September/October 2012 - Lions of Illinois Foundation

September 2012
The Official Newsletter of the Lions of Illinois Foundation
In this issue:
In My Opinion…
2
LIF Office Directory…
2
Distinguished Service
Award...
3
Calendar of Events...
3
GoodSearch…
3
Lifetime of Service...
4
Executive Director’s
Certificate of Merit...
4
Keep In Touch…
4
Honor Your Friends
& Family…
5
Sight & Sound
Sweepstakes Winners…
6
Candy Day Matters…
7
Candy Day Order Form… 7
Candy Day Report Form… 8
1-F Run/Walk For Sight... 9
Annual Honors
Edition
Walk for Sight Pledge
Sheet…
10
Camp Season Ends…
11
2012 Camp Pins…
11
Dedicated and Caring…
11
We Are Blessed…
11
For information on all thirteen
LIF programs & services
visit our website:
www.lionsofillinoisfoundation.org
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In My Opinion
by Van C. Stone, LIF Executive Director
Lions Candy Day Matters
This year’s Candy Day may be the most important in recent memory. If our clubs are successful, it will clearly signal a renewal in Illinois Lionism and serve as a dramatic refutation to the pundits of doom who assert that the precipitous decline in our numbers conclusively demonstrates an unwillingness of the members to participate in the eradication of the twin scourges of blindness and deafness to which Keller so eloquently sounded the clarion call to combat.
It is my greatest hope that the ranks of that righteous army of “true believers” who face the clear truth that they may well represent
man’s best and last chance to demonstrate the extent human inclination for good will grow.*
I pray that each of you will join the small battalion of Lions who have determined
to give the last full measure of devotion to goodness and service.
Candy Day was originally proclaimed to be a $3,000,000 dream and I sincerely believe that it still could be if every Lion could be made
to understand that there are real people (children and adults) who are dependent upon the Lions for the improvement in the quality
of their lives. I weep when confronted by complacency or the willingness to accept the conditions which deprive some of god’s children from full participation in the blessings of life.
Mediocrity and complacency in the face of deprivation should be more abhorrent than our own demise.
Throughout Illinois, I am told the vast numbers of our Lions find it impossible or inconvenient to participate in Candy Day. Our blessed
foundation is not reduced nor negatively affected by our refusal to participate; it is rather the small frail children and the vulnerable
adults that depend upon our strength who will pay the price for the pundit’s wisdom.
LIF DIRECTORY
Who knows what the future holds? Only you!
- Jean Dixon, Famous Psychic
Main Line : 815-756-5633
TTY: 815-748-9088
Fax: 815-748-9087
LIF STAFF:
The LIF Office hours:
8:30am to 4:30pm,
Monday through Friday, except holidays.
DiAnne Ortega, Receptionist - Ext. 221 ; DOrtega@LIFnd.net
Visit the LIF website at:
www.lionsofillinoisfoundation.org
For program & service descriptions, forms, and
the latest news!
Our Lions of Illinois Foundation office address is:
2814 DeKalb Ave, Sycamore, IL 60178
Van C. Stone, Executive Director - Ext. 227 ; VCS@LIFnd.net
Mario J. Gumino, Accounts Manager - Ext. 224 ; MJG@LIFnd.net
Lydia Ziegler, Office Clerk ; Ext. 221 ; Fnd@LIFnd.net
Joanne Delby, Development Coordinator - Ext. 222 ; JDelby@LIFnd.net
Sherry Radek, Assistant to the Exec. Dir. - Ext. 223 ; SAR@LIFnd.net
Alan Wilson, Camp Lions Registrar - Ext. 231 ; ADWilson@LIFnd.net
Susan Young, Sight & Hearing Coordinator – Ext. 240 ; SFY76@LIFnd.net
Rick Tonozzi, Used Eyeglasses & Recyclable donations - Ext. 231
Joe Krenkel & Richard Liby, Hearing Bus Driver/Tech - Ext. 224
William Weybright, Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Tech. - Ext. 240
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Distinguished Service Award
Established by the Board of Trustees, the general purpose of the Lions of Illinois Foundation Distinguished Service Award is to select individuals regardless of position or lack
thereof who have, with no expectation of recognition, provided tireless and outstanding
service to and/or through the Lions of Illinois Foundation. (The criteria for this award is
listed in the Policy Guidelines.)
