In this issue:

Lion of Month 2

Blue-Gold

Tailgate party

3

FVDG Message 4

SVDG Message 4

Lions Clubs International District 22-D

June 2014 Volume 1, Issue 12

Message from Mary Lee

Serving the Millponds of Delaware

Convention photos 5

Club News 6

Memorial Day

Parade

10

Banner Transfer

form

11

Hello Lions, Lioness, Leos of 22 D - and any guest reading this missive!!

My FINAL newsletter as District Governor! Where has this year gone? We have had a good run -

a successful year in many areas:

Increase in Women Members - we went from 27% a year ago to 31% current. At least our

district met IP Palmer's dream! Good Work!

New Club - with the charter (April 25) of DSU Campus Club - we are now BACK to 35. We

need to continue to find areas to 'plant' new clubs. Let me know if you have any ideas - since

this will be my job for the next 3 years!

Food collection - We collectively have donated to the Food Bank and to our local food closets,

PLUS who knows how many pounds of food clubs gave at Christmas, Thanksgiving, and on as

needed basis in their own communities.

Youth - as I read your reports - it continues to amaze me the number of scout troops, and little

leagues we serve. And what is truly phenomenal is the dollars given in scholarships. I have

quit adding - $50,000 statewide - and know it surpasses that!!

Veterans, several clubs have recruited veterans as new members - and all clubs recognize our

Vets on a regular basis. A shout out to Lion Stanley Lawruk of Wilmington Manor who was

given positive press in the News Journal on June 6. Lion Stan was a top turret gunner on a

Flying Fortress during World War II and had a bird's eye view of the D-Day invasion. He said

in the article "I saw all the ships go across the channel. " To all our Veterans - especially those

from World War II - I say a heartfelt THANK YOU!

Mark your calendar for September 13,2014 for a WALK FOR A

HEALTHY COMMUNITY. If you are able to walk this event

(some will be at USA/Canada Forum), please contact Lion Janet

Berry at the Delaware Association for the Blind (DAB). DAB will

benefit from this event. It will be held in Bellevue State Park,

Wilmington beginning at 7:45 A.M. Janet will be happy to send you

information: jberry@dabdel.org,

My final comment on millponds is this - without them we would not

be the great state we are today. Water power ground corn or wheat

for meals, was used to produce gun powder, make paper, and saw

lumber to make homes and businesses. When I think about it - our

ancestors had a 'GREEN, CLEAN’ way to run their businesses!

Ecologically they were ahead of us - using resources like wind and

water! If you need someplace to take the family this summer -

check the schedules of Abbotts Mill in Milford or Greenbanks Mill

in Wilmington - and see mills as they were! Off my soap box!

Looking to the future - we need to continue to 'involve a friend'

when doing our service projects - then inviting that friend to be a

Lion - rather than the other way around. We need to be more

visible in our community by wearing our club vests or shirts, when

doing white cane or vision days. And we need to continue to

SERVE where ever and when ever we can!

DG Mary Lee Continued on page 2

June 1st at Camp Barnes DG

Mary Lee presented the "LEO of

the Year Award" (2013-2014) to

Indian River HS LEO Caroline

Lingenfelter for her consistent & excellent service over recent

years to her LEO Club, the

Fenwick Island LC and the

communities they serve.

Mail Delivery

Form

12

US/Canada Forum

Info

13

Ads 14

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Lion of the Month

District Bulletin Editor Lynn

Kroesen. Lion Lynn has been

a god-send to me with her

publishing skills - making sure

this missive is out timely

each month, gathering data

from the clubs - and making it

fit. In addition she has helped Lion Jay with his du-

ties as Cabinet Secretary. As a special thank you,

Lion Lynn will be receiving a Life Membership in the

LEBDV from me. THANK YOU LYNN!!

From the Desk of the Editor/Publisher

Lion Lynn Kroesen

BeLionLynn@gmail.com

My year as your newsletter editor has come to an end. It has been a pleasure serving the Lions of this district

in this way. I want to Thank the all the Lions who so faithfully sent me their club newsletters, ads and articles

about what their clubs were doing. I want to especially thank those who sent me pictures from the many

special events happening around the district: Lion Bob Pierson, PDG Bob Daniels, PDG Bob Jones and Lion

Marie Chew. I really appreciated all those who sent e-mails of praise and thanks after each issue or stopped

and told me how much they enjoyed the newsletter. For me that was the best kind of appreciation and

recognition.

