Spellman one of 45 WWII vets feted

Poulsbo Lion Irv Spellman, a World War II veteran, was one of 45 vets honored by the Gary Sinise Foundation about 7 months ago. In the photo, taken from the video that follows, is a Victory girl with Irv. https://www.youtube.com/embed/l3P15s4zWNQ.

Osler receives pin for 2 new members!

Lion Patrick Osler received a pin from 1st Vice President Kent Lord for bringing in two new members at our weekly meeting Thursday.

Ostheller, Shields return home with awards

There were 250 Lions at the District 19C Spring Convention April 1 and 2 at the Red Lion in Olympia. They came together to play golf and croquet, listen to seminars, eat, play and be merry! Our Norwegian four-some (made up of 7 golfers) came in last. They got a lot of practice hitting balls and came home with more than they left with!

Lion Karl Ostheller proudly shows the certificate of appreciation he received from the international president.

The certificate! Yay Karl!

Gotta get a photo of President Jim Stark, Zone Chair Ginger Shields and Karl Ostheller. We have the BEST Lions!

Ginger shows off the first-place patch she single-handedly earned for Musical Comedy. The woman can sing!

Poulsbo Lions make it easy to attend Spring Convention, offering reimbursement for the Saturday lunch and registration portion. Hope you'll make it next year!

Lions complete auction work party

 

Poulsbo resident Mary Nader bid on and won 5 hours of 5 Poulsbo Lions' time to do a home project at our 2015 Dinner Auction. Above are Lions Tom Settle, Larry Linn, Dick Prine and Kent Lord.

 

 

Mary wrote: "There are no words that can convey my gratitude for the incredible make-over you made possible for my new home. Your guys worked beyond anything I could ever expect and transformed my view from every window. Now, when I look out and see your beautiful handiwork, dozens of times a day, I feel a deep appreciation and feel humbled that this kind of generosity could come my way.

"You are all amazing people and I am proud and touched to know you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."

Easter Candy Hunt truly egg-ceptional

 

Once again, Leo the Lion and other Poulsbo Lions were on hand to help with parking and with the various age group hunts going on at Raab Park on Easter Sunday, March 27.

 

Lion Andy Hento directs cars to parking areas.

Poulsbo Middle School Leos were on hand to help with the event too!

Fortunately, the rain stopped and kids of all ages gathered up eggs, candy and prizes. Our club donates $500 to the city hunt annually.



From left to right: Leo the Lion (aka Ginger Shields), Pat Burch, Karl Ostheller, Phil Dietlein, and Andy Hento.

Leo advisor Ebert in the spotlight

Our club has been fortunate to find the best faculty advisors for our four Leo Clubs. Kate Ebert, our advisor for the Poulsbo Middle School Leos, is one of the best! Read about her below.

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local/teacher-spotlight-kate-ebert-2d1879ad-0b72-1d74-e053-0100007fb0b7-372999521.html

Annual scholarship breakfast coming soon!

 

We can't wait for some delicious buttermilk pancakes, sausage, eggs and more at our annual pancake breakfast at North Kitsap High School. It's May 21 and 22, and all proceeds go to NK area scholarships! Save the date now....

Stark earns blue vest

 

Lion Tom Stark, seated, proudly shows off the blue vest he's earned as his twin brother, President Jim Stark, stands behind him. Tom was sponsored by Lion Chuck Weaver.

Ostheller tapped to be district Leo coordinator

 

Our own Lion Karl Ostheller has been asked to be the district Leo coordinator! Way to go Karl!!!

 And speaking of Leos, the North Kitsap High Leos contributed 70 pints last Friday in a blood drive. Our Kingston High Leos have a blood drive scheduled Tuesday, March 22. These students are amazing!

Miss Washington Outstanding Teen talks about service

Photo courtesy of Lion David Risley

 

Abigail Dominguiano, Miss Washington Outstanding Teen, talks about service at the Evening Pride Branch Club meeting at St. Olaf's. Our Poulsbo Lions clubs have excellent speakers at almost every meeting. You're welcome to attend!

 

Poulsbo Noon Lions meet Thursdays at noon at the Social Hall at First Lutheran Church on 4th Avenue. Evening Pride Branch meets the first and third Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Christian Center at St. Olaf's Catholic Church on Caldart Avenue.

Shields' last advisory meeting; Risley awarded for membership

Zone Chair Ginger Shields

Zone Chair Ginger Shields kicked off the meeting with a lot of introductions including DG Al Hedstrom, P.DG.’s Zone Chairs, Past Zone Chairs and guests. In attendance... visiting Zone Chair C6 Sharon Sikes and Zone Chair C3 Bob Johnson.

The clubs in C4 are on fire with great community projects and they are doing well getting the information out to their communities.

Each one of the clubs gave their reports. There is a whole lot of working being done in C 4 clubs. A big thank you from ZC Ginger to each and every club.

Side Business Announcements:
PDG Dave Risley said the District website is now up and running as it “crashed”. Kudos go to PDG Dave as he has worked long and hard on this. He is asking members to go into the site and see how it is working. If you have problems contact Dave.
The District PR Team has created a quick reference brochures and rack cards. Consider inviting the District PR team as the program for your club meeting and learn about what they have to say.

Zone Chair Ginger looks on as Poulsbo Lion and District Membership Chair Erika Risley receives an award from PDG John Kirry.

Our last district governor's advisory meeting for the 2015-2016 year.

 

Busy screening eyes

Poulsbo Lion Jim Schoettler and his vision team have been keeping busy, and making a difference in children's vision care.