All nominees should have demonstrated a strong commitment to the LIF by providing
service or having taken an action to promote the Foundation and the people of Illinois.
Such commitment must have occurred within the Trustee’s two-year term as they nominate candidates. A board of five Lions, known only to the LIF Executive Director, which
change yearly, make the final selection .
This award is to celebrate the labors and commitment of a Lion or Lioness that may not be
recognized by most awards. However, their labors make a significant contribution to the
daily ability to provide services &programs both on the local level and into the future.
It is with great pride the we present the LIF Distinguished Service Award recipients:
PFP DICK BARK, PDG
LORI BENNETT
CLELL “DOC” BREWER *
PFP BOB BROWN, PDG *
ED CARTER, PDG
JERRY CLEMENS
IRV COLLINS
FRANK CRAMER, PDG
BOB DePAOLO, PDG
BEN DODGE, PDG
STEVIE DuPRIEST
PFP GEORGE DURBIN, PDG
RICHARD EBERHARDT
STEVE FERGUSON
RON FLOOD *
MARTHA GARLOCK
RICHARD GORDON
JIM GRAVES
JOHN GREENER, PDG *
CHARLES "CHARLIE" GREWE
BOB GUSTAFSON
TAWNY HALL
ANGELA HANSON
MARTHA HARPST
TOM HARPST
PRISCILLA HEDRICK
JOE HENDEL, PDG
FRANCIS "SNAP" HORNUNG
JOHN HOVE
RAY JACHIM
ROBERT JILKE, PDG
PATTY JORDAN
ED KALLBRIER
JOHN LANDON, PDG
WILLIAM LEISHER, PDG
STEVE LITCHFIELD
GLENN LONG
CHRIS LUTTRELL
RON MALY
JOHN McCANN, PDG
CAROL McCANN-KOJIMA, PDG
JAMES A. McCASLIN, PDG
LARRY McGUIRE, PDG
CHARLES "CHUCK" MEYER, PDG
JAMES MIDDLE CALF, PDG
RON NEWSOME, PDG *
KEN NOVAK, PDG
ROBERT PLOCK
DAN PRESSLER
DENNIS RAGAN *
JAN RINGLER
DON ROBEY
PFP RUSS SARVER, PDG
VELMA SCHLISLER
PFP JOYCE K. SCHROEDER, PDG
PFP RICHARD SELLERS, PDG
J.B. SETTLE
HOWARD SIMMONS, PDG *
MIKE SMIGIELSKI, DOG
GENE SMITH
SANDY SOWERS, PDG
MIKE STARKO,PDG
EARL K. STEINER,PDG
CHARLIE STEUER
PFP ROBERT SUDBURY, PDG
PFP BRUCE SUMMERS, PDG
JUDY TAPPER, PDG
PFP JOHN THIEN, PDG
MARY TRUITT
ERNIE TURCOTTE
MAURICE VAHLE, PDG *
WILLIAM VILLONT
BOB WATERS
RON WIGTON
JIM WILSON
PFP ROBERT ZAVORKA, PDG
* Deceased
Calendar of Events …
October 12, 2012
Lions Candy Day
November 3 – 4, 2012
Board of Trustees Meeting
The Chateau
Bloomington, Illinois
January 6, 2013
Coordinators Meeting
Decatur Conference Center
Decatur, Illinois
January 6, 2013
Birdies for Charity Meeting
Decatur Conference Center
Decatur, Illinois
February 2013
Candidate Orientation
Decatur Conference Center
Decatur, Illinois
February 2013
Board of Trustees Meeting
Decatur Conference Center
Decatur, Illinois
February 2013
Diabetes Awareness
May 3 – 4, 2013
Tootsie Pop Day
May 2013
State Convention/Board
Meeting
Clock Tower Inn
Conference Center
Rockford, Illinois
June 9, 2013
1-E Walk for Sight
Mattoon, Illinois
July 2013
John Deere Classic
“Birdies for Charity”
Moline, Illinois
for your Lions of Illinois Foundation
Help raise $$$ for blind & deaf children and adults in your community who need glasses hearing aids, screenings, and more.
Use GoodSearch & GoodShop to search or shop the internet : www.goodsearch.com. Earn a penny every time!
