Newsletter Editor
Lion Jessie Hickman
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| Vol. 04 | October 2002 |
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| District 1-CN Newsletter Newsletter Editor Lion Jessie Hickman e-mail [email protected] |
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| "Vision the Future.... See the Success" |
| District Governor Jim Hall 406 Briarcliff Dr. Waterloo, IL. 62298 618/939-9847, Vice Governor Jim Hauenschild 11436 Schlichter Rd. Mascoutah, IL 62258 618/566-9503, Trustee Bill McKinney 2305 Marine Rd. Highland, IL 62246 618/644-5803, Cabinet Secretary & Treasurer Ted & Glenda Turner 305 N. Third St. New Baden, IL.62265 618/588-4620 |
 From the Governor's DeskSharing and caring..these words or derivatives of them like share and care are words that have been used by many at many times. It is interesting how many ways I see them used in conjunction with our work as Lions. This month many Lions will be participating in Lions Candy Day. Lions will be "sharing" their candy, free of charge with their community, showing them one of the many ways they "care" for the vision and hearing impaired. In return, we hope these individuals will share a dollar or two of theirs with us because they too "care" about projects Lions support.
Speaking of projects that your Foundation supports, this years Board of Trustees (which includes this Governor) unanimously voted to increase this years budget for the Foundation by $30,000. This increase will be primarily used to increase the number of Low Vision screenings conducted this year. However, this increase has to be raised for the screenings to be a reality. One way of doing this would be to see an increase in the amount each club sends to the Foundation from this years Candy Day collections. I ask that your club considers increasing the "share" that you give to the Foundation this year because you too "care" about the kids that will benefit from your club's generosity. I hope everyone has a successful and safe Candy Day.
"We Serve" because we care! Governor Jim Hall
Attention All Clubs --- Please book your
Governor's Night visit as soon as possible Request for District Governor Visit Club Name_________________________ Contact Person______________________ Address_____________________________________________ Phone Number____________________Fax
Number___________________________ Date (1st Choice)______________(2nd
Choice)_____________(3rd Choice)____________ Location of Governor's Night visit &
directions if required___________________________________ Please mail back to Governor Jim ASAP “Leadership”-Planning
for a Successful Lion Experience" You are a Lion in a
Leadership role, or you would probably not be reading this
article on Leadership. Busy with family and/or job
responsibilities you need a strategy to succeed in life. One
widely successful strategy is: The subject of planning is
too broad to be covered in one short article. So, you’re
getting the What Goes Into A GOOD Plan part
of the subject. All plans, whether for Lions or for launching a
spacecraft, have the following elements. Will these eight make you
a better leader? If you make ‘planning’ part of your
leadership style and you use these steps, YES! Ask yourself this
question: “Don’t I look at a good road map when I start
out on a trip to an unfamiliar place?” Doing so will
probably eliminates some wasted time on a wrong road. This is
what a PLAN can do for your Lions activity. Remember: Use your Zone
Chairman and/or District 1-CN Cabinet Member PDG Jerry Clemens,
District Leadership Chairman USED EYEGLASS
COLLECTION Visually
handicapped people all over the world benefit, free of
charge, from the Used Eyeglass Collection Program of Illinois
Lions Clubs. More than
250,000 pairs of glasses are collected annually. These are
glasses which might otherwise be discarded. Boxes, for the
collection of these glasses, are available at various stores,
businesses and offices throughout the state. When the
containers are full, they are picked up by the local Lions
Clubs and shipped to drop off sites where they are sorted. Under Federal
Government restrictions, gold and other metals are not
allowed to leave the United States, therefore, the gold and
metals are sold. Funds from the sale of these frames help pay
for the Used Eyeglass Program and for the other humanitarian
services. The glasses are
graded and analyzed and the Lion volunteers help wrap them
for shipment to several agencies for redistribution to
poverty areas in Central and South America. Once the glasses
arrive in the various foreign countries, trained doctors and
technicians examine patients and provide them with
prescription glasses. If you have any
used eyeglasses that you would like to donate to this
worthwhile cause, call the Lions of Illinois Foundation at
1-800-955-5466 to find the nearest drop off site. Help someone to
see!! SHIPMENT OF GLASSES All glasses in
any condition should be shipped by U.P.S. or dropped off at
the Lions of Illinois Foundation drop off sites. Glasses,
frames, lenses, sunglasses and cases are accepted. DO NOT SHIP
IN THE USED EYEGLASS COLLECTION BOXES !!! Empty glasses
into another shipping box before mailing. For
more information on used eyeglass collection, please contact us. Diabetes
Awareness Isn’t that in April? Fellow Lions, I am new to the Diabetes Awareness, but I am
learning a lot! Did you know that in the United States alone
there are 10.5 million persons with diabetes? More importantly,
there are 5.5 million persons that have diabetes and aren’t
even aware of it! What is one of the most common side effect of
diabetes? Diabetic Retinopathy is the number one cause of blindness
in the world! How does that affect the Lions?
