“Where there is a need, there is a Lion”

Events of the past month

March 4    Paul Spilseth lead a discussion on poverty in America and comparing it to his experience at a mission hospital in Madagascar in 1968.

March 18     Lion David Wick spoke on “It's Time To ROAR!" 

The discussion was Inspired by a LION Magazine cover from October 2014, on which the question was asked, "So How Will We Celebrate Our Centennial?" He insisted that just as that question was asked three years before Lions Clubs International's centennial in 2017, so should we be asking that question of ourselves three years before our centennial. Further, much of LCI's communication during the centennial year proved it was looking back and celebrating what was while planning for what should be. The centennial celebration was not a finish line but a lap marker. 

Likewise, we have a great history. Let's build a centennial message that captures the attention of our communities and propels the club forward in the face of our contemporary challenges.  In preparation for our centennial, he suggested that we R.O.A.R.!  To build momentum for our celebration and to ensure success beyond it, we need to Recruit, Orient, Advance, and Retain new members. We have many great online tools available through Lionsclubs.org, but it is our offline visibility, fun, mentoring, and other relationship-building that brings all things together for lasting benefits to our club and community.

Let's start now to build an outstanding centennial celebration and promote the enduring values of the Stillwater Lions Club.

Coming Events

April 1     District Governor, Cheryl Kelly and her husband Dennis from the Bayport, Afton, Lakeland Lions Club will be our guests to talk with us about our goals and long term intentions.

April 15  To be determined

May 1        President Tom Hollatz has scheduled Secretary of State, Steve Simon, as the speaker for our joint Rotary-Lions Law Day Meeting on May 1.  As Secretary of State, he partners with township, city, and county officials to organize elections on behalf of Minnesota’s nearly four million eligible voters, and to ensure that the election system is fair.

Picnics and Summer Tuesdays

The Board discussed having 3 picnics in the upcoming summer season.  There will be no picnic in June this year.  The dates are July 15, August 19, and September 16.   We will again staff two Summer Tuesdays selling water and soda.

Scholarships

The scholarship committee composed of Jim McKinney, Larry Coleman and Tom Hollatz received 35 applications for our two scholarships that will be giving to graduating seniors from Stillwater High School.  The committee felt that there were 3 outstanding applicants for the 2 scholarships, so they got together and decided to offer a 3rd scholarship and funded it from the committee.

Thoughts from Jim McKinney

“50th anniversary in 4 years: the more I think about it, the more I feel we should acknowledge the individual contributions of members in our history. I think there are probably quite a few, but only a few come to mind immediately. I think of the late John Baird and his relentless pursuit of eyeglasses, and the late Bill McDonald and John Rheinberger for their work on the history of the Lions Club, published in 2007. Tom Warth has generated world renown for his founding of Books for Africa.”