MEETING DATE – Thursday, June 13, 2013

MEETING PLACE - Minnesota Military Museum Bus Trip

MEETING TIME - Bus will leave the Eagles Club at 5:30 p.m.

MEETING CHAIRPERSON - Lion Jim Albers

GREETERS - All St. Cloud Lions

Lion Jim Albers has arranged a bus trip to the Minnesota Military Museum located at Camp Ripley. Permanent exhibits include America at War, Forts on the Frontier, State Forces, The Arms Room, Story of the Jeep, a tribute to Minnesotans that have received the Medal of Honor, and Outdoor Exhibits. Nowhere in Minnesota are the experiences of military men and women so vividly captured and interpreted as in the Minnesota Military Museum. BYOB for the bus ride. Lion Moe will be setting us up with ice, pop, and beer. Dinner is included. Please RSVP to Lion Jim at 252-6615 or 249-3113 if you did not sign up at the last meeting.

MEETING DATE – Thursday, June 27, 2013

MEETING PLACE - Lions Park Shelter on County Road 137

MEETING TIME - 5:30 Social - 6:30 Dinner

MEETING CHAIRPERSON - Lion John Schiel

GREETERS - Lions Pauly and Clarence Oehrlein

Tonight we will be inducting our officers for the 2013-2014 Lions year. This is a good time to show our support for the leaders of our club, and wish them well as they enter into the new year. Lion President-Elect John Hotz will be serving as president for a second time. His first term was in 2001-2002. Lion Mike Evans will be serving a sixth year as secretary, and Lion Harold Zosel will be serving an eleventh full-term as treasurer. With a leadership team like this, they will need all the member help and support they can get. So come on out and help get them off to a good start….

Board Meeting at 5:30.

WE SERVE...

Nearly 1.4 million Lions members in 193 countries and geographic areas answer the needs that challenge the communities of the world. Lions tackle tough problems like blindness, drug abuse prevention and diabetes awareness. Lions members "men and women" provide immediate and sustained relief in time of disaster and offer long-term assistance to those in need. Lions collect over 5.5 million pairs of recycled eyeglasses for distribution in developing countries and treat millions of people to prevent river blindness.

Here are a few of the things that we do locally. The St. Cloud Lions Club...

...has FUND Raising

April: Pancake Breakfast ($3,000+)
December: Christmas Wreath Sale ($6,000+)
On-Going: Charitable Gambling ($80,000+)

...has FUN Raising

June: Area Lions Clubs Golf Outing
July: Family Picnic in the Park
August: SCLC Golf Outing/Steak Fry
Steak Fry with St. Joe Lions
November: Mystery Bus Trip
December: Members Christmas Party
February: 5M-8 Midwinter Convention
On-Going: Programs and Fellowship

...has SERVICE PROJECTS

Adopted Cabin at Camp Friendship

Adopted Highway and Park Cleanups

Assist with City Tree Planting

Diabetes Awareness Testing

Leaderdog Puppy Socialization

Collect/Recycle Used Eye Glasses

Provide New Glasses and Hearing Aids for Citizens in Need

Project New Hope

Building Handicap Ramps

Ring Salvation Army Bell at Christmas

...has DONATED Over the Years!!!

Boys and Girls Clubs: $20,000+

Boy Scouts: $40,000+

Camphill Village

Flood Victims

Friendship Ventures

Furnished Eye Glasses

Girl Scouts

Lions Diabetes

Lions District 5M-8 Hearing Foundation

Lions Eye Bank

Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF):

Lions Leaderdog

Lions MAC Center

Lions Park Shelter: $80,000

Lions Peace Poster Contest

Lions Youth Outreach

Mid-Minnesota Eye Clinic

Salvation Army Service Dogs of Minnesota

Volunteer Labor

Waite Park Fire Department

Waite Park Police Department

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES!

June 10 - Lloyd Koprek June 13 - Steve Wischmann

June 13 - Bill Jussila June 22 - Bill Burmeister

COMMUNITY LEADERS

Lions improve the quality of life in their local communities by building parks, supporting hospitals and establishing water treatment programs. For 85 years, whenever there is a need at home or around the world, Lions members are there to help.

INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY NEWSLETTER:

http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/content/news_news_online.shtml

RECYCLED EYEGLASSES "DROP-SITES"

Below is a partial list of locations that old eyeglasses can be dropped off for recycling.

Benson Funeral Home - 1111 25th Ave S, St. Cloud

Billig Opticians - 20 9th Ave N, St. Cloud

Coborn's Grocery Stores

Denny and Kathy's Hardware - Centennial

Gaida Optical - 1545 Northway Drive, St. Cloud

Gentlemen's Quarters - 1001 9th Ave So, St. Cloud

GW Coffee & Tobacco - 21 Wilson Ave NE, St. Cloud

JC Penney Optical - Crossroads

Lantz Optical - 900 St Germain St W, St. Cloud

Lions Park Shelter - (by Bethlehem Lutheran Church)

Marketplace (breakroom)

Pinecone Vision Center - 2380 Troop Drive, Ste 201, Sartell

Plaza Park Bank - Waite Park

Sears Eye Glass Center - Crossroads

Shopko Optical East - 501 Hwy 10 SE, St. Cloud

Shopko Optical West - 4161 2nd St S, St. Cloud

St. Augustine's Church - 442 2nd St. SE, St. Cloud

Vison World - Crossroads

Wal-Mart Eye Center

Wells Fargo Bank - 400 S 1st St., Downtown St. Cloud

Whitney Senior Center - 1529 Northway Drive, St. Cloud

Any Lion Member

WEBSITE: DISTRICT 5M-8:

Check out the District's website for an up-to-date "Calendar of Events" at http://www.lions5m8.org

Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization with more than 1.3 million members in approximately 45,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world.