Single District 10 Lions

Emergency Disaster Grant from LMSF
The Lions of Single District 10 recently applied for and received a $5,000.00 Disaster Assistance grant from the Lions of Michigan Service Foundation (LMSF) to help the residents of the Houghton county area recover from the recent catastrophic rain and flooding in communities of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. On Friday, July 13th, Cabinet Treasurer, Scott Kwarciany and 1st Vice District Governor, Bruce LaBelle, made their second trip to Houghton, Michigan to provide 34 dehumidifiers and 50 Box Fans, which were much needed to remove moisture from residences in the county. The equipment was purchased with $5,000.00 from the LMSF grant and an additional $1,650.00 donated from various Lions Clubs from SD10 and MD11.

In addition, another $3,200.00 was spent purchasing 48 spade shovels, 22 square shovels, 36 rakes and 40 push brooms that were also needed for the cleanup efforts. These additional tools were purchased with $10,000.00 grant money from the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) previously acquired. > click here to view photo gallery

Emergency Disaster Grant from LCIF
The Lions of Single District 10 have received an Emergency Disaster Grant from LCIF to support the Copper Country communities in their recent flood. 2nd Vice District Governor Bruce LaBelle, and Lions from several area clubs were on hand to deliver the needed goods to the area. WE SERVE!! > click here to view photo gallery

Local Lions Rise to The Challenge
White Cane fund-raising campaign Helps Lions those in need
Marquette, Michigan, June 22, 2018 

In 1925 blind-deaf activist Helen Keller challenged the newly formed Lions Club to serve as “Knights of the Blind.” Local Lions from the Chocolay, Skandia, and Marquette Lions Clubs joined together to rise to meet her challenge.  Annually, local Lions Clubs conduct their White Cane fund raiser the week of Flag Day. The clubs want to publicly thank the Marquette Walmart store for hosting this year’s event. Thanks to the generosity of the Walmart patrons, $4200 in bills and coins were donated. “It’s easy to stand out in the rain knowing that every penny donated by the public, goes directly back to help our community,” boasts Marquette Lion Lin Dembowski.”

The Lions White Cane campaign is a national event that originated to raise awareness and funds to help the blind and visually impaired. Known for collecting used eye glasses, providing eye health screenings, and purchasing glasses for those in need, the Lions Club has expanded its mission over its 100-year history.  Local Lions clubs provide financial assistance with hearing aids, support local organizations who feed and clothe those in need, provide educational scholarships, help to arrange emergency medical transportation, and so much more.

With nearly 1.5 million members worldwide, the Lions Club is the largest service organization in the world. Nearly every community in the Upper Peninsula has a local Lions Club. For more information or to find a Lions Club in your area, visit: www.district10lions.org.

Dinner in the Dark sponsored by the Walkersville Leo Club
A Lion family in western Maryland raised their first puppy last year and got their Leos club involved in a fund raiser for Leader Dog. They wanted to raise $2,000. We put them together with a Lion in Waco, Texas who had spearheaded many very successful Dinner in the Darks. Last year the Walkersville Leo Club raised $9,527.13 for Leader Dog during the one night event. I went to this year’s event two weeks ago to give them the first EVER Top Dog Award to a Leos Club (that’s a club giving $5,000+ to our annual fund).
The kids could have been an orthodontist ad—they were smiles ALL NIGHT LONG. The group picture below is the club (they borrowed their bow toes and cummerbunds from the school marching band). The second picture is the “thank you award” they gave to people who helped in the effort (it’s a dinner plate with their Dinner in the Dark logo in the center – one of the students designed it from all of their ideas). The kids, their families and community was AMAZING! They never thought of the phrase “it can’t be done”.

I just received three checks from the Walkersville Leos for $11,718.97!! This is the beauty of Lions, puppy raisers and MIDDLE SCHOOLERS (!) doing great things. I’m so proud of each of them and thank you puppy development for supporting great volunteer puppy raisers near and far!
Cheers,
Beth

Stephenson Lions Club
On Wednesday, May 23rd, the Stephenson High School Seniors held their awards ceremony, during which the Stephenson Lions Club awarded two recipients with $1,000 scholarships. Applicants were to submit an essay demonstrating the importance of community service/volunteer work within their life and explain why they believe such service is important.
Lion Hannah Rice (right) presented the scholarships to LEO Ethan Brown and LEO Paige Thoune, both are members of the Stephenson LEO Club.

As Lions, we all try to live up to our motto, “We Serve”.
Every day around the world, Lions conduct humanitarian acts that we hear of and can help inspire others to do similar actions. With this in mind, I was asked by our District I T Chair, Dayna King, to share some of my experiences of humanitarian medical missions that I have been privileged to be a part of. My name is Joe Baczkowski and have been a member of the Marquette Lions Club the past 30 years. I am retired from a 40+ year career in the medical profession of Orthotics & Prosthetics. I also happen to be a Vietnam Veteran of the US Army. Click here to read complete article

Challenge
PDGGary Klop challenged the District to raise $5000 to be divided between Leader Dogs and Eversight. If they did, the club/person who donated the most could cut his hair. Bark River was the largest donor. The total raised was $7500!
LeeRowe

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