Lion Sheila Schieferstein will be taking over as editor with the July issue. Please send your newsletters, arti-

cles, ads and pictures to her at besheilann@gmail.com.

From Lions Website - because sometime we forget where we came from - and what our Mission/Vision has always been

- Sight, Hearing and Youth! DG MLP

In 1917, Melvin Jones, a 38-year-old Chicago business leader, told members of his local business club they should reach beyond business issues and address the betterment of their communities and the world. Jones' group, the Business Circle of

Chicago, agreed.

After contacting similar groups around the United States, an organizational meeting was held on June 7, 1917, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The new group took the name of one of the invited groups, the "Association of Lions Clubs," and a national

convention was held in Dallas, Texas, USA in October of that year. A constitution, by-laws, objects and a code of ethics were

approved.

Within three years, Lions became an international organization. Since then, we've earned high marks for both integrity and

transparency. We're a well-run organization with a steady vision, a clear mission, and a long – and proud – history.

To all of you - many more than I could ever mention - all

are Lions of the month and unsung heroes in my book. Just

to mention a few without names - I have heard of Lions

who delivered food and supplies to recent victims of the

tornado in Kent County, of others who drive blind people to

meetings and appointments - throughout the state, and of

others who take money out of their own pocket to help

those in need when their club can't! You are all heroes -

everyday in every way.

Heroes Among Us

Miracles Around Us

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DG To Host Tail Gate Party

The Blue Gold Game will be on June 21 at the U of D stadi-

um. Tradition has the 'departing' District Governor as the host for the tail gate.

Millsboro Lions will provide Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, (Rolls,

condiments), Chips, Sodas for all who visit our area.

Lions who attend are encouraged to bring your own lawn chairs, and any other snacks you may want to share during the hours

preceding the game. The game begins at 7 pm with festivities start-

ing around 6 pm in the stadium. Set up by NCH Lions of the tent will be noonish. Brookside LC will once again provide their trailer

for the cooking of the food. They too will arrive around

noon. Most 'tailgaters' arrived last year around 1:30 - that sounds

reasonable to me! Come enjoy the fellowship of Lions, meet some of the others who attend, and visit the other tents in the area. If your

club has a brochure - please bring some. I am taking a small table

and a basket to put these brochures and membership applications in - for any 'visitors' to the tent. I also will have my clubs 'welcome'

banner to tie to tent. Any other suggestions are appreciated.

Mary Lee Phillips

District Governor

22-D 2013-2014

RECIPES -

LAST CALL!!

One last request from me as

District Governor!

PLEASE SEND THOSE GOOD

LIONS RECIPES TO:

SUSSEX - Lion Jan McCarty -

jandjmcc@verizon.net

KENT - Lion B.J. Ryder - lionbryder@comcast.net

NEW CASTLE COUNTY - PDG Lee Bird -

lionleebird@msn.com

Cookbooks are to benefit the DLF -

Scholarship Program

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From Our Vice District Governors

Cruise To Service

Hello Fellow Lions,

This year’s cruise is just about over. I would like to thank DG Mary Lee for involving me in her travels this year. We had so

much fun when we all rode together. Again how can you not have fun when you have CT Randy and me in the same car?

Through all the fun I did learn so much about our district and the multiple.

Now it is time to gear up and get ready for a new ride blowing that whistle. I will be ready to help and support your new

District Governor Cheryl Jones. With new ideas and programs to move our district forwarded.

Saturday June 7th PCC Keith Hinkle and I were the presenters for membership and retention at our leadership training.

Delaware State University was a great place to have this training. I was pleased to see the training well represented by the

clubs. PCC Ralph Schieferstein and committee did a great job this year.

Don’t forget the Blue Gold game is coming up and International Convention in Toronto, Canada. Try to put on your

calendar the USA/Canada Forum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A place to learn and have fun at the same time.

As always we need to address the issue of membership. In order to keep our District

in good standing we need to keep asking that important question, would you like to

be a Lion?

Thanks for letting me serve this great organization.

Yours in Lionism, James R. Coverdale

2nd Vice District Governor

"TH-TH-TH-THAT'S ALL FOLKS!"

