Informer-Nov-Part 1

NOVEMBER 2012

November 2012 Volume 10 Issue 5

Greetings 5M5 Lions, This issue of the Informer is dedi-

cated to the upcoming Midwinter

Convention to be held on January 11

-13, 2013 at the Bloomington

Doubletree Hotel. Plans for the con-

vention are progressing smoothly.

Our international guests will be ID

Joe Al Picone and his wife, Lion

Merle, from Texas. I've had the

pleasure of visiting with ID Joe and

Merle three times in the past nine

months. District 5M5 is quite fortu-

nate as ID Joe is a terrific speaker

with a stimulating message for our

members.

I'm also pleased to announce that the

Hamel Lions Club has arranged for

the Zuhrah Shriners Flames Orches-

tra to perform for us on Saturday

evening following the Awards Ban-

quet. The Flames will perform from

8 PM to 11 PM in the courtyard next

to the pool and our hospitality

rooms. So even if you do not plan

on attending the banquet, please

come for the entertainment. Remem-

ber that our hospitality rooms will

be judged on both Friday and Satur-

day nights this year. The 17-piece

Flames Orchestra is known for their

swing renditions of Glenn Miller,

Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman,

and other popular bands. I've en-

couraged them to add some German

themed songs to their repertoire as

well.

Here's a convention checklist for

you and your club:

Has your club reserved your hos-

pitality rooms?

Have you reserved your sleeping

rooms?

Have you ordered your meal

tickets?

Has your club submitted delegate

information to Cabinet Secre-

tary Lorraine Shinnick?

Have you nominated a “John

Lutter” Award recipient?

Have you nominated an

“Everyday Hero” Award re-

cipient? We are making every

attempt to make our Saturday

night award presentations a

special evening for our award

recipients. Please help us by

submitting your nominations

early.

Have you provided the requested

information and photo to the

Memorial Service Committee

(Lion Fred Jensen) for those

Lions who have passed since

the last convention? Lion

Leon Miller has added an

online method to the 5M5

Let Me Be Brave in the Attempt

Governor Dave Reach

Inside:

5M-5 Calendar

1st Vice District Governor Lion Sonjia Wagner

Request Forms

NOVEMBER 2012 NOVEMBER 2012

website to easily submit your information

and photo. Again, please submit the infor-

mation now.

Has your club begun to consider your contri-

butions to the “Parade of Green”?

Each month this year, I have been writing about

International President Wayne Madden’s Global

Service Action programs and initiatives including

the Reading Action Program. Has your club

started a Reading Action Program for your com-

munity or schools? The Hennepin County Library

Foundation has given the 5M5 Lions Clubs three

interesting ways to participate. See the flyer in

this issue for additional details. We have an All

Zone meeting on Monday, November 12. Club

officers, please be prepared to tell the zone meet-

ing participants what your club is doing for the

Reading Action Program. Also remember that De-

cember / January Global Service Action program

is “Relieving the Hunger!!”. Let's do our best to

help our food shelves with cash and food dona-

tions.

Lion Lucia and I would like to wish all of our

5M5 friends a Happy Thanksgiving. We count

you among our many blessings. We thank our

Lion friends for the outstanding work they do in

each of their communities.

In a world of service… District Governor Dave Reach

Congratulations to July 2011 – June 2012 5M5

Helen Keller Award Recipients.

