And what happened in March besides the earliest ice out ever????

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Sally Sibulkin

Saint Patrick’s Day, of course, and other events.

Our speakers for the March dinner meeting were Camp Pride President Peter La Pointe and Camp Administrator Ted La Liberte. They provided an update of all the recent improvements made to the camp that was established in 1989 by Lions District 44 – H. Lions Camp Pride is a three season fully handicapped accessible facility for children and adults with special needs, located in New Durham, New Hampshire on scenic Merrimeeting Lake.

The work list for spring 2016 includes painting, raking water front, trimming around cabins, cleaning bunkhouses, screen repair and window and door trim replacement.

Camp Pride has set aside two Saturdays May 14, and 21^st, and two Sundays May 15 and 22^nd for friends and family of Moultonborough Lions Club to help with the clean-up starting at 9:00am each day. Camp Pride will provide a free lunch to all volunteers. You can make it a family affair. Bring your kids or grandchildren. All are thankfully welcome. Many hands make light work! Let Jeni or Sally know.

And then there was the reading at MCS ….

I don’t know who had more fun this week – the elementary school children or the members of the Moultonborough Lions Club. March is Reading Month and to celebrate, Carissa O’Gara, the reading specialist at Moultonborough Central School, set up a three-day schedule (March 22-24) for Lions to read in the Kindergarten, First and Second grade classrooms. Carissa chose wonderful books for us to read, and we tried hard to read as close to upside-down as we could in order to have the illustrations face the children. The young students were wonderful, predicting what might be next, helping with sound effects, and being totally engaged in the stories. The best thing is that we have been asked to come back and do this again.

March

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Sally Sibulkin

Can the weather be any stranger? Rain, snow, cold, warm.

The March business meeting will be held Monday, March 7 at 7 pm. The dinner meeting will be held on the 21st and be Irish in food (corned beef and cabbage) and table theme. Our speaker will be from Camp Pride. It should be a very interesting meeting. I hope all will attend. And we welcome members to bring a guest.

February Continued…

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Sally Sibulkin

While the first planned dinner on Monday, February 15 was postponed. We eventually had our meatloaf and mashed potato dinner, complete with post-Valentine decorations of the 22 of February. Speakers Jennifer Laramie and Peter Cassell presented an overview of the services provided by the Central New Hampshire VNA and Hospice to the Club.

Jennifer, the Hospice Program Director, has been a leading hospice clinician with VNA and Hospice since 2005. She gave an overview of the Home Health Care Services delivered at ones place of residence. These services are intended to allow individuals the freedom to remain in the comfort of their own home while receiving care. They include registered nurses, occupational therapy, hospice services, spiritual care, bereavement, wound care, physical therapy, just to name a few.

Peter is a retired colonel with US Army Reserves and a retired IT professional. He was awarded the Vaughn Award in 2015. This award recognizes individuals 60 or older who demonstrate leadership or meritorious achievement as volunteers on behalf of New Hampshire‘s older citizens. Peter is heavily involved with Veterans programs. He passed around the Veteran Certificate of Appreciation along with a lapel pin. He recognized each veteran in attendance and asked what branch of service and where they were stationed etc. He personally shook hands and thanked Lion Larry Kohut for his service in WWII.

January and February

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Sally Sibulkin

It seems as though January was the month of meetings for Lions. On Thursday, January 28, John Menken, Jeni Williams, Pat Strickland, and Sally Sibulkin attended the Zone meeting in Wakefield. According to the Zone Chairperson, it was the best attended Zone meeting in a while. The next Zone meeting will be in Wolfeboro in March – the Green on Green meeting, corned beef and cabbage dinner, and bidding on items wrapped in green.

Then the weekend immediately following was the Multi-District Convention in Nashua. Jeni Williams and Sally Sibulkin attended and came back with some good information and contacts. By the way, we were one of only nine clubs to submit a Peace Poster. The committee framed a copy of our club winner’s poster which we will ask to have hung at MCS to help publicize the 2016 contest

At the dinner, letters nominating Lions for the Lions Academy Awards of Recognition were read. Our club, as you can see from the page in the program, had two letters: one for John Menken for Lifeboat Lion and one for Joe and Pat Keegan for Best Supporting Lion. While neither one the trophy, we are proud to have them mentioned and honored. They were in excellent company.

