May - June - 2011 Bulletin
Lions Club of Mississauga Credit Valley
Club Officers
President Eric Simpson 425 the Thicket, Mississauga L5G 4P6
Secretary Charles Garnett 10-3070 Queen Fredrica Dr, Mississauga L4Y 3A9
Bulletin Editor Bill Crawford 1914 Barsuda Drive, Mississauga L5J 1V5
District Officers
District Governor Bill Speck Oakville Lions Club
1st Vice District Governor Illka Ahola Suomi Lions Club
2nd Vice District Governor Sam Dako Mississauga Central Lions Club
Region Chairperson Jeff Friedman Mississauga Central Lions Club
Meeting Information
2nd and 4th Mondays, 6.30 pm / Dinner at 7 pm Mississauga Seniors Centre, 1389 Cawthra Road
FUTURE ACTIVITES
May
2 Monday Board Meeting
3 Tuesday Bingo 12.30 pm
9 Monday General Meeting- Visit to Peel Children’s Safety Village
10 Tuesday Bingo 3.30 pm
11 Wednesday Oakville Trafalgar Lions Club Gala
24 Tuesday Bingo 3.30 pm
27-29 Friday to Sunday Multiple District “A” Convention
30 Monday General meeting
June
7 Tuesday Bingo - 12.30
9 Thursday Young Parents Resource Group Picnic - Mississauga Valley Park 10.30am
14 Tuesday Bingo - 3.30
17- 19 Friday, Saturday, Sunday - Waterfront Festival
July
1 Friday Canada Day BBQ
5 Tuesday Bingo 12.30
10 Sunday Official Opening - The Lions Club of Credit Valley Pool and the dedication of
The Harold E. Kennedy Memorial Park - 1 pm.
12 Tuesday Bingo 3.30
16 Saturday Erin Mills Soccer BBQ – Crawford Park, 8am to 1pm
26 Tuesday Bingo 3.30
August
2 Tuesday Bingo - 12.30
9 Tuesday Bingo - 3.30
13 Saturday Erin Mills Soccer BBQ – Thorncrest Park, 8am to 6pm,
20 Saturday Erin Mills Soccer BBQ – Crawford Park, 8am to 6pm,
21 Sunday Erin Mills Soccer BBQ – Crawford Park, 8am to 6pm,
September
6 Tuesday Bingo - 12.30
12 Monday General meeting
13 Tuesday Bingo - 3.30
9-11 Friday, Saturday Sunday - Southside Shuffle
26 Monday General meeting
27 Tuesday Bingo - 3.30
RECENT ACTIVITIES
Recent Donations
Angel Hugs $ 500
Mississauga Falcons 500
Bind music camp for local student 375
Local Sparks group 250
Patio furniture for the Sheridan Senior Centre $ 1,000
- Angel Hugs is an organization that knits baby shawls, scarfs, etc. for Ian Anderson House.
- Mississauga Falcons are a children’s soccer team based in the Park Royal area of Clarkson.
- Sparks is a girl’s club which is pre brownies and girl guides. Our donation will sponsor their activities
and the year-end event.
- The patio furniture would have a Lions logo on the table top.
Membership
Please continue to email Lion Charles by the Thursday before club meetings to let him know whether you are attending or not. Our next Monday’s meeting will be at the Peel Children’s Safety Village. Driving directions will be emailed out later this week.
Lion Helen is still recovering at the Trillium Hospital. We don’t think that she is just yet up to welcoming visitors.
The club rooster has now been distributed to all members. Many thanks to Lion Alex for preparing such a colorful and informative rooster handbook. Updates will be carried out in September.
A meeting to discuss the progress of plans for the anniversary dinner was held in March. It was decided to have a prime rib dinner at $75 per plate with the mayor and District Governor to be invited as our guests. The program will have adds available at $100 full page, $50 ½ page and $25 for business card sizes. There will be a silent auction and prizes for the auction are requested from members and businesses. The next committee meeting is planned for May or June.
To help with the dinner costs, our club meeting caterer, Patty’s Food Caterers generously donated a prize of a steak and lobster dinner for 6 at the winner’s home. Please ensure that your tickets are turned in for the draw at our meeting next Monday, May 9.
Re-voting for the District 2nd Vice District Governor will take place on Saturday, May 14 at the Lions Foundation Centre 162 Wilson St, Oakville. From 11.30am to 1.00pm.
The club will have to decide at our second meeting in May which projects we can handle this summer
Club Website
Lion Alex continues to keep our website up-to-date. Be sure to check the website for the latest club news and important dates for our activities
Effective Speaking
Our first and second place winners from our club competitions, Kalli Bonin and Darcy Cantlon participated in the District A711 competition. Darcy placed second and Kalli was third in the Junior English category.
Katija Bonin (Kalli's older sister) representing our club, was a repeat winner of the District A711 senior English competition. You may remember Katija giving her winning speech as a guest at our club last year. Katija gave her winning presentation at our A711 convention luncheon and received a sensational reception. She was personally thanked by the visiting International director for her wonderful speech.
I am pleased to report that Katija also won the Multiple District “A” Senior English contest last weekend while competing against the winners from all of the other districts across Ontario. She gave an especially delightful impromptu speech when she drew out the following speaking topic: The Lions motto is ‘We Serve’. How do you serve your community?
Katija was kind enough to send us a copy of her impromptu speech as she remembered it.
The Lions motto is ‘We Serve’. How do you serve your community?
I want to get mad, really, really mad.
Good morning family, friends, honourable Lions members, and respected judges.
Every time I see the Lions, they are always getting so mad.
