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Into the New Year 2023 with Lions Pride Endowment Fund BY RENEE PETERSON, PRESIDENT LIONS PRIDE ENDOWMENT FUND
I’ m w r i t i ng t o introduce myself as the new President of the Lions Pride Endowment Fund of Wisconsin. I’ve enjoyed my Lions journey to date, and I’m excited to be transitioning into this new role. Even though I love my local Lions <insert Horicon Lions shout out>, and just received my 20 year pin, I have always felt like I wanted to do more. So, several years ago, I became a Cabinet Secretary/Treasurer. That’s how I learned about the Wisconsin Lions Foundation. I later joined the foundation board and was soon asked to represent the WLF on the Lions Pride board. And as the saying goes, the rest is history. In my professional career, I am a Vice President at Horicon Bank, where I manage
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our talent acquisition and development. In my spare time, I am the Board Treasurer of the Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired and a member of the Horicon Helping Hands community project. I have lived in Horicon most of my life, but also spend a lot of time near Kingston, where my husband and I built a second home, in the middle of a tree farm (the big, tall kind, not the Christmas tree kind.). On social media, I’m mostly known as Radar and Matilda’s mom, #dogmom. My goal is to continue to grow Lions Pride Endowment through education and awareness
of the impact that we have through supporting the Foundation and it’s initiatives. As I wrap up my introduction, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the great leadership of PID Wayne Heiman. The long legacy of the camp isn’t just sustained through our Endowment, but also through people like Wayne, ensuring that the board is strong in its succession planning, to carry on the work for many years to come. To contact President Renee Peterson directly, call 920-210-8940 or email reneep@horiconbank.com
Current Board Members: Sue Selner, Treasurer; Amber Young, Admin Asst; Greg Pryor, board member at large; David Abstetar, WLF Rep; John Schiferl, board member at large; Wayne Heiman, Immediate Past President; Renee Peterson, President; David Carl, Vice President. Not shown: Art Marson, Secretary; Dennis Christianson, board member; Sue Shakal, board member; John Suby, at large; Robert Bertch, COG Representative; Richard Karl, board member.
Council Chair Report
Goals! Why are we so reluctant to establish goals? BY COUNCIL CHAIR TAMMY ROCKENBACH
We set goals in our daily lives all the time without even thinking about it. Daily goals may include making the bed, getting dressed in the morning, what to make for meals. We accomplish these things every (most) days. Do we write these down? Probably not. These are goals that are ingrained in us, that we do without thinking. Are you a list maker? This may be the start of accomplishing goals. We took the time to determine what we need to do. We may
have several lists/goals leading up to larger lists/goals. And as we complete those items, we feel accomplished. Do we not feel more accomplished than when we complete the everyday goals that we did not write down? The most successful people in life and in business have personal goals. They write them down, they make progress towards accomplishing them, and finally they cross them off. And as goals are completed, new goals take their place. Did they do a personal SWOT (strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats) analysis? Probably. As we want our clubs to be successful, we need to take the time to do the same things.
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Do a survey of your club for the strengths and weaknesses. Check with your communities for opportunities and threats. Determine your team to analyze the information. Now, what does your club want and need to do? How are you getting there? Having a formal goal allows you to cross items off your list. It gives the sense of accomplishment. It is accomplishment! You are now ready to serve your community as a successful club. As we approach a new Lions year, make sure your team is working with the new team coming in. I want to welcome Council Chair Elect BJ Blahnik to our state team. Congratulations!
