My first month as your District Governor has been an adventure The International Convention in Toronto was both interesting and fun If you have never been to an International Convention put it on your bucket listmdashnext year is Hawaii The year after that is Japan and our Lionrsquos centennial in 2017 is in Chicago and

should be a real once in a lifetime experience

As soon as we returned from the convention it was time for our first annual Li-onrsquos Academy PDG Wayne and his committee did a fabulous job We had 67 attending the Academy representing 19 Lions clubs and three Lioness clubs The Academy was rated 66 excellent and 32 good on the assessment sheets turned in mdash pretty darn good for our first one And the food provided by the Mio Club was delicious We have already had several clubs who didnrsquot attend contact us to get the materials so if your club would like them also let us know Also keep in mind that the lunch was a fundraiser for the Mio Lions Club Since the proceeds were all from Lions and Lioness it can go to their admin account If your club is anything like mine your administrative funds are always tight so think about offering your club as a host for next year Contact PDG Wayne Schultz for details on what is required

The next adventure was a trip to the UP to the Chippewa Correctional Center to visit the prison puppy raising program Duane and I were invited by the Mackinaw City Lions Club to join them in visiting the new puppy they were sponsoring It was amazing to see the change the dogs made in the prisonersrsquo lives Mackinaw City Lion Ron Gwilt has a nice write up elsewhere in the newsletter so be sure to read what he has to say about this great program It was wonderful to see a program that not only helps the Leader Dog clients but helps the prisoners turn around their lives continued on page 2

WHATrsquoS INSIDE

Governorrsquos Travels 2

VDGrsquos Message 3

Member Page 4

Club Activities 5

Lions Pix 6

Membership Ribbons 7

LCIF News 8

Lionsrsquo Week in Michigan 9

Leader Dog 10

Rogers City Meeting 11

DISTRICT 11 E-2 OFFICERS

DISTRICT GOVERNOR Barb Durflinger (Duane) 989-742-2790 lionbarbcomdaccom

VICE DISTRICT GOVERNOR Bob Gingerich (CarlaJean) 989-348-5355 bobdanishlandingcom

GLT DISTRICT COORDINATOR PDG Al Kelpinski (Florence) 989-728-4664 afkelpinskigmailcom

GMT DISTRICT COORDINATOR PDG Lewis Moeller (Cheryl) 989-739-4962 lmoeller70hotmailcom

CABINET SECRETARY Jill Drury (John) 231-920-9645 jdrurycctransitorg

CABINET TREASURER Tommy Otto (Cathy) 989-732-7840 toottomgmailcom

IMMED PAST DISTRICT GOVERNOR Gus Malmberg (Mary) 586-913-6487 gajmalmbergaolcom

REGION 1 CHAIR Beverly Bodem (Dennis) 989-354-4656 bodembdcharternet

REGION 1 ZONE 1 CHAIR ZC Mary Weitzel 989-732-2559maryandlencharternet

REGION 1 ZONE 2 CHAIR ZC Wayne McWilliams (Karen) 989-354-8044 waynemcwilliamsfuneralhomebiz

REGION 2 ZONE 1 ZC Bill Chase (Linda) 231-499-9619 windyridgetorchlakecom

REGION 2 ZONE 2 ZC Justin Weisler 231-350-0224 jsweislerhotmailcom

REGION 3 REGION CHAIR RC Craig Clarke (Peggy) 989-739-8702 pegcraig2000yahoocom

REGION 3 ZONE 1 CHAIR ZC Craig Denise (Diane) 989-390-4160 cdporkygmailcom

REGION 3 ZONE 2 ZC Lonnie Crampton (Rita) 989-724-9900 lonritacharternet

REGION 4 REGION CHAIR RC Brian Chace (Elizabeth) 989-344-1102 brianchacenet

REGION 4 ZONE 1 ZC Bill Fitch (Janet) 989-275-4968 no email

REGION 4 ZONE 2 ZC Pam Stewart (Dave) 989-646-2020 lionesspstewartcharternet

-

MESSAGE FROM OUR GOVERNOR

DISTRICT 11-E2 NEWSLETTER | AUGUST 2014

2

The next stop was an educational program put on by the Michigan Eye Bank We should all be very proud that our efforts with Buddy Days have raised the donor registrations in Michigan from around 27 when the program began up to almost 50 now In addition we were informed that Lions and Lioness Clubs are providing 55 of the Michigan Eye Bank funds We are their most important partner Their goal for our support this year is an increase of $55club so please look over your budgets and see if you can make this modest increase in your contribution this year We came very close to being a 100 District last year with only four of our District Lions Clubs and one Lioness Club not contributing to the Eye Bank It would be great if all clubs could contribute this year Your Zone Chair along with District Eye Bank Com-mittee Chair Spence Chinavare are available to pro-vide programs if your club needs more information about the Eye Bank so be sure to give them a call

The day following our Eye Bank trip was a trip to Lansing to attend the Leadership and Membership Team workshop I was joined in this trip by Global Membership Team Chair Lewis Moeller and Global Leadership Team Chair Al Kelpinski We all came back

with lots of new ideas and are going right to work on this yearrsquos primary goal which is to strengthen our dis-trict clubs You will be hearing more about some of these programs soon We made a good start in the work on ldquoStrengthening the Priderdquo with our Lionrsquos Academy but we arenrsquot stopping there

And finally the month is ending up with the budget and policy manual meeting We have come up with a very conservative budget which will be presented at the first cabinet meeting of the year on August 9 at the West Branch Quality Inn I hope to see you all there

Next month VDG Bob and I will be beginning our club visits which last year was my favorite part of this job It is always great to hear about the many innova-tive projects in which our District Clubs are partici-pating They make me proud to be a Lion I hope that this year everyone will make an effort to share their success stories with other clubs by sending in their pic-tures and articles to PDG Lynne for the newsletter and to VDG Bob for the website And donrsquot forget to send those same articles into your local papers Let your community hear you roar

DG Barb

MESSAGE FROM OUR GOVERNOR (continued)

Governorrsquos Travelshellip

Council of Governors Meeting Lansing August 1-2

Lions of Michigan Hall of Fame Dinner Lansing August 2

Selling Rogers City raffle tickets Nautical Festival August 2

Rogers City Lions meeting August 3

Cabinet Meeting 1 10 am West Branch August 9

Au Gres LionsLioness Picnic August 14

Leader Dog Visit August 15-16

Hubbard Lake Lions meeting August 18

FROM THE EDITOR I can access your clubrsquos activity report from the LCI website Contact me by phone

at 989-786-3517 or email at lcjauss2011gmailcom if you have additional items or questions Itrsquos always

great to see your club members and activities in print but if I donrsquot have it I canrsquot publish it

3

MESSAGE FROM OUR VICE DISTRICT GOVERNOR

VDG Bob

How important is Lions That is a good question The rea-son I ask it is because we all have to answer it for ourselves When the District was looking for a PDG to volunteer to spend another year as District Governor several excellent candidates were asked

to step forward but all declined Some declined due to health reasons some declined due to family obliga-tions and some declined because they winter else-where and wouldnrsquot be able to fulfill the obligations that being District Governor entails All are valid rea-sons to decline the nomination

