Good News 1 District K17-K October, 2020 National First Responder Day 10/28 ROARING World Sight Day October 8th In This Issue: DG Diana Baumann…………………………… 2 In the News………….…………………………… 3 1VDG Randy St. Aubyn.…………………….. 4 Lions Honor Heroes………………………….. 5 Facebook Fun……..…..…………………..….. 6 Time with 2VDG Tom………………………. 7 1 st Responder Project……………...…..….. 8 State Council Meeting….………………….. 9 Health with PCC Fran...……………………. 10 CC Diane & PID Gene...……………………. 11 District 17-K Leadership Training….…. 12 New/Deceased Members……………….. 13 Happy Anniversary Lions……….……….. 14 Hays Strides Walk……………….………….. 15 Hays 50/50………..……………….…………… 16 Save the Date…….……………….…………… 16 Editors: DG Diana and 2VDG Tom Baumann Send Pictures and/or Articles to: [email protected]Coming Soon! Club Interactive Training! Saturday November 7 th 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. Plan now to get a group from your club to attend. Details within this newsletter. Thank you to all clubs who worked to thank First Line Responders this month. If you have not done so, please try to do this in your community this month. National First Line Responder Day is October 28 th so there is plenty of time to complete the project. Look at the pictures in this issue to see bright smiles of responders who appreciated the Lions support this month! REMEMBER TO FILE YOUR 990(N) by NOVEMBER 15 TH Instructions can be found at: https://kansaslions17k.org/lions-training/ Look in the Treasurer’s section. NAMI North American Membership Initiative District 17-K has been working to set up goals and objectives for the year. The main goal is gaining new members and retaining those we have. If you would like to be part of this innovative group, please contact your Zone Chair or any member of the District Governor Team. The ideas that flow from these meetings are exciting and important for us all. DISTRICT 17-K LEADS THE WAY! Clubs throughout the District are making the news again. Each of these clubs has found a way to thank First Line Responders in their communities. They are serving even if their club is not actively meeting. Lions are thanking those who are there to help whenever needed. They are showing the world why everyone needs Lions in their communities! Did you get your Peace Poster Kit? What a great time for kids to be working on posters! Good luck!!
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I look forward to the time when I can get out to see each
one of you. My goal as DG was to be sure to visit every club.
This may not happen given our current situation but my
My fingers are still crossed that I can meet this goal before the
end of my year as District Governor!
World Diabetes Day is November 14th and I am very pleased
to report that the Hays Lions will be holding a Strides Walk in
the Hays Mall on that very day! The club plans to have
informational handouts, freebies and hopefully shirts for
walkers. The time is 10-4 so walkers can come and go to
eliminate a large crowd. Free will donations can be made to
support children who wish to attend Diabetes Camp. What a
great project! If any other clubs would like to hold a Strides
Walk, contact me and I will see what I can do to get you
promotional items as well.
Do you remember our Great Pancake Escape from last year?
2VDG Tom wants to do it again!! Are you having a Pancake
Day this year? If so, please let us know when and where asap
so we can make plans to attend!! As of this writing, the two
clubs we knew about with Pancake Feeds have both
postponed to keep their members and community safe. They
plan to hold their yearly event as soon as active cases decline.
Be sure to enter all your Service Projects into
MyLion – including First Responder Projects.
District 17-K has had the most service reported in
any District in Kansas and we want to continue that
trend. Great job Lions!!
I can’t wait to see the Peace Posters you all turn in this year!
I very much appreciated being able to take part in judging
posters with the Smith Center Lions last year. The number of
entries they had was amazing! If you need an extra judge or
just a cheerleader for a good cause – give me a call! Any
project with children is one that is near and dear to my Lion
heart.
I offer condolences to families who lost loved ones this last
month. District K had a few PDGs and spouses that passed
away. My heart is with you all.
Continue to be the cheerleader for your club. Offer
enthusiasm and ideas for new projects. YOU will make the
difference we all need.
Until we meet again, take care dear Lions.
DG Diana
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District K17-K
October, 2020
National First
Responder Day 10/28
ROARING World Sight
Day October 8th
Lions Make the News!
