333@gmail.com 1-CN: Lion PDG Ann Ragsdale (618) 719-5177 dgann1617@yahoo.com 1-CS: Lion Ruben Owen, PDG, C: (618) 317-5106 rso1119@hotmail.com 1-D: Lion PCC Pamela Graney R: (815) 397-7298, C: (815) 378-0348 pgraney54@comcast.net 1-F: Lion PDG Molly Penny (847) 707-8646 pennys246@comcast.net

1-G: Lion Jerry Eiffert, C: (217) 854-7909 jeiff@frontiernet.net 1-H: Lion Al Henning, C: (309) 333-5274 allenhenning@ymail.com 1-J: Lion Ed Carter, PDG, C: 630-330-1341 edward0022@att.net 1-M: Lion Kevin Mendenhall, PDG, R: (618) 553-1776 kmendy1@yahoo,com MD1 Lion ID Robert Block Multiple District Chairman (219)671-0287 lionbobblock@gmail.com MD1 Lion PDG William Jordan Co-MDC (847) 436-6850 lionbillzc@yahoo.com MD 1 Lion PDG Ann Ragsdale (see above)

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Hunger Alleviation Grants in the State of Illinois – 2020-2021 Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF) has made Alleviating Hunger around the world as one of the six priorities for grant making. During the past year, LCIF has given out grants totaling $1,771,008 for hunger alleviation around the world. Most of them have been smaller District Community Grants, with 5 grants being for $100,000.

Recipient countries have been

China, Italy, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, the United States, a few others. As Chairman of the Hunger Alleviation campaign in District 1-J, I have had the opportunity to work with District 1-A in Illinois on this important priority of LCIF. Working with the DG of District 1-A, I could get a $100,000 grant for the Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) in Cook County for installing blast

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chillers for the Nourish Campaign of Grants and these will be approved in GCFD. The Nourish Campaign will the coming year. I urge all districts provide hot nutritious meals to in Illinois to find communities 25,000 home-bound people in Cook needing help with Hunger County every day, starting in 2022.

Alleviation, and apply for grants for The other district in Illinois that got the next year, 2021-2022. If I can $100,000 is District 1-H, for a cold help in completing such grant storage facility in Galesburg, Illinois. applications, please contact me at Some districts in Illinois have 630 915 6176.

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The winners of the Orland Park Lions Club “Queen of Hearts Raffle”

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Your Editor PDG Dr. Austin DiSouza was recognized by the Lions Clubs International Foundation for his extreme generosity to Campaign 100 and his support of LCIF. USA-Canada Forum Pictures 2021

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Dr. Paul Chan from Chicago LIERI Guest Speaker

Lion Trish Fisher, Executive Director of Lions of Illinois Foundation

Our 1A Governor Gail Anton

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Chicago Rogers Park Gov Visit:

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Inducted 4 New Members Governor Gail Anton with Chicago including Counsul General of Rogers Park Lions Charter President Pakistan Lion Wahaj Ahmed.

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FILE YOUR IRS FORM 990 BEFORE NOVEMBER 15, 2021 Dear Lion, Please remember that all Lions clubs, districts and multiple districts with annual gross receipts less than US$50,000 that are not otherwise required to file Forms 990 or 990-EZ must file the e-Postcard (also known as the 990-N). If your Lions club, district or multiple district has a foundation, which is a separate legal entity, the appropriate form will need to be filed as well.

Please review the document below for important information regarding your annual tax filing obligation.

ANNUAL TAX FILING INFORMATION

Illinois Charitable Trust Act In addition to filing your 990 or 990-N with the IRS, all Lions clubs and districts that conduct any solicitation in Illinois must register with the Illinois Attorney General, Charitable Trust Bureau, unless otherwise exempt under the Solicitation for Charity Act. Please read the letter below from Lions Legal Division General Counsel David Kingsbury for important Lions Clubs International information regarding your annual Illinois Charitable Trust Act registration obligation.

LETTER FROM THE GENERAL COUNSEL

Thank you for your service!

Kindest regards,

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USA-Canada Lions Leadership Forum 2021, Des Moines, Iowa.

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USA-Canada Lions Leadership Forum 2021, Des Moines, Iowa.

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Couple of Regional Institute:

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pictures of recent Lions Leadership

Congratulations to IPDG Kathy Dieker on being named a Lions of Illinois Foundation Fellow .

Pictured with PDG Kathy is presenter District Trustee Johnny Anderson.

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Oregon Lions Induct Two New Members Oregon Lion Dr. Tom Champley inducted two new members into the Oregon Lions Club during the Lions’ Meeting on August 26th at the VFW. Oregon Lion Vice President Joe Kryszak sponsored Tonya Jenkins and Joanna Cermak sponsored Lori Peterson. Photo: From left to rightLion Joe Kryszak, Tonya Jenkins, Lori Peterson, Joanna Cermak and Oregon Lions’ President Dave Stenger.