Also in January, we had to cancel the dinner meeting because of weather.

February’s dinner will be Pot Luck (as Donna is away) with a Valentine decorations on Monday February 15.

A Busy Fall for the Moultonborough Lions

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Sally Sibulkin

At the October Dinner Meeting, District Governor Scott Wilson, inducted five new members to our club and had them sign the large banner he is brining to every club this year, as one of his directives is , “keep one; add one.” Below is a photo of DG Wilson, with new members: Kathy Allen, Peter Allen, Christine Woodland, Joanne Lau, Ted Olguin, and President, Jeni Williams.

October inductees

Blood Drive on Friday, October 2

Sandy Meskys organized the Red Cross blood drive at the Lions Club the first Friday in October and was assisted by the following Lions: helping Sandy on the morning shift were Joe and Pat Keegan and Don Trudeau; the afternoon shift was manned by Kate and Mike Lancor, John Menken, Eileen and Bob Zewski, Larry LaPointe, Jeni Williams and Joanne Lau.

Raffle Stuffing Party. Around 2,700 envelopes were stuffed on Friday, October 30 in about three hours, under the direction of raffle chairmen, Eileen and Bob Zewski. The following Lions were part of the “assembly line” for getting out the letters for our major fundraising activity: Pat and Joe Keegan, Mike and Kate Lancor, Pat Strickland, Peter and Kathy Allen, Jeni Williams, Sally Sibulkin, Roy Putnam, Sam Pylypczuk, Ed and Sandy Meskys, Peter and Judy Strople, Larry LaPointe, and Jack Weinmann.

Peace Poster Contest — The winner of the International Lions Club Peace Poster Contest for the Moultonborough Lions Club was sixth grader, Cameron Shannon, shown below with MCS Principal, Kathleen D’Haene, President Jeni, and Peter Strople.

In the coming months….

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Sally Sibulkin

The November business meeting will begin at 7 pm on Monday, November 2. Monday, November 16 will be the dinner meeting, with a social hour at 6 pm, followed by dinner. The program/entertainment for the evening will be a demonstration by the Sandwich 4H Dog Club.

The December business meeting will be held on Monday, December 7.

The December dinner meeting will be the annual joint Christmas party with the Moultonborough Women’s Club. The date will be Monday, December 14. Appetizers provided by the Women’s Club will be followed by a baked ham dinner and entertainment by DJ Sean O’Brien. Mark it on your calendars!

Fall Happenings

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Sally Sibulkin

One other thing that happened late summer/early fall was the much needed cleaning of the Lions Den. With four people working (Sandy, Mark, John and Sally) much was accomplished.

The August dinner meeting was the annual cook-out with area nursing homes and the evening was a success.

SEPTEMBER: The September dinner meeting featured guest speaker, Katie Blackadar, a Moultonborough Academy graduate who received her RN degree from UNH. Her first nursing experience was in Tennessee and from there she became a traveling nurse, her latest position being in the state of Washington. Katie spoke to us about her 10-month volunteer experience on the Africa Mercy, which was docked in Madagascar. She began with a video outlining one patient’s story and then told us about the different kinds of operations performed on the ship…tumor removals, facial surgeries, and orthopedic (club feet) to name a few. The number of people needing medical assistance and surgeries was staggering. Katie lived in an onboard cabin with 5 other volunteers and worked in outpatient care on the ship, tending to the needs of post-op patients. Katie’s experience was very positive, and not only did the Mercy Ship experience provide inspiration for her and renew and redirect her dedication to nursing, it is also something she would like to volunteer for again. Volunteers must pay their own way and for all their living expenses, so this is truly a giving experience for the hundreds of men and women from all over the world who provide their expertise, love, and dedication to others.

The Lions Club performed two vision screenings: One at Moultonborough Academy, coordinated by nurse Carolyn Nelson on picture taking day (Friday, September 25), where over 200 students in grades 7-12 were screened. And the second on Wednesday, October 7 at Inter-Lakes High School where over 100 seventh and eighth graders were screened thanks to scheduling by nurse Jodi Pendexter.