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Lifetime of Service Award Recipients
Each year Districts may nominate one candidate to be considered for The Recognition of Lifetime Service Award. Successful
candidates have demonstrated tireless and outstanding service to and/or through the Lions of Illinois Foundation for a period of
not less than fifteen (15) years. This award is truly significant to our Foundation, and your club’s community, as it identifies and
thanks the Lions and Lioness who have set the bar for excellence, both now and into the future, for providing local & statewide
programs to the visually and hearing Impaired.
HARRY BARBER, PDG
DICK BARK, PDG
DON BOWER, PDG
ROGER BRUNNER, PDG
ED CARTER, PDG
IRVIN "IRV" COLLINS
GLENN COMBS, PDG
PFP GEORGE DURBIN, PDG
JAMES K. FUNK, PDG *
AL GORT, PDG
GEORGE GOULD, PDG
GORDON GRANDE, PDG
JOE HENDEL, PDG
RALPH JOHNSON, PDG
PFP MUSH KOJIMA, PDG *
PDG ROBERT MAXEY, PID
JOHN McCANN, PDG
THEODORE L. MEDCALF *
DANIEL MOATS, PDG
PFP RONALD NEWSOME, PDG *
JERRY NOVAK, PDG
ROBERT OSTROM, PDG
DAN PRESSLER
PFP JOYCE K. SCHROEDER, PDG
PFP JACK STULTS, PDG
PFP ROBERT SUDBURY, PDG
PFP BRUCE SUMMERS, PDG
ANDY TOTH, PDG
MAURICE VAHLE, PDG *
TOM WRIGHT, PDG
MIKE STARKO, PDG
PFP ROBERT ZAVORKA, PDG
..
* deceased
The honorees named here have each received an Executive Director’s Certificate of Appreciation for their active work in Lionism
and/or for the LIF. This honor is given at the discretion of our LIF Executive Director for service above & beyond the call of duty.
Their acts are the type which inspire fellow members & keep the spirit of Lionism in the forefront of their local neighborhoods,
towns, and surrounding areas.
HELEN ANDERSON
JIM BAKSHIS
BARTLETT LIONS CLUB
LORI BENNETT
MARGARET BURGAUER
CHRIS COLEMAN
STEVIE DuPRIEST
RICHARD EBERHARDT
LYDIA ELLIS, PDG
FOOTLOOSE FRANK
AL GORT, PDG
GEORGE GOULD, PDG
JIM GRAVES
DAWN GROGAN
TOM HARPST
BILL & SANDI HUNSINGER (non-lions)
Keep In Touch
ISLAND LAKE LIONS CLUB
RAY JACHIM
LARRY McGUIRE, PDG
PFP BILL McKINNEY, PDG
KEN NOVAK, PDG
THOMAS D. SCANLON
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, INC.
KURT SCHOLLE
PFP JOYCE K. SCHROEDER, PDG
PFP JOYCE K. SCHROEDER, PDG (#2)
DONNA SCOTT
MONICA SEMENTA
THOMAS "THUMPER" STIEGLER
PFP ROBERT SUDBURY, PDG
PFP BRUCE SUMMERS, PDG
SUN CITY - HUNTLEY LIONS
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How often do you hear the complaint, “we never heard about that ” or “I didn’t know”? Well, please don’t let your LIF staff say that
about your club or events. Keep us up-to-date with photos, local news coverage, and stories on all your good works & celebrations.
We can’t promote what is done without the information only you can provide. E-mail information & photos to: adwilson@LIFnd.net or
mail to: Alan Wilson, LIF, 2814 DeKalb Avenue, Sycamore, IL. 60178-3117.
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Honor your friends or family and help in the “battle against vision and hearing loss”
The LIF has a wide variety of honors and awards that can be given to family, friends, club members, and/or
private citizens who have shown their support of the Lions quest to eliminate blindness and assist those with vision
& hearing loss. Please consider recognizing those special people with one, or more, of the following distinctions.
Tree of Service -
The Tree of Service is a monument to the never
never--ending
labors of Lionism‘s visual & hearing charity in Illinois. A majestic brass & acrylic
interpretation of a living tree, the trunk is comprised of a bas
bas--relief depiction of the
programs and services that reach out to every community in Illinois to aid the
visually & hearing impaired. At a glance one can see Camp Lions deaf and blind
youth campers, optometrists providing eye screenings for glasses, a man being
screened for a hearing aid, a Lion with a candy roll in hand, even the smiling face
of a member pledging the Lions to be a “Knights in the battle against Blindness”.
