[Nfb-lions] Hello

d m gina dmgina at samobile.net
Sat Jun 22 22:45:19 UTC 2013 

We do not get help with transportation.
There is no way we can get to where they are doing things by cab.
That won't work out at all.

Original message:
> Dar,
> It is a shame that things are not working out so you can be a
> participating member. Maybe you could keep in contact with the club
> and contribute when you can in some of the fund raisers.  Just a
> thought.
> Take care!

> On 6/22/13, cheryl echevarria <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Ramona, No Dar is a woman.

>> Disabled Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 of NY StateLeading the Way in
>> Independent Travel!
>> Cheryl Echevarria,
>> Ownerhttp://www.echevarriatravel.com631-456-5394reservations@echevarriatravel.comhttp://www.echevarriatravel.wordpress.com
>> Affiliated as an independent contractor with Montrose TravelCST -
>> #1018299-10 FL CST T156780Your old car keys can be the keys to literacy for
>> a blind child.  Donate your unwanted vehicle to us by clicking
>> https://nfb.org/vehicledonations or call 855-659-9314.Echevarria Travel has
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>>> From: ramona.walhof at gmail.com
>>> To: nfb-lions at nfbnet.org
>>> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:13:27 -0600
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-lions] Hello

>>> Milton, I think Dar Gina is a man.  I am wondering if there is a
>>> chapter-at-large in Montana.  It seems to be that I have heard something
>>> about it.

>>> Ramona
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Milton Ota" <mota1252 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "'NFB and Lions'" <nfb-lions at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 6:49 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-lions] Hello


>>>> In doing a search on the Lions International website, I found 74 clubs
>>>> and
>>>> a
>>>> number of clubs in the Misoula MT area. I don't have any idea as to
>>>> which
>>>> clubs D M Gina has visited but I suggest that she do a search on the
>>>> website
>>>> or contact the district Governor and explain her situation.

>>>> Lion Milton Ota
>>>> Downtown Fargo, Lions
>>>> Phone 701.212.0154
>>>> E-mail mota1252 at gmail.com


>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Nfb-lions [mailto:nfb-lions-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Ramona
>>>> Walhof
>>>> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 7:33 PM
>>>> To: NFB and Lions
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-lions] Hello

>>>> There are some clubs made up of members at large.  In Idaho there is
>>>> something we call the scholarship club.  It meets once a year at state
>>>> conventions.  I think there may be something like this in Montana.
>>>> Milton
>>>> Ota is better with the Web Site than I am.  If you are interested, you
>>>> or
>>>> Milton can look at the Lionsclubs.org Web Site.  If there is some other

>>>> club

>>>> in your area you like better, it is the Lions' loss.  I don't know of
>>>> any
>>>> rule about helping people get to meetings.  I have not heard of this
>>>> particular situation before, but Lions are human, and of course, there
>>>> can
>>>> be some who are not as accommodating as others.  I know a couple of
>>>> small
>>>> clubs that just want to exist the way they have for decades and have
>>>> nothing

>>>> to do with anybody else.  The vast majority are trying to change with
>>>> the
>>>> times, but inevitably not all.

>>>> Ramona
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
>>>> To: <nfb-lions at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 6:50 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-lions] Hello


>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>> We were going to do our best to pay to become a lion, where if we
>>>>> can't
>>>>> help in the community we don't want to just give a donation with out
>>>>> being

>>>>> recconized.
>>>>> I was told they are quick to take the money the rest is up to you.
>>>>> If the lions do knitting for anything I can try on that from home and
>>>>> send

>>>>> it somewhere.
>>>>> if that is how I can become a lion at large.
>>>>> I just want to help someone smile.
>>>>> This chapter does allot of breakfasts things like that.
>>>>> Even if I got up at four to call a cab I still would be late with how
>>>>> the
>>>>> driver are dispatched.
>>>>> In September the lions are meeting in Red lodge.
>>>>> This is fifty miles away.
>>>>> There is no way that we could get there.
>>>>> I understand that the national lions come to this, for the state
>>>>> convention.
>>>>> They wanted to pay for new comers to go, then after that you pay for
>>>>> your
>>>>> own lodging.
>>>>> We said no because of transportation.
>>>>> Thanks for sharing.