We’re all aware of our Candy Day efforts. Most of us stand
out on the street corner rain or shine to collect money from our
very generous community members. We collect Candy Day money to
help sponsor our programs to the improve the lives of our blind
and low vision neighbors. But Diabetes Awareness education
can identify persons with diabetes and get them into medical
programs that will PREVENT blindness due to diabetic retinopathy.
The best cure for any disease is prevention. The more we talk
about diabetes and inform our communities about the danger of
diabetes, the more blindness we can prevent. There’s a
saying that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It
really applies here. Get your Diabetes Awareness
Committee chair motivated to start spreading the word. There are
materials available to help write articles for publishing in the
newspaper. Get out the Test Strips that you hand out on Diabetes
Awareness Day in April, and make them available for every
function you sponsor. Give them to your local churches to include
in their newsletter or bulletins. Offer to talk to community
groups about the dangers of untreated diabetes -- it causes
blindness!! Untreatable, irreversible blindness! And finally, make sure you
sponsor a Diabetes Awareness Day this Spring. There are two
benefits to this day 60% of the money collected goes
to the American Diabetes Association for research and education.
40% goes to the Lions of Illinois Foundation to fund the mobile
diabetic retinopathy detection program that comes to your
community. It’s another method to detect diabetes early,
while it’s still treatable. Don’t wait until April to
discuss Diabetes Awareness. Get started now! If I can help I any
way: providing materials, Test Strips, or coming to talk to your
club please call me (618) 537-2823 or email me ([email protected]). Together
We Serve. Wabash Region
ATTENTION ALL CLUB PRESIDENTS AND PEACE
POSTER CHAIRMEN. Lions Clubs International recently advised that
District Governors no longer have the discretion to change any of
the Peace Poster rules in effect prior to the District judging of
posters. Therefore, if a club provides a kit to multiple schools,
each would be considered a contest, and the club must submit a
winning poster from each school. Clubs should continue with their
program, judge the entries, select winners and forward one
winning poster from each contest (or kit distributed) to Governor
Hall to arrive NLT Oct 26 02 or you may deliver
the poster(s) to the Cabinet Meeting at Central City
prior to 9 AM on Oct 27. The Governors do have the right
to change the judging date within their district as they see fit.
