1A Governor’s Newsletter
FromDG BrendaStevens:
August went by so fast, a sad memory for my family losing my dearest sister to cancer. Moving forward, I attended the Chicago Healthcare Alliance Lions Club, August 22, 2024, A fun Disco theme, with special VIP guests 2nd Vice President Mark Lyon and Lion D Lyon.
Exciting news, We added our 10th Leo Club in District 1A. Chartered by Palos Lions Club – President Lion Rick Nogal.
September,2024
Coordinated by Lion Frank Kirar, our Leo club coordinator, and a great presentation by Leo Club Advisor, Lion Gina Narciso whose daughter Leo Mia Narciso is the Current President of Leo Club of Palos Community.
Iattendedto2-dayGMTSummitin Marriott Hotel, and It was an energetic learning experience, and how can we not have fun with the electrifying presentation of Past President Brian Sheehan, and 2VP Mark Lyon. We even had a chance to meet 1VP V. P. Singh from India.
Our First District Project, PDG H Barber Memorial Golf outingAugust14,wasasuccessunderthe leadership of Lion Alan Stevens, LionBobEisenhartandCommittee
Members: Dan Oreilly, Sue Zarada, Mercy Matousek and Barb Elsey. PCC Steven Anton was our Auctioneer for Bears game Tickets donated by my good friend Lion Don Kramer.
Upcoming Region and Zone Chair
Leadership Training is on August 26, from 6-9 pm. This training provided with information and training to have a successful year. Had a chance to meet with co
Greetings Lions!
WekickedoffthemonthofAugust byaddingabrand-newLeoclubto
Region and Zone Chairs to plan for the 2024-25 Lion Year. This workshop was hosted by our GLT Lion Carole Hallberg, and guests includes GMT Dan O Reilly and GST PDG Joni McMillan.
Upcoming:
September 5-7 USA CANADA
FORUM – Louisville, KY
Chairperson - Lion Robin Kirar Lions of Illinois - Candy Day – Sept 11 District1AConvention–March2123 Westin Itasca
Our theme: Disney in District 1A International Convention – Mexico City July 4-7, 2025
our family. Please join me in welcoming the Palos Community Leo Club and congratulating them on their Charter Night! The evening was attended by many leadersfromourDistrictandfamily members of these Leos. The Leos are sponsored by the Palos Lions Club and were installed by Governor Brenda Stevens. The PalosLeosareledbyLeoPresident Mia Narciso and her mom, Leo Advisor Gina Narciso. Pinning was donebyPCC’s(PastCouncilChairs)
Gail Anton and Steve Anton. Official doctrine signing of the Leo Charter was overseen by myself. The overwhelming support from their parents and District 1-A leaderswasasighttosee.Welook forward to seeing all your great work in service Palos Leos!
Next up I attended the one-year anniversary of the Chicago Health Care Alliance Lions Club. This electric event was so much fun!
Club President Lea Agaton put together a fabulous anniversary celebration with music, dancing, awards, induction of new officers, newmembersandpurefellowship! Congratulationsonanotheryearof success!
I then hopped in my golf cart and drove straight over to Silver Lakes Golf Course for the 76th Annual Harry Barber District 1-A Golf Outing! The weather was perfect, and it was so great to see Lions from not just our district but Lions from surrounding districts visiting andsupportingourday.Thankyou to the Golf Committee led by GovernorBrendaandAlanStevens.
All the hard work paid off tremendously and brought a very
successful day of fun, fundraising andfellowship.Ispoketosponsors and friends of the Lions, and they allhadnothingbutstellarfeedback for us. They are looking forward to continuingtoattendintheyearsto come.
Finally, I rushed over to O’Hare airport to catch a plane to Detroit to visit Leader Dogs for the Blind. This was truly a great experience for me as I was able to visit the facility, listen in, and partake in the wealth of information provided. Being able to see how these dogs are raised, trained and finally partnered with someone in need was very impactful for me. My takeaway was how much we truly take not only sight but managing our daily lives for granted and oftenneverrealizethetremendous feats those who are visually impaired are able to overcome withtheseLeaderdogcompanions. IlearnedsomuchthatI’mgoingto be able to apply it in my everyday life and I’m very grateful to have had that experience.
Wrapping up August, we’re continuing to focus on training for our Region/Zone Chairs in accordance with Governor
Brenda’s Goals of having at minimum 70% having attended and trained at the training event on August 26, 2024, at Zazzo’s Pizza. This training is being led by GLT Carol Burke-Hallberg, SVDG Ben Zoleta and myself.
