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Fellow Lions, Lionesses, Leos and friends of District 14-B,

The year has gone by so fast, and all our clubs have worked hard to raise funds to help

their communities. May and June are when many clubs disburse their funds. It is very

important to support our local communities, but also to help those in a larger area, state,

country and internationally. When making out your club’s fund distribution list, I would

like you to look at some great Lion’s causes that are worthy of our support.

Multiple District 14 (Pennsylvania) has five regular state projects that clubs are encouraged

to support. This year, we added a Childhood Cancer project to that list.

The first and probably the most familiar is the Pennsylvania Lions Beacon Lodge Camp.

This summer camp for blind and disabled adults and children is in the central part of the state

near Mount Union. Lion members can be honored in many ways such as purchasing

engraved walk way bricks, benches, and a Carl Shoemaker Fellowship which requires a $500

contribution. Last year, the camp replaced asbestos bearing flooring in the 14-B cabins at a

cost of over $17,000. Our district is trying to raise half that amount so that we can apply for a

matching funds grant from the PA Lions Foundation. We have asked every club to donate $250 to this effort. If your club

hasn’t done so already, please send your donations directly to District 14-B with a note in the memo line “Beacon lodge

Flooring” so that we can apply for the matching funds.

The Lions of Pennsylvania Foundation awards matching funds grants to clubs, multiple clubs, and Districts to help with

Lions projects. Each District can submit one project per quarter per year for consideration. A deserving member can be

honored with a LOPF Fellowship with a $500 contribution. All money received remains in Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania Lions Hearing Research Foundation is another state project whose sole mission is to provide seed money for

research dedicated to the elimination of hearing impairment and deafness. Grants are given to various medical facilities and

hearing researchers. The PDG John R. Crone Fellowship can be obtained with a $500 donation.

The Eye Research & Sight Conservation Foundation is another state project. Their mission is to raise funds for eye and

diabetic research projects and equipment for clinical procedures. They contribute to many vision related health facilities

throughout Pennsylvania including the Pennsylvania Lions Laser Center at the UPMC Eye & Ear Institute in Pittsburgh.

Many Lions favorite state project is Leader Dogs for the Blind. This facility was founded by Lions in the Detroit area and

supplies about 300 guide dogs yearly to the blind and the deaf blind. They also provide other services to help restore a

normal life style to the visually impaired.

Websites for all five state projects can be accessed by going to the state Lions website, www.plions.org and clicking onto

the MD-14 State Projects tab located halfway down the right-hand side.

This year, in addition to the five regular state projects described above, MD-14 took on an extra project to raise $100,000

for the Four Diamonds Foundation, which supports childhood cancer research and free care for children with cancer. The

district has asked each club to donate $6.00 per member to this very important cause. You can find more information

awww.fourdiamonds.org Please send donations to the district

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.In addition to the MD-14 State projects above, District 14-B also supports other regional and local projects.

The Western Pennsylvania Lions Hearing Foundation is a regional foundation covering 7 Western Pennsylvania districts

which provide hearing aids and other auditory devices for those who meet certain financial requirements. Their website is

www.wpalhf.org.

Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services (BVRS) of Pittsburgh help the blind, deaf-blind, or vision impaired to become

independent. Their website is www.bvrspittsburgh.org.

The Emergency Medication Relief Fund of the Lions Diabetes Center at UPMC McKeesport Hospital exists to assist both

in-person and call-in patients with affording their diabetes medication and treatment. Information can be found at the

McKeesport Hospital Foundation website www.mckeesporthosptialfoundation.org

Operation Safety Net attends to the medical and other needs of Pittsburgh area homeless. Their website is

www.pittsburghmercy.org

The primary Lions worldwide charity is Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF). This foundation helps those on a world-

wide basis through various types of grants which fight blindness, measles, diabetes, childhood cancer, hunger, protect the

environment, and offer disaster relief. If you would like to find out about all the great things that they do I suggest that you

consider visiting their website at www.lcif.org Remember that a great way to honor a deserving member of your club is

through a Melvin Jones Fellowship which requires a $1,000 donation to LCIF either in a lump sum or over a period of time.

This year, LCIF gave a Recovery Grant in the amount of $10,600 to the Bridgeville Greater Area Lions Club to help families

whose homes were flooded last June.

As Lions, WE SERVE in many ways. The various projects of the District, MD-14, and LCIF are only a few of the ways

that Lions serve in their local and world communities. We can all be proud of what we do to help others.

WE SERVE!