Patricia Apold

Tom Baer

Carole Brunello

Bob Carling

David Coates

Shirley Femling

Bob Gallus

Nov 1—Rogers Club Visit

Nov 2-Mpls Ft Snelling Lions Spaghetti Din Nov 3-Brklyn Pk Lady Lions Style Show

Nov 4 –Club Excellence Training Nov 4-Guiding Lion Training

Nov 4-Brklyn Ctr Lions Waffle Breakfast Nov 6-Corcoran Lions Club Visit

Nov 7-Camden Lions Spaghetti Dinner Nov 8-Salvation Army Bell Ringing Kick-off

Nov 10-Maple Grove Lions Craft Show Nov 10-CanDoCanines-Fetching Ball Event

Nov 11-Plymouth Lions Waffle Breakfast Nov 11-Wayzata Lions Waffle Breakfast

Nov 12-All Zone Meeting-Poor Richards

Nov 20-SEA School Playground Project, Golden Valley Lions

Nov 22-THANKSGIVING Nov 28-Brklyn Pk Lady Lions Club Visit

Dec 3-Holiday Eve Event-St Louis Pk Lions

Dec 4-Maple Grove Lions Club Visit Dec 8-Dayton Lions Pancake Breakfast

Dec 20-Robbinsdale Lions Club Party

Howard Givens

Jerome Gmach

Jack Guggisberg

Don Hall

Nancy Holden

Paul Huo

James Kienitz


NEW DISTRICT WEBSITE INFOR-

MATION GO TO

WWW.5m5Lions.org If you don’t

you will never know what you

missed!!

May 3/5, 2013—94th Annual Mul-

tiple District 5M Convention—Mayo

Civic Center—Rochester, MN—

hosted by the Rochester Lions

Greetings fellow Lions,

The Mid-Winter Conven-tion is just around the

corner and we are looking

forward to having a won-derful time. There is so

much to take in and en-joy I hope all of you are

planning to make it to Bloomington to celebrate

your Lions District. There will be the Friday and Saturday eve-

ning Hospitality Rooms but this year there is

a little twist…J We invite all of you upon ar-

rival at the convention to stop by and pick

up your “PASSPORT TO HOSPITALITY” - you

will need this card to travel around the Hos-

pitality Rooms and get your “stamp” for

each room you visit. There will also be a

“secret Hospitality Room” stamp that you

will need to have on your passport to be eli-

gible for a drawing. (The secret will not be

divulged under any circumstances!) We will

continue to update you with more informa-

tion as we get closer to the convention.

Happy Travels!

Yours in Service,

Lion Sonjia

First Vice District Governor


JOE AL PICONE

INTERNATIONAL DIREC-

TOR Joe Al Picone, from Brenham,

Texas USA, was elected to serve a

two-year term as a director of The

International Association of Lions

Clubs at the association’s 94th In-

ternational Convention, held in Seattle, Washington,

USA, July 4-8, 2011.

Director Picone is the President and CEO of the Blinn

College Foundation.

A member of the Brenham Evening Lions Club, and a

Lion since 1966, he has held many offices within the as-

sociation, including club president, district governor,

council chair, state membership chair and state Campus

Club chair. He also served as a member of the host com-

mittee for the Ft. Worth, Texas Forum, chair of the

Texas Lions Long-Range Planning Committee, chair of

the Texas Lions Camp by-laws committee and president

of the Past District Governors Association.

In recognition of his service to the association, he has

received numerous awards including the 100% District

Governor Award, Harry Reasonover Award, two Inter-

national President’s Certificates of Appreciation, two

International President’s medals, an International Presi-

dent’s Leadership Award, the Supreme Extension

Award, an International Key Award and the Ambassador

of Goodwill Award, the highest honor the association

gives to its members. He was also inducted into the

Texas Lions Hall of Fame and is a Progressive Melvin

Jones Fellow.

In addition to his Lions activities, Director Picone is ac-

tive in numerous professional and community organiza-

tions, including serving as chair of a city Planning and

Zoning Commission. He has also served as president of

the Board of City Development, the Washington County

Chamber of Commerce and local March of Dimes and

United Way organizations. He was inducted into the

Brenham High School Hall of Fame and the Blinn Col-

lege Hall of Fame. He has received numerous honors,

including the Washington County Man of the Year

Award and being named to the Phi Theta Kappa Interna-

tional Hall of Honor and the Brenham Maifest Hall of

Fame.

Director Picone and his wife, Merle, also a Lion, have

two sons and one granddaughter.

R-07/11

This is what you missed by not

attending “The Mpls. Riverview

50th anniver-

sary………. Aren’t

you curious????

NOVEMBER 2012


This ‘n That……………..