The canopy of the tree is a dazzling array of leaves of brass & acrylic engraved with
the names family, friends, business supporters, and private citizens whose financial
support allow the umbrella of the LIF services to continue to protect those in need.
Each leaf, emblazoned with your special message, is available for a donation of
$1,000 or a cluster of three for $3,000. A “rock”, which provides the base of the
Tree, begins at $5,000. Larger rocks are available; size dependent on the amount
donated.
Foundation Fellow - The Foundation Fellow is the greatest level of recognition that can be bestowed by
the Lions of Illinois Foundation and can honor anyone, Lion or non
non--Lion, for any purpose; usually for work associated with the goal of the LIF’s mission to serve the hearing and visually impaired. This act could be in cooperati
tio
on of a local program or broader LIF service which reaches into communiti
tiees statewide. A pin and plaque
are presented to the honoree with every $500 donation. The name of the Foundation Fellow is engraved on
the Lions of Illinois Foundation Wall of Honor upon receiving the first level. What a wonderful way to
acknowledge a member or community supporter for their dedication.
Sustaining Supporter -
A Sustaining Supporter may be anyone, Lion or not, for whom is made a
minimum pledge $25 (or more) on an annual schedule. The donation entitles the Sustaining Supporter to
receive a pin (or numbered tag for consecutive years). The Sustaining Supporter is convertible to an LIF
Foundation Fellow upon reaching a $500 level.
Honorariums - Donations may be made to honor a person, special occasion (such as an anniversary, birthday, life achievement), or simply to wish someone well or thank them for their helping hand. The person named will receive a
letter to inform them the honorariums has been submitted in their honor. Truly, a heart
heart--felt gift made in one’s name which will
improve a child or adult’s quality of life, what better honor is there?
All donations to the LIF & LIEF are tax
tax--free. The principle being retained in the Lions of Illinois Foundation
Endowment Fund with only the interest used for program and services. This allows the principle to grow
to be able to aid in the cost of hearing & vision services far into the future. For more information, & forms,
on all of the donation programs/honors discussed above are available on the LIF website
www.lionsofillinoisfoundation.org or by calling 1
1--800
800--955
955--5466.
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Taking a gamble has a big payoff for vision & hearing programs & services in Illinois
Sight & Sound Sweepstakes Winners 2012 - by LIF Trustee Ron Wigton, Sight & Sound Sweepstakes Coordinator
The 32nd annual Sight and Sound Sweepstakes raffle winners were drawn during our annual Foundation Breakfast at the State
convention on May 20th, 2012. I would like to take this opportunity to thank each Lion and Lioness member who sold tickets
and again helped to make the SWEEPS program a success. Listed below are the prize winners, the individual seller & their Club,
and the District selling the ticket.
These winners were drawn at the State Convention on May 20th.
These Lions were winners of individual seller prizes.
Prize
$500
$350
$250
Individual Seller/ Seller’s Club
Lion Ernest Fruend / Shattuc Lions
Lion Louis Van Treeck Sr. / Zion Twp. Lions
Lion Robert Wiedenhoeft /Greenville Lions
Lion Jim Beimfohr / Swansea / Belleville Lions
Sold Dist.
198 1-CN
150 1-F
Amount Winner
Seller
Dist.