District Governor

Lion Kirby Marchand

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Greetings to my fellow Lions, Lionesses, Leos and friends of District 14-B,

It’s hard to believe we are already into May and our State Convention is just around the

corner. While some clubs take a break during the summer months others are heading into

service projects and fundraisers that center around the outdoors and beautiful weather. I

thought that I could take this opportunity to provide clubs with just a few ideas to help raise

your visibility in the community. While maintaining a social media presence is always

beneficial you still need a way of directing people to your sites aside from your members pressing the share button. So let’s

discuss some alternative marketing tools – posting flyers for events is still great as they’re time specific but consider making

bookmark size “flyers” with your club information including your meeting date and time, location and contact information.

You’ll also want to mention your annual fundraiser events and service projects even if you don’t have specific dates you

can list the month in which they typically occur. If you have a Facebook page or website, be sure to include the symbol and

website address. Drop these bookmarks off at the library and ask that they hand them out with the books being checked out

or at least have them available at the counter. You may be able to find afterschool programs at community locations where

you can distribute these bookmark flyers as well.

Create “business cards” for members to distribute whenever they come across interested individuals. The same club

information from the bookmarks can be incorporated within the business card.

Another great opportunity to advertise your club is at your local youth sports venues. Consult with the community officials

to see if you could have a banner placed at the ball field for a deeply discounted rate or in exchange for service hours

provided by members. Of course you want to be certain to invite community officials and leaders to your club meetings as

either a guest speaker or simply as a prospective new member, better yet, invite them to visit during a service project so

they can see your club in action.

A fantastic networking option is to host a series of coffee house breaks – invite local business owners and service providers

to enjoy a break with your club and plan to have a few members on hand at a local coffee shop. During the break deliver

your elevator speech, perhaps expanded a bit, to encourage the attendees to either, join your club, boost business

sponsorships of your fundraising efforts, or help provide needed items for service projects. Ask your attendees for

feedback…they may have wonderful fresh ideas for service projects. Keep in mind that the idea of these breaks is to open

the door to those individuals who may not have been able to attend evening meetings so schedule these breaks at various

times over the course of a few months…maybe a few at 1 or 2 for an afternoon work break and maybe try one at 8 or 8:30

for those who like to grab coffee before starting their 9am workday.

Reach out to medical service providers and those in related industry such as pharmacists, home health care services,

healthcare equipment companies and ask that they mention your club to their customers if they feel their customer may be

in need of services for which you can provide. These individuals can be a valuable liaison between your club and your

community and may provide that crucial first step to providing assistance to someone in need.

Remember that your service projects and fundraising events are marketing tools in and of themselves so you’ll want to try

and do things in a highly visible way. Don’t miss out participating in a community day celebration. Make this an

opportunity to offer an activity for children so while they are occupied you’ll have a moment to tell the parents who the

Lions are and what we do. Be sure to have something for them to take way that includes your club info – hand out

membership applications with our bookmarks inserted! While many communities still have annual celebrations, smaller

activities are falling by the wayside so your club may want to consider hosting an annual community action event which

wouldn’t necessarily require a lot of physical or financial effort on the club’s part. Simply put, consider hosting a month’s

worth of Saturday knitting afternoons. Secure a location and invite knitters, don’t worry, they will come! Offer light

refreshments. Ask a local craft store to donate material. At the end of the month you’ll have a nice collection of completed

items to donate to a worthy cause, raised your club’s profile in the community, completed a service project and maybe even

gained a new member or two along the way. You could even host a book club at the coffee shop where you held your coffee

break series!

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Take the time to make sure any eyeglass collection boxes are being well maintained and that their current locations are still

appropriate. This is another potential location to distribute those bookmark flyers with your club information!

While I have discussed many ways to market your club without the need of a computer, I’d be remiss if I did not mention

the benefit of subscribing to your local neighborhood email alert service. These services usually circulate information

regarding lost pets, yard sale notices, requests for building trade referrals, block party announcements and the like so they’ll

be a great way to promote your upcoming events or request feedback from residents. In fact, you could encourage your

members to host a block party on their street as a way of keeping this community event alive. Help each other out with

hosting duties throughout the season and take advantage of these ideal opportunities to share the spirit of Lionism with your

neighbors, many whom you may not have met otherwise in this new day and age of social media.

I hope I have given you all some new ideas or revitalized an idea that you had on the back-burner and I am always open to

questions about any of the ideas I mentioned.

I wish you all a wonderful month and look forward to seeing many of you at the convention in a few weeks!

All gave some… some gave all!

Together in friendship – We Serve!