GMTCoordinator:PIDDan O’Reilly
September 1,2024
Have a great start to September! See you soon! Yours in FUN, RichardA.Moy
First Vice District Governor
Global Membership Approach
As of Sept. 1st , numbers we sit at a plus for members for the Year. We have seventeen clubs adding 42 members and eleven clubs dropping 45 and one club reinstating 7 members. This starts us on two months of positive membership growth. It also is a fast start for clubs adding members, Governor Brenda is asking that each club do their best in adding members to your club.
MemberSatisfaction
Here are a few tips that will help you get started in defining member satisfaction in your club:
• Ask your members! Members feel involved when you ask for their opinions. Ask your members: Why is the club here? Do our activities demonstrate this? If a non-Lion looked at one year of our events, what would they think is essential to our club? o You can use the Member Questionnaire at the back of this guide to facilitate this conversation and modify it to fit your needs.
• Assess why your members have left in the past. While there are some common themes worldwide, it will help if you contact former members to learn why they left. Along with the New Member Questionnaire in this guide, there is a Former Member Questionnaire that you can modify to fit your needs. o Consider devoting time during a club meeting or holding a special meeting to discuss member satisfaction.
• Carefully consider whether your club’s stated objectives, goals and mission statement reflect what your current members want your club to be.
NewClub Development &ClubRebuilding
We are in talks with four areas of our District to open new clubs.
As always, please contact out team if you have a group or area that you believe would continue to move our District forward in positive membership growth and more service to area underserved.
DearLionLeader,
Thank you for choosing to be a leader in our global service team.
The Service Journey is our approach to living and serving well. To making a real difference people can see and feel through four steps: Learn, Discover, Act and Celebrate. Our Service Journey webpage contains many resources to support you throughout the journey:
• Learn about the needs of your community and the larger world, including information about our global causes with new resources for childhood cancer, diabetes, environment and hunger.
• Discover the Service Toolkit to help activate your club for greater impact, includingQuick Start Service Ideas , theClubandCommunity Needs Assessmentand theDeveloping Local Partnershipsguide.
• Act to fill humanitarian needs with ideas from our Service Project Planners, including the customizableServing Your Causeplanner for any service activity.
• Celebrate by sharing your service experience andthebenefitsprovidedwithyourcommunity and with the global community of Lions by reporting your service.
A great way to celebrate last year’s service is to nominate your club for the Kindness Matters Service Award. This prestigious award is given annually to Lion andLeo clubs for exceptionally innovative service projects with long-term, positive impact. And you, as a Global Service Team leader, are key to the award process:
1.Club service chairpersons send a nomination form to their district GST.
2.District GST coordinators forward one nomination from their districts to their multiple district GST.
3.Multiple district GST coordinators forward one nomination from their multiple districts to international headquarters.
4.The Lions International Service Activities Committee selects the winning clubs. WehopetheServiceJourneyapproach leads to many celebrations of service this year. If you have any questions, please contact us by email at serviceactivities@lionsclubs.org.
Yours in Service, The Service Activities Division Team
Hello-District1-ALions&Leos:
Grandkids honor legacy of Palos Lion with service club oftheirown
From left, Chance, Mia and Bella Narciso, of Palos Park, launched theLeoClubofPalosthismonthin honor of their grandfather, Thomas Post, a member of the Palos Lions Club for over 50 years who died last year. Post also has two grandchildren living in Minnesota, Erik and Eliana Post. (Narciso family)
Members of the newly launched the Leo Club of Palos gather Aug. 8 for an induction ceremony at the Palos Park Recreation Center.
(Narciso family)
Congratulations to all the new Palos Leo members. I am pleased to announce that the Leo Club of Palos has officially been approved through Lions Club International and we now join the ranks among 7,700 other Leo Clubs with over 200,000Leosinover150countries! LEO stands for Leadership, Experience and Opportunity and we are excited to bring these qualities to our Palos Community. A huge thanks goes out to the Palos Lions Club for sponsoring our new club. Together, Leos and Lionsforma powerfulpartnershipone where Lions learn from the innovative insights of Leos, and where Leos gain access to the strategies of those who’ve successfully served the Palos community for 75 years! I am a new Lions Club member, and I am excited to serve as our new Palos Leo Club Advisor.
We invited all our new Leos, their parents/caregivers, and the Lions of District 1-A to our first meeting onAugust8,2024,at6:30pminthe downstairs community room of Palos Recreation. 8901 123rd St. Palos Park, IL 60464. During this
initial meeting, we honored our new Leos with their lapel pins and present the Club charter. Also, our new Leo President was installed. Lions District1-A Governor Lion Brenda Stevens officiated the proceedings. Our new club discussed what's in store for our Palos Leos. Refreshments and sweets were provided to conclude the event.
Moving forward, we will have monthly meetings held at the Palos Rec Center that should typically be an hour in length.
