The Lion's Roar
Official Publication of Portland Downtown Lion’s Club
Volume 3 Issue 1 (28 July)
PROGRAMS
August 4: The American Automobile Club - Triple A (that's AAA, not AA), will be the subject of the day. Most of us are members (especially your editor) so it will be interesting to learn the full scope of their services. The speaker will be Mr. Gary Solberg, Coordinator of the "Show Your Card and Save" program. He is a former AAA Sales Representative so he knows more about their products and services that almost anyone. Lion Keith Pulley will be the Chair of the Day.
August 11: Lion Bob Mackey will bring us a program about the Northwest Film Festival. The speaker is slated to be Tom Chillitson who is the advertising director for the NFF.
August 18: One of the HOT topics of the day, “The Future of the Trail Blazers”, will be our program. Mr. J.E. Isaacs will tell us all of the late-breaking news. Lion Mark Holloway will be Chair of the Day.
August 25: The program planned for that date has fallen through so it is a work in progress – BUT - it will be SUPER!
September 1: There will be NO MEETING on September 1 because of the Labor Day week end.
2006-07 OFFICERS AND BOARD PORTLAND
DOWNTOWN LION'S FOUNDATION
The Annual Meeting of our Portland Downtown Lions Foundation (separate from the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation) was held on Wednesday, July 26th. Foundation President, Joe Blundon, chaired the meeting.
The Treasurer’s report, prepared by Lion Gerry Monroe, was presented, discussed and approved. Our total funds available for the year were $39,004.83, including a starting balance of $5,882.11. Expenditures totaled $36,173.63 leaving an ending balance of $2,831.20. A proposed budget for 2006-07 will be presented at the regular August meeting.
The new officers and board members for the present year are as follows:
President – Wally Watkins Vice President - Nita Rollins Secretary - Ellen Nesbitt Treasurer - Gerry Monroe Immediate Past President - Joe Blundon Corporate Agent - Mark Eves
Two-year Board Members: Keith Pulley, Jeff Mandel, Sue Heathman, Tom Lyden, and Rains Tipton
One Year Board Members: Cliff Temple, Gary Tipton, Mark Holloway, Bud Riley, Diana Richardson
Meetings are held following the regular Club Board meetings on the second Tuesday of each month, at noon. Any Club member can attend but a quorum of eight elected officers/board members must be present to conduct official
business.
WE SERVE!!
Here are the statistics for June. These are services provided through our Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation.
| # of vision surgeries provided | 20 |
| # of hearing surgeries | 1 |
| # of requests for eyeglasses and hearing aids | 103 |
| # of referrals to clubs to provide those services | 86 |
| # of used eyeglasses collected | 7,000+ |
| # of used hearing aids collected | 128 |
| # of days our MHSU was on site | 11 |
| # of people screened | 667 |
| # of problems identified | 474 |
| # of eye tissue donors to our Eye Bank | l86 |
| # of tissues provided for cornea transplants | 80 |
| # of tissues provided for research and sclera | 87 |
A SERVICE OPPORTUNITY AT OCKLEY GREEN
The Portland Public Schools and SOLV have designated AUGUST 26 as “school clean-up day”. That is a Saturday. The project is too big for our club alone to tackle the Ockley Green School grounds, but we are talking to SOLV to see if we can partner with another group. SOLV, that’s the group that organizes the semi-annual beach clean-up, would like to have 15-20 participants at each school. The first need is to find a “site coordinator”. More information will be provided at the club meetings. It could be a fun service day so keep the date in mind.
USA-CANADA LEADERSHIP FORUM
The Forum will be held this year in Columbus Ohio, from September 14-16.
BIRTHDAYS