>>>>> Original message:
>>>>>> Just a question, Ramona you can verify this.
>>>>>> Lions International, aren't they suppose to help those that cannot
>>>>>> make
>>>>>> it to the meetings, especially if the person is blind.
>>>>>> Also isn't there a scholarship or something that she can apply for
>>>>>> through lions, if someone cannot afford to pay dues etc.
>>>>>> I thought there was something in place for this.
>>>>>> And if the Lions aren't helping in her area for shame on them.
>>>>>> I think National (meaning Lions) should hear about this. NOT RIGHT
>>>>>> AND
>>>>>> NOT FAIR.
>>>>>> I hope we can grow this club and become a division within the NFB or
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> least do some kind of outreach etc.  We need to get out there and
>>>>>> speak
>>>>>> to our Lions and tell them to remember blind people are not the same
>>>>>> blind people that Helen Keller knighted over 100 years ago, but at
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> same time, there are people who want to be Lions but just cannot
>>>>>> afford
>>>>>> it.
>>>>>> YIL
>>>>>> Lion Cheryl
>>>>>> I will try and be at our meeting, but it being the same time as the
>>>>>> NAGDU

>>>>>> Division meeting it will be cutting it close.

>>>>>> Disabled Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 of NY StateLeading the Way in
>>>>>> Independent Travel!
>>>>>> Cheryl Echevarria,

>>>> Ownerhttp://www.echevarriatravel.com631-456-5394reservations@echevarriatrave
>>>> l.comhttp://www.echevarriatravel.wordpress.com
>>>>>> Affiliated as an independent contractor with Montrose TravelCST -
>>>>>> #1018299-10 FL CST T156780Your old car keys can be the keys to
>>>>>> literacy
>>>>>> for a blind child.  Donate your unwanted vehicle to us by clicking
>>>>>> https://nfb.org/vehicledonations or call 855-659-9314.Echevarria
>>>>>> Travel
>>>>>> has partnered with Braille Smith. http://www.braillesmith.com for all

>>>>>> her

>>>>>> braille needs.Gail Smith is the Secretary of the NFB of Alabama


>>>>>>> From: dmgina at samobile.net
>>>>>>> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:01:48 -0600
>>>>>>> To: nfb-lions at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-lions] Hello

>>>>>>> I would love to stay, I thought if I wasn't a local lion I had to
>>>>>>> leave!


>>>>>>> Dar
>>>>>>> Every saint has a past,
>>>>>>> Every sinner has a future


>>>>>>> On Jun 20, 2013, at 8:15 PM, "Ramona Walhof"
>>>>>>> <ramona.walhof at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:

>>>>>>>> Dar, you don't have to drop off the Lions list unless you want to.
>>>>>>>> Sorry, you haven't been able to make it work with that club.

>>>>>>>> Ramona
>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
>>>>>>>> To: <nfb-lions at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 4:15 PM
>>>>>>>> Subject: [Nfb-lions] Hello


>>>>>>>>> This is Dar,
>>>>>>>>> I wrote to Sheryl this morning to ask her if she would share with
>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>> folks, that here in Montana at this time we will not join the
>>>>>>>>> Lions.
>>>>>>>>> At this time we don't get assistance with transportation, where
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> cab fare will eat us alive.
>>>>>>>>> We can't go all of the places they wish to serve helping them out
>>>>>>>>> waiting from 25 to and hour and a half for a cab each way to get
>>>>>>>>> there

>>>>>>>>> or to get back home again.
>>>>>>>>> We know there is allot we can do for them in the events they wish
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>>>> We shared that being with a fixed income we couldn't just send out
>>>>>>>>> $300 between us to do nothing.
>>>>>>>>> the president who just stepped down shared that he would be glad
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> pick us up that his car is ful.
>>>>>>>>> We understand that.
>>>>>>>>> The lions helped me get threw state school, where in my own way I
>>>>>>>>> wanted to say thank you by helping others.
>>>>>>>>> At this time I won't attend the lions meeting you folks will have
>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>> Monday evening.
>>>>>>>>> I will also try to unsubscribe at your request if we are not lions
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> our state.
>>>>>>>>> Thanks again for being kind.

>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> --Dar
>>>>>>>>> skype: dmgina23
>>>>>>>>> FB: dmgina
>>>>>>>>> www.twitter.com/dmgina
>>>>>>>>> every saint has a past
>>>>>>>>> every sinner has a future

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