I have to say that I have missed a couple of Lions functions this month due to family obligations We attended a family wedding recently instead of an im-portant training session in Lansing The Grayling Club participated in the Au Sable River Festival Parade but we couldnrsquot because our granddaughter is partici-pating in a very important horse show and we felt the obligation to see her compete Thatrsquos OK Family comes first Work comes first We all have these obli-gations

That said August is upon us We look forward to travels this month including our first Council of Gover-nors meeting in Lansing and the District Cabinet meeting in West Branch I hope to visit a couple of clubs too I want to see what your clubs are doing in your communities We are also planning a vacation trip to the Upper Peninsula and look forward to visiting Fayette State Historic Park (one of our favorite places in the world) and seeing some waterfalls that we havenrsquot previously visited

I also want to mention that the district website is alive and well Why a website Well Facebook is good if you are a friend and PDG Dave Zeller will approve you if you ask to be approved This is good for us to publicize our doings amongst ourselves Likewise the newsletter is distributed to us Lions and PDG Lynne Jauss does great job

The website wwwmilions11e2org is live on the web for all to see You donrsquot need to apply to see it Think of it as a commercial for the District Please send me articles photos and information about your pro-jects (past current and future) I will get it on the web-site as soon as possible

CONGRATULATIONS

TO THE FOLLOWING

CLUBS FOR THEIR

POSITIVE MEMBERSHIP GROWTH IN 2013-2014

Indian River 10 +53

East Jordan 7 +23

Boyne Valley 4 +10

Oscoda 4 +8

Tawas Area 4 +8

Ellsworth 1 +10

Lincoln 1 +2

SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF

3

MESSAGE FROM OUR VICE DISTRICT GOVERNOR

VDG Bob

How important is Lions That is a good question The rea-son I ask it is because we all have to answer it for ourselves When the District was looking for a PDG to volunteer to spend another year as District Governor several excellent candidates were asked

to step forward but all declined Some declined due to health reasons some declined due to family obliga-tions and some declined because they winter else-where and wouldnrsquot be able to fulfill the obligations that being District Governor entails All are valid rea-sons to decline the nomination

I have to say that I have missed a couple of Lions functions this month due to family obligations We attended a family wedding recently instead of an im-portant training session in Lansing The Grayling Club participated in the Au Sable River Festival Parade but we couldnrsquot because our granddaughter is partici-pating in a very important horse show and we felt the obligation to see her compete Thatrsquos OK Family comes first Work comes first We all have these obli-gations

That said August is upon us We look forward to travels this month including our first Council of Gover-nors meeting in Lansing and the District Cabinet meeting in West Branch I hope to visit a couple of clubs too I want to see what your clubs are doing in your communities We are also planning a vacation trip to the Upper Peninsula and look forward to visiting Fayette State Historic Park (one of our favorite places in the world) and seeing some waterfalls that we havenrsquot previously visited

I also want to mention that the district website is alive and well Why a website Well Facebook is good if you are a friend and PDG Dave Zeller will approve you if you ask to be approved This is good for us to publicize our doings amongst ourselves Likewise the newsletter is distributed to us Lions and PDG Lynne Jauss does great job

The website wwwmilions11e2org is live on the web for all to see You donrsquot need to apply to see it Think of it as a commercial for the District Please send me articles photos and information about your pro-jects (past current and future) I will get it on the web-site as soon as possible

CONGRATULATIONS

TO THE FOLLOWING

CLUBS FOR THEIR

POSITIVE MEMBERSHIP GROWTH IN 2013-2014

Indian River 10 +53

East Jordan 7 +23

Boyne Valley 4 +10

Oscoda 4 +8

Tawas Area 4 +8

Ellsworth 1 +10

Lincoln 1 +2

SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF

4

This Month This Year

Opening Balance 1108 1118 Added Members 0 11 Dropped Members 0 21 Closing Balance 1108 1108 Net GainLoss 0 -10

Worldwide Members 1356593

MEMBERSHIP UPDATEmdashJULY 31 2014

NEW MEMBERS

CHARTER ANNIVERSARIES None this month

DECEASED MEMBERS

NELS NORTHUP Boyne Valley Lions

AL BARR Cheboygan Lions

JOHN TERNES Petoskey Lions

BELLAIRE Juanita JBeckermdashSponsor Norbert Kollin Florence F ReileymdashSponsor R Herbert Reiley

CENTRAL LAKE Benjamin Dominquez-BennermdashSponsor Gary Wright

CHARLEVOIX Kim R KolbmdashSponsor Paul Bendtro

FAIRVIEW-COMINS Donald HaskinmdashSponsor Daniel Rosenick

GRAYLING Marta S Compton Shawn E Compton and Hope D EmburymdashSponsor David Pratt

LEWISTON Thomas BrownmdashSponsor Jim Hilgendorf

ROGERS CITY Devin R PommerenkemdashSponsor Mike Eustice

WELCOME

BeavertonmdashScott Govitzmdash20 yrs

Central LakemdashAl Burnettmdash20 yrs

Central LakemdashAlbert Andersonmdash45 yrs

CharlevoixmdashJohn Kurtzmdash20 yrs

CharlevoixmdashSteve Hansonmdash15 yrs

GlenniemdashCharles Nerudamdash10 yrs

HarrisvillemdashJohn Rizzardimdash25 yrs HarrisvillemdashGeorge Redlawskmdash15 yrs

Hubbard LakemdashRaymond Marshkemdash15 yrs

Lewiston LLmdashRaietta Ottmdash35 yrs

Mackinaw CitymdashRobert Heilmanmdash40 yrs

PetoskeymdashTed Oldhammdash25 yrs

TawasmdashSteve Fountainmdash25 yrs

TawasmdashTimothy OConnormdash35 yrs

This program recognizes Lions for their long- term service beginning at 10 years and continu-ing in five year increments until 75 years of ser-vice There are two different types of chevrons that vary slightly in appearance the Charter Monarch Chevron available to founding club members only and the Monarch Chevron

Chevron awards for the current fiscal year are automatically sent to district gover-nors in the first quarter for presenta-tion to the recipients at an appropri-ate event such as a district conven-tion or other celebration

(example of a 35-year Monarch Chevron)

CHEVRON AWARD PROGRAMmdashJULYAUGUST

DIRECTORY CHANGES

Pg 24 Don Siefried 231-498-2018

Pg 43 Rogers City Pres gajmalbbergaolcom

MEMBER PAGE

5

ATLANTAmdashSecond summer pancake breakfast fundraiser on July 5 raised $600

AU GRESmdashSupplied manpower to build a ramp for local man provided eyeglasses for local woman total of May-June White Cane Drive $336 presented scholarship winner $500 toward expenses at Saginaw Valley University several members attended Lions Academy

BEAVERTONmdashRan the beer and food tents at Beavertonrsquos 3rd Annual Rock the Park event and donated profits to the annual fireworks display

CHARLEVOIXmdashSet up for Red Cross blood drive held golf tournament at the Belvedere Club and raised $3500 served a chicken lunch for 475 participants of the annual Boyne Thunder Boating Group and raised $4100

CHEBOYGANmdashPulled pork fundraiser raised $720 which was donated back to the community

EAST JORDANmdashHonored three East Jordan teachers (chosen by their peers) with checks totaling $600 entered float in Freedom Festival Parade honoring East Jordan ldquoMother of the Yearrdquo Barb Burks showcased the clubrsquos 18-hole disc golf course (to be installed this summer) at the Festivalrsquos Block Party members volunteered at the Clas-sic Car and Boat Show held their annual summer raffle fundraiser at this event