The Sycamore Lions Club installed a new member at their recent meeting. Pictures from left: Sponsor Lion Tony Sgarlata, new member Lion Julie Sgarlata, Club President Lion Joe Woodward and Club Secretary Past District Governor Lion Jerome Perez.

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Two long-time Oregon residents, and another who has lived in our community a short time, were congratulated on recently receiving awards at the Oregon Chamber of Commerce Dinner on August 19th. .

Oregon Lions Dr. Tom and Janet Champley received the Citizens of the Year Award and Mary Coulter, who caters for the Oregon Lions, received the Volunteer of the Year Award. Oregon Lions want to thank them both for generously giving their time and talents to make Oregon a great place to live!

Author and wellness coach Elizabeth Priller spoke to the Oregon Lions at their meeting at the VFW in Oregon on August 26th.

She has established a business called Locus, located in downtown Oregon, that provides an experience-based wellness space for professionals and entrepreneurs who wish to work in an atmosphere that cultivates a productive work day.

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Pearl City Lions Sponsored Bingo at the Whiteside County Fair.

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Pearl City Boulevard Bash was a HUGE success thanks to the amazing community we live in. The Boulevard Bash 2021 donated $16,000 back to area organizations this year pushing us over the $100,000 mark since we started the event in 2014. Many Pearl City Lions Club members were involved ---------------------------------------

Pearl City CAP (AG in the Classroom) $5,000 - Pearl City BOOKS $3,000 Pearl City NEEDY KIDS FUND $3,000 - Pearl City FOOD PANTY $3,000 Pearl City EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION $2,000 – Pearl City Pitmasters 2021 ---------------------------------------

On Wednesday September 1st the Polo Lions Club made a donation of $350 to Polo Softball. In the picture Mark Bocker is presenting the check to Larry Loomis Just a few photos of the Polo Lions club selling pork loin, hamburger, cheeseburgers, hot

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dogs, brats and drinks at the fall Hazelhurst sale. It was a very nice day for the sale.

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On September 2nd the cement laying started and that is shown in the first photo. The second photo was taken on September 3rd and showed some progress. The 3rd photo was taken on September 7th and shows some more progress.

The first photo was taken on September 8th and shows more

The Genoa Lions would like to thank the fine folks in DeKalb County for supporting our club’s fall fundraiser and buying mum plants.

The Genoa Lions held their annual Mums sale this year with the last plants finding a new home on September 15. Genoa lions have been selling these plants for the past month and are happy to see it has succeeded. This year the club advertised on the Genoa Facebook

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site and our own Facebook site and lo and behold we sold just over 400 plants for $10 each. Yeager Farm in Cortland provided over 370 of the mums that we needed. Lion Gene Bradford was instrumental in this fundraiser, tending the plants in his driveway for two weeks and selling more than 40 plants himself. Lions Pacey and VanDerHeyden managed the orders and inventory spreadsheet for the month of sales.

Genoa Lions Board members delivered over 300 plants in a week.

The Lions will be happy to sell and deliver (Genoa & Kingston area) mum plants again next year so look for our Facebook ads.

Thank you to Yeager Farm, especially the Mary & Mark our principal mum supplier but most especially all the mum purchasers for helping the Genoa Lions to Serve this community.

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Genoa Lions held our second fundraiser this past Thursday, selling pork chop dinners for $13 each.

Ralfies BBQ of Chana prepared the meals and the Genoa Lions took the orders and served the meals. The Genoa Park District volunteered their parking lot for this endeavor, thanks to Park Director Paul Bafia for the privilege. Over 100 meals were served from 4:30pm to 7pm, most of the sales were from reservations on Facebook. Lion Aric Coleman handled the spreadsheet

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and Facebook orders this year. The Lions will be happy to sell these meals next year so look for our Facebook ads in 2022.

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The Sycamore Lions would like to thank local businesses and the community for another successful Candy Day. Your generosity has helped to address local concerns of the visually and hearing impaired along with help to provide 18,000 visually and hearing impaired children and adults in Illinois with critically needed services. Your contributions will make the following projects possible: Camp Lions for Children and Adults, Low Vision Program, Mobile Diabetic Retinopathy/Macular Program, Mobile Hearing Unit, Social Services and Referral, LIF Used Hearing Aid Collection & Hearing Aid Bank (H.A.B.), Used Eyeglass Collections, LIF Fund for Emergency (L.I.F.E.)