$5,000
Randy Ferguson, Carterville Lions
1-CS
$1000 (1) Shirley A. Wakefield, Robinson, IL
Shirley A. Wakefield, Robinson Lions
1-E
$1000 (2) Coatsburg Lions Club,
Coatsburg Lions
1-G
$1000 (3) John Thompson, Monticello, IL
Gary Nixon, Monticello, IL
1-L
Mike McClay, Carterville, IL
128
1-L
118
1-CN
$100 (1) Lion Elmer Ragland / Waterloo Lions
100
1-CN
$100 (2) Lion Nick Parashis / Crystal Lake Lions
68
1-J
$1000 (4) Thomas Earley, Bensenville, IL
Allan Devitt, Bensenville, IL
1-J
$100 (3) PDG / PFP Bruce Summers / DuQuoin Lions
66
1-CS
$1000 (5) Pam Podkanowicz, Streator, IL
Pam Podkanowicz, Streator Lions
1-K
$100 (4) Lion Helen Anderson / Sun City Huntley Lions 62
$100 (5) Lion Chuck Wiedemann / McHenry Lions
59
1-J
$500 (1)
Stephanie A. Schradeya,
Port Byron, IL
Orion Lions
1-H
$100 (6) Lion Russell Wiedemann / McHenry Lions
$100 (7) Lion Judy Bierman / McHenry Lions
52
1-J
$500 (2)
McHenry Lions Club, McHenry, IL
Judith S. Bierman, McHenry, IL
1-J
50
1-J
$500 (3)
$100 (8) Lion Ken Johnson / Yorkville Lions
45
1-K
Thomas Kinzler, Morris, IL
Thomas Kinzler, Morris, IL
1-K
$500 (4)
$100 (9) Lion Butch Clifton / So. Beloit Lions
40
1-D
Harold Oban, Darien, IL
Harold Oban, Darien, IL
1-J
$100 (10) Lion Kenneth Groth / So. Elgin Lions
36
1-J
$500 (5)
Alan Ponton, Ashkum, IL
Shelley Ponton, Ashkum Lions
1-B
$100 (11) Lion Daniel Igrisan / Crystal Lake Lions
35
1-J
$500 (6)
Brenna J. Mauck, Dawson, IL
Jim McCaslin, Spgfld. Lincolnland Lions 1-L
$100 (12) Lion Myrna Masangcay /
Bayanihan-Sampaguita Lions
34
1-A
$500 (7)
Ronda K. Weiss, Pocahontas, IL
Robert Wiedenhoeft, Greenville Lions
1-L
$100 (13) Lion Ben Harder / So. Beloit Lions
32
1-D
$500 (8)
Steven Beaty, Hindsboro, IL
Steven Ferguson, Charleston Lions
1-E
$500 (9)
Tammy Johnson, LaHarpe, IL
Tammy Johnson, LaHarpe, IL
1-H
Steven Beckett, Urbana, IL
1-E
$200
Camp Point, IL
1-J
$100 (14) Lion Sharon Peska / Cedarville Lions
31
1-D
$100 (15) Lion Grig Weber / Fox River Grove Lions
27
1-J
$100 (16) Lion Raymond Soliman / Crest Hill Lions
26
1-B
$100 (17) Lion Jerry Pauser / Dixon Noon Lions
25
1-D
$100 (18)
$100 (19)
$100 (20)
$100 (21)
A total of $19,250 in prizes was awarded to Sweepstakes winners and those selling winning tickets (provided their name was
on the back of the winning ticket stub).
The 2012 Sight and Sound Sweepstakes State wide goal was
$160,000, however, gross sales is currently above $126,500.
The net total to our Lions of Illinois Foundation will be considerably less, as Club refunds reduce this amount. Lion and Lioness
Clubs not participating in the 2012 SWEEPS may still make a
donation to the 2012 campaign by sending a check to our Lions
of Illinois Foundation and marking the check: ‘2012 Sweepstakes’ (also, enclose a note indicating that the money is designated for the 2012 Sweepstakes).
Again, thank you for your participation in the 2012 Sight and
Sound Sweepstakes project.
$500 (10) Steven Beckett, Urbana, IL
$250 (1)
Dixie Simmons, Carterville Lioness Dixie Simmons, Carterville Lioness
$250 (2)
Connie Vanderspool, Gurnee, IL
Louis Van Teeck, Zion Township Lions 1-F
$250 (3)
Wayne Pullen, Princeville IL
Wayne Pullen, Princeville, IL
$250 (4)
Maggie Thiemann Rush, Peoria, IL Maggie Thiemann Rush, Peoria, IL
$250 (5)
Carol Owens, Rockford, IL
Harold Owens, Rockford Noon Lions
1-D
$250 (6)
Mascoutah Noon Lions,
Mascoutah, IL
Mascoutah Noon Lions
1-CN
$250 (7)
Sandy Graven, Mattoon, IL
John Greathouse, Mattoon Lions
1-E
$250 (8)
Diane Reilly, Frankfort, IL
John J. Reilly, Frankfort Lions
1-B
$250 (9)
Mercy Matousek, Westchester, IL
Mercy Matousek, Chi. Philippine Lions
1-A
Elgin Lions
1-J
$250 (10) Tony Molina, Aurora, IL
1-CS
1-H
1-H
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LIONS OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION
2814 DE KALB AVENUE
SYCAMORE, IL 60178
(815) 756-5633
JDelby@LIFnd.net
Fax – (815) 748-9087
Lions Candy
Day Matters
As the Foundation’s
largest annual fundraiser, Candy Day is
one event no Club
can afford to ignore.