GAYLORDmdashServed coffee and cookies at our July 4th ldquoCoffee Breakrdquo at the Gaylord exit on I-75 and received $748 in donations raised $73 from Lions mint sales $650 from newspaper recycling $150 from Corporate White Cane Drive and a $1000 rebate from Sight amp Hearing Raffle ticket sales At the 50th Anniversary Alpenfest members brewed coffee in a kettle and set up tables for the ldquoWorldrsquos Largest Coffee Breakrdquo participated in the Alpenfest parade with our ldquoSight is Goldenrdquo float four members attended Lions Academy

GRAYLINGmdashPurchased eyeglasses for two individuals provided funds for parent to transport child to juvenile dia-betes camp at Bear Lake Camp raised $85 from inkjet cartridge recycling sponsored student to attend hearing impaired camp at Bear Lake Camp student and grandmother attended a meeting to thank Grayling for sending her to camp donated $150 to Camp Transition Zone camp for visually-impaired teens three members attended Lions Academy

HARRISVILLEmdashAnnual Lions Duck Race raised $3900 over July 4th weekend community pulled pork BBQ in con-junction with summer concert in the park raised $120

LEWISTON LIONESSmdashHeld local Home Tour 2 members attended the ldquoLions Academyrdquo

MACKINAW CITYmdashOne member visited Kinross for the ldquoChippewa and Future Leader Dogs for the Blind Puppy Dayrdquo and attended the ldquoLions Academyrdquo

MIOmdashDonated $250 for volleyball uniforms raised $80 from Lions mint sales and $905 from tent rentals provid-ed eye exam and eyeglasses for resident hosted the ldquoLions Academyrdquo and provided a continental breakfast and lunch for participants as a fundraiser

OSCODAmdashDonated $250 to Eagle Scout raising funds to build ramp for disabled person road clean-up on 4 miles of local road worked at Lions of Michigan WalkRun event provided games for children at LionRotary 4th of July event and raised $100 from food sales raised $960 selling raffle tickets at the Grayling to Oscoda canoe race four members attended Lions Academy

PRESCOTTSKIDWAY LAKEmdashCollected $792 from White Cane drive raised $131 from Lions mint sales donated 73 pair of used glasses 7 members visited Camp Fish Tale in Pinconning (which caters to physically or mentally challenged individuals) for dedication of playground equipment by the Detroit Pistons and provided eyeglasses to one person several members attended Lions Academy

ROGERS CITYmdashInducted one member started Lucky 13 fundraiser Lion Karen Maher donated a new American flag to commemorate her year as president three members attended Lions Academy

MEMBER PAGE

6

Chevrons awarded for years of service (17) 10-year chevrons (7)15-year chevrons (8) 20-year chevrons (6) 25-year chevrons (1) 30-year chev-rons (3) 35-year chevrons (1) 40-year chevron (1) 50-year chevron and (1) 55-year chevron Not all members were present Chevron awards represent a total of 810 years of Lions service to our community

(Bottom left) New officers were installed today by Lion Mike Brown Out-going King Lion Trent Kutsch Secretary Eric Eide Membership Don Hengesh King Lion Bill Fleck and Treasurer Walt Hufford Not pictured is Lion Hugh Hansen

(Top left) New Member Kim Kolbe with sponsor Lion Paul Brendtro (l)

Lions Madge Smith Shirley Paul and Lynne Jauss working the ldquocoffee breakrdquo trailer on July 4th Lions Leonard Skonieczny Arlen Turner Cathy Otto Joe Fronczak Sam Smith and Norm Corfus make the coffeefor the Alpenfest Coffee Break Lion Cathy Otto and Lion Julie Haase and FLD Bentley in the ldquoItrsquos Goldenrdquo themed 50th Anniversary Alpenfest Parade Float theme was ldquoSight is Goldenrdquo

CHARLEVOIX

GAYLORD

ROGERS CITY OSCODA LEWISTON LIONESSLIONS

(l-r) Lion Dennis Downie presents an appreciation award to Clay Pettengill manager of the Glenrsquos grocery store for their support and assistance during our White Cane Drive Lion Sean Clarke presented a $1000 check and shelter items to Mary Kuron and Kerri Burg from the Shelter Inc Lion Mary Uhl presents a gift to Kim and John Jett one of the homeowners in their recent Home Tour Lions and fellow bingo players say ldquogood-byerdquo to Marcy Shather at bingo night at the senior apartments which the Lions have host-ed monthly for five years Marcy is moving to Tennessee to live with her daughter

MEMBER PIX

7

The Council of GovernorsGlobal Membership Team (COGGMT) have agreed to use Lions Purple and Gold

Awareness Ribbons this year as a way to talk about membership mdash without always having to talk about

membership

What I mean by this is every time someone sees a ribbon they should ldquothinkrdquo about membership and since

EVERYONE will be wearing them they should see them all the time

Every Lion in the state will start out with a Purple Awareness Ribbon that they are asked to wear using

their Lions Pin poked through the center to hold it in place It is a fineable offense (Tail Twister fine) NOT to

have it on at a meeting or project since it is now attached to your Lions pin

You will wear the purple ribbon until you bring in your first new member for the year and at which point

you pass on your purple ribbon to the new Lion (or Lions) when they are inducted and you would receive a

gold ribbon in its place

You then can use your Michigan Safari Pin to hold your ldquonewrdquo ribbon in place Clubs would be given extra

ribbons of each color to keep on hand to make sure ribbons are given out in a timely manner

Once you earn your gold ribbon and are wearing it you are immune from regular Club Tail Twister fines

for the remainder of the year as a reward for helping your club grow

You will see the ribbon used your newsletter on your website Facebook etc Since the ribbons stand for

new members you donrsquot have to keep talking about Membership ALL the time because the ribbons will al-

ways be out there speaking for you

The ribbons will also make for some good conversation with non-Lions asking what they are for and why

yoursquore wearing them

Lion Tim Anderson IPDG

MD 11 Global Membership Chair

MEMBERSHIP RIBBONS

8

Updates to the Standard Grant Criteria The LCIF Standard

grant minimum and maximum request amounts have been updated The new Standard grant minimum request amount for matching funds is US$10000 and the new maximum request amount for matching funds is US$100000 These expanded criteria allow LCIF to help even more Lions meet the needs of their communities through our most popular

grant Please note these updates apply to all applications received at LCIF

as of July 1 2014

LCIF Awards Humanitarian Grants More than US$31 million was awarded

in Lions Clubs International Foundation grants during the JuneJuly 2014 Board of Directors meeting in Toronto Canada Through these funds 72 grants will support life-changing projects around the world Lions will provide hospital equipment in Brazil support clean water projects in Madagascar Mali and Niger provide childrens vision screening equipment in Greece ex-pand a school for the blind in the United States and much more Lions will help millions of people worldwide through these grants which were made possible through your support Thank you foryour contributions to LCIF

