Monday, October 31, 2011

New Permanent Member, Triathlon Support, Living with Bipolar Disorder

Meeting on October 26, 2011

THREE CHEERS FOR LION VERNETTA IN THE CREATIVE HALLOWEEN DÉCOR, AND 2 CHEERS FOR OUR LION DUET BY MAX & BRENDA IN LEADING OUR OPENING WITH "AMERICA".

LION PRES. RENFRO ANNOUNCED THAT NON-PROSPECTIVE MEMBER GUESTS WOULD COST AN EXTRA $12??? FOLLOWED BY AN UPDATE ON OUR WHITE CANE FUND AND REQUEST FOR DONATIONS PLUS PLANS FOR COMMUNITY DONATIONS.

GUEST TODAY INCLUDED 3RD VISIT FOR A NEW MEMBER PROSPECT, PLUS LION PDG RICK HANNUM INTRODUCED THE LA MESA CLUB , MEMBERSHIP CHAIR.

LION BRENDA THEN STOOD AND NAMED ALL MEMBERS PRESENT, WHICH WILL GET HER A PERMANENT MEMBER BADGE. CONGRATULATIONS, BRENDA!!!

LION SCHLOSS READ A LETTER FROM SCOTT LIAISON OF THE S.D. TRIATHLON CHALLENGE 2011, THANKING US FOR OUR GENEROUS DONATION, NOTING THAT "I'LL BE KEEPING ALL OF MY DONORS IN MIND AND IN MY HEART AS I SWIM ONE MILE, TANDEM BIKE 44 MILES AND RUN TEN MILES. YOUR GIFT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED"

WHY AM I A LION? LION MAX TOLD OF HIS MANY REASONS, ESPECIALLY OF THE MANY PEOPLE IN NEED, AND INFO FROM LION VERNETTA. HE ENDED BY QUOTING AUDREY HEPBURN: REMEMBER, IF YOU EVER NEED A HELPING HAND, YOU WILL FIND IT AT THE END OF YOUR ARM." NEXT WEEK WE WILL HEAR FROM LION BEN WARREN.

OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER TODAY WAS PRESENTED BY A VERY REMARKABLE YOUNG LADY, MAGGIE REESE, REGARDING HER EXPERIENCES LIVING WITH & FIGHTING BIPOLAR DISORDER. MAGGIE GREW UP AS AN EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETE, COMPETING (AND WINNING) MANY RACES. SHE CONTINUALLY DEALT WITH "MANIC-DEPRESSION", SPENDING MANY DAYS IN VARIOUS HOSPITALS. AN EXCEPTIONAL LADY, WITH A GREAT ATTITUDE FOR THE FUTURE, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HAVE MET HER.

NOTE: BOARD MEETING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND.

WHO SAID THIS? "BETTER TO BE A PIRATE THAN TO JOIN THE NAVY."
- STEVE JOBS

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