This phrase was first used at the end of a 1930 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon. Many other characters have uttered the line since, in both the LooneyTunes and Merrie Melodies

series. Notable amongst these was Porky Pig. His stuttered 'Th-th-th-that's all folks!' is

probably one of the best remembered lines of all times. In a nutshell, this is telling the

audience the show is over. They can either wait for the next attraction or go home if that was the final one. Well, the show isn’t over and the next attraction will be - serving as your District Governor during the next

year. As I embark on this new chapter in my life, I look forward to working together with all of you and watching all the

great things that will be accomplished in the name of Lionism. My articles will certainly take on a different turn as I abandon my catchphrases and tell my stories in another way – keeping you all informed of things that have happened and

things to come. And so as I close out this year blowing my whistle and saying, 'Th-th-th-that's all folks!'- I would like to also add,

“Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve as your next District Governor. I look forward to it and know that great

things will be accomplished when we all work together as a team.”

"Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much"

--- Helen Keller Lion Cheryl L. Jones

District Governor Elect

D22-D Website: GOLIONS22D.ORG

June 2014 Page 5

Copy the link below for more pictures

http://www.photoshow.com/watch/JN2Bp5Gq or go to D22-D Website

92nd Multiple District Convention

May 12-15, 2014

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Club News Lewes Lions Club

At our June 9th meeting we had the

Swearing In Ceremony of our 2014-

2015 officers as well as the Induction of New Members, Glenn & Carole

Kohl.

Our Beach house is ready for the

summer!

Milton Lions Club The HORSESHOE CRAB FESTIVAL on May 24th was a

good time and a success. The crew in the Funnel Cake Trailer

worked hard all day long. The Milton Clipper Express ran all day. The estimated riders exceed 600. Lion John Collier was at

the engine as usual and was assisted by two Leos from Cape

Henlopen High School. Our Pancake Breakfast is June 21. See ad on page 14.

The Funnel cake trailer will be set up at the 4th of July in

Milton Celebration to sell funnel cakes and lemonade and the Clipper Express is scheduled to run.

Come down to the park in Milton for The Concert in Park is

every Wednesday – ride the Clipper Express and enjoy the

music.

Rehoboth Beach Lions Club The club has voted to return to night meetings on the second

Wednesday of the month. The place has yet to be determined.

Lord Baltimore Lions Club

What a pleasure it was to have our

three Indian River High School graduate scholarship winners join us

at our June 4th meeting. Individual-

ly they spoke briefly to our group,

each expressing what the scholarship meant to them and letting us know

about their educational and future

professional goals. These winning students (and we mean that literally)

were selected based on a review of

their academic success, financial need, extracurricular and community

service activities. Each student was awarded a $1,500 Scholar-

ship.

The scholarships are in memory of Lion Ralph Helm. Lion Ralph was a member of the Lord Baltimore Club who served

as Club President, our District Governor and an International

Director of Lions International. His accomplishments were outstanding in both the local and international environments.

The Lord Baltimore Lions Club is honored to award these

scholarships in his name.

Our club has been participating in the LCI Club Excellence Process project. The first step of the process was to personally

interview key community leaders to determine opportunities

for the Club to better meet the needs of those in our service

area and increase awareness of the Club and the Club’s activi-ties. This process is known as a Community Needs Assessment

(CNA). The second part of the process was to survey our cur-

rent members to determine how we could strengthen our mem-bership and improve Club Satisfaction. This process was done

through providing written surveys which were submitted anon-

ymously to our unbiased CEP consultant, Lion Ralph Schief-erstein of Dover, who is certified through LCI as a CEP facili-

tator. The results were submitted to Lions Club International

and we were recently awarded a letter of recognition and ban-

ner patch noting our achievement in completing the Club Ex-cellence Process.

On June 10th, three Lord Baltimore Lions; Mary Richer, Janet

Bauer and Jack Bauer went to John M. Clayton School.

They provided pizza and

punch as a small reward for these students who had

earned straight “A’s” for the

fourth marking period. This

project was started through the dedicated efforts of

Guidance Counselor Jan

Bomhardt and Lion Janet Parham’s community as-

sessments done during

our CEP project. Thirty six, mostly first graders, achieved this

honor for the last marking period. The club is looking forward to continuing this project next year.

CORY WALSH GOES ‘OVER THE EDGE’

FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS

As proud as our members are of Cory Walsh’s feat of rappel-

ling down a 33 story building in Wil-mington to raise money for Special

Olympics Delaware, our pride can’t

be matched by that of his three chil-

dren. What a great example Cory showed all of us in taking on his fear

of heights to make a difference in the

lives of our Special Olympians, rais-ing over $1400 for the cause. While

his children were present, many of

our LBLC members got a thrill watching him coming down in real-time over the internet.

Way to go Cory!

