[Nfb-lions] Okeechobee lions club

[cheryl echevarria]

Do you have a LEO Club in your local high school? Do you do a scholarship for that school?  Some of the parents of the LEOS come to meetings to learn more about us.
Well if you haven't noticed as well many of our NFB Chapter and affiliates are smaller and smaller as well, many of our members are older than myself, I am the youngest adult member of our chapter here in Long Island, and I am 45.
We just got a new member, but he is a parent of a blind child,  but his family is also joining our chapter.

What about doing an event, we did this Christmas, contacted the local high school and asked for a list of families that could use our help, we picked a family that lost the mother during child birth, the baby was born with disabilities including being born blind, baby still in hospital, they have 7 other children, we each picked a child to purchase clothes for and a Christmas present, also gift certificate to the local supermarket to the father as well.  One of the girls in the family, the mother died on her birthday.
We are not a big chapter, but we do a lot, this year we also did our annual pasta night, I was away on a cruise, but we raised our largest fundraiser to date over $4,000
Just some ideas.

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> From: joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com
> To: nfb-lions at nfbnet.org
> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:07:03 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-lions] Okeechobee lions club
> 
> I will do that. RJ
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <lellis02 at aol.com>
> To: <nfb-lions at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 9:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-lions] Okeechobee lions club
> 
> 
> >
> > Hello RJ
> >
> >     It is my pleasure to try to give you an idea that might help you save 
> > your club.  With the club thinking about dissolving because many of your 
> > members are in their seventies, I do have a suggestion for you.
> >
> >     The first thing I would do is make an appointment to sit down and talk 
> > to your president.  Let him know that you do not want to see the club 
> > dissolve.  Ask him to contact your district governor.  Your district 
> > governor can send a team from the district in called the MERL team.  He 
> > can also contact Lions International on your club's behalf, and ask them 
> > to send someone in to help you and your club recruit younger members.
> >
> >      My wife, and I are in the Sandy Springs Lions Club here in Georgia. 
> > We are going to do the same thing, as, like all clubs, including yours, we 
> > need new, and youner members.  As you go through this, it might also be a 
> > good idea to have a project planned so the new, or potential new members 
> > can help on it.
> >
> >     If I can help you in any way, I will be glad to talk with you on this.
> >
> >                    Leonard Ellis
> >                    404-317-2711
> >                    lellis02 at aol.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: RJ Sandefur <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
> > To: nfb-lions <nfb-lions at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:28 pm
> > Subject: [Nfb-lions] Okeechobee lions club
> >
> >
> > Dear list, My name is RJ, and I called our president of our lions club 
> > here in
> > keechobee in order to inquire about becoming a member, and well it was his 
> > wife
> > ho I spoke with... our local club is thinking about dissolving, because a
> > ajority of the members are in their seventies. Our local club has been 
> > around
> > ince the early fifties. If theirs anything I can do, in order to save our 
> > club,
> > lease give me some ideas! RJ
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