Dear Lion

When I became president of Lions Clubs International it was a dream come true Now I am honored to fol-low another dream as Chairperson ofLions Clubs International Foundation The Foundation is a vital part of Li-ons international service efforts so I am looking forward to seeing what we can achieve this year with support from LCIF Last year LCIF set a goal to raise US$357 million in funding to meet Lions humanitarian needs world-

wide I am proud to say that you hit that mark More than ever Lions are involved in service projects to meet the needs of their communities LCIF has seen an increase in requests for disaster relief assistance in recent years Lions Quest continues to expand around the world reaching more students than ever we continue to fight preventable blindness including from diseases like tra-choma and river blindness and we continue in our commitment to our partners at the GAVI Alliance in fighting measles among many other humanitarian projects

Your contributions have helped people all around the world by providing disaster relief saving sight preventing mea-sles supporting youth and meeting humanitarian needs To be able to help even more people we have a new goal to raise

US$383 million for LCIF and I know that we will be able to achieve it In fact I am going to challenge you to set the goal even higher What if every Lions club donated US $100 per member to LCIF We would raise US$136 million - imagine all of the good that could be done with those funds As Lions we can do almost anything By working together we can help each other to follow our dreams for a better world You can make a difference and LCIF can help

Sincerely

Barry J Palmer Chairperson Lions Clubs International Foundation

5

ATLANTAmdashSecond summer pancake breakfast fundraiser on July 5 raised $600

AU GRESmdashSupplied manpower to build a ramp for local man provided eyeglasses for local woman total of May-June White Cane Drive $336 presented scholarship winner $500 toward expenses at Saginaw Valley University several members attended Lions Academy

BEAVERTONmdashRan the beer and food tents at Beavertonrsquos 3rd Annual Rock the Park event and donated profits to the annual fireworks display

CHARLEVOIXmdashSet up for Red Cross blood drive held golf tournament at the Belvedere Club and raised $3500 served a chicken lunch for 475 participants of the annual Boyne Thunder Boating Group and raised $4100

CHEBOYGANmdashPulled pork fundraiser raised $720 which was donated back to the community

EAST JORDANmdashHonored three East Jordan teachers (chosen by their peers) with checks totaling $600 entered float in Freedom Festival Parade honoring East Jordan ldquoMother of the Yearrdquo Barb Burks showcased the clubrsquos 18-hole disc golf course (to be installed this summer) at the Festivalrsquos Block Party members volunteered at the Clas-sic Car and Boat Show held their annual summer raffle fundraiser at this event

GAYLORDmdashServed coffee and cookies at our July 4th ldquoCoffee Breakrdquo at the Gaylord exit on I-75 and received $748 in donations raised $73 from Lions mint sales $650 from newspaper recycling $150 from Corporate White Cane Drive and a $1000 rebate from Sight amp Hearing Raffle ticket sales At the 50th Anniversary Alpenfest members brewed coffee in a kettle and set up tables for the ldquoWorldrsquos Largest Coffee Breakrdquo participated in the Alpenfest parade with our ldquoSight is Goldenrdquo float four members attended Lions Academy

GRAYLINGmdashPurchased eyeglasses for two individuals provided funds for parent to transport child to juvenile dia-betes camp at Bear Lake Camp raised $85 from inkjet cartridge recycling sponsored student to attend hearing impaired camp at Bear Lake Camp student and grandmother attended a meeting to thank Grayling for sending her to camp donated $150 to Camp Transition Zone camp for visually-impaired teens three members attended Lions Academy

HARRISVILLEmdashAnnual Lions Duck Race raised $3900 over July 4th weekend community pulled pork BBQ in con-junction with summer concert in the park raised $120

LEWISTON LIONESSmdashHeld local Home Tour 2 members attended the ldquoLions Academyrdquo

MACKINAW CITYmdashOne member visited Kinross for the ldquoChippewa and Future Leader Dogs for the Blind Puppy Dayrdquo and attended the ldquoLions Academyrdquo

MIOmdashDonated $250 for volleyball uniforms raised $80 from Lions mint sales and $905 from tent rentals provid-ed eye exam and eyeglasses for resident hosted the ldquoLions Academyrdquo and provided a continental breakfast and lunch for participants as a fundraiser

OSCODAmdashDonated $250 to Eagle Scout raising funds to build ramp for disabled person road clean-up on 4 miles of local road worked at Lions of Michigan WalkRun event provided games for children at LionRotary 4th of July event and raised $100 from food sales raised $960 selling raffle tickets at the Grayling to Oscoda canoe race four members attended Lions Academy

PRESCOTTSKIDWAY LAKEmdashCollected $792 from White Cane drive raised $131 from Lions mint sales donated 73 pair of used glasses 7 members visited Camp Fish Tale in Pinconning (which caters to physically or mentally challenged individuals) for dedication of playground equipment by the Detroit Pistons and provided eyeglasses to one person several members attended Lions Academy

ROGERS CITYmdashInducted one member started Lucky 13 fundraiser Lion Karen Maher donated a new American flag to commemorate her year as president three members attended Lions Academy

MEMBER PAGE

6

Chevrons awarded for years of service (17) 10-year chevrons (7)15-year chevrons (8) 20-year chevrons (6) 25-year chevrons (1) 30-year chev-rons (3) 35-year chevrons (1) 40-year chevron (1) 50-year chevron and (1) 55-year chevron Not all members were present Chevron awards represent a total of 810 years of Lions service to our community

(Bottom left) New officers were installed today by Lion Mike Brown Out-going King Lion Trent Kutsch Secretary Eric Eide Membership Don Hengesh King Lion Bill Fleck and Treasurer Walt Hufford Not pictured is Lion Hugh Hansen

(Top left) New Member Kim Kolbe with sponsor Lion Paul Brendtro (l)

Lions Madge Smith Shirley Paul and Lynne Jauss working the ldquocoffee breakrdquo trailer on July 4th Lions Leonard Skonieczny Arlen Turner Cathy Otto Joe Fronczak Sam Smith and Norm Corfus make the coffeefor the Alpenfest Coffee Break Lion Cathy Otto and Lion Julie Haase and FLD Bentley in the ldquoItrsquos Goldenrdquo themed 50th Anniversary Alpenfest Parade Float theme was ldquoSight is Goldenrdquo

CHARLEVOIX

GAYLORD

ROGERS CITY OSCODA LEWISTON LIONESSLIONS

(l-r) Lion Dennis Downie presents an appreciation award to Clay Pettengill manager of the Glenrsquos grocery store for their support and assistance during our White Cane Drive Lion Sean Clarke presented a $1000 check and shelter items to Mary Kuron and Kerri Burg from the Shelter Inc Lion Mary Uhl presents a gift to Kim and John Jett one of the homeowners in their recent Home Tour Lions and fellow bingo players say ldquogood-byerdquo to Marcy Shather at bingo night at the senior apartments which the Lions have host-ed monthly for five years Marcy is moving to Tennessee to live with her daughter

MEMBER PIX

7

The Council of GovernorsGlobal Membership Team (COGGMT) have agreed to use Lions Purple and Gold

Awareness Ribbons this year as a way to talk about membership mdash without always having to talk about

membership

What I mean by this is every time someone sees a ribbon they should ldquothinkrdquo about membership and since