Here's where the our screeners were in February: 2nd - Martha & Mary preschool in Silverdale (32 kids); 10th - Martha and Mary Learning Center in Poulsbo (27 kids); 16th - Martha & Mary Care Center in Poulsbo (57 kids with 5 referrals to eye doctors); and the 23rd - Poulsbo Library. If you'd like to participate, please contact Jim. He's ready to train new recruits!

New member: Dietlein

 

Welcome our newest Poulsbo Lion, Phil Dietlein! He was inducted at today's noon meeting. Phil enjoys trout fishing, golfing, and volunteering at the Maritime Museum downtown. His sponsor is Lion Ken Rury.

Yay for a blue vest!

Lion Jan Kelly received her official blue vest at today's meeting. On the left is President Jim Stark, and on the right is Lion Tom Settle - Jan's sponsor and uncle.

Spring Convention is almost upon us

Our club has a fabulously dressed golf team participating this year (to defend their nattily dressed title from last year). Lion Pat Burch has spring convention forms at each meeting!

Click here for more information: http://www.md19clions.org/Conventions/2016/2016ConventionHome.php

Where there's a need...

Poulsbo Noon Lions meet every Thursday at noon at the Social Hall of First Lutheran Church on 4th Avenue.

Evening Pride Branch Club meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Christian Center at St. Olaf's Church.

Fat Tuesday float parade nets our club $500

Our Fat Tuesday float is at The Clearwater Casino! Lion Dennis Tesch filled out an application for our club (as he does every year - thanks Dennis!) and we were accepted this year! Terry Blais designed the float, donating the materials used.

Your vote can make a difference! Please vote for #14. It can mean big bucks for our club and the North Kitsap community.

 

Your vote counts for 2 when you have a Golden Ticket!

 

 

Our float is located in a non-smoking game room off of the new parking lot.

 

A total of 20 nonprofits were selected by The Clearwater Casino to participate in the Fat Tuesday event. Each nonprofit will receive $500, with top prizes for 1st thru 3rd places ($3,000 for 1st, $2,00 for 2nd, and $1,000 for 3rd).

 



 The Fat Tuesday float parade takes place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the Event Center at the casino. Hope you can make it! Lion Dennis Deitch will be pulling our float, with Poulsbo Lions trailing behind, wearing festive hats and masks.

Lions join Leos to assemble hygiene kits

 

Poulsbo Lions and North Kitsap High School Leos put together hygiene kits for the homeless on Jan. 21 in the North Kitsap High Commons. Leos not only collected donations for the kits, but helped to put them together, as well.

 

NKHS Leo Club Advisor Stephen Nolet chats with Lion Pat Burch. Our club gave these Leos $200 to spend purchasing items they couldn't get donated.

 

Stickers saying the kits are "courtesy of the Poulsbo Lions" are put on the plastic baggies holding the kit items by Lion Jay Dahlquist (bottom left) and Lion Roland Arper.

 

Items for the kits include shampoo, disposable razors, soap, toothbrushes and toothpaste and more. It's an assembly line! Any leftover items were being taken to places that serve the homeless - Salvation Army and St. Vincent de Paul.

Photos courtesy of Lion Karl Ostheller.

Chamber award shown off at meeting

 

President Jim Stark holds up an award at our Jan. 21 lunch meeting that the Chamber of Commerce presented to him and Lion Karl Ostheller for outstanding service in our community.

 

Karl shows a certificate from Lions International for the creation of our fourth Leo club - this one at Kingston Middle School! These students do so much good in the community.

 

Well done, Karl. Well done!

Bellringer limps over $26,000 mark; board notes

Here we are on January 7, and with $1,500 contributed recently by local firefighters, our Bellringer Fund surpassed $26,000, according to Lion Dennis Tesch. He added that Mike's Car Wash has yet to make its annual donation.

That report was given at today's board meeting, which also saw Dennis Peters sharing stats on the 2015 Fall Fling Dinner Auction:

8 Lions were responsible for 64% of the auction donations;
6 members collected 58% of the donations from businesses.
34 members made or collected donations.
34% of the auction items were collected by committee members.
7 members sold tickets.
4 members solicited sponsorships.
31% of our annual budget is from our auction.
60 bid numbers were handed out.
55 people bought something.

There will be a special board meeting at 11 a.m. on Thursday, January 21, to discuss if there will be an auction this year, and if so, who will chair or co-chair the event. If you're interested, please attend.

Karl Ostheller reported on our four Leo Clubs:

Our newest club is at Kingston Middle School (6-8th graders) where 68 students expressed interest in the club and attended one meeting. Ostheller is filling out an organization report to send to Lions International with $100 check and a list of the 40 students who make up the charter list. These are students who attended at least three meetings. The student-designed T-shirts look fabulous!

At Kingston High School, there are 6-10 students in the Leo Club. They organized a successful blood drive this past fall, and have their second set for March. They are planning on buying $50 worth of items for Project Connect, in addition to asking for donations for the hygiene kits.

Poulsbo Middle School Leo Club collected 20 big bags of clothes for the Fill the Bus campaign. They meet every other week with teacher advisor Kate Ebert.

And North Kitsap High School will help put together hygiene kits for Project Connect Jan. 21 at 3 p.m. in the Commons.

The board voted to donate $200 to purchase supplies needed for Project Connect hygiene kits. Pat Burch is collecting items, so members are asked to bring whatever shampoo, conditioner, lotion, disposable razors, soap, etc. they have to contribute to the kits.

Dates were discussed for the joint food drive with Rotary (March 18 and 19) and White Cane Days (May 6 and 7), as well as the Spring Conference (April 1 and 2 at the Red Lion in Olympia).