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Volume Volume No. 35No. - Issue 32 -No. Issue 3 No. 2 September 2013 District 1-J Journal Home of Lionism Another way to strengthen your club is to check in with those members that haven’t Planting the come to a meeting in a while. Call them and encourage them to stay involved. Your Seed for the club will reap the harvest if you nurture what you have sown. Future!! In conclusion, I look forward to visiting each and every club this year, and I also want to thank each and every Lion for his/her help and support in making our district Fellow Lions, as we go through the year, I hope you will the strongest in Illinois. follow your dreams just like our International President Lion Barry Palmer. I hope each and every Club President has set his or her goals and has a plan for achieving Lion Mario Gumino, District 1-J Governor them throughout the year. As you and your club see your goals being accomplished through the year, this will make your club stronger and will also make our dis- trict much stronger than ever before. As I follow my dreams and goals I will need your help as we “plant the seed for the future.” One of the ways we can make our district stronger is to work on our clubs’ Orientation Program. Orientation of a new member is the first important step in club growth, so let’s make sure when you do your orienta- tion, you explain what you expect from the new pro- spective member so that individual knows whether or not your club is a good fit for them. Also, when the new Lion joins, make sure the sponsoring Lion mentors the new Lion for the next year to help the Lion succeed in your club. With a good orientation program, your club will prosper and will improve greatly. With the improvement in club Not only did Governor Mario get to throw out the first pitch at retention, our district will become even stronger than it the Cougars/Peoria Chiefs game on Monday, September 2, but has been in the past. he got his picture taken with the team’s mascot, Ozzie. INSIDE F.Y.I. ..................................... 2 LIF Walk Cancelled This Year .............. 4 Our 1-J Lion Family ................... 11 Kids’ Safety Camp in Elburn ........... 2 A Successful Golf Outing ................... 4 More District PIX ...................... 12 Last Ball Game of the Season ......... 2 Activity Reporting to LCI ................... 4 INSERTS Geneva Lions Having Wit & Wisdom ................................ 4 From the LIF Trustees’ Blotters World-Wide Impact ........... 2 Focus on Service & How We Fund It ... 5-7 Dist. 1-J Environmental News Are You Ready? ......................... 3 Re-Dedication of Lions Park ................ 5 Special Mention in 1-J ................. 3 Club Briefs ................................... 6 The 1-J Journal is posted monthly Trip to Leader Dog ..................... 3 Round the District PIX ...................... 8 on the District 1-J web site Dist. 1-J Directory Changes ........... 4 Lioness Clubs in 1-J ......................... 8 at www.district1jlions.org Generate a Certificate of Insurance . 4 Leo Clubs in 1-J.............................. 8 Look for Lion Pix on the 1-J Website, too Red, White & BBQ Recap .............. 4 What’s Goin’ On in 1-J ................... 10 Kids’ Safety Camp In Elburn F. Y. I. From the Elburn Lions Club Newsletter On August 5th & 6th, the Elburn Leo Club, with some assistance from the GOOD NEWS!! Elburn Lions Club, held a Safety Camp for kids ages Per North Aurora Lion Club Secretary 7-10. Over 30 kids from the Kaneland area attended the 2-day camp. Lion Dennis Martz, Topics covered included: Fire Safety, Railroad Safe- Lion Joyce Davis was released from ty, Bike Safety, 911 Awareness, Roller Skating Safety, Countryside Nursing & Rehab Bullying Awareness, Basic First Aid, and more. by August 21st Courses were taught by volunteers form the Kane and is continuing to heal at home. County Sheriff’s Dept., Elburn & Countryside Fire Lion Jim is getting better each day Protection District, Elburn Police Dept., Operation with his injuiries and we hope Lifesaver, the Barbed Wire Betties and Rockford Rage they both will soon be Roller Derby Teams and many other organizations and as good as ever. volunteers. Funds from the Elburn Days 5K Run/1-Mile Fun Run/Walk go towards funding To Know What’s Going On the Safety Camp. In Lionism Contributed by Fox River Region Reporter The Last Ball Game of the Season PDG Lion Jack Anderson — Contributed by PDG Lion Jim Addington Bookmark the following sites Earlier today I went to the last baseball game of the season. The Lions of for important Lions information: District 1-J were