EVERYONE will be wearing them they should see them all the time

Every Lion in the state will start out with a Purple Awareness Ribbon that they are asked to wear using

their Lions Pin poked through the center to hold it in place It is a fineable offense (Tail Twister fine) NOT to

have it on at a meeting or project since it is now attached to your Lions pin

You will wear the purple ribbon until you bring in your first new member for the year and at which point

you pass on your purple ribbon to the new Lion (or Lions) when they are inducted and you would receive a

gold ribbon in its place

You then can use your Michigan Safari Pin to hold your ldquonewrdquo ribbon in place Clubs would be given extra

ribbons of each color to keep on hand to make sure ribbons are given out in a timely manner

Once you earn your gold ribbon and are wearing it you are immune from regular Club Tail Twister fines

for the remainder of the year as a reward for helping your club grow

You will see the ribbon used your newsletter on your website Facebook etc Since the ribbons stand for

new members you donrsquot have to keep talking about Membership ALL the time because the ribbons will al-

ways be out there speaking for you

The ribbons will also make for some good conversation with non-Lions asking what they are for and why

yoursquore wearing them

Lion Tim Anderson IPDG

MD 11 Global Membership Chair

MEMBERSHIP RIBBONS

8

Updates to the Standard Grant Criteria The LCIF Standard

grant minimum and maximum request amounts have been updated The new Standard grant minimum request amount for matching funds is US$10000 and the new maximum request amount for matching funds is US$100000 These expanded criteria allow LCIF to help even more Lions meet the needs of their communities through our most popular

grant Please note these updates apply to all applications received at LCIF

as of July 1 2014

LCIF Awards Humanitarian Grants More than US$31 million was awarded

in Lions Clubs International Foundation grants during the JuneJuly 2014 Board of Directors meeting in Toronto Canada Through these funds 72 grants will support life-changing projects around the world Lions will provide hospital equipment in Brazil support clean water projects in Madagascar Mali and Niger provide childrens vision screening equipment in Greece ex-pand a school for the blind in the United States and much more Lions will help millions of people worldwide through these grants which were made possible through your support Thank you foryour contributions to LCIF

Dear Lion

When I became president of Lions Clubs International it was a dream come true Now I am honored to fol-low another dream as Chairperson ofLions Clubs International Foundation The Foundation is a vital part of Li-ons international service efforts so I am looking forward to seeing what we can achieve this year with support from LCIF Last year LCIF set a goal to raise US$357 million in funding to meet Lions humanitarian needs world-

wide I am proud to say that you hit that mark More than ever Lions are involved in service projects to meet the needs of their communities LCIF has seen an increase in requests for disaster relief assistance in recent years Lions Quest continues to expand around the world reaching more students than ever we continue to fight preventable blindness including from diseases like tra-choma and river blindness and we continue in our commitment to our partners at the GAVI Alliance in fighting measles among many other humanitarian projects

Your contributions have helped people all around the world by providing disaster relief saving sight preventing mea-sles supporting youth and meeting humanitarian needs To be able to help even more people we have a new goal to raise

US$383 million for LCIF and I know that we will be able to achieve it In fact I am going to challenge you to set the goal even higher What if every Lions club donated US $100 per member to LCIF We would raise US$136 million - imagine all of the good that could be done with those funds As Lions we can do almost anything By working together we can help each other to follow our dreams for a better world You can make a difference and LCIF can help

Sincerely

Barry J Palmer Chairperson Lions Clubs International Foundation

6

Chevrons awarded for years of service (17) 10-year chevrons (7)15-year chevrons (8) 20-year chevrons (6) 25-year chevrons (1) 30-year chev-rons (3) 35-year chevrons (1) 40-year chevron (1) 50-year chevron and (1) 55-year chevron Not all members were present Chevron awards represent a total of 810 years of Lions service to our community

(Bottom left) New officers were installed today by Lion Mike Brown Out-going King Lion Trent Kutsch Secretary Eric Eide Membership Don Hengesh King Lion Bill Fleck and Treasurer Walt Hufford Not pictured is Lion Hugh Hansen

(Top left) New Member Kim Kolbe with sponsor Lion Paul Brendtro (l)

Lions Madge Smith Shirley Paul and Lynne Jauss working the ldquocoffee breakrdquo trailer on July 4th Lions Leonard Skonieczny Arlen Turner Cathy Otto Joe Fronczak Sam Smith and Norm Corfus make the coffeefor the Alpenfest Coffee Break Lion Cathy Otto and Lion Julie Haase and FLD Bentley in the ldquoItrsquos Goldenrdquo themed 50th Anniversary Alpenfest Parade Float theme was ldquoSight is Goldenrdquo

CHARLEVOIX

GAYLORD

ROGERS CITY OSCODA LEWISTON LIONESSLIONS

(l-r) Lion Dennis Downie presents an appreciation award to Clay Pettengill manager of the Glenrsquos grocery store for their support and assistance during our White Cane Drive Lion Sean Clarke presented a $1000 check and shelter items to Mary Kuron and Kerri Burg from the Shelter Inc Lion Mary Uhl presents a gift to Kim and John Jett one of the homeowners in their recent Home Tour Lions and fellow bingo players say ldquogood-byerdquo to Marcy Shather at bingo night at the senior apartments which the Lions have host-ed monthly for five years Marcy is moving to Tennessee to live with her daughter

MEMBER PIX

7

The Council of GovernorsGlobal Membership Team (COGGMT) have agreed to use Lions Purple and Gold

Awareness Ribbons this year as a way to talk about membership mdash without always having to talk about

membership

What I mean by this is every time someone sees a ribbon they should ldquothinkrdquo about membership and since

EVERYONE will be wearing them they should see them all the time

Every Lion in the state will start out with a Purple Awareness Ribbon that they are asked to wear using

their Lions Pin poked through the center to hold it in place It is a fineable offense (Tail Twister fine) NOT to

have it on at a meeting or project since it is now attached to your Lions pin

You will wear the purple ribbon until you bring in your first new member for the year and at which point

you pass on your purple ribbon to the new Lion (or Lions) when they are inducted and you would receive a

gold ribbon in its place

You then can use your Michigan Safari Pin to hold your ldquonewrdquo ribbon in place Clubs would be given extra

ribbons of each color to keep on hand to make sure ribbons are given out in a timely manner

Once you earn your gold ribbon and are wearing it you are immune from regular Club Tail Twister fines

for the remainder of the year as a reward for helping your club grow

You will see the ribbon used your newsletter on your website Facebook etc Since the ribbons stand for

new members you donrsquot have to keep talking about Membership ALL the time because the ribbons will al-

ways be out there speaking for you

The ribbons will also make for some good conversation with non-Lions asking what they are for and why

yoursquore wearing them

Lion Tim Anderson IPDG

MD 11 Global Membership Chair

MEMBERSHIP RIBBONS

8

Updates to the Standard Grant Criteria The LCIF Standard

grant minimum and maximum request amounts have been updated The new Standard grant minimum request amount for matching funds is US$10000 and the new maximum request amount for matching funds is US$100000 These expanded criteria allow LCIF to help even more Lions meet the needs of their communities through our most popular

grant Please note these updates apply to all applications received at LCIF

as of July 1 2014

LCIF Awards Humanitarian Grants More than US$31 million was awarded

in Lions Clubs International Foundation grants during the JuneJuly 2014 Board of Directors meeting in Toronto Canada Through these funds 72 grants will support life-changing projects around the world Lions will provide hospital equipment in Brazil support clean water projects in Madagascar Mali and Niger provide childrens vision screening equipment in Greece ex-pand a school for the blind in the United States and much more Lions will help millions of people worldwide through these grants which were made possible through your support Thank you foryour contributions to LCIF