LIONS CANDY DAY ORDER FORM
Smith Brothers Co.
Case Pack: 600 Rolls
Cost Per Case: $25.00
Over 60% of your
Prepaid Shipment: Twelve (12) Cases or More
Under (12) Cases Pickup at Jamborees or Depots
LIF budget is generated by this one
Please ship___________cases fruit
Please ship___________cases wintergreen
event. As a Club,
Candy Day Aprons @ $ 8.50 Plus Shipping
the option to keep
up to 40% of the
This Candy is packaged in a special Lions label and returns cannot be made.
donations insures
some of your local
CANDY DAY SUPPLIES (We suggest you order only the amount you are positive of using)
giving to those who
Window Posters (11X 17”) ____________
Certification of Appreciation ______________
appeal for help with
glasses or hearing
Counter Cards, for Canister ____________
Volunteer Buttons
______________
aids, a white cane,
Underwriter Letterheads
____________
Milk Carton Stickers
_____________
or CCTV, and a
myriad of daily living
Shareholder Certificates
____________
Underwriters Decal
_____________
tools specifically
Fund-Raising Canisters: Plastic ____________
Fund-Raising Canisters: Metal _____________
designed for those
with vision & hearing
SPECIAL NOTE: Please read agreement carefully:
loss.
Candy Day is also a
fun means to meet
the public. As a Lion,
dressed in your
bright yellow apron.
you will be remembered as a local Club
that is involved in
the community year
long, every year.
AGREEMENT WHEREAS: Illinois Candy Day is perhaps the greatest state-wide fund raising activity in Lionism. EXCLUSIVELY
BENEFITING SIGHT and HEARING HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS: and WHEREAS: Illinois Lions Clubs work together to
ensure success and benefits, and WHEREAS; Lions have directed their Lions of Illinois Foundation to provide extensive Service and
Grants to Award-winning Camp Lions, The Jacksonville Hearing Testing, Mobile Units, design for Research, and much more, and
WHEREAS; recognizing that each individual Lions Club also has a real responsibility to its own handicapped residents, often to a
degree that cannot be met from retained Candy Day funds alone, but must be supplemented by other club fundraising activities; as
THEREFORE; does our Lions Club AGREE TO PARTICIPATE in FULL MEASURE in this Lionistic activity, and to contribute our
full share of 60 PERCENT or more if the new proceeds to our Lions of Illinois Foundation for our projects; and we further AGREE
that ALL FUNDS RETAINED by our Club shall be used EXCLUSIVELY for aid to sight and hearing handicapped individuals in our
community. It is FURTHER AGREED that a full accounting of funds shall be made to the Lions of Illinois Foundation before
December 1, of this calendar year.
Signature: (Officer) ___________________________________Title_____________________ Date:____/____/____
Charge to:_______________________________________________________ Lions Club District 1-____________
For your
convenience A Candy Day order
form is to the right,
& Club Final Report
form is on page 8.
Address:___________________________________________Town:______________________Zip:_____________
ONLY DELIVERIES TO BUSINESS ADDRESS OR SPECIFIC BUSINESS LOCATIONS
Post Office Box Numbers NOT accepted.
Deliver To:____________________________________________________Phone:(
)___________-___________
Address:________________________________________________________________________________________
City:__________________________________________________________________State:_______Zip:__________
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LIONS OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION
2814 DE KALB AVENUE
SYCAMORE, IL 60178
(815) 756-5633
FAX 815 748-9087
JDelby@LIFND.NET
FINAL CANDY DAY REPORT
OFFICIAL REPORT of Fund Raising by Lions Clubs for Humanitarian Services (Blind/Deaf).
PLEASE RETURN BY DECEMBER 1, 2012
This report covers collections received by all Lions Clubs in the State participating in Candy Day. This information is to be included in the
Annual Report which will be furnished to the media in notifying the general public of the amount of contribution to this year’s campaign.
