October 2010 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
October
12 Tuesday 3.30 pm
17 Sunday VIP Car Rally
18 Monday General Meeting
30 Saturday BBQ for Volunteering Peel
November
1 Monday Board of Directors
2 Tuesday Bingo - 12.30 pm
5 Friday Oakville 75th Anniversary Dinner
8 Monday General Meeting
9 Tuesday Bingo - 3.30 pm
22 Monday General Meeting
23 Tuesday Bingo 3.30 pm
December
6 Monday Christmas Party
7 Tuesday Bingo 12.30 pm
13 Monday Caroling-in-the-Park
14 Tuesday Revera Retirement Home Christmas Party
14 Tuesday Bingo 3.30 pm
Editor’s Message
Welcome to the first bulletin for the Lions 2010 – 2011 year. Lion Chief Eric has been working hard to ensure we have a successful year and this will require that we all work together in order to accomplish his goals. We had a very busy summer and the Lions who worked so hard in organizing our activities deserve a great big thank you.
Note that we have a new arrangement for confirming attendance for meals. We must email Helen by the Thursday before the meeting to let her know whether we are attending or not.
For those few members receiving paper copies of the bulletin please let me know if you can now receive them by email. This saves the editor’s time and reduces the club’s mailing expenses.
RECENT ACTIVITIES
Membership
Six Lions accompanied Lion Bob to Camp Trillium on June 10 for the official ceremony of naming a street “Lion Robert Emond Way”. Lion Bob has been a very dedicated supporter for the camp for about 17 years. Photos of the visit are on our website.
Lions Niles, Charles and Dolores visited Camp Dorset on June 14 for the official presentation of the Mississauga credit Valley Lions Club plaque.
Lion Royce is still staying at his son’s house and is coming along slow but sure. Lion Scott Insley was quite sick recently but is now recovering.
Many thanks to Lion Alex who has distributed the club rooster to our members. Lion Alex spent considerable time preparing the rooster and did an excellent job in providing information on our members.
Club dues are now payable in order to ensure that our administration, District and International expenses are meeting.
Regular members $ 100
Life Members $ 60
Family $ 180
Prepaid meals $ 360
The club Christmas party is on Monday, December 6. The cost will be $40 each for members and $50 for non-members. Gift costing from $15 to $20 per couple are suggested. Lion Merv will be building several items as prizes for a raffle to help fund the club subsidies for the meal.
Lion Tail Twister Merv has noted that there is too much noise not only during member introductions and but also during committee reports. He has warned that he is going to crack down hard on future offenders with very severe fines of $1 for each noise making infraction.
We will be paying $20 for our meals on the understanding that they will be of an upgraded quality. Please respond to Lion Helen “yes” or “no” by email or phone by the Thursday before the meeting, Our website has a page “Our Dinner Meetings” : click on it and see a message to contact Helen to let her know if you will or will not be attending the next dinner meeting. No response - no meal.
Erin Mills Soccer Association BBQs
Many thanks to Lions Ray and Merv for organizing and running these BBQs. $7902 was raised from the four BBQ days.
2010 - 2011 Board of Directors
As a reminder, the following Board of Directors was elected for our Lions year.
Past President Niles Shaw
President Eric Simpson
Past president Niles Shaw
1st Vice President Helen MacPherson
Secretary/Communications Charles Garnett
Treasurer Ray Cyr
Tale Twister Merv Meleski
LionTamer Bill Auld
Directors Rob Sutherland, Ed Martin,
John Cassan, Linda Hollyoake
Past District Governors Armin Bruer, Bob Emond
Bulletin Editor Bill Crawford
Web Manager Alex Banks
Canada Day
Thanks to Lions John B and John C. for organizing the Canada Day BBQ. We raised $2483 which was split three ways between the organizations participating in the event.
Erin Meadows Fun Day
Lion Bob again organized the summer BBQ for the Erin Meadows Retirement Home. As always, the residents thoroughly enjoyed the event which is a highlight for their summer activities.
Peel Mothers BBQ.
Lion John C organized the BBQ for the moms and tots BBQ in June. Lions Niles, Dolores, Armin and Bill C. assisted in the event which saw almost 200 young mothers attend with their children.
Eye Glasses
Thanks to Dolores for organizing the pickup of the 1769 glasses which were packed after our Sept 28 meeting. The eye glasses are collected about every 2 to 3 months and we have now collected over 22,000 since the program started in 1993.
Southside Shuffle
The club received $1798 for the deposit return for empty beer cans and liquor and cooler glass bottles. This compares favorably to the $1089 received last year. Our profit for the beer sales has not yet been calculated.
Nevada
Lion Rob has been busy collecting for the Nevada Lottery during the summer. Revenue for the year will again be over $3000.
RECENT DONATIONS
Leos Club for Pakistan flood relief $ 500
CNIB $ 250
The club presented our cheque of $15,000 to the Trillium Hospital for the multi-phase laser for eye treatment. $33,736.88 has now been collected by District A711 clubs for the equipment but we are still well short of the $75,000 threshold we must raise to apply for a Standard grant from LCIF. The campaign continues to seek sponsorship from Mississauga corporations. The Hospital has recognized our club at the $500,000 Benefactor level on their Donor Wall for our contributions over the years. We will have a plaque placed outside a room in the Diabetes Education Centre. The club is verbally committed for a total of $25,000 over 5 years.
Lion Chief Eric distributed our cheques to high schools who were receiving our student scholarships.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
VIP Car Rally
The VIP car Rally for the Blind is on Sunday, October 17 at 8.30am and needs drivers. Starting location is the Huttonvilles Lion’s Den, Huttonville Public School, Embelton Re (runs left off Mississauga road, 2 miles north of Steele). Proceeds will go the to Lions Foundation Canada Dog Guide Program Further info is available from Lion Helen
Delta Bingo
Our Bingo continues to be an excellent fund raiser. The following Bingo schedule covers the next six months
Bingo Schedule
Oct Nov Dec
5 Tuesday 12.30 pm 2 Tuesday 12.30 pm 7 Tuesday 12.30 pm
11 Monday 10.00 am 9 Tuesday 3.30 pm 14 Tuesday 3.30 pm
12 Tuesday 3.30 pm 23 Tuesday 3.30 pm
Jan Feb Mar
4 Tuesday 12.30 pm 1 Tuesday 12.30 pm 1 Tuesday 12.30 pm
11 Tuesday 3.30 pm 8 Tuesday 3.30 pm 8 Tuesday 3.30 pm
25 Tuesday 3.30 pm 22 Tuesday 3.30 pm
75th Anniversary Celebration
A committee has been established to organize our 75th anniversary dinner with Lion Alex as chairman. Members are Lion Ed, (master of ceremonies), Lions Ray and Bill A. (hall and food), Lion Niles (Lion Invitations), Lion Eric (Government invitations), Lions Bob and Armin (club history), Lions Ed and Rob (sponsors and advertising), Lions John, Rob, Ed (new pin) and Lion Alex (printing). The committee has recommended Markland Woods Golf Course for the celebration and dinner to be held in the evening on Saturday June 2, 2012.
BBQ for Volunteering Peel
Volunteering Peel is the student’s organization for arranging volunteer assignments. They did an excellent job supplying volunteers for the soccer BBQs. They have requested our help in providing our BBQ for their planned field day on October 30. Lions Eric, Merv, Jim, Alex and Ed volunteered to man the BBQ.