Ellinwood Leader Front Page:
Monday evening the Ellinwood
Fire Department was treated to
a delicious meal and dessert as a
token of appreciation. The meal
was provided by the Ellinwood
Rotary Club with dessert being
served by the Ellinwood Lions
Club. GMT Reland Cole and the
Lions thanked the members of
the department for their service.
Press Release prepared by David and Linda Edell of
Smith Center Lions Club:
During Smith Center’s Old Settlers’ Day festivities, the
Smith Center Lions Club presented certificates of
appreciation to local first responders. President
Randy Hill expressed all of the Smith Center Lions
Club member’s gratitude for the thankless service
each of our first responders performs for Smith
Center and Smith County. Photographers for the
events were Lions David and Linda Edell.
Certificates were presented to: the Smith Center Police Department, Smith County Sheriffs, Smith County Memorial Hospital, Smith County Health
Department, Smith Center Volunteer Fire Department and Smith County Emergency Medical Services. All of the individuals pictured work hard, often behind the
scenes, to help maintain the health, safety and welfare of all Smith County residents.
Hill City Lions cleaned and
painted the benches and
grandstand in the local city
park in preparation for use
for the Hill City High School
Homecoming Pep Rally.
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District K17-K
October, 2020
National First
Responder Day 10/28
ROARING World Sight
Day October 8th
Greetings fellow Lions.
I am pleased to see that so many clubs got involved in
our September service project. Even though many of
our clubs are not meeting yet, they have got creative to
honor our first responders. I am hoping that many clubs
will continue with our October service of vision. Our
own club has always in the past had a candy day where
we gave out either suckers or pencils at one of our
Dillons stores. We have decided not to do this with the
Covid worry this year. This has always been a good
fundraiser for us and for KLSF. We will just do some
brainstorming for something different this year. I love
that all of you are doing these service projects. It keeps
your club name out in the public so everyone knows that
we are still around and possibly gain some new
members.
I have just made one visitation so far this year. I visited
the Fort Larned Lions Club on September 21. I always
enjoy visiting this club. They are so active in their
community. I have always been amazed at their
Christmas basket project. I will be visiting with the
Downs and Glen Elder clubs on October 19. I am anxious
to get more visitations scheduled. I know some more
clubs are starting to meet again.
In these trying times a lot of meetings have gone to
zoom. Our next state council meeting will be on zoom
also. We have held many zoom meetings these past few
months getting prepared and hosting leadership
training. I do think that we will continue to have some
zoom meetings. I like the idea of having meetings both
in person and virtual. That way if members don’t have
the time to travel to the meetings they can still attend.
Myself, I do like the personal meeting. I hope some of
you were able to attend some of the virtual meetings of
the USA/CANADA FORUM. They had some good
sessions.
I am so pleased with all that DG Diana has been doing. If
we all could be excited about being a Lion and making our
communities a better place, then we would make her job
easier and make all of us feel better. It is so heart-
warming to be helping someone in need.
Let us all remember to report the service projects that we
do. Also be sure to JUST ASK to get new members. You
will never know if a prospect is interested in joining unless
you ask. Just think, with more members we can provide
more service. Remember your District Governor Team is
here to help.
Hoping to see many of you soon,
1st VDG Randy St. Aubyn
OCTOBER DISTRICT PROJECT:
VISION AWARENESS MONTH
District 17-K’s October Project is anything
doing with sight. Glasses for a student,
awareness flyers, sight screening, donations to
Kansas Lions Sight Foundation, etc.
There are some schools that are asking Lions
to do Sight Screenings. If you have people
willing to do the screening, give your schools a
call. The kids are still going to school and still
having issues seeing.
Remember to send us pictures of your
screenings and to report your service in My
Lion!
Of course, our Lions safety comes first so
please follow the guidelines for safe
screenings. Thank you Lions!
