NK Leo of the Year has perfect attendance too

Congrats to Darby Lowney, who was the president of the North Kitsap High Leo Club last year and this year. Darby earned the Leo of the Year award (her name will be engraved on the plaque Lion Karl is holding), as well as a 100% attendance certificate. She also helps out at Camp Leo each summer - next year, she'll be a staff member!

Calendar sales begin now!

 

It's time to start selling our annual Poulsbo Lions calendars! For only $6 per calendar, they're a bargain. There's room to write on each day, and you'll never forget your anniversary or family member's birthday because they're printed on the calendar! In addition, some of our advertisers offer FREE goodies or discounts the week of your birthday and anniversary.

 

Our goal this year is for every new Lion to sell at least 5 calendars. The entire $6 collected for each calendar goes back into the North Kitsap community. Of course, as a Lion you'll want to sell 20 calendars so you'll receive a FREE steak dinner with all the fixin's in October.

 

If you'd like to add your important family dates to a calendar and purchase one or more, please contact your favorite Poulsbo Lion or Lion Terry Blais at ericandterry@comcast.net (text 360-509-8041). Thanks!

Evening Pride prepares hot dogs for Relay for Life

Photo courtesy of Dave Risley

As the Relay for Life in Poulsbo began July 11 at the North Kitsap High School track, the Poulsbo Lions Evening Pride Branch prepared hot dogs for the participants.

Homeowner gets new decking installed with winning bid

 

One Poulsbo homeowner got a terrific deal when she bid on and won a Lions work party at our first Fall Fling Dinner & Auction last September. She asked for the Lions to put on new decking for her. Above, Lion Pat Osler sets the first of 1,500 screws yesterday.

 

The Lions crew enjoys a cold one, provided by Nancy. From left to right: Lions Dennis Peters, Dick Prine, Steve Calhoun, Pat (standing), and Tom Settle.

 

Lions Tom, Steve and Dick work out some tricky decking calculus.

 

A job well done! Not pictured - Lions Karl Ostheller and Candy Peters.

New Stenstrom in the club



 Lion Joe Stenstrom invited his mom, Jackie, into our club. Jackie was officially inducted at Thursday's noon meeting. Welcome Jackie!



Does our new zone zone chairman look familiar?

 



Though he just finished a year as Poulsbo Noon Lions president, Pat Burch stepped up for the zone chairman position for 2014-2015.

Zone meetings - now called District Governor's Advisory meetings - are quarterly, so attendance from our club will be expected to support Burch. It's a dinner meeting, and a good opportunity to meet other Lions in the zone.

Out with the old, and in with the new

 

Every year in June, there is mostly fun - but part ceremony - as awards are handed out for the previous year and new officers are installed. This year, on June 26, the venue was the Kiana Lodge, which was bursting with colorful hanging baskets of flowers, and has a wonderful view of the water. Dinner was a buffet featuring salmon and flank steak.

Above, incoming District Governor John Kirry says a few words for incoming Poulsbo Noon Club President Dennis Peters (center) and outgoing President Pat Burch.

All photos courtesy of Lion Dottie Ridgeway

Outgoing President Pat Burch (right) shows off the larger Past President's pin given to the club by Lion Lloyd Brown on his lapel.

 

The Kirrys with Pat and Sherri Burch.

 

Outgoing Evening Pride Branch President Nancy Patzer passes the gavel to incoming President Dave Risley.

 



 

Roger Sherrard had fun roasting Jay Dahlquist as he presented Jay with a Melvin Jones Fellowship. Also earning the MJ Fellowship was Lion Doug Mong, who was not feeling well this evening. Larry Linn made that presentation, and will give the award to Doug at the next meeting Doug attends.

 

 

President Pat Burch gave Joe Stenstrom the Martin Anderson Memorial Lion of the Year Award, with Dale Anderson looking on. Joe is always there to help with whatever project or event is in the works.

 

Terry Blais was named Lion of the Quarter for the fourth quarter.

 

JanetMarie Valiga earned the Rookie of the Year award for going out of her way to participate in Lions projects, even if it meant rescheduling her personal calendar.

 

Jim Schoettler was name Invisible Lion of the Year for all of the work he does behind the scenes that nobody else sees, such as picking up eyeglasses.

 

 

Pauline Ostheller received the Spirit Award for her cheerful demeanor and willingness to lend a hand wherever needed.

 

 



The first annual Gordon Smith Fellowship was presented by Burch for Roger Sherrard for his international work with the Albanian courts. The award is made possible from Multiple District 19 for the club's birthday donations to C.A.R.E.

 

 

Outgoing Zone Chairman Monte Faust welcomes Incoming Zone Chairman Pat Burch with a printed oath of office.

 

 

Poulsbo Lion incoming officers and board members give thumbs-up.

 

 

Anna Hall with her mom, Amanda Cheatham, and other Evening Pride Branch Lions outgoing president Nancy Patzer and Ericka Risley.

 

Socializing outside were Scott Puhn, Jim Schoettler, Eric Thanem and Bev Puhn.

 







Handing out some of the scholarship money

Anna Hall of NK High and Emily Calder of NK High received their scholarship checks from scholarship chairman Lion Roger Sherrard at today's noon meeting.

A total of $8,000 in scholarships ($5,000 from our pancake breakfast plus $3,000 from the Lions-Raab Foundation endowment fund) was distributed to North Kitsap School District graduates and former scholarship recipients.