We invited Lions and their families to join the Palos Lions Club to our baseball night at Ozinga Stadium in
Crestwood on Saturday August 17th for the Thunderbolts game. Tickets for adults were $43 which includedanallyoucaneatanddrink (till the 7th inning) and tickets for kids were $25 it was Elvis’s night too!
We look forward to making a difference in our Palos community!
District1A Lions-
I wanted to thank all of you for being a part of our induction ceremonyonAugust8.Itmeantso much to our new Leos (and their families) to see the support of so manyDistrict1A Lions.Beloware a fewarticlesthathaverecentlybeen published about the event that I wanted to share with all of you.
We are so excited to start this new Leo Club and look forward to making a difference in our community-one act of kindness at a time.
Sincerely,
Lion GinaNarciso LeoClub ofPalosAdvisorLion
Mia Narciso LeoClub President
GATSummitinChicagoAug3-4. With ID Maria Cunning from Arizona(OurConventionGuest)
District 1A PDG Harry Barber MemorialGolfOutingwasheldon August 145, 2024, at the Silver Lakes Golf Resort. Several golfersattendedthisevermadeit very successful. Some of the pictures here:
house and rehab organization
With the sponsorship of Lion Reynel Espiritu
First Gentleman Lioon
Mike Stevens dropped off donation, canned goods and food to halfway
Thursday, July 18th, the StickneyForest View Lions Club held their annual Installation and Awards Dinner.
Hearing Screenings MD1. Aging Better Senior Expo: Planning Your Future Today!
The Orland Park Lions at the check presentation to GiGi’s Playhouse. This organization supportsfamilieswithchildrenthat arebornwithDownsyndrome.The donation was made with the donations from the clubs weekly Queen of Hearts Raffle.
PCC Gail Anton, Worth President Don Czajkowskiand Past President Dennis Creech working at the WorthCommunityExpoexplaining thebenefitsofchildren’seyehealth screenings with the Plusoptix Camera provided by our VOICES Team.
Lion Ralph Fisher, LIF Assistant Director Trish Fisher, PCC Gail Anton and PCC Steve Anton enjoyedarecentconcertbyWayne Messmer at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights.
Pictured are PCC Gail Anton, PCC Dennis McMillan and PDG Joni McMillanastheypreparetodoeye
screenings at the Primo Center in Englewood.
Pictured is District 1-A Brenda Stevens installing the new Officers of the Logan Square Lions Club. Also, PCC and Foundation Trustee Steve Anton is presenting a 50th year Foundation Fellow to Lion President Jill Johnson. Also pictured is Past President Bob
Hoffmann with his new crown and Lion Tom Matusek.
PCC Gail Anton and PDG Tony Zartler enjoying a ballgame at the Worth Lions Club Annual Ladies Night.
Photos from the 2nd Annual OrlandPark Pancake Breakfast.
A photo of PCC Steve Anton, LIF President Bill Stanley and Lion Julie
Stanleyatthe LIFGolfOuting.
Lion MarkLyon - International
Second Vice President
Greetings Lions! It has been much too long since I've shared an update on our travels since
heading out on August 1, so I'll spare you all the details and provide the “short” version. I hope that this small collection of photos gives you some insights into this amazing service journey that Lion Lyn and I are on.
This trip started in Chicago, Illinois with a celebration of the 1-year charter anniversary of the Chicago Healthcare Alliance Lions Club and installation of officers for the new Lions year.
CHALC 1st Anniversary/ Induction of Officers&Members: InternationalII Vice President Mark Lyon was the chiefguestforthiseventwhichwas
Chicago Healthcare Alliance Lions’ Peds in the Weeds Aug 3, 2024 at Glenview New Church Glenview IL Served 300 children with cancer and families. Partnership with Advocate Children’s Hospital.
General Meeting/Election of Chicago Healthcare Alliance Lions Club on July 27, 2024 at 9950 Lawrence Ave Schiller Park IL.
CHALC received an appreciation award on August 10, 2024 at SeafoodCityinChicagoforserving the community during the Philippine Independence Week Committee Health-O-Rama event at LaBagh Woods Chicago last June 9, 2024.
CHALC Supported the Chicago Global Lions Club during their Sayawit At Disenyo Fund-Raising eventonAug10,2024Northbrook
Silver Lakes Golf Resort:
Left to Right: Lion Dr. Austin Dsouza MD1 Coordinator, PCC Pam Graney District 1F Coordinator, PID Dan O’Reilly District 1A Coordinator, PDG Sue Wolf District 1BK Coordinator and PDG Jim Strange District Coordinator 1M attended LCIF 3 Day Summit at San Juan, Texas Hotel Marriott.
New Leo’s Charter: Palos Leo
Club New members induction and
new officers installation.
Leaderdogs for the Blind visit by FVDG Richard Moy, District 1A
RiverGroveLions RiverFrontFest
1A Governor’s ’Newsletter
