Lions Clubs of Multiple District 36, Oregon and Northern California

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Eugene, OR USA

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Lions of Oregon & Northern California are a part of an international network of 1.4 million men and women in 200 countries and geographic areas who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities around the world. Lions are best known for working to end preventable blindness, the giving of eyeglasses and hearing aids for the needy and local service projects.

 

Mission Statement of Lions Clubs International:

 

"To create and foster a spirit of understanding among all people for humanitarian needs by providing voluntary services through community involvement and international cooperation."

 

Reach Out To The Members Of Your Club

August 31, 2020  /  Guest User

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As I write this, the topic on everyone’s mind is the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and all the trouble and disruption it has caused. Umatilla County has reverted to Baseline after a failed reopening. Despite this, Lions can and must carry on with our charitable work.

To this end we must learn to meet safely and as the Brits say, carry on. (Vultures simply say carrion and leave it at that.) How can we carry on? There are several encouraging things I am seeing in District 36-G.

  1. An increasing use of Zoom to meet, plan and implement club activities. I am reaching out to club presidents to see where, when and how their clubs are now meeting so I can arrange visitations in person or by Zoom.

  2. A few clubs like Arlington are experimenting with meeting in person where there is sufficient space to socially distance from each other, wearing appropriate PPE. The Dalles is experimenting with hybrid meetings, with some members online and others in person, socially distanced and masked, in a shelter at Sorosis Park. I thank Lion Tim McGlothlin for inviting me to attend via Zoom.

  3. Don’t feel helpless. Use this opportunity to learn and innovate. Grow your club! Be open to new ideas, projects, and fundraisers. For how-to ideas watch programs at LCI’s Virtual Classroom site, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcUG6EBSsGpAw1xAc2FhDaw. This is a great place to go to for fundraising and project ideas and Lions training.

  4. Reach out to the members of your club, especially those you haven’t had any contact with for some time. Invite them to a Zoom meeting if you are having them; offer to help them make the connection if they are unsure how to join by phone or computer. Keeping a member is easier than recruiting a new member.

  5. As one positive example of coping with COVID, the Hermiston Lions have instituted a $10,000 grant program, awarding grants of $500 to $2,000 to help businesses and others survive COVID.

Leadership

  • If you: have not already heard, Kathy Oliver has volunteered (Hot dang!) to become the 36G First Vice District Governor. My personal thanks and those of the district for stepping up. The wife of the infamous PDG Steve Oliver, Kathy is a Zone Chair and as President of the Elgin Lions Club she brings a depth of experience in Lions to the position that few can equal.

  • PDG Gary Mose has graciously accepted the position of NAMI Champion, (North American Membership Initiative,) a title and responsibility in keeping with his role as the District’s GMT (Global Membership Team) leader.

  • There are important positions on the 36-G leadership team yet to be filled. Please contact me if you are interested in learning more about how you could get involved.  We need someone for: 2nd Vice DG, Region 2 Zone 2 Chair, Constitution & Bylaws, GLT (Global Leadership Team,) GST (Global Service Team,) and Policy Manual.

  • District 36-G Officer training, via Zoom, is being planned and will be announced shortly.

“Will you not help me hasten the day when there shall be no preventable blindness; no little deaf, blind child untaught; no blind man or woman unaided? I appeal to you Lions, you who have your sight, your hearing, you who are strong and brave and kind. Will you not constitute yourselves Knights of the Blind in this crusade against darkness?”
— Helen Keller's Speech at 1925 International Convention Cedar Point, Ohio, USA June 30, 1925