Pictured L to R: L-R - King

Lion Jack Bauer, Logan

Robinson, Sarah Hickman,

and Samuel Izzo

.Pictured are some of the happy pizza

eaters & KL Jack.

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Club News Laurel Lions Club

At our May 22 meeting, PDG

John Shwed inducted Lion Bruce

Barrall into the Laurel Lions Club. June 19 is our Charter Night. We

will honor our Charter Members --

for without their efforts and service, Laurel Lions Club would not be in

existence. After a fabulous dinner at

the Laurel Fire Hall, we’ll then honor

our outstanding current Lion

members.

Midway Lions Club

On Memorial Day—three of our Lions---RC Harry and

Carolyn White and Delores Springer were in Washington D.C.

along with ZC Ed Springer (from the Milton club) to march in the Memorial Day Parade. Lion Harry carried our Midway

Lions banner while Lions Carolyn and Delores marched

alongside. At our June 2th meeting, our guest speaker was April

Willey Volunteer Coordinator for the Retired Senior Volun-

teer program (RSVP) under the Delaware State Office of Volunteerism. She talked about “A Matter of Balance” a

Delaware sponsored program designed to reduce such fears

and build physical strength and balance. April informed us

how we can participate and showed us a few valuable exercises to begin working toward stronger, more flexible

bodies.

June 16, our last meeting of the year, will be the induction of officers for 2014-2015 by PDG Karl Gude. Also during the

meeting Lion Fran Daly will be conducting a survey with

members to find out in what direction our club should be going.

Our Annual Picnic will be on Sunday June 29th from 1PM-

5PM at Pinewater Farm Pavilion. We will have Shorty come

back to do BBQ chicken and ribs.

Claymont Lions Club

Club Secretary Gail Krebs has reported that the club

contributed $10,396 in donations and gave 480 volunteer

hours in Service-To-Others activity during April.

On Wednesday, June 11 we hosted the Community Partners who support our club by permitting us to use their

business properties for our fundraising activities.

We will conclude another year of service in our area with the installation of 2014-2015 Officers and Directors on

Wednesday, June 25.

We suspend dinner meetings for the months of July and

August, but plan to hold our annual picnic at Bellevue State Park, Pavilion #2, on Wednesday, August 6.

Newark Lions Club

Thanks to all those that purchased tickets to the Blue-Gold

Football game. We will be donating 17 tickets to Special Olympics for use by family members of athletes who would

not otherwise be able to attend this event.

We did not have our regular meeting on June 3rd. We instead attended the Blue Rocks Game with the members of

the Glasgow Lions. We enjoyed the game, the food and the

fellowship. Thank you to the Glasgow Lions for organizing

this event and extending us the invitation to join them. Our incoming officers will be installed at our last meeting

of the Lions year on June 17th. PDG Jim Minnich will

perform the installation of officers for the Club. He and his wife Lorraine will be our guests at the meeting. While our

numbers are small, we have been able to continue to serve

those in need through eye exams and glasses and volunteering at Newark community events. Keep up the good work and

continue to show your Lions spirit.

Dover Lions Club

We had a Community Pizza

Night at Grotto's Pizza in Dover on Tuesday, June 10.A good time

was had by all.

PCC Ralph, Lions Nancy and

Steve, King Lion Jerry, Lion Bruce and Zoe gathered 4 bags of

trash in a short time during our

recent Adopt a Highway clean-up. They were thanked by several

pass-byers.

Wilmington Manor Lions Club Nine members of our club attended the District Luncheon at the Multiple District Convention in Ocean City on Wednes-

day, May 14. After the luncheon, at 22D’s meeting, we had

the honor of being presented with an award from Leader Dog. We are one of the Top Dog Clubs, there are only 42 of these

worldwide. We also got to meet PDG Len and Slyder , his

dog, who we were the sponsor of.

Camden-Wyoming Lions Club Our breakfast fundraiser at Applebee’s on May 3rd was great

and well attended. Thank-you to all the members and others who volunteered at the Strawberry Festival at Fifer Orchards

on May a17th. The Camden-Wyoming Lions would like to

express our gratitude to Fifer Orchards for allowing us to take part in this event to help further our mission in Lionism.

New member Bruce

Barrall with sponsor Lion

Chuck Calloway

In the picture on the left, Lions

Gary Stumpf and PCC Ralph

Schieferstein, sponsors, of new

Lions Julia and Raymond Coppage

present Lions pins, With PCC Ken

Chew looking on.