Mad. M – A – D. Those lions are always Making A Difference.
The Lions motto “We Serve” is truly echoed in everything that they do. They make a difference by serving the entire world. Take this speech contest for instance; they orchestrated this entire speech competition to give young students the opportunity to conquer the number one fear in North America , the fear of public speaking. Their enthusiasm to serve others truly inspires me to do the same.
When I was six years old my teacher gave our class the writing assignment of what we wanted to be when we were older, so I wrote that when I am older I wanted to be…happy.
My teacher then told me that I didn’t understand the assignment, but I told my teacher that she didn’t understand life. I have always believed that making a difference can be as easy as a smile, because a simple smile can make someone feel happy, a small thank you can make someone feel so appreciated, and a warm hug can make any worry go away. I choose to serve my community by helping spread happiness, with the simplicity of a smile.
In fact, I believe today we can start a movement, a movement of MADness, we all the ability to touch others with our hearts, and truly make a difference in our community and the world around us. So I encourage each and every one of us to follow in the footsteps of The Lions, and truly get MAD in our community, because remember, making a difference in someone’s day is as easy as a smile.
The speech is a fine summary of all the great services that Lions provide to our community. It is a testimonial that we could include in any of our literature, brochures, etc. as an example of our clubs contributions in service to the community.
Fund Raising Projects
Soccer BBQs
The Erin Mills Soccer Association will be having their regular BBQs this summer on July 16, and August 13, 20 and 21. All the BBQs will be at Crawford Park (N.E. corner of Glen Erin and Credit Valley Road) except for the August 13th BBQ . This BBQ will be at Thorncrest Park on Colonial St., north of Burnhamthorpe Rd and west of Winston Churchill Blvd.
We have been short of Lions at the BBQs for last few year’s so we will be asking Lions to work full day shifts at these events when possible.
Bowling Tournament
Many thanks to Lion Niles for running a successful Bowling Tournament A profit of $472 was realized. The top team was from Georgetown while Lion Alex was the proud winner of “The Most Honest Bowler”.
Poker Tournament
Many thanks to Lion Rob for running such a successful Texas Holdem tournament We raised $1600 with the entire profit going to Camp Dorset. We may have another tournament in November
Bingo
Our bingos continue to be very successful , with a revenue of $2274 for two recent Bingos. Lion Treasurer Ray estimates that we should raise over $40,000 this year Please note the schedule for the year in this bulletin and also on our website.
Camp Dorset
There was a very interesting recent article in a recent Globe and Mail on a Lions Club member’s contribution to Camp Dorset. It really points out the value of the activities for which we raise funds.
Sherry Welsh can still remember how much her sister, Karen Klassen, enjoyed Camp Dorset. Ms. Klassen had kidney disease and she loved Camp Dorset, near Huntsville, Ont., because in addition to typical summer camp activities it also has an onsite dialysis unit and medical staff.
Ms. Klassen died 11 years ago at the age of 34. Ms. Welsh had never been to Camp Dorset but after her sister died she joined a local branch of the Lions Club, which sponsors the camp. “So then I just got really involved with it. I just wanted to pretty much give back to the camp what the camp gave Karen,” she said.
In 2008 she launched Karen’s Quest, a 640-kilometre fundraising walk from Port Rowan to Camp Dorset. The walk took 35 days and she raised $45,000 with help from her husband, Peter; her four children and many volunteers. She funded part of the excursion by collecting $6,000 worth of bottles and cans along the way. “We pick up recyclables and that helps pay for the gas and lodging,” she said.
The event was such a success Ms. Welsh has held an annual walk ever since, raising more than $130,000 in total. This year she plans to trek 4,000 kilometres, covering much of the province in about three months. She’s hoping to raise $50,000 and has already started walking. The money will help pay for 20 new dialysis machines and fix some of the camp’s 14 cottages.
Nevada Lottery
Our Nevada draws continue to do well and are on budget to raise $3900 for the year. The latest collection was $895 for our activities account.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
Peel Safety Village
We will be visiting the Safety village on our regular meeting night of Monday, May 9. As noted previously, the estimated cost to repair the brickwork on our Lighthouse is $2400. This repair is due to start this spring.
Ignat (Iggy) Kaneff
Iggy is a well-known real estate and golf-course mogul who is also probably Mississauga’s most noted philanthropist. He recently received the Order of Ontario, the provinces most prestigious and highest official honour, in recognition of his contributions to the community. But not many Lions realize that he started his philanthropic career as a Lion.
Even before he built his real estate fortune, Iggy was contributing to the community He remembers that it all started in 1955 when he became a charter member of the Erindale Lions Club. Iggy was approached by Sheff Cassan (Lion John’s father) who was working on a fund raising campaign by the Credit Valley Lions to raise money for a hospital in South Peel which is now Mississauga’s Trillium Hospital. Iggy was only too glad to help with the campaign which in turn led him to join the Erindale Lions Club at its inception.
Officers for the 2011-2012 Lions Year
Past President Eric Simpson
President Dolores DiLuzio
1st Vice President Alex Banks
2nd Vice President Jim Goodwin
Secretary Rob Sutherland
Treasurer Ray Cyr
Assnt Treasurer Clelia D’Orazio
Tail Twister Merv Meleski
Lion Tamer Bill Auld
Directors Amalio Cedrez
Linda Hollyoake
Ed Martin
Charles Garnett
John Cassan - Port Credit Projects
Nile Shaw
Past District Governors Armin Bruer
Bob Emond
Bulletin Editor Bill Crawford
Web Manager Alex Banks
Membership Armin Bruer