Dear Lion

When I became president of Lions Clubs International it was a dream come true Now I am honored to fol-low another dream as Chairperson ofLions Clubs International Foundation The Foundation is a vital part of Li-ons international service efforts so I am looking forward to seeing what we can achieve this year with support from LCIF Last year LCIF set a goal to raise US$357 million in funding to meet Lions humanitarian needs world-

wide I am proud to say that you hit that mark More than ever Lions are involved in service projects to meet the needs of their communities LCIF has seen an increase in requests for disaster relief assistance in recent years Lions Quest continues to expand around the world reaching more students than ever we continue to fight preventable blindness including from diseases like tra-choma and river blindness and we continue in our commitment to our partners at the GAVI Alliance in fighting measles among many other humanitarian projects

Your contributions have helped people all around the world by providing disaster relief saving sight preventing mea-sles supporting youth and meeting humanitarian needs To be able to help even more people we have a new goal to raise

US$383 million for LCIF and I know that we will be able to achieve it In fact I am going to challenge you to set the goal even higher What if every Lions club donated US $100 per member to LCIF We would raise US$136 million - imagine all of the good that could be done with those funds As Lions we can do almost anything By working together we can help each other to follow our dreams for a better world You can make a difference and LCIF can help

Sincerely

Barry J Palmer Chairperson Lions Clubs International Foundation

7

The Council of GovernorsGlobal Membership Team (COGGMT) have agreed to use Lions Purple and Gold

Awareness Ribbons this year as a way to talk about membership mdash without always having to talk about

membership

What I mean by this is every time someone sees a ribbon they should ldquothinkrdquo about membership and since

EVERYONE will be wearing them they should see them all the time

Every Lion in the state will start out with a Purple Awareness Ribbon that they are asked to wear using

their Lions Pin poked through the center to hold it in place It is a fineable offense (Tail Twister fine) NOT to

have it on at a meeting or project since it is now attached to your Lions pin

You will wear the purple ribbon until you bring in your first new member for the year and at which point

you pass on your purple ribbon to the new Lion (or Lions) when they are inducted and you would receive a

gold ribbon in its place

You then can use your Michigan Safari Pin to hold your ldquonewrdquo ribbon in place Clubs would be given extra

ribbons of each color to keep on hand to make sure ribbons are given out in a timely manner

Once you earn your gold ribbon and are wearing it you are immune from regular Club Tail Twister fines

for the remainder of the year as a reward for helping your club grow

You will see the ribbon used your newsletter on your website Facebook etc Since the ribbons stand for

new members you donrsquot have to keep talking about Membership ALL the time because the ribbons will al-

ways be out there speaking for you

The ribbons will also make for some good conversation with non-Lions asking what they are for and why

yoursquore wearing them

Lion Tim Anderson IPDG

MD 11 Global Membership Chair

MEMBERSHIP RIBBONS

8

Updates to the Standard Grant Criteria The LCIF Standard

grant minimum and maximum request amounts have been updated The new Standard grant minimum request amount for matching funds is US$10000 and the new maximum request amount for matching funds is US$100000 These expanded criteria allow LCIF to help even more Lions meet the needs of their communities through our most popular

grant Please note these updates apply to all applications received at LCIF

as of July 1 2014

LCIF Awards Humanitarian Grants More than US$31 million was awarded

in Lions Clubs International Foundation grants during the JuneJuly 2014 Board of Directors meeting in Toronto Canada Through these funds 72 grants will support life-changing projects around the world Lions will provide hospital equipment in Brazil support clean water projects in Madagascar Mali and Niger provide childrens vision screening equipment in Greece ex-pand a school for the blind in the United States and much more Lions will help millions of people worldwide through these grants which were made possible through your support Thank you foryour contributions to LCIF

Dear Lion

When I became president of Lions Clubs International it was a dream come true Now I am honored to fol-low another dream as Chairperson ofLions Clubs International Foundation The Foundation is a vital part of Li-ons international service efforts so I am looking forward to seeing what we can achieve this year with support from LCIF Last year LCIF set a goal to raise US$357 million in funding to meet Lions humanitarian needs world-

wide I am proud to say that you hit that mark More than ever Lions are involved in service projects to meet the needs of their communities LCIF has seen an increase in requests for disaster relief assistance in recent years Lions Quest continues to expand around the world reaching more students than ever we continue to fight preventable blindness including from diseases like tra-choma and river blindness and we continue in our commitment to our partners at the GAVI Alliance in fighting measles among many other humanitarian projects

Your contributions have helped people all around the world by providing disaster relief saving sight preventing mea-sles supporting youth and meeting humanitarian needs To be able to help even more people we have a new goal to raise

US$383 million for LCIF and I know that we will be able to achieve it In fact I am going to challenge you to set the goal even higher What if every Lions club donated US $100 per member to LCIF We would raise US$136 million - imagine all of the good that could be done with those funds As Lions we can do almost anything By working together we can help each other to follow our dreams for a better world You can make a difference and LCIF can help

Sincerely

Barry J Palmer Chairperson Lions Clubs International Foundation

8

Updates to the Standard Grant Criteria The LCIF Standard

grant minimum and maximum request amounts have been updated The new Standard grant minimum request amount for matching funds is US$10000 and the new maximum request amount for matching funds is US$100000 These expanded criteria allow LCIF to help even more Lions meet the needs of their communities through our most popular

grant Please note these updates apply to all applications received at LCIF

as of July 1 2014

LCIF Awards Humanitarian Grants More than US$31 million was awarded

in Lions Clubs International Foundation grants during the JuneJuly 2014 Board of Directors meeting in Toronto Canada Through these funds 72 grants will support life-changing projects around the world Lions will provide hospital equipment in Brazil support clean water projects in Madagascar Mali and Niger provide childrens vision screening equipment in Greece ex-pand a school for the blind in the United States and much more Lions will help millions of people worldwide through these grants which were made possible through your support Thank you foryour contributions to LCIF

Dear Lion

When I became president of Lions Clubs International it was a dream come true Now I am honored to fol-low another dream as Chairperson ofLions Clubs International Foundation The Foundation is a vital part of Li-ons international service efforts so I am looking forward to seeing what we can achieve this year with support from LCIF Last year LCIF set a goal to raise US$357 million in funding to meet Lions humanitarian needs world-

wide I am proud to say that you hit that mark More than ever Lions are involved in service projects to meet the needs of their communities LCIF has seen an increase in requests for disaster relief assistance in recent years Lions Quest continues to expand around the world reaching more students than ever we continue to fight preventable blindness including from diseases like tra-choma and river blindness and we continue in our commitment to our partners at the GAVI Alliance in fighting measles among many other humanitarian projects

Your contributions have helped people all around the world by providing disaster relief saving sight preventing mea-sles supporting youth and meeting humanitarian needs To be able to help even more people we have a new goal to raise

US$383 million for LCIF and I know that we will be able to achieve it In fact I am going to challenge you to set the goal even higher What if every Lions club donated US $100 per member to LCIF We would raise US$136 million - imagine all of the good that could be done with those funds As Lions we can do almost anything By working together we can help each other to follow our dreams for a better world You can make a difference and LCIF can help