The club recognizes five area businesses for their support during this year’s Candy Day collections for allowing the Sycamore Lions members to collect donations at their premises during Candy Day: Elleson’s Bakery, Hy-Vee Food Store, Walgreens, Hometown Realty Group, and Parkway Restaurant. The club also thanks Finney’s Electric for the use of their safety cones warning drivers of our presence.

The Sycamore Lions Club would like to also thank the local businesses that helped underwrite this year’s event and the community’s residents for their generous donations. This year’s fund-raising effort generated more than $7300 on the streets of Sycamore to be used in support of the Lions vision and hearing programs.

This successful Candy Day would not have been possible without the cooperation of the City of Sycamore. The Sycamore Lions Club expresses its gratitude to The City of

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Sycamore for their approval of our campaign.

Attached picture caption: “The Sycamore Lions thank the thousands of donors to our recent Lions Candy Day Campaign.

Pictured is Lion John Toles accepting a donation and giving a roll of mints to an anonymous donor.”

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Elburn Leos: Eleven Leos (new and current Leos) received their Induction Certificates and pins this morning from District Governor, Lion Lori Chassee. Congratulations on also earning the Centennial Service Award, for continued service in halting diabetes, engaging youth, protecting vision, and relieving hunger. Over the summer, the Leos

had fun selling candy at the fireworks, despite the rain! And, the Leos had fun volunteering at National Night Out with Elburn IL Police and Elburn & Countryside Fire Protection District!

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Lion Shawn Blobaum and his daughter Jocelyn take a high ride at the club's Summerfest held in midJuly.

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Westmont’s BBQ and Carnival Event over Labor Day weekend.

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Westmont Lion Genevieve Scarro, showing us how to make blankets to be donated to the Children’s Shriner Hospital! We Lions have so much fun working together to help others.

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The streets are back to normal as are the hard working members who toiled for several days to help this year’s Taste of Roselle be a success.

Lion Marc Hoarle put in many hours planning the event with help from Lions Bob, Dan, Daniel, Brian, Rich,

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and others. Lions Marc and Bob were able to secure some substantial sponsorships to help defray the cost of the event. Lion Brian found many bands to donate their services on stage to provide entertainment. Lions Dan and Daniel took care of counting the money and making deposits.

Thanks to all who worked. It was sometimes hot and hectic, but as always, the Roselle Lions Club came through.

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Hurricane Ida recovery efforts.

Davids, an Aurora resident, is president of the Wheeling-based Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS), a statewide disaster response system. He said, "MABAS received a tasking from the Illinois Emergency Agency on Sunday August 29, to provide a 45-member Urban Search and Rescue team to respond to Louisiana to assist with on-going activities from hurricane Ida. ---------------------------------------

Aurora Noon Lion Don Davids coordinated firefighter search and rescue teams deployed to Louisiana for hurricane recovery efforts in August. Firefighters from North Aurora, Sycamore, Naperville, and Lisle-Woodridge Departments were among 45 members of 31 Illinois and Iowa departments who were recently deployed to assist in

Malta Lions Club presented the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award to Lion Dennis Heins for his years of service to the club. (l to r) Club President Lion Larry Fullington, MJF recipients Lion Denny Heins, and Past Malta President Lion Tom Jergens.

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Naperville Noon Lions Ken & Linda Strugalla staffed the Registration Desk to support the recent Lymphoma Foundation Walk in Naperville ---------------------------------------

Downers Grove Lions Club Pres.

Lion Aris Troncoso (r) presented Lion Dan Blocker (l) with a Distinguished Service Award for going “above and beyond” in seeing that the club’s eyeglasses collection boxes were put into a much more presentable condition. You see, Lion Dan is visually-impaired and does

not drive; he collected the club’s boxes, one by one, with a dolly, and delivered them to where they could be re-painted and made much more presentable again. Many thanks to Lion Dan!!

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Sandwich Lion Club crew of "ditch walkers" spent a Saturday morning picking up litter on the roadside as party of the county's Adopt-AHighway program When you’re in the country, you do walk in the ditches to pick up trash!

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On Tuesday, August 18, Naperville Noon Lions Club inducted their newest member, Lion Jeff Harper. (l to r) Lion Ken Strugalla. Lion Jeff's sponsor, and Naperville Noon Lions

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serve. Rest in Peace, Officer French and God Bless the French Family.

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Club President, Lion Bob Hull.

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Westmont Lions tied Blue and Black ribbons on the trees of Lions Park to show their support and to honor Officer Ella French who lost her life in the line of duty this past weekend in the City of Chicago.

