Calumet City Lions Club

Illinois - United States

1939  -   (Our 79th year of Community Service)  -  2019

          SEPTEMBER

 Roarin' Cal

Welcome Back! Welcome Back!  Welcome Back!

     And welcome to another great year of Lionism. We'll kick off our 79th/80th year of Community Service at the first General Meeting on TUESDAY, SEPT. 10  at the Lansing K of C beginning at 6:30 p.m. Make plans to join President Katie Keilman and the gang for an evening of great food, great friends, great fun!   

      ***  We'll need lots of helping hands to make our 66th annual Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, Oct. 6, a "roaring" success. Can we count on YOU?

      ***  Congrats to newly elected Lions International Director  BOB BLOCK.

Way to go!   Awesome!   Fantastic!    Neat!   Cool!    Dy-no-mite!

And The Winners Are:

   The annual $20,000 Raffle was held at the Lansing K of C on Friday, May 10. Congrats and many thanks to Chairman Steve Drew and all Lions who helped make our major fund-raiser another "roaring" success. All 500 tickets were sold  - ensuring that we have the funds available to help those in need during the upcoming year.

   Those who are being thrust into a higher tax bracket are:

(1)   $20,000 - Ticket #86 (sold by Lion Tim O'Neill)

(2)     $2,000 - Ticket #258 (sold by Lion Steve Drew)

(3)     $1,000 - Ticket #45 (sold by Lion Lou Torres)

(4)        $500 - Ticket #317 (sold by Lion Steve Drew)

(5)        $250 - Ticket #39 (sold by Lion Bob Schneider)

(6)         $250 - Ticket #17 (sold by Lion Lou Torres)

(7)         $200 - Ticket #351 (sold by Lion Tim O'Neill)

(8)         $200 - Ticket #46 (sold by Lion Paul Krueger)

(9)          $200 - Ticket #498 (sold by Lion Steve Drew)

(10)        $200 - Ticket #61 (sold by Lion John Kasperek)

  The winner of the First Early Bird Drawing (Ticket #416) was sold by Lion Paul Krueger.  The Second Early Bird winner ($1,000) was ticket #495 sold by Lion Steve Drew.  

Club leaders installed 

     The club's new leaders were formally installed during the annual dinner at Flossmoor Station. The new officers are:

President - Katie Keilman; 1st Vice President - Maria Valencia; 2nd Vice President - Ashley Houlihan; Secretary - Colleen Schutz; Treasurer - Robert Hubbird; Tail Twister - Socorro Evans; Lion Tamer - John Boehm; Directors - Steve Drew, Dennis Halloran; Larry Morrison; Steve Sikorski; Past President - Krista Boehm. 

   Congratulations to all who were recognized during our Awards Night on Tuesday, May 14, at the K of C.  Annual scholarships were presented to deserving students and local educators and community servants were thanked for all their efforts to help make the community a better place to be. It was a very special evening for all in attendance. 

        A very warm welcome to our newest members, Lions Jackie Labahn and John Link, who recently joined our ranks. Be sure to make them feel right at home at the next club event!!  Yes, we're really on a roll! 

    WE SERVE 

    Such simple words, but together they function as the core motive of the Calumet City Lions Club. Last year I had the privilege of participating in several of the service events our club offers and saw firsthand the impact that the Calumet City Lions Club has on the community in which it serves. One of the best things I have done is accept an invitation by my friend, Lion Christa Kelly, to join this organization. There is no greater, fun-loving group of people out there and I am grateful to be a part of the Calumet City Lions Club!

     Lion Krista Boehm

      Past President

Food for Thought

  The third Community Meal at St. Victor's was held on Sunday, April 21. Lions served a delicious Easter dinner and helped make the holiday a happy one for many deserving hungry area residents. It was a very heart-warming and rewarding experience.

            A "Tourney FORE Sight"

What a great day of fun in the sun. Lion Chuck's second annual "Tourney FORE Sight" was a huge success, thanks to lots of hard work and pre-planning and a host of volunteers. Sighted and visually-challenged golfers tackled a nine-hole layout at Lincoln Oaks with varying degrees of success. They got to know each other a little better and learned how to ask for help and how to provide assist-ance. It was a win-win! Check out the video by clicking on the link below:

https://www.magisto.com/video/K1VFOQcXQDUxRAZpYw?c=o&l=vsm&o=a

 In other news . . . 

Want to learn more about Lionism?  Click on this link (and, don't blink). You may recognize some Cal City Lions at the bottom right in the opening scene at the Art Institute!  

Go to --  http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/news-media/videos/centennial.php

Well done! Fellow Lions!

 

Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization with more than 1.4 million members in approximately 46,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world.