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Club News

Glasgow Lions Club

During our first meeting in May we honored our 2014

scholarship recipients from Glasgow High School and Hodgson Vo-Tech. Both young ladies have aspirations of

pursuing careers in the

medical field.

Finally had some

decent weather for our Adopt a Highway clean

-up, although parts of

the route were still a

little wet from previous rains. We had a total

of 15 people help. The

highway was very dirty but really looks good now. We collected 24 bags of trash and

other assorted items.

Another 134 eye glasses have been turned over to Lion Al.

This brings our grand totals this

Lions year to 1107 pairs of glasses,

11 hearing aids and three phones.

On June 3 we held our annual excur-

sion to the Blue Rocks game. It also doubled as a Zone social with sever-

al members from the Newark Lions

joining us. We had a group of 28 Lions and guests celebrate at the first base picnic area. Lion Roy threw out the first pitch

(and was given the ball as a souvenir). An unnamed Glasgow

Lion was stuffed into our Lion suit to become Leo the Lion

who hobnobbed with Rocky Bluewinkle and coached Lion Roy to get the ball over the plate for a strike. A good time

was had by all and the Blue Rocks even won the game.

Harrington Lions Club

Thanks to all who helped with the Quarter Auction on Satur-

day, May 10. We were able to raise $596. We will have a Chinese Auction on June 29,5 PM at Gabriella's Pizza &

Restaurant ,Rt 14, in Milford Cost: $10 which includes food.

We will once again be very busy driving the Fair Shuttles and also the Golf Carts for the Casino July 17 to 26.

Capitol City Lions Club We had a White Cane fundraiser over the Memorial Day

weekend and collected over $700 to help the community. Also

collected eyeglasses and sold car tickets. We will not have a regular meeting in June but will substitute it with the Joint

Meeting on that Monday, June 16 where the new DGE Cheryl

Jones will install the new members for the Dover Lions, Dover

Lioness, Capitol City Lions and possibly the Smyrna Lions, and Camden-Wyoming Lions. Dinner will be $16.00.

Fenwick Island Lions Club

On Sunday June 1, we hosted an end of the year picnic at Camp Barnes for the Indian River High School LEO Club, as a

way of saying ‘Thank You’ to its members for the service

work they do in the community and for helping us with our fundraisers. We also welcomed a group of students who attend

Sussex Tech and are interested in starting a LEO Club at that

school. We were also delighted to welcome DG Mary Lee, DGE Cheryl Jones, and several Lord Baltimore Lions includ-

ing ZC Jack Bauer and his wife Lion Janet.

Lions Fran Pretty and John Furlow, of our club, presented

seven scholarships to graduating seniors at Indian River High School. Click on the link below to see the announcement:

http://www.filc22d.org/annual%20scholarships.htm

Millsboro Lions Club

Sight Chairperson Lion Jan McCarty reported 67 individu-

als have been helped since July 1,2013 with others in process.

This is a record year for our club, both numerically and financially, in assisting local persons with their sight needs.

KL Sandy presented the A.E. Moore scholarship to Jazmine

Castaneda. She will be attending Goldey-Beacom College.

WELCOME to Bea Shockley - widow to PDG Tom Shockley, and mother to DG Mary Lee Phillips. She was in-

ducted on June 10 at our installation dinner meeting.

Brookside Lions Club

The 2014-15 officers were inducted by PDG Donald

Lecates Jr. at the June 2 dinner meeting. Ronnie Williamson

will be the new President of the club, Secretary Bob Strohl and

Treasure is Emil LaVita. The next dinner meeting of the Brookside Lions will be the 3rd Monday of September due to

Labor Day.

Above our officers for the 2014-15 year

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Club News

Middletown Lions Club On Tuesday, June 3rd, our KL Jack while dressed in our

Lion costume for first graders of the MOT Charter School,

participated in our third annual Flag Presentation to 75 six year olds. Lions Sabby, Ginny and Dennis took turns quizzing the

children on flag trivia. The children barely missed answering a

question. Each child received a 4x6" flag and several word puzzles and flag trivia handouts. The children couldn't get

enough of the Lion. This is one of our "best" community

service projects.

Frederica Spring Creek Lions Club On June 7th, Lions BJ, Cathy, Janet, Sue Shore and Sheila attended classes for Leadership Training at DSU. The classes

were informative and the facility was great!

June 27th is set as our

WHITE CANE DAY to be

held at Royal Farms in Felton.

New Castle Hundred Lions Club Our club took part in this year’s Separation Day Parade and

Festivities on June 14th.Several Lions marched and showed the

Lion Spirit for the city of New Castle. We were entry number 46 out of 55 entries.