Sincerely

Barry J Palmer Chairperson Lions Clubs International Foundation

9

By order of Senate Resolution 148 on May 21 2014 as published in the Journal of the Senate 805

[No 47]

[May 21 2014]

JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 805

Senator Green offered the following resolution

Senate Resolution No 148

A resolution to proclaim October 5 - 11 2014 as Lions Week in the state of Michigan

Whereas There are over 12000 Lions members both men and women in more than 500 clubs

throughout Michigan Around the world their 46000 clubs and 135 million members make them the

worldrsquos largest service club organization and

Whereas In 1925 Helen Keller addressed the Lions Clubs International Convention in Cedar Point

Ohio and challenged Lions to become ldquoknights of the blind in the crusade against darknessrdquo Since

then they have worked tirelessly to aid the blind and visually impaired and have earned high marks

for both integrity and transparency throughout their 95 year history and

Whereas Lions meet the needs of local communities and the world The 135 million members of

their volunteer organization in 207 countries and geographic areas are different in many ways but

share a core belief that community is what we make it and

Whereas In Michigan Lions Clubs perform a huge variety of services to their communities such as

providing eyeglasses and hearing aids to those who cannot afford them hosting holiday parties for

underprivileged kids underwriting food giveaways assisting in sending kids to camp maintaining

parks visiting seniors supporting organ donation drives vision testing for young children and many

more and

Whereas All Michigan Lions Clubs come together to support four state projects Leader Dogs for

the Blind Michigan Eye Bank Bear Lake Camp and Lions of Michigan Foundation which help fund

endeavors such as disaster relief in the United States and abroad now therefore be it Resolved by

the Senate That we hereby proclaim October 5-11 2014 as Lions Week May Lions Clubs through-

out Michigan reaffirm their member service mission ldquoTo empower volunteers to serve their commu-

nities meet humanitarian needs encourage peace and promote international understanding through

Lions clubsrdquo and be it further

Resolved That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the Lions of Michigan Council of Gover-

nors and the Lions of Michigan State Office as a reflection of our esteem

______________________________________

Senators Anderson Bieda Booher Brandenburg Hansen Hopgood Hunter Jones Marleau

Pavlov Proos Richardville and Rocca were named co-sponsors of the resolution

10

For more information visit the following links httppuppiesinsideblogspotcom201407one-year-alreadyhtmlmdashA blog by Patti Brehler with Leader Dogs of Michigan

on the Chippewa Correctional Facility puppy raising program including a video of the last year with the puppies inmates staff and volunteers who made this possible

http9and10newscomstory26105045migreatplaces-visionary-partnership-in-the-upper-peninsula

LEADER DOG KENNEL RENOVATION PROJECT

The Leader Dog Kennel Renovation Project is ready for presentation to district clubs Please contact District Leader Dog Chair Lion Julie Haase at haasejulaolcom to schedule a presentation to your club NOTE Keep in mind that support of the Kennel Renovation program andor the Prison Puppy Raising Programs are over and above your current Leader Dog donations

This article was written by Lion Ron Gwilt from the Mackinaw City Lions after visiting the Chippewa Correctional Facility in Kinross last month for their ldquoChippewa and Future Leader Dogs for the Blind Puppy Dayrdquo

The correctional facility has twelve future leader dogs for the blind assigned to twelve sep-arate handlers and twelve assistants Each dog is assigned a handler for a one-year period and the handler is responsible for training the future leader dog And train they do The dog ar-rives to its handler at about six weeks of age and the handler is responsible and cares for the dog 247 for the next year The dog is always with the handler except once a week when vol-unteers from the area pick up the dog and take it to Sault Ste Marie for the day so it can get acclimated to the outside world

Two of the dogs were graduating the following day and the inmates were very emotional regarding losing their dogs Remember they had that dog 247 for the past 365 dayshellip These two dogs were the first to graduate the program was started one year ago By the way the idea came from a prison in Iowa and the Chippewa Correctional Facility is the second correc-tional facility to have such a program There are now two other facilities in the State of Michi-gan (Baraga and Jackson) that are also doing the program with two more in the works

Five or six of the inmates gave very nice speeches regarding their participation in the pro-gram There were inmates that had been in the correctional facility for 25-30 years with nothing to do Their assignment to their leader dog went from being someone you might be afraid to approach to an individual talking baby talk to a dog and showing an enormous amount of affection Each and every one of the inmates that spoke had tears running down

their cheeks It was a very moving experience

The Lions Club of Mackinaw City is sponsoring a leader dog called ldquoTeysenrdquo at the facilitymdashnamed and money donat-ed in honor of one of our charter members Ken Teysen who passed away this spring Teysen was the youngest dog there He is now seven-weeks-old and the editor had the honor of holding Teysen and talking to his handler Believe me Teysen is in great hands He is a little black lab and had been assigned to his handler for only one week You can-not believe how much he has learned in just that one week The handler told me ldquothat is all I have to domdashtake care of Teysenrdquo He talked about how boring it was for the first 10 years in the correctional facility prior to getting assigned to Teysen

The future leader dogs are raised as pups for the first six weeks by someone on the outside assigned to an inmate for one year taken to Rochester MI Leader Dog School for the next six months trained with their future blind individ-ual for the next three weeks and then they become full-fledged Leader Dogs

It takes approximately $800 for the correctional facility to care for a dog for a year All vet bills etc are taken care of through the generous pro bono services of a local veterinarian Dr Bennett and his wife What an impressive and worthwhile program It helps the blind the inmates and the entire correctional facility all at the same time

I am excited about the prospect of possibly making a return visit in the future

FLD August a one- year-old yellow lab is one of the puppies being raised by inmates in Kinche-loe There are currently three prisons in Michigan with puppy-raising pro-grams Chippewa in Au-gust 2013 Barraga in January 2014 and Jack-son in April 2014 Two more Michigan prisons are waiting to begin the program

LEADER DOG PRISON PUPPY RAISING PROGRAM

11

OSCODAmdashThe Annual Picnic meeting will be August 4th 630 pm at Ls Suersquos home Bring items to donate to the entertain-ment basket that will be raffled at the Craft Show in October Goodwill volunteers will be helping out at our August 5th Blood Drive

CENTRAL LAKEmdashThe Lioness worked at the July 4th BBQ The club is gearing up for their August 2nd Auction Barn and Bake Sales Judy Taskey who will officially join the club in September stepped right in and helped at the BBQ and will help on August 2nd A Region Meeting is planned for September 18 at the Torch Lake Township Hall at 630 pm The eveningrsquos theme is the ldquoRoaring 20rsquosrdquo so dress the part if you can

President Phyllis Armould Past President Pat Budzynski Treasurer Pat Burns Secretary Barb Smith Newsletter Di LaBeau winter and Sherry Kremer summer Program Chair Cindy Loy Membership Chair Marie Leathers Board of Directors Barb Bruice Jo Ann Kotwick Col-leen Engel Nancy Weston summer Tail Twist-er Denise Shooks Lioness Tamer Denise Wilks Thanks to Missy Zelnak of the Central Lake News for allowing us to use this picture she took

2014-2015 CENTRAL LAKE LIONESS OFFICERS

LIONESS PAGE

10

For more information visit the following links httppuppiesinsideblogspotcom201407one-year-alreadyhtmlmdashA blog by Patti Brehler with Leader Dogs of Michigan

on the Chippewa Correctional Facility puppy raising program including a video of the last year with the puppies inmates staff and volunteers who made this possible

http9and10newscomstory26105045migreatplaces-visionary-partnership-in-the-upper-peninsula