The deadline to submit news for the Informer will be always the 20th of the current month for the following month’s issue. Deadline for December issue is November 20th, 2012. Send To: [email protected]

Email changes: [email protected] Julie is our email person for the first half of the clubs A thru L for the In-former Newsletter–

Email changes for clubs M thru Z send to [email protected]

2013 Hamburg, Germany July 5-9

2014 Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 4-8

2015 Honolulu, Hawaii June 26-30

2016 Fukuoka, Japan June 24-28

2017 Chicago, Illinois June 30 - July 4

New Members and Sponsors:

Submit to me the new member

name, the sponsors name and of

course your club name—it will be

published!

CATALINA ROISUM

STEVE GRINDE

RITA WILSON

MARCIA PLASCHKO

RICHFIELD

MAPLE GROVE

MAPLE GROVE

MAPLE GROVE

KAY ELLIOTT

MAUREEN MAJOR

MAUREEN MAJOR

JAN CARIVEAU

Hopkins Lions

74 years old…..11/28/38

New Hope Lions

59 years old…..11/29/53

Mpls Hiawatha Lions

57 years old…..11/15/55

Plymouth Lions

53 years old…..11/11/59

Rogers Lions

36 years old…..11/4/76

Chanhassen Lions

24 years old…..11/21/88

Corcoran Lions

47 years old…..12/1/65

NEW MEMBER CLUB SPONSOR

mailto:[email protected]



I am very proud to announce that the 5M Pin

Traders have a set of 5 school house pins for

sale with ALL the profits going to the LITPC

Scholarship Fund.

The pins are showing schools in 5 different

counties in the State of Minnesota.

Holdingford, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Ottertail

County, MN, Washington County, MN, and Blue

Earth County, MN.

The Lions International Pin Trading Club (LITPC)

started a Scholarship Program last year and

awarded 1 - $2,500 Scholarship to a graduating

senior who was the child or grandchild of a Lion

or mem-ber of a Leo Club.

The most important aspect of the youth scholar-

ship pro-gram is to help a young per-son pursue

his/her education and follow their dreams.

The LITPC and the 5M Pin Traders Club take

GREAT pride in that we are Lions first and pin

traders second and "WE SERVE".

The cost of this 5 pin set is $15 plus $3 postage

and han-dling or $15 if no post-age/handling is

required. Checks can be made out to: 5MPTC

and can set sent to:

Lion Jim Hazeltine (Treasurer, Pin Chairman) 7063-100th Avenue

Clear Lake, MN 55319

[email protected]

320-743-4126

NOVEMBER 2012

Mid-Winter Convention Rules

Proposed Rules for the 5M-5 Mid-Winter Convention

Rule #1 All business shall be conducted or dealt with strictly in accordance with the order of business as out-

lined in the official convention program.

Rule #2 The rules of procedure or any deviation therefore shall not be suspended, added to, or amended except

by a two thirds affirmative vote of the certified delegates present at any session.

Rule #3 Proposed resolutions may not be read from the floor. All non-operating resolutions must be typewritten

and delivered to the Chairman of the Resolutions committee no later than 9:00 AM Saturday.

Rule #4 Regarding speakers, no person exclusive of those who have been assigned set speeches and discussions

shall be allowed to speak more than three (3) minutes on any subject without the consent of the conven-

tion. The number of speakers shall be limited to 3 pro and 3 con.

Rule #5 Any Lion may speak at the convention.

Rule #6 All voting shall be done by certified delegates by showing their delegate cards. All voting for District

Governor, 1st Vice District Governor and 2nd Vice District Governor shall be done by certified delegates

using paper ballots.

Rule #7 All new business shall be considered only at the conclusion of the business schedule for each session.

Rule #8 In the event of a dispute on matters before this convention the ruling of the Parliamentarian shall be fi-

nal.

Rule #9 Robert’s Rules of Order, most recently revised shall govern the convention except where they conflict

with Rules 1 through 8 of this report.

Rule #10 All hospitality rooms shall be closed during the Memorial Service, the Business Session and the semi-

nars.

Rule #11 For District Governor – there shall be a nomination and seconding – the candidate shall have five (5)

minutes to tell about themselves.

