Lions of District 1A:
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Happy New Year 2017! We already completed six months and now we are in the second half of the year. As you know, in the first half year we added two new clubs to our district. 1 Chicago Nepalese Centennial Lions Club and 2 Centennial Berwyn Lions Club. I want to thank all those who helped me to bring these clubs, new club officers, guiding lions and all new lions. District membership is also growing to show plus in membership. As of now, we are 1940. We started our year with 1883 members; that is a +57. Now we have a huge challenge in front of us – not only to keep this plus in membership, also to bring in 77 more members so that we can reach my dream membership number of 2017 members in this lionistic year. I asking all club officers to work towards my goal and stop the drop. On January 28th we will be holding our Mid Year (MY) Forum at Capri Banquets, 6240 Joliet Road, Countryside. We have a great speaker from Wisconsin – Lion Clarence Harris. He is an inspirational and a motivational speaker who works for US Bank as Senior Vice President & Division Manager. First Vice District Governor Pat Duda is requesting all District 1A Lions to take this
We are already working on our forthcoming District Convention which will be on March 24, 25 & 26. We have a good speaker Past International Director Douglas Alexander from Brooklyn, New York who worked for J. P. Morgan Chase Bank and now retired. My theme for the District Convention is – “Aargh it’s a Lions Life for Me!” We are going to have a great time this year and I want your support in making this convention a great success. You will be hearing more about our convention in our next couple of issues. On Friday we have a super guest speaker – Jarrett Payton. As you all know, he is the son of World Class Chicago Bear’s player his sweetness NFL Hall of Fame Walter Payton. Do not miss the opportunity to greet him and meet him in person. -Ernie Lapid, District 1A Governor
UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE DISTRICT:
1-28-2017: Lansing Lions Governors Visit
1-25-2017: District GMT Meeting
1-29-2017: 1A PDG’s Holiday Party
1-28-2017: Mid Year Forum
2-2-2017: District 1A III Cabinet Meeting
1-28-2007 Glenwood Lions Spaghetti Dinner
2-2-2017: Broadview Lions Chilly Night
1-28-2017: Stickney Forestview Lions Spaghetti Dinner 1-28-2017: Chicago Magnificent Lions Governors Visit
2-18-2017: Chicago Jose Rizal Lions Governors Visit 2-25-2017: District 1A Bowling
NEWEST LIONS CLUB: BERWYN CENTENNIAL LIONS CLUB WITH INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT CHANCELLOR BOB CORLEW, GOVERNOR, PID DAN O’REILLY,PDG’S HAROLD & RALPH