YOUR FULL COOPERATION IS REQUIRED
CLUB NAME:________________________________________________________DISTRICT 1-_____CLUB #:_____________
CANDY DAY CHAIRPERSON:____________________________________________PHONE: (
)_______-________
ADDRESS:__________________________________________________________CITY:_______________________ZIP:___________
CANDY DAY RESULTS: (Please answer all questions)
No. of Workers__________ No. of Volunteers_______
No. of Cases of Candy Ordered:_______________
No. of Cases of Candy Left: ________________
Collections from CANDY DAY.........................................$________________
Collections from UNDERWRITERS.................................$________________
Collections from COUNTER CARDS...............................$________________
GROSS Total Collections from ALL SOURCES....................................$______________________
COST of Aprons.......................................................................$_____________________________
Other COSTS...........................................................................................$______________________
NET..........................................................................................................$______________________
CONTRIBUTIONS TO: (Please make all checks payable to the LIONS OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION)
Lions of Illinois Foundation Projects (60% OF NET)..........................................$______________________
Date:_____________ (Signed)__________________________________Title:_______________________
Your contribution to the Foundation will make the following programs possible:
Camp Lions for Blind & Deaf, Mobile Hearing Screenings, Infant Hearing Screenings,
Social Services and Referral, Used Eyeglass & Hearing Aids Collection, and Low Vision Clinics.
SUBMIT THIS REPORT AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FOUNDATION NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 1, 2012.
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LPiaognes 9S h a r e
Lions of Illinois Walk for Sight
“We Walk…… To Light The Way”
District 1
1--F
“Run/Walk
Walk for Sight”
Sunday,
September 30, 2012
Join us as we enjoy
our Walk to help serve
those less fortunate with
vision or hearing loss or
impairments
& raise money for
both the Lions & your local
non-profit organization!
Location:
Century Park North Pavilion
1401 Indianwood Drive
Vernon Hills, IL 60060
North of Route 60
Between Route 21 and
Butterfield Road
Watch for Signs!
Schedule of Events:
9:00 a.m. – Registration begins
10:00 a.m. - 5K Run
NOON - Picnic lunch
1:00 p.m. – 2.2 Miles
“Walk for Sight” begins
Information Contact:
Lion Don Borgwardt:
Walk For Sight (walk/run)
629 W. Bayou Court
Fox Lake, IL 60020
847-546-1993
CELL 847-207-5521
FAX 847-740-8489
The LIF Walk for Sight events, held
throughout the year and at various sites
around Illinois, afford the Lions an excellent opportunity for much needed visibility.
Our Walks allow Lions to raise money for
the Foundation they created, own, and operate on behalf of the visually & hearing
impaired people of Illinois.
Just as important, Lions can be true heroes
in their communities by recruiting other
organizations to help us with our causes.
LIONS, if there are organizations in your communities
who will help your Foundation provide programs and
services to the visually and hearing impaired, we will
divide the funds they raise so that they can fund their
respective causes. The net result of these cooperative
partnerships is the improvement of the towns in which
we reside. Furthermore, Lions will truly make a positive
impact on the people of their communities. Lions need
visibility and our Walks for Sight can make that happen.
I hope every Lion will consider walking and raising
funds on behalf of the precious children & adults we
serve. I also hope that every Lion will ask their churches, their high school organizations (one high school girls’
softball team raised $1,000 for themselves by helping
Lions raise money for our cause), other civic organizations, food pantry volunteers, etc. to help us with our
cause and earn money for their cause. The expenses of
the Walks are paid by the Lions, not participating groups
& organizations.
If any Lion who reads this has questions, please call,
Dianne Ortega, or contact your LIF Trustees. I hope we
will all walk together for our Foundation & for our
communities.
If Lionism is to survive & flourish Lions will need to
make our presence known throughout our communities
by showing our personal dedication to the causes for
which Lions are most known: blindness, deafness, & the
viability of the towns we live in. Many of our Lions
Clubs are invisible. They do great work helping others,
but very few witness the Lions and their dedication.
This is your Club’s chance to be seen and remembered
for the good works you do for the blind and visually
impaired. And, equally as important, to be recognized
for uniting with local non-profits to bring vital
services to the community where you live.
Watch for info on the
results of all of the
“Walk for Sight” events
in the next issue of the
Lions Share.
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Camp Season Ends
Camp Lions successfully hosted over
200 campers between our adult and
youth programs. Now with sites in
Ingleside, East Bay/Hudson, & Benton
our camps have taken on a refreshed
spirit and look. Campers & Lions can
look for forms and schedules for 2013
sometime in December.