Rule #12 For First Vice District Governor – there shall be a nomination and seconding – the candidate shall have

five (5) minutes to tell about themselves.

Rule #13 For Second Vice District Governor – there shall be a nomination and seconding – the candidate shall

have five (5) minutes to tell about themselves.

Rule #14 No demonstration for a single candidate shall exceed five (5) minutes.


Email dinner choices to [email protected]


MN LIONS DIABETES FOUNDATION

Tom Shinnick (Lorraine)

5324 Oliver Ave N

Brooklyn Center, MN 55430-3031

R: 763-560-0273 C: 612-849-4301

E: [email protected]

“Bernie” Braegelmann (Larry Schultz)

13119 Lake Street Extension

Minnetonka, MN 55305

R: 952-938-5741 C: 651-253-6384


We are pleased to announce the Minnesota Lions Diabetes Foundation

Inc. has been successfully established.

Send your checks to:

PDG Tom Shinnick, Chair

5324 Oliver Avenue N.

Brooklyn Center, MN 55430

501(c) 3

The International Diabetes Center (IDC) is no longer holding Lions

Funds. Please do not send the IDC any additional funds until further

notice.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – Specializing in children’s dia-

betes research and treatment.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International

120 Wall Street, 19th Floor

New York, NY 10005

www.jdrf.org

501(c) 3

American Diabetes Association

Minnesota

5100 Gamble Drive, Suite 394

St. Louis Park, MN 55416

Phone: (763) 593-5333, x6592

1-(800) DIABETES (342-2383)

FAX: (952) 582-9000

http://www.diabetes.org

501(c) 3

Camp Needlepoint for children with Diabetes is conducted for two

weeks each August — in conjunction with the American Diabetes Asso-

ciation of Minnesota — serving over 375 youth with resident camp and

day camp experiences. For more information contact cschae-

[email protected]. We recommend you designate your gift for camper

scholarships.

CAMP COURAGE

Jack Hines (Carol)

20055 148th Circle N

Rogers, MN 55374

R: 763-428-2434 C: 612-281-9611

B: 763-428-4321 F: 763-428-8285


Located near Maple Lake, MN, our District has long sponsored many

activities at Camp Courage. Most recently we funded the renovation of a

barn into a handicapped accessible activities center and play area. Our

annual Halloween Party is enjoyed by hundreds of kids and their parents.

Courage Camps

3915 Golden Valley Road

Golden Valley, MN 55422

(763) 520-0504

www.couragecamps.org

501(c) 3

MN LIONS VISION FOUNDATION

Roger Badenhop (Ellie)

4835 Acorn Ridge Road

Minnetonka, MN 55345

R: 952-470-4980 C: 612-839-5634


Kevin Walsh

20711 Holt Ave # 1418

Lakeville, MN 55044

C: 612-810-6075


All checks should be made to “MN Lions Vision Foundation, Inc.” des-

ignating in the memo line that your gift is for the Lions MN Eye Bank,

Children’s Eye Clinic, or the MAC Center.

The Lions MN Eye Bank is a great Lion’s success story making a daily

difference in many people’s lives. The Eye Bank runs the eye tissue

program in the State of Minnesota. Tissues are collected for transplant

and research. The Eye Bank also funds the eyeglass program.

Minnesota Lions Eye Bank

1000 Westgate Drive, Suite 260

St. Paul, MN 55114

(612) 625-5159

www.mnlionseyebank.org

501(c) 3

Children’s Eye Clinic - You may also designate in the memo line that

you wish your contribution to be used for the Children’s Eye Clinic

MAC Center - You may also designate in the memo line that you wish

your contribution to be used for the MAC Center for macular degenera-

tion research.

LIONS MD5M HEARING FOUNDATION

Jim Bremer (Bebe)

16015 46th Ave N

Plymouth, MN 55446

R: 763-559-2550 C: 612-750-2370

B: 763-559-7407


Parade of Checks Info



http://www.jdrf.org

http://www.diabetes.org




http://www.couragecamps.org



http://www.mnlionseyebank.org



Robert Knoll

5200 Winchester Lane N

Brooklyn Center, MN 55429

R: 763-537-7558 C: 612-672-6284


Lions MD5M Hearing Foundation - Cochlear implants, hearing tests,

infant hearing testing, hearing aids, and research are among the many

important works of the Lions Hearing Foundation.

