SUFFOLK COUNTY LIONS 20S

New York and Bermuda Lions

                                             District Governor ~Paul Wernersbach


                                                 sunset_three@yahoo.com

A message from your Governor...
Hello Fellow Lion Leaders of Suffolk County:
Most of you already know that Past District Governor Dr. Steve Tremeroli (not to be mixed up with rolley polley) is running for International LCI Director from this region. He needs to diligently get voting members of your clubs to register for the State Convention in Syracuse the weekend of May 18 - 20th, 2012
As we ALL know, EVERY vote counts.   That's why PDG/PCC Steve is providing a FREE round trip bus to Syracuse...leaving Mattituck on Saturday May 19th at 10 am....making stops through Suffolk County ( locations to be determined....probably at LIE Park and Drive locations ).....the bus will leave Syracuse Sunday at 1pm for the return trip to Suffolk County.
Voting members will need to sign up for the bus ....please let Dr. Steve know ASAP if you have members taking the bus..... it holds 50 people...and it WILL be filled it with 50 voting delegates !
As a reminder the registration fee for the convention increases from $25.00 to $30.00 on January 1st.
Below is a link to the Multiple District web site for the convention registration form. Print it out and mail in with a deposit check,as soon as you can. The hotel to register for is the Crowne Plaza.
Thanks for all your support of this worthy candidate, a committed Lion and dedicated to the goals of Lionism, Lion Steve can use all your support.
http://www.md20lions.com/pdf/Syracuse2012Registration.pdf
Thank You, District Governor Paul Wernersbach

A personal message from the District Governor - to all Lion Leaders of 20S:

Pick your battles and you shall win. Your destiny and the impact your Lions club can have on your community rests with you. The ultimate success and failures will be defined by the series of choices that you will make. Yogi Berra said … “when you come to the fork in the road take it”… It’s up to us, whether left or right.

I’ve learned that you sometimes cannot waste your time engaging in petty conflicts that don’t matter. There will always be critics. There will always be a naysayer, but your leadership will define the character of your club.

OK, it’s a volunteer thing, not a life style, not an obsession, not a 24/7 occupation, but the time spent on Lionism, is quality time, that you sacrifice for the greater good of those in need in your community. Will it make you money? No! BUT, it will make you friends; it will make you sleep easier at night knowing you’ve had a positive impact on another human being, and the priceless heart felt moments you experience will endure for a lifetime.

3 - Special hints to grow your club for the month:

Build membership: Sponsor a Lions Monday night football night every Monday night in October at a local sports pub, invite club members to bring potential new members that night as their guests. It’s a great way to get out of the house & have some fun, (Example, some clubs arrange with the local pub to have a few trays of food and tap beer for a $20 charge pp, wrist bands or stamp to identify) a great meet and greet night to increase membership.

Create Awareness: Print 11 X 17 Lions place mats, to be given out to local eateries for the holidays, encouraging your clubs holiday food & toy donations, or support the troops program, etc. Free advertisement, and the eateries like being a part of the Lions charity initiative, ask them to be drop off point for additional involvement, (and membership) I have samples available if you like.

Collect ‘Free’ Holiday Donations: Invite local business owners and the more affluent members in your zip code to a Lions “No Show – Holiday Party” asking them not to come, just send a gift, to support a family for the holidays with food and gifts, toys for needy kids, etc. Bulk mail an official invitation, with return gift envelope via a mailing list provided by any local mail house. Your net, after costs will amaze you. (The Bay Shore Lions club nets thousands of dollars for their charity fund every year with this program, I have samples available)

Keep up the good work & thank you for your service, District Governor, Paul Wernersbach

1st Vice District Governor

Lorri Kerzner
LUV2LRN@optonline.net

Second District Governor
Richard Nillson

Mission Statement
"To create and foster a spirit of understanding among all people for humanitarian needs by providing voluntary services through community involvement and international cooperation

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Wing-Kun Tam

International President

Lions Code of Ethics

To Show my faith in the worthiness of my vocation by industrious application to the end that I may merit a reputation of quality of service.
To Seek success and to demand all fair remuneration or profit as my just due, but to accept no profit or success at the price of my own self-respect lost because of unfair advantage taken or because of questionable acts on my part
To Remember that in building up my business it is not necessary to tear down another's; to be loyal to my clients or customer and true to myself
Whenever a doubt arises as to the right or ethics of my position or action towards others, to resolve such doubt against myself
To Hold friendship as an end and not a means. To hold that true friendship exists not on account of the service performed by one to another, but that true friendship demands nothing but accepts service in the spirit in which it is given.
Always to bear in mind my obligations as a citizen to my nation, my state and my community, and to give them my unswerving loyalty in word, act, and deed. To give them freely of my time, labor, and means.