Get your hot dogs TODAY

North Kitsap High School Leos are serving up hot dogs and chili, pop and bottled water in the Les Schwab parking lot today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., so take a friend to lunch!
Les Schwab provided all of the funds for this Leo Club fund-raiser AND will match the club's sales.

A special visitor to the Strawberry Shortcake booth

This 'lady in waiting' stopped at our Strawberry Shortcake booth Saturday at the waterfront and talked about her costume and its history. 

She did not buy any strawberry shortcake, but did attract several others that did!

 

Our strawberry shortcake booth brought in net proceeds of $820.93. Lion Ginger  Shields headed up the booth with set-up and take-down help from her hubby, Jim, and Lions Chuck Weaver and Tom Settle. Several Lions helped from Friday thru Sunday. Below are Lions Larry Linn and Sherri Burch.

 

Photos courtesy of Larry Bennett

 

 

I love a parade

Here are Lions Pat and Sherri Burch in the Viking Fest parade Saturday afternoon.

Photo courtesy of Johnny Walker at http://www.almostcandid.net/

Youth Exchange families sought

The Lions Youth Exchange Program is in need of host families for 2-3 weeks this summer for several young people visiting from Europe and Japan. Host families must be sponsored by a Lions Club, but do not need to be Lions members themselves. If you know of someone that would make an ideal host family for our program, please pass the word along to them immediately!

Thank you Lions!

Lion Kathy Schumer
MD-19 Lions Youth Exchange
Incoming European Coordinator
kshoom@comcast.net
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www.LionsYouthExchange.org

New Lions - Lawson and Chatman

Two new Lions just got inducted with their sponsors by their sides - (left to right) sponsor Greg Supancheck (a new Lion!) brought in Frank Lawson, and Dwane Chatman was brought in by Chuck Weaver. It's GREAT to be a Poulsbo Lion!

 

 

Hat and apron made for Norseman

We've got the Norseman himself advertising our pancake breakfast and Strawberry Shortcake booth this weekend! Gotta love that. Lion Pauline Ostheller sewed the apron and Lion Elda Armstrong made the chef's hat - XXXXXXL? It's BIG.

For $5 a kid and $7 an adult, you can eat pancakes (plain, chocolate chip and blueberry!), sausage, eggs (scrambled or made to order), and enjoy orange juice, coffee and milk. It's a full-meal deal that brings in money for high school scholarships. Hope to see you there!

 

Photo by Lion Lynnea Heerman

 

Dressed for success

Photo by Lion Terry Blais

Our pancake breakfast chairman Scott Puhn (Viking on the left) and President Pat Burch make the local newspaper!

http://www.northkitsapherald.com/community/259088761.html?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialmedia

Thanks James Lumber!

It's great to have such wonderful community support for our annual pancake breakfast! Thanks to James Lumber for their sign!

Photo by Lion Terry Blais

Thanks Liberty Bay Auto!

Our incredibly yummy pancake breakfast is coming up next weekend! Thanks to Liberty Bay Auto for advertising our event for us, and to Lion June Cotner for taking the photo. We hope to see you all at the North Kitsap High School Commons next Saturday and Sunday (it's so good, you'll want to eat there BOTH days!).

Photo by Lion June Cotner

Outstanding White Canes efforts by newest members

A few of our newer Lions were recognized for their efforts during White Canes last weekend and given a white cane award - Steve Calhoun and Dwane Chatman (pictured), and Dennis Deitch.

We've got our final stats from the 2-day White Cane Days last weekend:
* 38 Lions worked 191 hours
* $3,646 was collected (just short of what we collected last year)
* Lions George Dierking (at Kingston Albertson's) and Pauline Ostheller (office) put in 6 hours apiece
* 4 Lions worked 4 hours each - Herb and Elda Armstrong, President Pat Burch, Mike Alvarado, and Lynnea Heerman
* 3 Lions worked 3 hours each - Ginger as Leo the Lion, and Chuck Weaver and Pat Osler.
* 3 of our newest members earned a big white cane - Duane Chatman, Steve Calhoun, and Dennis Deitch.
Thanks to everybody for a great 2-day event to benefit sight and hearing!!!

 

Photo by Lion Terry Blais

 

Great Give results

60 people donated $3,500 to NK Schools Foundation during the Kitsap Great Give May 6. That's BEFORE matching funds! So the total is approximately $7,000. Whoo hoo!

Kitsap Great Give is TODAY!

 

Today's the day to give!

The North Kitsap Schools Foundation is participating in the Kitsap Great Give, a 24-hour online fund-raising event presented by the Kitsap Community Foundation and the United Way of Kitsap County.

One of the things that makes this community-wide day of giving so exciting is that donations to NKSF and other participating nonprofits will be matched by more than $100,000 from Great Give sponsors.

Here's what you can do to help: Go to http://kitsapgreatgive.org/#npo/north-kitsap-schools-foundation between midnight and 11:59 p.m. and make a tax-deductible donation to NK Schools Foundation. Tell your friends, colleagues and family about this opportunity to be part of the biggest day of philanthropy in Kitsap County history.

All donations, plus our share of the matching funds, support NK students and help bridge the gap between state funding and local needs. Since 2012, the foundation has given $70,000 to local schools to provide direct support to students who are underperforming in math, reading and science; fund STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs, and restore services affected by budget cuts.

Thank you for your support!