Lions MD5M Hearing Foundation, Inc.

501(c) 3

Send Checks to Dwight

Department of Otolaryngology

396 MMC

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN 55455

Children’s Hearing Center - You may also designate in the memo line

that you wish your contribution to be used for the Children’s Hearing

Center.

CAN DO CANINES

Patrick Heffernan

1516 Barclay Street

St Paul, MN 55106

R: 651-771-2660 C: 651-497-1563


Can Do Canines - The Lions have been supporting this program to

proved pair trained service dogs to people with special hearing or physi-

cal needs.

Can Do Canines

9440 Science Center Drive

New Hope, MN 55428

ph. 763-331-3000

fax 763-331-3009

501(c) 3

Leader Dog

Cabinet Chair

Lion Wade Grantham

(952-470-5156

[email protected]

Leader Dog - Located in Rochester, Michigan, this Lions sponsored

service trains dogs for the visually impaired. The dog recipient attends

Leader Dog, receiving his/her dog and training at no personal cost.

Leader Dogs for the Blind

PO Box 5000

Rochester, MI 48308

(248) 651-9011

www.leaderdog.org

501(c) 3

LCIF

Larry Lindquist

33558 Xenon Drive NW

Princeton, MN 55371

R: 763-389-3269


Lions Clubs International Foundation provides money and services

throughout the world such as fighting river blindness in remote regions

of the world, providing seed money for Diabetes programs, relief for

natural disasters, and for national emergencies such as the World Trade

Center attack. The Melvin Jones Fellow Award is given for contribu-

tions of $1,000.

LCIF

300 W. 22nd St.

Oak Brook, IL 60523-8842

501(c) 3

Lions Leos

Cabinet Chair

Lion Bill Moore

(763) 612-522-0784

Our Leos program has some ancillary costs associated with creating new

clubs, start up money, officer training, etc.

Checks should be made to District 5M-5 with a memo to “Lions Leos”

Not a 501(c) 3

At this time, the district asks to hold donations to Lions Quest but donate

to LEOs or Youth Exchange instead.

Project New Hope of MN, Inc.

Cabinet Co-Chair

Lion Rob Hed

R: 763-694-5994

[email protected]

http://projectnewhope.net/

The Mission is to provide Veterans and their families the education,

training and skills necessary to manage their lives after wartime services.

They do this by offering retreats for the whole family.

Gambling funds can be used to donate to Project New Hope. Make the

check payable to Friendship Ventures and put Project New Hope in the

memo line.

YOUTH EXCHANGE

Brenda Reeves (Michael)

3916 Sunset Rd N

Brooklyn Park, MN 55443

R: 763-390-5777 C: 612-819-1662

B: 612-625-5319 F: 763-432-5053


Kathy and Vern Teichroew

5412 43rd Ave S


R: 612-726-1544 F: 612-726-6228


Youth Exchange - This Lions program has students from all over the

world visiting the United States and vice versa. Checks should be made

to District 5M-5 with a memo to “Youth Exchange”.

Not a 501(c) 3




http://www.leaderdog.org



http://projectnewhope.net/




Special Olympics Minnesota

Cabinet Co-Chair

Lion Jim Cain

(612) 521-1903

Cabinet Co-Chair

Lion Ray Moonen

(952) 926-3166

Special Olympics MN - The 5M-5 Lions have been helping Special

Olympics with their Healthy Athletes program at the State Competitions

at the University of MN. We incur some miscellaneous expenses that

are not in the District’s budget.

Checks can be made to Special Olympics MN.

Special Olympics Minnesota

100 Washington Avenue S., Suite 550


612-333-0999 or

toll-free: 800-783-7732

Fax: 612-333-8782

www.specialolympicsminnesota.org

501(c) 3

http://www.specialolympicsminnesota.org

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