LEADER DOG KENNEL RENOVATION PROJECT

The Leader Dog Kennel Renovation Project is ready for presentation to district clubs Please contact District Leader Dog Chair Lion Julie Haase at haasejulaolcom to schedule a presentation to your club NOTE Keep in mind that support of the Kennel Renovation program andor the Prison Puppy Raising Programs are over and above your current Leader Dog donations

This article was written by Lion Ron Gwilt from the Mackinaw City Lions after visiting the Chippewa Correctional Facility in Kinross last month for their ldquoChippewa and Future Leader Dogs for the Blind Puppy Dayrdquo

The correctional facility has twelve future leader dogs for the blind assigned to twelve sep-arate handlers and twelve assistants Each dog is assigned a handler for a one-year period and the handler is responsible for training the future leader dog And train they do The dog ar-rives to its handler at about six weeks of age and the handler is responsible and cares for the dog 247 for the next year The dog is always with the handler except once a week when vol-unteers from the area pick up the dog and take it to Sault Ste Marie for the day so it can get acclimated to the outside world

Two of the dogs were graduating the following day and the inmates were very emotional regarding losing their dogs Remember they had that dog 247 for the past 365 dayshellip These two dogs were the first to graduate the program was started one year ago By the way the idea came from a prison in Iowa and the Chippewa Correctional Facility is the second correc-tional facility to have such a program There are now two other facilities in the State of Michi-gan (Baraga and Jackson) that are also doing the program with two more in the works

Five or six of the inmates gave very nice speeches regarding their participation in the pro-gram There were inmates that had been in the correctional facility for 25-30 years with nothing to do Their assignment to their leader dog went from being someone you might be afraid to approach to an individual talking baby talk to a dog and showing an enormous amount of affection Each and every one of the inmates that spoke had tears running down

their cheeks It was a very moving experience

The Lions Club of Mackinaw City is sponsoring a leader dog called ldquoTeysenrdquo at the facilitymdashnamed and money donat-ed in honor of one of our charter members Ken Teysen who passed away this spring Teysen was the youngest dog there He is now seven-weeks-old and the editor had the honor of holding Teysen and talking to his handler Believe me Teysen is in great hands He is a little black lab and had been assigned to his handler for only one week You can-not believe how much he has learned in just that one week The handler told me ldquothat is all I have to domdashtake care of Teysenrdquo He talked about how boring it was for the first 10 years in the correctional facility prior to getting assigned to Teysen

The future leader dogs are raised as pups for the first six weeks by someone on the outside assigned to an inmate for one year taken to Rochester MI Leader Dog School for the next six months trained with their future blind individ-ual for the next three weeks and then they become full-fledged Leader Dogs

It takes approximately $800 for the correctional facility to care for a dog for a year All vet bills etc are taken care of through the generous pro bono services of a local veterinarian Dr Bennett and his wife What an impressive and worthwhile program It helps the blind the inmates and the entire correctional facility all at the same time

I am excited about the prospect of possibly making a return visit in the future

FLD August a one- year-old yellow lab is one of the puppies being raised by inmates in Kinche-loe There are currently three prisons in Michigan with puppy-raising pro-grams Chippewa in Au-gust 2013 Barraga in January 2014 and Jack-son in April 2014 Two more Michigan prisons are waiting to begin the program

LEADER DOG PRISON PUPPY RAISING PROGRAM

11

OSCODAmdashThe Annual Picnic meeting will be August 4th 630 pm at Ls Suersquos home Bring items to donate to the entertain-ment basket that will be raffled at the Craft Show in October Goodwill volunteers will be helping out at our August 5th Blood Drive

CENTRAL LAKEmdashThe Lioness worked at the July 4th BBQ The club is gearing up for their August 2nd Auction Barn and Bake Sales Judy Taskey who will officially join the club in September stepped right in and helped at the BBQ and will help on August 2nd A Region Meeting is planned for September 18 at the Torch Lake Township Hall at 630 pm The eveningrsquos theme is the ldquoRoaring 20rsquosrdquo so dress the part if you can

President Phyllis Armould Past President Pat Budzynski Treasurer Pat Burns Secretary Barb Smith Newsletter Di LaBeau winter and Sherry Kremer summer Program Chair Cindy Loy Membership Chair Marie Leathers Board of Directors Barb Bruice Jo Ann Kotwick Col-leen Engel Nancy Weston summer Tail Twist-er Denise Shooks Lioness Tamer Denise Wilks Thanks to Missy Zelnak of the Central Lake News for allowing us to use this picture she took

2014-2015 CENTRAL LAKE LIONESS OFFICERS

LIONESS PAGE

11

OSCODAmdashThe Annual Picnic meeting will be August 4th 630 pm at Ls Suersquos home Bring items to donate to the entertain-ment basket that will be raffled at the Craft Show in October Goodwill volunteers will be helping out at our August 5th Blood Drive

CENTRAL LAKEmdashThe Lioness worked at the July 4th BBQ The club is gearing up for their August 2nd Auction Barn and Bake Sales Judy Taskey who will officially join the club in September stepped right in and helped at the BBQ and will help on August 2nd A Region Meeting is planned for September 18 at the Torch Lake Township Hall at 630 pm The eveningrsquos theme is the ldquoRoaring 20rsquosrdquo so dress the part if you can

President Phyllis Armould Past President Pat Budzynski Treasurer Pat Burns Secretary Barb Smith Newsletter Di LaBeau winter and Sherry Kremer summer Program Chair Cindy Loy Membership Chair Marie Leathers Board of Directors Barb Bruice Jo Ann Kotwick Col-leen Engel Nancy Weston summer Tail Twist-er Denise Shooks Lioness Tamer Denise Wilks Thanks to Missy Zelnak of the Central Lake News for allowing us to use this picture she took

2014-2015 CENTRAL LAKE LIONESS OFFICERS

LIONESS PAGE

OSCODAmdashThe Annual Picnic meeting will be August 4th 630 pm at Ls Suersquos home Bring items to donate to the entertain-ment basket that will be raffled at the Craft Show in October Goodwill volunteers will be helping out at our August 5th Blood Drive

CENTRAL LAKEmdashThe Lioness worked at the July 4th BBQ The club is gearing up for their August 2nd Auction Barn and Bake Sales Judy Taskey who will officially join the club in September stepped right in and helped at the BBQ and will help on August 2nd A Region Meeting is planned for September 18 at the Torch Lake Township Hall at 630 pm The eveningrsquos theme is the ldquoRoaring 20rsquosrdquo so dress the part if you can

President Phyllis Armould Past President Pat Budzynski Treasurer Pat Burns Secretary Barb Smith Newsletter Di LaBeau winter and Sherry Kremer summer Program Chair Cindy Loy Membership Chair Marie Leathers Board of Directors Barb Bruice Jo Ann Kotwick Col-leen Engel Nancy Weston summer Tail Twist-er Denise Shooks Lioness Tamer Denise Wilks Thanks to Missy Zelnak of the Central Lake News for allowing us to use this picture she took

2014-2015 CENTRAL LAKE LIONESS OFFICERS

LIONESS PAGE