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District K17-K
October, 2020
National First
Responder Day 10/28
ROARING World Sight
Day October 8th
Lions Honor Local Heroes
Left: President Maurice Demel of the
Claflin Lions Club read off a Thank You
Letter to the 1st Responders of Claflin, Ks.,.
thanking them for the work they are doing
during this Pandemic time in our nation's
history. The Claflin Lions Club also supplied
them with dozens of cookies along with
bottled water and pop to show their
gratitude for their work. Club Secretary
Lois Krier and Past President Pete Krier
helped to make this event possible. The
Claflin Lions Club was started in November
25th 1940 to help serve the community of
Claflin Ks. and has been serving the
community to present day.
Dodge City Lions gave boxes of fruit to
the Dodge City Fire Departments.
Pictured above are two first responders,
their rescue dog, and PDG Kathie Bell.
Hutchinson Noon Lions Shawn Kelley, President, & Ed
Bible, Secretary, presenting 4 large baskets of snacks to:
1. Hutchinson Fire Dept. (w/3 firefighters)
2. South Hutchinson Fire, Police, & EMS (w/2 firefighters representing all 3 org's.) 3. Hutchinson Police Dept. (w/2 persons)
4. Reno County EMS (w/7 responders)
Left (L-R): Ed Bible, Sec,;
Shawn Kelley, Pres.; Todd
Miller, 1st VP; & Chrystal
Miller, IPP.
Submitted by Lion Ed Bible
Right: The Hutchinson Breakfast Lions delivered
11 baskets to fire, ems, and police First
Responders. Gift baskets were made by John and
Karen Busser and Donna and 1VDG Randy St.
Aubyn. They were delivered by John and Karen
Busser, Lloyd Coon, Mark Lindenberger, and
1VDG Randy St. Aubyn.
The Lane County Lions Club recognized their
first responders this month! Jenn Marsteller
delivered these bags to the Fire Departments,
EMS Services, and the Police Department in
Lane County to thank them for their service.
Aren’t these Lions Clubs AMAZING?! Serving through a Pandemic.
Thanking those who are out there every day saving lives and risking
theirs. THANK YOU DISTRICT 17-K LIONS! You are the BEST! More clubs
on the following pages!
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October, 2020
National First
Responder Day 10/28
ROARING World Sight
Day October 8th
Not only did our clubs do a
great job recognizing First
Responders – they also got
noticed doing so!
These posts are getting 100
hits and are being shared
for even more views! What
a great way to get the Lions
name out there in the
public’s eyes!
Thank you Lions for taking
part in this important
District Wide Event! If you
have not completed this
project yet, please consider
doing so in the months
ahead.
The idea behind this
project is to:
1. Thank First
Responders
2. Bring Community
Awareness to
Lions Clubs
3. Get Noticed
“Alone we can do so
little; together we can do
so much.” – Helen Keller
As a District if we all
work together, we will be
noticed and people will
WANT to be LIONS.
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District K17-K
October, 2020
National First
Responder Day 10/28
ROARING World Sight
Day October 8th
Greetings Fellow Lions,
World Sight Day was October 8. This special day was
started by the Lions in 2000 and has grown to be the
most important date worldwide related to the
advocacy and communication of eye health. Please
consider doing a project related to Sight in October.
There are many things you can do such as collect used
eyeglasses, vision screen at a local school, or help a
needy person purchase eyeglasses.
October is also Lions Membership Growth Month. I
would encourage all the clubs in District 17K to plan a
membership growth event in October or November.
You can have fun with a membership contest by
dividing your club into teams and giving points for
bringing guests to meetings and for recruiting new
members. You can plan a club membership party and
invite friends and neighbors to learn more about the
great service your club is doing. Sometimes just asking
people to visit your club works as well.
Looking forward to next month, November 14 is World
Diabetes Day. Diabetes is one of the five worldwide
causes that Lions Clubs International encourages us to
support. I encourage all the clubs in our District to
plan a Diabetes related service project in November.
Two possibilities are a Diabetes Awareness event
and/or a Diabetes Screening Event. The LCI website
has materials that can be downloaded to support both
types of events. There is still time to organize these
projects. The Hays Lions are planning a Strides Walk
for diabetes awareness at the Mall on November 14. I
know other clubs are planning diabetes projects as
well.