1ST Vice District Governor

Lion Marni Latterman

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The “Good ole Days!” Remember when? How many of our clubs are

honoring “Students of the Month” anymore where we would choose a

students or students who were recommended by their high school

counselors for academic achievement? The parents would also be invited

and the club would pay for their dinners. Students were normally given a

certificate andd some kind of a monetary award. Some clubs used to do this

every month; others would do it periodically. This also would act as

somewhat of an opportune time to maybe extend an invitation to the parents

to possibly consider becoming members of your club. As Pappan would

say, “Try it, you gonna like it!”

Has your club ever held joint meetings with another club or clubs? What a blast they

used to be. I remember a number of times that the Dravosburg Lions Club would

meet with the Boston-Greenock-Mt. Vernon Lions Club at the Buena Vista Fire Hall.

Members were told to alternate their seating so there would you wouldn’t be sitting

next to a members of your own club. Tailtwister fines were many and a lot of fun.

Dravosburg would then invite the BGMtV Lions to one of their meetings at the old

Freddie’s Restaurant on Route 837 in Dravosburg. An awfully lot of Comradery and

fun! (Unfortunately, neither club is still around today.)

So why is a Car's WINDSHIELD so large

& the Rear View Mirror so small?

Because our PAST is not as important

as our FUTURE. So, Look Ahead and

Move on.

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A blind person asked St. Anthony: "Can

there be anything worse than losing

your eye sight?" He replied: "Yes, losing

your vision!"

Some WordS of WiSdom…

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District 14B Lions held their annual Spring Party on Sunday, April 28th at Banquets Unlimited, located in

Wilkinsburg with an afternoon luncheon. District Governor Kirby Marchand had the honor to introduce our

guest speaker, PCC Larry Edwards. Lion Larry was recently elected as Pennsylvania’s endorsed candidate for

International Director. He talked about who will be there to fill your boots when you’re no longer wearing them.

He had several interesting statistics regarding our District membership, which most Lions in attendance were not

aware.

District 14B’s Spring Party

Lion Ezio Carl Piccioni, President of the

Glassport Lions Club received the District 14B

Counsellors Distinguished Service Award

PCC Larry Edwrds delivers a most interesting and

inspirational speech

District Governor Kirby thanking PCC Lary Edwards and his

wife Susan for attending our Annual Spring Party.

DG Kirby thanking everyone for

attending and for the support given to

him throughout the year. .

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Nice Couple!

District 14B’s Spring Party

(Continued)

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Lion Dick Kubant from the White Oak Lions Club was

one of the recipients of the Pennsylvania Lions

Distinguished Service Awards.

Lion Marni Latterman, 1st Vice District Governor,

was presented the New Voices Presidents Certificate

of Recognition for Leadership

Lion Mary Ann Belles was presented with the

New Voices Presidents Certificate of

Recognition for Service.

Picture to the right is Lion Chris Raynak and his wife

Mary, from the Monroeville Lions Club. Lion Chris,

currently serving as Zone Chairman Region 3, Zone B,

will be the incoming 1st Vice District Governor.

A special thank you to Lion George Belles from the

Whitehall Community Lions Club, for acting as the

District photographer..

Other recipients of the District Distinguished

Service Award were Lions Linda Boss (not

present) from the Whitehall Community Lions

Club and Lion Mike Quinn, President of the

Elfinwild Lions Club and Zone Chair in Region 1A

Lion Fred Favo from the Oakmont Lions Club, was

one of the two recipients of the Pennsylvania Lions

Distinguished Service Award, but was not present

to accept it. Arrangements will be made to present

it to him at a later date at one of the club’s meetings.

Nice Couple!

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Lion Duane E. Turnbull McKeesport Lions Club

April 14, 2019

Lion David J. Funari Bethel Park Lions Club

December 12, 2018

May they rest in Peace…

Lion Francis G. McAtee Elfinwild Lions Club

March 17, 2019

Lion Dr. Angelo P. DiPiazza

Monroeville Lions Club April 2, 2019

Lion Jasper Campuzano Bethel Park Lions Club

February 8, 2019

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Don Beynon Oakmont Lions Club Dom Lio Donna Heathcote Oakmont Lions Club Donald Ziegler Lars Hummel Oakmont Lions Club Betty Anderson Lori Hummel Oakmont Lions Club Betty Anderson Buzz Taylor Oakmont Lions Club William Coates Judy Ziegler Oakmont Lions Club Donald Ziegler Michael R. Davies Pgh. Deaf Blind Lions Club Irene Hearn Robert J. Webber Pgh. Grandview Lions Club David Spinelli

Please take a look at the latest figures on membership in Mutiple District 14 (Pennsylvania) and realize

whywe here in District 14-B are in desparate need of new members. Our District Governor and Vice

District Governors, along with our Zone Chairs, have been preaching to ou clubs about the need for new

members.

