Tornado in Joplin, MO, White Cane Days, Team Parkinsons Support, Sunshine Care

I BELIEVE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY WOULD NOT HAVE NOT RECOGNIZED HIS COMPOSITION, BUT 22 LIONS, PLUS GUEST, RAISED THEIR VOICES TO OPEN OUR MEETING WITH THE "STAR SPANGELED BANNER", ABLY LED BY LION LEE MORTON.

Meeting on 9/7/11

WE HAD THREE(3) GUESTS, INTRODUCED BY LIONS MAXWELL, RUSSELL & HORVITZ (POSSIBLE NEW MEMBERS??)

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS WERE VOCALLY PRODUCED TO HONOR LIONS MAXWELL & HORVITZ.

AND, OUR RETURNING SECRETARY, LION HASSELHORST, MADE A REPORT ON HIS RECENT CROSS COUNTRY TRIP, GIVING SOME SERIOUS DETAIL TO THE DEVASTATING TORNADO IN JOPLIN, MISSOURI AND WHAT THE THE LIONS THERE WERE DOING TO HELP.

WHITE CANE DAYS ARE COMING, AND OUR PRESIDENT, LOIS RENFRO, INFORMED US OF HER PLAN TO SET UP A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CARE OF THE DETAILS.

OUR OWN LION JOE SCHLOSS OF THE CHARITY COMMITTEE READ A CORRESPONDENCE FROM OUR FORMER MEMBER, DAN DRISCOLL, THANKING US FOR OUR DONATION TO "TEAM PARKINSONS", WHICH DAN, UNFORTUNATELY, IS A VICTIM OF. HIS TEAM HAS, THUS FAR, RAISED $73,000 FOR THE CURE, AND WE ALL WISH HIM WELL.

A VERY INTERESTING & INFORMATIVE PROGRAM TODAY WAS PRESENTED BY SAM STELLETELLO, CEO AND DIRECTOR OF "SUNSHINE CARE", A UNIQUE ALTERNATIVE FOR ASSISTED LIVING FOR THOSE PRIMARILY WITH DEMENTIA OR ALZHEIMERS. SAM PRESENTED AN OVERVIEW OF THE FACILITIES, LOCATED ON A 32 ACRE CAMPUS IN POWAY. HE ALSO SHOWED AN ON-SCREEN PROJECTION OF THEIR FACILITIES. AND A BIG THANK YOU GOES TO OUR NEWEST MEMBER, LION MAX, FOR ARRANGING THIS PROGRAM.

AND DID YOU KNOW?? 1917 WAS OUR BEGINNING WHEN CHICAGO BUSINESS LEADER MELVIN JONES SET OUT WITH A GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN TO WORK TO IMPROVE COMMUNITIES, LEADING TO THE FOUNDING OF WHAT IS NOW "LIONS INTERNATIONAL".