Also, on Friday, October 2, the Moultonborough Lions Club hosted a Red Cross Blood drive, coordinated by Chairperson, Sandy Meskys. Thirty pints of blood were donated thanks to the efforts of the donors, the Red Cross and Lions Sandy, Joe and Pat Keegan, Kate and Mike Lancor, Don Trudeau, John Menken, Eileen and Bob Zewski, Larry Lapointe, and Joanne Lau.

Also in October, Lions Don Trudeau and Sally Sibulkin did the final fall weeding of the top area of Sutherland Park. More help will be needed in the spring with some new plantings and the staining of the picnic table and benches.

The October dinner meeting will be held on Monday, October 9. District Governor Scott Wilson will induct five new members to the Club at this time. Photos will follow after the event.

Also in October…on Friday October 30, beginning at 9 am (with coffee and donuts) as many Lions as can make it are asked to come to the Club and help stuff the envelopes with letters and raffle tickets for the annual raffle fund-raiser. The winning ticket will be drawn at the MCS Holiday Fair on December 5.

September

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Sally Sibulkin

September started off as a very, very warm month with not much rain. But today, September 12, the weather was beautiful for our two teams of Lions who played in the Community Caregivers Mini Golf Fundraiser. Playing were: Mike and Kate Lancor, Jeni Williams, John Menken, Peter Strople, Bob Zewski, Sandy Meskys, John Weinmann (who got a hole in one!), Joanne Lau, Christine Woodland, and Sally Sibulkin. Not only did we field two teams, we also contributed to become a Bronze Sponsor! Great day and lots of fun!

Also happening in September…

The monthly business meeting — this month on Monday, September 14 (because of Labor Day), beginning with a Board meeting at 6:30 followed by a 7 pm business meeting….and the dinner meeting which will be Monday, September 21. The featured speaker with be Katie Blackadar who will speak about her experiences on board the Africa Mercy ship.

More July Happenings

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Sally Sibulkin

At the July dinner meeting, six of the 11 scholarship recipients, Sage Lincoln, Peter Baker, Kelsey Coppinger, Zachary Atwell, Elaine Velie and Veronica Diltz, and their parents were present. Each gave information on which college they would be attending and what major they were considering.

Sutherland Park. Since deciding to recommit to part of our original Adopt-a-Spot (the upper portion), things have been moving along quickly, thanks to the committee chairman, Peter Stropple. We have the approval of the town and four of the committee met on July 21 to decide what work needed to be done. Then on July 22, 25, and 27, five LIons (Pete, Sally, Dawn, Christine, and Joann) put in several hours weeding and getting rid of scrub trees. I especially want to commend our two newest Lions — Joanne Lau and Christine Woodland for jumping into a service activity so quickly (this is their first month as a Lion!)

We forgot to take “before” photos. But we will post some “after” photos soon.

One more July Event — The Ed Selek Memorial Golf Tournament. The day was perfect for this fundraising and fun event. And a few Lions got some sunburn. We raised quite a bit of money, and everyone enjoyed the day. I will gladly post photos if someone will send them to me.

The Fourth and the Rest of July

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The Fourth of July: Approximately 16 members helped prepare for and serve a meal of hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, cole slaw, macaroni salad and watermelon to the Fourth of July parade participants and walkers. And a big round of applause to Sandy Meskys for ordering all the food. Next year, we will need to keep count of all the people who were fed as we were all so busy we couldn’t even guess at the number. We only took two photos (again, everyone was so busy) which are not the best…But we have an excellent photo of Lion Pete Strople who managed to go home with a second place trophy as well as help out with the meal.

Golf Tournament: The annual Ed Seleck Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, July 20 with a tee time of 8 am. Lions will be setting things up at 6:30 am and helping throughout. There is still room for a few teams to enter. Contact Mike Lancor (loonatic@roadrunner.com) or pick up an entry form at Meredith Village Savings Bank.

Dinner Meeting: The July dinner meeting will also be held on Monday, July 20. We have invited as our guests the Lions Scholarship recipients and their parents. Social hour will be from 6:00 – 7:00 pm with dinner at 7:00

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