District Members Clubs

14G 1687 60

14A 1516 62

14D 1341 45

14T 1337 28

14C 1253 45

14P 1130 40

14M 1115 45

14F 1100 40

14L 1039 38

14U 1004 32

14N 989 38

14E 894 34

14K 861 35

14H 824 29

14J 817 28

14B 788 33

14W 649 31

Totals 18344 677

To our 8 newest members… Welcome to the Wonderful World of Lionism! (February through April as reported on the MyLCI website)

MEMBERSHIP – WHERE WE STAND TODAY…

I remember back in 1984-85, Pennsylvania was in an

unofficial contest to see which of the top three multiple

districts in the United States would be the first to hit the

40,000 mark in membership. Those three MD’s were

Pennsylvania, California-Nevada and Texas. If I

remember correctly, Pennsylvania had a little over

38,000 meembers. Sure, that was 35 years ago and we

have gone through a steady decline of members - state-

wide, we’ve dropped over 20,000 members.

In District 14B in 1983, we had 2,128 members with 62

Lions Clubs and 7 Lioness Clubs. Today, we have 33

Lions Clubs and 1 Lioness Club and our district

membership stands at 788, next to last in the state. We

have 8 clubs with 15 or fewer members.

WE HAVE TO TURN THINGS AROUND! AND HOW

CAN WE DO IT?

JUST ASK ONE PERSON TO JOIN US

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Ballot Question 2019 Multiple District 14 Convention

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CONCERNS THE MULTIPLE DISTRICT 14 CONSTITUTION. (THIS AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST TO ADOPT.) A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE A REVISION TO THE SELECTION OF THE VICE COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON AND THE COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON AS LISTED IN ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 1- COMPOSITION, SECTION 4-COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON, AND SECTION 5- COUNCIL VICE CHAIRPERSON. THIS REVISION IS TO CHANGE THE PROCESS OF THE SELECTION OF THE VICE COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON AND COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON FROM A DISTRICT ROTATION TO ONE WHERE THE VICE COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON IS SELECTED FROM THE FIRST VICE DISTRICT GOVERNORS. BE IT RESOLVED, that effective July 1, 2019, Article VII, Sections 1, 4, and 5 will read as follows: “Section 1. COMPOSITION. There shall be a State Council composed of all of the District Governors in the Multiple District and the Chairperson of the State Council (who shall be a Past District Governor), who are the voting members. Section 4. COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON. The Chairperson of the State Council shall be the Immediate Past District Governor who served in the capacity of Vice Council Chairperson during the preceding year. The Council Chairperson will serve a one- year term only and cannot serve in that capacity again. In the event the Chairperson is unable or refuses to serve, or having accepted, resigns or dies, the sitting District Governors shall appoint an Immediate Past District Governor to serve the remaining term of office. If no Immediate Past District Governor is willing to serve, the District Governors will select a qualified Past District Governor to serve the remainder of the term. Any lion selected to serve as Council Chairperson must be a Pennsylvania resident and a member in good standing of an MD-14 Lions Club. Section 5. VICE COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON. The Vice Council Chairperson for Lions year 2019-2020 shall be the District Governor from District 14 P. The Vice Council Chairperson for Lions year 2020-2021 shall be the District Governor from District 14 T. The Vice Council Chairperson for the Lions year 2021-2022 shall be the District Governor from District 14 U. The Vice Council Chairperson for Lions year 2022-2023 shall be the District Governor from District 14 W. For Lions year 2023-2024 and thereafter, the determination as to who will be the Vice Council Chairperson for a given Council shall be made while that group is serving as First Vice District Governors. One of the sitting First Vice District Governors will be selected by the sitting District Governors at the Fourth Council of Governors Meeting. The first selection of a Vice Council Chairperson using this method will occur at the Fourth Council of Governors Meeting of the 2022-2023 Lions year. The Vice Council Chairperson will serve a one-year term (concurrent with the year as District Governor) and then become the Council Chairperson. In the event, either before or after becoming the Vice Council Chairperson, the Lion is unable or refuses to serve, or having accepted, resigns or dies, the sitting District Governors shall appoint a replacement from among the same group of First Vice District Governors (who may now be District Governors) to serve out the term of office and then serve as the Council Chairperson. If no one in this group is willing to serve, then the sitting District Governors will select a qualified Past District Governor to serve in the position.” SHALL THIS RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED? YES NO

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A FREE TRIP to any one of these

destinations – the Lions International Conventions! Sound interesting? Call DG Kirby Marchand for details!