Clubs who “adopted” campers will be
receiving their thank-you cards, all
hand-made with lots of love, shortly.
Through your support & devotion,
Camp Lions remains the only free
camp for Blind and/or Deaf in Illinois!
Until then here are a few photos to
enjoy.
A Dedicated and Caring Lion
2012 Camp Lions Pin
Show your pride with the
newest Camp Lions pin!
Submit the order form with a $5 check or
money order payable to LIF/Camp Pin
& send to:
Lion Mario Gumino
2814 DeKalb Avenue,
Sycamore, IL 60178-3117
Proceeds support camper’s to attend
& activities costs.
Camp 2012 Pin Order Form
Name __________________________________
Shipping Address__________________________
City __________________St. ____Zip________
Please send (# of pins): ___________
Enclosed is my check/money order for $_____
Orders will be shipped by U. S. Postal Services
dependent on weight.
Select pins from past years are still available to
complete your collection. Contact Mario at
815-756-5633 or e-mail: MJG@LIFnd.net.
Follow Camp Lions on Facebook
@ Lions of IL Foundation!
The page is in it’s infancy so welcomes all
appropriate contributing photos & comments
by current & past campers, plus Lions who
also have a special memory to share. Be sure
to “Like” the page with every visit. Camp
Lions 2013 schedules and application forms
will be posted in December 2012 on both
Facebook & our LIF website.
Lion Laimutis
“Limy” Nargelensa of the
Springfield Noon
Lions Club again
this year is sponsoring a camper
for Camp Lions.
Through his generosity a visually
or hearing impaired child will be able to attend a Youth
Camp. In recognition, Lion Jim Weiss, President of the
Lions of Illinois Endowment Fund, presented Lion Nargelensa with a
Lions of Illinois Foundation
“Foundation
Fellow”.
Trustees of
your Foundation have the
ability to honor Lions in
their District
by recommending deserving Lions for the award. Because of his
continued support for Camp Lions Lion “Limy” was an
excellent candidate.
We are Blessed….
Camp Lions is blessed to have Lions, Lioness, and Leo
donors that sponsor campers every year. This generosity is the financial backbone which permits Camp Lions to
open it’s gates. Over the years in excess of 18,000
campers have been sponsored to attend our one-of-a kind program completely free of charge. Not many
organizations can make that claim.
Camp Lions is a result of the Lions members who recognized that many Blind/Low vision and or Deaf/Hard of
hearing kids were not getting that same chance to
discover their personal strengths and develop new social
skills that these retreats to nature can provide. Thus the
birth of Camp Lions of Illinois in 1957. As a place of
equal opportunity for Blind & Deaf youth , Camp Lions
gave them the same positive experiences & memories as
the so-called “normal” child’s summer camp.
Lions supporting this program should be proud of what
they have attained; an award winning summer program
that is not found anywhere else in the Midwest. Camp
Lions now boast a third of the camp staff who are past
Camp Lions youth. Having graduated into the world as
positive role models, they now serve this generation and
bring their vision of Camp Lions to today’s youth.
Thank you Lions, for each child /adult sponsored
and the memories and joy you have given to
them.
Lions of Illinois Foundation
2814 DeKalb Avenue
Sycamore, IL 60178-3117
NONPROFIT
PRSRT. STD.
U. S. POSTAGE
PAID
SYCAMORE, IL
PERMIT NO. 12
Lions of Illinois Foundation Recycling Program Donation Card
Please complete ALL the information below to receive a thank you letter which can be used for tax purposes.
The LOIF is a non-profit chartable organization. Please note that the LIF does NOT count eyeglasses,
so please fill out this form to the best of your knowledge.
Date: _______________
Lions Club_____________________________________________________ District____________
Please clearly print the name of whom you want thank you letter to go:
Name__________________________________________________________________________
Address________________________________________________________________________
City____________________________________ State_______________ Zip_________________
# of Used Eyeglasses_________ # of Hearing Aids________ # of Ink Cartridge_______
# of Cell Phones_______
Lbs of Keys________
Lbs of Tabs_______
Lbs of aluminum cans_______
Other ______________________________________________________________
Please enclose this card with your donation and send to:
Lions of Illinois Foundation, 2814 DeKalb Ave, Sycamore, IL 60178
www.lionsofillinoisfoundation.org
Questions? Please call 815-756-5633