So far we have had  a busy three weeks for many Lions.

White Cane Day happened on the 23rd of May, over  $1000 was raised with the help of some of the Boy and Cub Scouts and Lion volunteers.  And on the topic of fundraising for sight, members Ed and Sandy Meskys and Sally Sibulkin with her daughter and granddaughter (Jennifer and Emma Tobbe) participated in the 3K Walk for Sight in Concord, NH on Saturday, June 6.  Money from that event will benefit the NH Association of the Blind.  It was a nice, sunny day with a breeze and a great turnout of walkers and supporters,

Furthermore, Peter Strople, Mark Cotrupi, Don Trudeau, Sally Sibulkin, and Joe and Pat Keegan went to the Sandwich Central School on Monday, June 8 and provided vision screening for half the school.

The dinner meeting will be held on Monday, June 15 and feature a ham dinner.  New officers will be inducted and awards will be presented afterwards.

This past Saturday, five Moultonborough Lions –John, Peter, Sally, Mark, and Jeni — attended the Lions Training Forum held at Manchester Community College.  We all found it both informative and energizing.  The photo was taken in one of the classrooms; it is not a line-up, but it is a bit blurry.

This must be April Fool’s month instead of Day.  As I write this, the snow has just stopped and the lawns, my deck, and driveway are covered in snow.  Where are the flowers?!

The April dinner meeting will be Monday, April 20 and will feature pot roast.  Guest speakers will be Moultonborough Police Chief, Leonard Wetherbee, Jr. and 2nd Vice District Governor candidate, Sam Longbrook.   Remember, April is new membership drive month.  Please bring a potential new member to this dinner!

Susan Noyes, the Moultonborough School District (MSD) Superintendent, gave an interesting and thought-provoking talk at the March Lion’s Club meeting.  She provided graphics on the declining birth and school enrollments in New Hampshire (and how schools are looking at multiple ways to still offer quality instruction including sharing courses with other schools), discussed the mission statement and goals of the MSD, and emphasized the welcome community support of the schools.  The video she played gave a visual “punch” as to how much the education of children has changed over the years and graphically demonstrated how many, many “charges” have been added to what schools are expected to teach and provide children.  In addition to academic subjects, areas such as health, nutrition and safety, career and college counseling, immunizations, art, music, drama, sports, etc. are expected to be included– all within the limits of the school day and year.

Members were encouraged to provide their e-mail addresses to Superintendent Noyes or Dawn Law at dlaw@sau45.org (Lion and educator at Moultonborough Academy) for electronic weekly updates from the schools, called iPaws, which contains items about the musical that will be offered at the end of this week  to concerts and other school happening,s as well as information about testing and what is new and upcoming.

At the March dinner meeting, members and their green hats pose for a photo…and in Florida, Mike and Kate Lancor and Bob and Eileen Zewski celebrate in style as well.

We were able to hold the March Business Meeting on the 2nd of March — no snow cancellations or postponements;  and minutes of that meeting will be e-mailed to all members soon.  There were many committee reports and interesting news about our club and State, District and Local happenings in the very near future.

We do need two additional members for the Nominating Committee (the slate needs to be available at the dinner meeting as voting will be in April).  If you are willing to  join JACK WEINMANN on this committee, please contact him or President John Menken as soon as possible.

This is the month when we hope Spring will appear on time and also the month when we “spring forward” and change the clocks on March 8.  And, of course, it is the month in which we celebrate St. Patricks Day.  Thus, the meal at the March 16 meeting will be corned beef and cabbage.  Hope to see everyone there starting around 6 pm, dinner following at 7 pm.

Because of the predicted snowstorm, the business meeting will be POSTPONED until 7 pm on Monday, February 9.  And the snow just continues to come down on Sundays and Mondays.  The February 9 business meeting has been canceled.  Items on the agenda will be brought up at the dinner meeting –– think sunshine.

Hopefully, the snow will not affect our dinner meeting which is still scheduled for Monday, February 16.