July 1-5, 2022

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Thanks to all who made the Pasta Dinner/Oldies Dance fundraiseron April 6 a success. All money raised went toward

buying bags to distribute to everyonein the McKeesport area for the annual Postal Workers Stamp Out Hunger Food

Drive. Studies have shown that people will donate more than three times that amount of food if given a bag for food

drives. All food collected in the McKeesport area goes to the Greater Pittsburgh Area Food Bank and the

Sampson Mills Food Bank, where it serves the needy in the areas where it was collected. In addition to the dinner, club

members collected and donated items for the Chinese Auction Baskets, raffled off a big screen smart

television, and sold 50/50 tickets.

Submitted by

Lion Annette James, Secretary

McKeesport Lions Club

Photos by Jeff Stitt

McKeesport Lions Club’s Pasta Dinner and Oldies Dance

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Together,

we can do amazing things!

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Pastor Steve Morris, one of the many

hungry supporters we had

CENTRAL ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP LIONS CLUB’S

BREAKFAST WITH THE EASTER BUNNY

Front row left to right: Jordan James,

Max Boyer, Grayson James, Hayden

James

Back row: Nora Cope, Chase Boyer,

Madi Sari

Easter Bunny with Lions Bob Bennett, Jason

Saputo, George Lewis, and Denny Oeler

Our Annual Breakfast with the Easter Bunny went well. There were 9 Lion members who were able to help

out the day of the event and others were able to help set up the night before. There were 3 Leos that were able

to help. There would have been a lot more, but all of the other Leo members were in the Elizabeth Forward

musical which was held at the same day and could not be in the same place at the same time. There were a

few other Easter Bunny breakfasts and egg hunts in the area that may have affected it as well.

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Very Interesting Meeting – Bethel Park Lions Club

Natalie Zamanski from Tri Community South

stopped by on Tuesday to discuss how to “Stop

the Bleed” during emergency situations.

To learn more about the program, please check

out: http://tcsems.org/announcements/stop-the-

bleed-class

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The Bethel Parrk

Lions Park is

officially ready for the

2019 Season! BP

Lions and and

members of the Bethel

Park High School

Football team cleaned

up the park this

morning, Saturday,

April 27th.! We

couldn’t have done it without their help!.

Please keep in mind that the pavillion and park

are available for parties and picnics. For more

information, please contact the Bethel Park

Lions Club.

The Lady Lions are cleaning up the kitchen for upcoming events like the club’s annual fish fries and barbques.

More from the Bethel Park Lions Club

BLACK HAWKS

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Winning number taken from the first drawn 7:00 PM PA Lottery Pick 3 number

on Saturday, June 29, 2019

To purchase your tickets, please contact Lion Betsy Prokopchak, President of the Central Elizabeth Township Lions Club, at 412-651-3932. There are still a limited number of tickets available. If you would like to pick up one, you may stop at the Carriage Inn on Lovedale Road in Elizabeth Township.

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PLEASE SEE THE NEXT PAGE FOR SOME VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION…

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The Mon River Fleet Lions Club held a bake and bread sale

for the Easter holiday on April 18, 2019 at UPMC

McKeesport. What a scrumptious display of assorted cakes,

cookies, a special sweet Greek bread and Easter candy!

Shown in the photo below are MRF Lion fundraising

committee member IPP Kathy Yurik, bake sale Chair Helen

Stratigos, Co-Chair Janet Kulis and fundraising committee

member 2nd vice president Yvonne Parhetta. Proceeds from

the sale will be distributed year-end to services and projects

in the Mon River Fleet communities of Braddock, Clairton,

Duquesne and McKeesport. The employees couldn’t wait

for us to be there with our goodies!

In addition to the bake sale, there were two

beautiful Easter baskets raffled, one from Sarris

Candies and the other from Dorothy’s Candies.

Tickets were sold by PDG Alice Jones and MRF

Lions fundraising chair Michele Matuch. The

winners of the baskets were McKeesport Lion

Sharon Soles and UPMC McKeesport employee

Wendy Riazzi. Congratulations to both!

Submitted by Lion Michle Matuch, PR Chair, Mon River Fleet Lions Club

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