Officer Ella French is from the community and her family resides here in Westmont. Lions showed their support for Officer French and her family, as well as the Westmont Police Officers who protect and

(l to r) District Gov. Lion Lori Chassee, Illinois State Senator Cristina Castro presented a Proclamation proclaiming “By the Senate of the 102 General Assembly of the State of Illinois, that we hereby honor August 3, 2021, as the 100 Anniversary of the Elgin Lions Club. On the right is Elgin Lions Club Pres. Lion Gary Hearn -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Naperville Noon Lion Jane Bowers was honored by the City of Naperville on August 25, 2021. It was Jane Bowers Day in Naperville.

Lion Jane was honored for her years of dedicated service to the community following her retirement

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from the YMCA. Lion Jane was further honored at a reception at Naperville Bank and Trust on August 25 with about 100 in attendance. Lion Bill Bleecker addresses the group to celebrate Lion Jane. Thank you, Lion Jane, for your work for the YMCA, the NNLions Club, and the community as a whole. We are proud of you!

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Some Illinois Lions with II International Vice President Brian Sheehan.

Simon Rodriguez, Jr, Aurora Youth Services Manager, outlined the city-sponsored program during the club's meeting on August 16th.

Programs include summer camps, after-school programs, Sports Festival, Youth Resource Fairs, City of Lights Tournaments, Youth Court Program, STEAM Academy, BackTo-School Fairs, Aurora Youth Council, and more.

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DG Shelia made her official club visit to the Braidwood Lions Club. The Club presented the Governor with a $1000.00 check for the Gibson City Disaster fund.

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The Channahon Lions were The Channahon Lions run the beer tent on Wednesday evening and Sunday, Bingo tent, Senior Bingo and participate in the parade on the Sunday of the festival week.recognized for building and donating picnic tables to the Channahon Park District for Arroyo

Trails in Channahon.

Current members, spouses, and volunteers helped build the picnic tables.

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Channahon Lions participated in the Three Rivers Festival, which is their biggest fundraiser each year.

The Crest Hill Lions help out and run the bingo tent each year as one of their fundraisers.

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The event was held at St. Joseph’s

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Beautiful weather, lots of awesome entries for the car show, a huge variety of crafts and vendors, lots of raffle prizes, 50/50 raffle, fun kid's games, and BINGO all made for a great time.

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Park in Joliet on Sunday, September

The Frankfort Lions had great fun running the Thursday beer tent at the Frankfort ‘Wurst Fest’ was a success again this year for the Frankfort. The Fest brings in a lot of visitors including Lions from

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Districts 1-A & 1-BK attend every year.

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The Frankfort Lions also participated in Frankfort’s ‘Fall Fest’.

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The discussion centered on ways the groups can

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work together to help each other and the community.

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The Hardscrabble Lions of Streator participated in Streator's Dream Machines Car Show and Cruise night. Pluto Fest is a new club fundraiser which was held on September 25th which featured craft beer, vendors, children's activities, music and much more.

Shown in the photo is Immediate Past President Donna Mikolajczyk at Cruise Night.

And, to support Cruise Night, the club sold t-shirts for the Car Club.

Shown in the photo are President Patty and Lion Mark Ferguson.

The Streator Hardscrabble Lions hosted their first Pluto Fest. The planet Pluto was discovered by Streator native, Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory on February 18, 1930.

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Food trucks, vendors, craft beer and activities for kids filled the Streator Park. The Hardscrabble Lions appreciate their partners: the City of Streator, local Labor Unions, Fire Department, Boy Scouts, WallDogs, and National Honor Society. Funds raised support local and global service.

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Lion Harry Pollitt presented a check for $200 from the Carlinville Lions Club to Blackburn Student Dade Bradley and Professor Dr. Jim Bray of Blackburn College. Bradley presented a program at the Sept. 28 lunch meeting about beekeeping at Blackburn. He, along with other students, manages the care and maintenance of about 27 hives located on the campus and in Hettick. The $200 grant was directed to be used for the bee program.

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For the second year in a row Lions

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held a Fish 'n' Dog Fry in place of the annual Carnival due to Covid-19.

This event replaced our Carnival fundraising except for the sale of Queen Candidate raffle tickets.

Income: $33,931.00 Expenses: $10,091.68 Net Profit: 23,890.32

Lions Queen, generating publicity for the club and the work the club does in the community.

Net profit for 2020: $25,433.47 ---------------------------------------

We are grateful for Queen Gilmore's willingness to go the extra mile for the Carlinville Lions Club.

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October Month’s Cover Photo: Braylee Gilmore, the 2021-22 Lions Queen, plans to travel around the area, attending parades and other town events, as the Carlinville

Lion Ashley Archibee-Hadley plans to get photos of the events that Queen Gilmore attends to share with the club and the local paper.

Lions Clubs International President Douglas Alexander’s logo.

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