Lord Baltimore Lioness Club On May 21st at IRHS Auditorium, we presented $1000 Schol-

arships to two distinguished applicants. THANK YOU to all

who worked to make our Fashion Show a marvelous success. Our guests said that they had a wonderful time and

many stated that they looked forward to next year’s show.

Diabetes Corner: I have type 1 diabetes, use an insulin pump, and lead a

pretty stable life. Do I really have to check my blood

glucose 4-8 times a day?

Not necessarily. However, be sure to talk with your health care

provider before changing your glucose monitoring schedule. The safest days to reduce checks are very predictable ones,

when your blood glucose before breakfast is close to normal.

Take your normal boluses for any food you eat and pay close attention to any signs your blood glucose might be too high or

too low. Check your level if you are not sure. If

your food or activity varies from usual, you

should check more frequently. Finally, it’s al-ways wise to check your glucose before bed, just

to confirm that the day has gone as expected,

blood glucose-wise.

Pictured above: DG Mary Lee

inducted our new

member, Lion Anne Shreeve,

sponsored by Lion BJ Ryder.

Two $1,000 scholarships from the Frederica Spring Creek Lions

Club were presented on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Lake

Forest High School Senior Awards Program by Ronald Burrows

(center) to Kathryn Nichol (left) and Ashley Mogle (right).

Elevator Speech

A couple years ago we were encouraged to come up with an

elevator speech about Lions if were ever asked the question

“what do Lions do?” As Lions Lucille and Ed, from the Glasgow club, were having dinner at Friendly’s, wearing their

Lions jackets, the couple across the aisle asked that very

question. Here was an opportunity. Come to find out she had a relative who had applied for one of our scholarships in a past

year…..here was an opportunity to spread

our word…we need to be prepared with an

elevator speech.

From Tracking Glasgow Lions newsletter

PDG Keith Thompson Is Inducted As

Chairperson Of LEBDV

On June 14 at the annual business meeting of the Lions Bank of Delaware Valley, PDG Keith Thompson was inducted as the Chairman/CEO.

Right: PDG Keith receiving gavel to make it official

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From: Parade Committee

To: Lions of MD 22 & MD 24

On Behalf of the Parade Committee, I would like to take this opportunity to say

thanks to the many Lions, Leos and Guests that participated in making the National

Memorial Day Parade a tremendous success. You braved the heat and made a

tremendous showing.

A special "Thank You" goes out to our Virginia International Director, Lion Dr.

Hauser Weiler. His presence on our Float honoring our veterans, was one of the high points for the Lions of our Districts.

Our thanks also go out to Past International Director Joe Gaffigan who continues to be a champion of this wonderful event, not to

mention his participation in the planning and execution. Also thanks to Dane LaJoye at LCI for keeping us and the Parade in mind

and continuing to find the funds to keep us going.

Many thanks to our friends at Canada Dry for their continued support of Lions in the Parade. Their donation of water and soda

helped keep us “refreshed” and hydrated during our long hot day.

Our Float was very well made and decorated, thanks to Shaw Parades. They also took special care of our float riders, providing

extra chairs to accommodate all who felt they could not make the walk.

Advertising our goal of generating the collection of 500 pairs of glasses did lots to raise public awareness of one of the many things

that Lions do

Thanks to the many Lions and their families who were unable to march, but came out to view and lend support to this effort. Your

support did not go unnoticed.

None of this would have been possible were it not for the untiring effort

of the “Parade Committee” who worked tirelessly and gave freely of

their time to make this a reality. They have my undying gratitude.

Thankfully yours

Ed "Woody" Woodard, PDG

2014 Parade Committee Chairperson

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One Person Can Make A Difference

One morning, just before dawn, a man woke early so he could watch the sunrise over the ocean. As he walked along the beach

he came across a young girl who seemed to be doing something peculiar. She was picking up starfish and throwing them into the

sea – one after another. He asked her what she was doing. “The tide washed up all these starfish and they can’t get back by

themselves,” she said. “They will die in the sun if I don’t throw them back into the water.”

The man looked up and down the beach at the thousands of stranded starfish. He couldn’t help telling her, “But there are too

many starfish to save before sunrise. Why bother? You won’t make much of a difference.” She paused for a moment, then picked up another starfish and threw it as far as her slender arm could manage. With a satisfied grin, she turned to the man and

simply said, “I made a difference to that one.”

Thanks for Making a Difference.

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