Morrison Lions Club members will again be selling roses for delivery on Good Friday, April 3, and Saturday, April 4, 2015. The cost of the roses $15 per dozen. Easter is early, and a bouquet of roses will be enjoyed by those receiving them. If you have not been contacted, you may place an order by contacting Jim Blakemore 815-772-3744; Flora Stralow 815-772-4874; Bob Smith 815-772-2896 or any Lions member. Final date to order roses will be Sunday, March 29.
The funds received from the rose sales support our annual $1500 scholarship to a Morrison High School Senior and other club projects. Annual contributions to the Morrison Youth Baseball & Softball League and to the Morrison Boy Scouts were approved at the business meeting.
The month of March is Eye Donor Awareness Month. The Illinois Eye Bank is a charitable not-for-profit organization and is dedicated for the purpose of sight. March is a special time to honor eye donors and their families for giving the wonderful gift of sight. Being an eye donor is crucial and provides research and education, as well as corneal transplants that can help to restore sight for children and adults. The Illinois Eye Bank recovers, evaluates, stores, and distributes human eye tissue for sight-saving procedures.
Morrison Lions Clubs contributes to the Illinois Eye Bank located in Chicago, IL. Consider giving the gift of sight. To learn more about this organization, call them at 800-548-4703 or visit their website at www.illinoiseyebank.org.
Left-to-right below are District Governor Jim Kloepping and spouse, Pat; Lions Vice President Tracy Muur; LIF Trustee Dave Waller
District Governor Jim Kloepping visited our club for our program meeting on Tuesday, February 3. He told about his years as a Lion member and about his experiences as Governor. He believes that service to others is “the price you pay for the space you occupy.” He shared information on the updated Lions Quest program. It provides youth development programs in the school and equips educators with good materials that address issues facing our youth today. He stressed the need for members to become involved in District jobs.
Lions of Illinois Foundation Trustee Dave Waller also visited the club and talked about his duties as a trustee. He currently is serving on the Alternate Revenue Service. This involves getting businesses to contribute a percentage of what an individual may spend with the business. Recently Chili’s had a program where 15% of a purchase was given to Lions of Illinois Foundation for low vision screening.
Our next meeting will be Tuesday, March 3, at noon at Happy Joe’s, 109 W. Main Street, Morrison, IL. Fred Steele will be in charge of the program and has invited Ukulele Connection musicians Aaron Johnson, Jim Roder (shown sitting left-to-right), and Paul Engwall to entertain our club. All are welcome to come to any of our meetings.
You can learn more about Lions by visiting our club’s website at www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/morrisonil.