In order to provide additional time for the district judging
Governor Hall changed the due date for posters to arrive from Nov
15 to Oct 27 02. Questions may be addressed to District Peace
Poster Chairman Gene Laux at (618) 588-4465. ATTENTION ALL CABINET MEMBERS.......Next
Cabinet Meeting will be held at Central City Lions building on Oct
27 starting promptly at 9 AM. Written
reports will be required. Please forward a copy of your report to
arrive NLT Oct 21 so I can make copies for the
meeting. Send reports to: Cab Sec Ted Turner, 305 N
Third St., New Baden, IL 62265-1120 or e-mail to [email protected]. THANKS Lion Ted Northwest Region Govoners Tid Bits Share the Newsletter! The contents of the District 1-CN
Newsletter are meant to keep Lions and Lioness informed about
what is happening in their District. It is imperative that the
designate that receives the newsletter for each club
"shares" it with the members in their club. Club
presidents need to review each newsletter and disseminate the
information that is relevant to their club and it's members. I
would hope that all clubs encourage their members to read each
newsletter, whether it is by passing it around or read out loud
at club meetings or by going to the District's web site at
www.geocities.com/district1cn. If your club has an
"announcement" that it wants to "share" with
the District, please send it to newsletter editor Jessie Hickman
at 1443 Queeny Ave., Sauget, Il 62206 or e-mail him at [email protected]. State Secretary/Treasurer Resignation On September 17th, the Governors
of MD-1 received an e-mail from Lion Wendy L. Sinnock advising
that recent events demand that she resign from Lions of Illinois
as State Secretary/Treasurer effective December 6, 2002. The
Governor's had been advised earlier by Lion Sinnock that she
would not seek renewal of her contract this year (which ends Dec.
6th). The Executive Council attempted to change the mind of Lion
Wendy, obviously with no luck, in efforts of keeping her as state
secretary/treasurer. Lion Wendy has had her hands full
at the State Office, doing the tasks of two people (we still have
not been able to hire someone to fill the position of
"office worker" that she vacated when she became State
Secretary). Although not perfect, she has put in many of her own
hours to make sure the Lions of Illinois were taken care of. For
this we all owe her a lot of thanks and should wish her well in
her future endeavors. In light of Lion Sinnock's
resignation, the following job announcement is being circulated: Lions of Illinois, Inc. is
currently seeking applicants for the position of State
Secretary-Treasurer. Applicant needs to be self-motivated,
demonstrate good communication and strong organization skills.
Travel required, weekends included. Job duties included but are
not limited to: recording of meetings minutes, bookkeeping using
QuickBooks Pro, work with committees as required, assistance with
meeting and convention planning. Proficiency in Microsoft Word,
Excel, and QuickBooks Pro a must. Send resume no later than
October 17, 2002 to: Council Chairman Eric Fenton 909 N. Broadway, Carlinville, Il
62626 fax: 217-854-7557 Monthly Membership Reports
(MMR) Lions International requires that
all club secretaries turn in the MMR reports for their club by
the tenth of the following month (i.e. your September report is
due at International by October 10th). You should also be sending
me the copy that is marked District Governor at the same time. If
you don't send in your reports by the 10th, International
requires that I contact each club, find out why the reports were
not submitted, and report back to them by the 17th of the month
with what actions this Governor took to obtain the delinquent
reports. Please secretaries, help me out by sending International
and myself the MMR's prior to the 10th of each month. I would
certainly appreciate it. Also please do not forget to fill in the
month and year (located on the left side of the form just above
the black box that starts out with NOTE). If you have any
questions regarding the filling out of the MMR or other required
forms, please contact me or your zone chairman. Thanks! Gov. Jim Lions Orientation CD and
Cassette Now Available As a partner-in-service project,
First Lady Connie Artman of District 1-K is selling an audio
compact disc (CD) that is a narrative of the history of Lions
Clubs International, Lions of Illinois, and the Lions of Illinois
Foundation. The CD , written and narrated by Lion Jason M.
Artman, contains 12 tracts and is about 33 minutes long. Each CD
sells for $8 and can be ordered by calling (815) 673-1648 or
sending an e-mail to cjmpa@udnetnet. Similarly, First Lady Judy
Fenton of District 1-G is selling a cassette tape discussing the
history of Lions International. Shorter in length than the above
CD, it sells for $5 each. Tapes can be ordered by calling (217)
854-2517 or sending an e-mail to [email protected]. I think
each club would benefit by owning a copy of this CD and cassette
and using it in the orientation of their new members. Gov. Jim Govoners Travels Oct 3 Wabash Region Meeting,
Fairfield Oct 12 Mt. Carmel 50th Anniversary |