On September 10 I visited the Hugoton Lions Club. It
was their first meeting of the Lions year and they made
it a social gathering. I had the honor of presenting
Lion Tommy Romero with a Melvin Jones Fellowship.
L-R: Tommy Romero, Treasurer; 2VDG Tom
Baumann; Rick Kates, President
Tommy is the club treasurer and has been a Lion for
over 38 years. Lion Tommy is very deserving of this
recognition.
Our next District Cabinet meeting is November 7 in
Hays at noon. We are planning another Leadership
Training for the same day. The training will start at
9:00 a.m. and we will have some new and
interesting topics that will help you make your club
meetings fun, keep your members engaged, and
provide great service to your community. More
details are forthcoming and will be emailed to you.
Yours in Lionism,
2VDG Tom
Attention District 17-K The first 2-3 clubs that schedule a
Strides Walk or Community
Diabetes Event will receive free
handouts and giveaways!
Contact GST Randy St. Aubyn, DG Diana Baumann or
2VDG Tom Baumann for details. We will have
Strides Walk T-Shirts available for a limited time so
be sure to get your event scheduled soon and call us
for supplies. Thank you Lions!
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District K17-K
October, 2020
National First
Responder Day 10/28
ROARING World Sight
Day October 8th
More 1st Responder Projects Plainville Lions provided candy bars and goodies to 1st
Responders
Downs Lions provided a free meal to local 1st Responders.
Pictures coming!
Little River Lions are providing a meal to local 1st Responders on
November 16th.
Great Bend Evening Lions are looking at a large donation to 1st
Responders.
.
Hays Lions
put together
280 bags of
goodies plus
Hays Lions
Pens and
Notepads for
Ellis County
Fire, Sheriff,
Police and
EMS which
covered
Hays, Ellis
and Victoria.
DG Diana
and
President
Priscilla Hunt
had fun
delivering to
all!
LOOK AT THOSE PIES!!
Evelyn Parker, Sec. &
Mark Breford
Holyrood Fire Chief.
9/16/2020
Holyrood Lions
presented to & for all
our community
firefighters:
Refreshments &
$100.00 donated to
purchase water/pop
for their refrigerator in
the meeting room.
Lions Sheree
Wingo & Dorothy
Kellner, Sec.
presented Plates
of Cookies & a
case of water to
Fireman Clay
Zimbleman on
Wednesday September 23 before he left to join his
Team for their training session. St. Francis Lions
Critical Care
Ambulance Service
owner and chief EMT,
Kevin Barbo, accepts
the cookies for his
crew from Ulysses
Lions Club secretary
Fran Smith, as the
Lions say THANK YOU for our first-responders.
This service takes patients from the local hospital
to any hospital where their doctor sends them for
further care.
Ulysses Lion Betty
McCauley delivered the
last of our First Responder
Project cookies on Friday,
September 11. She
presented six dozen
cookies, as well as a
Thank You Sign, to the
local Police and Sheriff’s
Departments.
Two members of the Grant County
EMS receive Snickerdoodles and
“Pride of Iowa” cookies from
Ulysses Lions Club secretary, Fran
Smith. This was our THANK YOU to
our first-responders who risk so much
during the pandemic to assure we
get quality ambulance service in
Grant County.
Look at all these smiles!!
You did GREAT District 17-K Lions! Thank you all!
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District K17-K
October, 2020
National First
Responder Day 10/28
ROARING World Sight
Day October 8th
We will have a scheduled Virtual Second State Council Meeting on Saturday, October 24, of the
foundations and committees at various times in the format we would have had in person. We will
have these scheduled throughout the day on Zoom by the State Office and Governors.
We will have Virtual State Council Meeting Business Session Sunday, October 25, at 9:00 a.m.
The Kansas Lions State Council of 2020-2021 has canceled the in person Second State Council
Meeting October 24-25, 2020. This is due to Covid19 restrictions and policies in place in various
counties. This decision was made with concern and care for our fellow Lions after much discussion
and information from various areas.
Please send a notice to me of the meeting(s) you would like to attend and we will send you the
meeting ID.
We look forward to having you join the meetings. Please contact me with any questions.