there in force at the invitation of the Kane County Cougars www.district1jlions.org (Look for the to assist the Lions in promoting what we do. There were well over 50 Lions 1-J Journal here as well as forms for and their families in attendance. We had the Lions of Illinois Foundation District events.) Hearing Bus there and screened several folks prior to the game. Governor Mario threw out the first pitch and we were the featured singers for the sev- www.illinoislionsmd1.org (The 1-J enth inning stretch “Take Me Out to the Ball Game. "The idea of promoting Journal will be posted here. Also, the Lions of District 1-J was the idea of Governor Leo Snyder. We received a look for forms for State events here.) grant from Lions International and had an ad in the program book all season. www.lionsofillinoisfoundation.org Some clubs even had information tables set up to pass out the Lions message. (Keep up—to-date with Foundation A lot was done this first year in building our name recognition. There were activities and newsletters.) four different games where the Lions participated. www.lionsclubs.org (Many resources The plan is to apply again for a grant for next year’s season of baseball. We for clubs and individuals, as well as can only make our participation even better. Membership is the key to our articles about Lionism around the continued success. We have all winter to think of other ways to make the world.) partnership with the Kane County Cougars even better. So let PDG Leo or PDG Jim Addington know your ideas as we plan for next year. By the way the Cou- gars won 5-4 on a run in the bottom of the ninth so a good ending to a good 1-J Journal season. is published monthly at 22W424 Teakwood Drive Geneva Lions Club Having World-Wide Impact Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 After Geneva Lion Wendy Dwyer helped individuals in South Sudan, By Africa, form a Lions Club (sponsored by the Geneva Lions Club, USA), District Governor Lion Mario Gumino the club has heard from Lions in Utah, Belgium and other countries. District Secretary There is a video on the Geneva Lions’ website about the new club: Lion Bonnie Bradbury www.genevalionsclub.org District Treasurer Lion Wendy also wrote a Views Column for the Kane County Chronicle Lion Jim Graves which ends with this quote: “As a member with a foot in both communities, I am humbled by citizens in both Geneva and South Newsletter Editor Sudan who selflessly serve others. On the surface, it may appear that Lion Sandy Williams Tel: (630) 858-6308 South Sudan and Geneva are very different, but in our hearts, we are E-mail: skw140@ aol.com very much the same.” September 2013 — 2 —- 1-J Journal Are You Ready? Summer has come and gone. Those “big” summer events are over. I hope that your club had great success in rais- ing funds while, at the same time, raising community Special Mention in 1-J awareness that you DO exist. If all of that happened, Anniversaries in Lionism you truly had a magnificent summer. Wheaton Lions Club 90th Anniversary th The kids in your community have gone back to school. Villa Park Lions Club 90 Anniversary Life is developing a more normal routine. But let’s not Glen Ellyn Lions Club Anniversary Villa Park Lion Dan Hess – 40 years get complacent about this. October 11th and 12th are the dates for this year’s Candy Day. For some clubs, Candy 2012-2013 Environmental Award Day is the largest event of autumn. Sycamore Lions Club As I have asked before, is your club ready? Getting the candy and the aprons is no problem. How about having enough people to cover the intersections, stores, the Lion Year 2012-2013 Clubs of the Year Post Office or other promising locations in and around will be posted in our next issue, your town? If you are unable to “cover all of the bases”, after the 1st Round of Region Meetings think back to those big summer events. Was your club are completed lucky enough to have some non-Lion volunteers help you? If they were willing and able workers, might there be a chance that you could ask them again? They don’t have to work all day, just a few hours. In addition to Candy Day there will be clubs hosting Fall Trip to Leader Dog for the Blind Festivals, Pumpkin Festival in Sycamore, Spaghetti Have you ever been to Leader Dog in Rochester MI? Well, Dinners and other events with autumn in mind. They here is a chance to go with a group. Lions in District 1-D should all be good fun. Here again, does your club have are assembling such a tour. Unfortunately, the trip leaves enough workers? If not, they should consider the possi- from Leaf River (SW of Rockford and west of I-39) no bility of non-Lion volunteers.