DISTRICT GOVERNOR VISITATION SCHEDULE

Protocol:  There should be no other program when the District Governor visit.  He is the program.  When the District Governor is introduced, the club members are to stand to welcome him.

Bio for Introduction: 

LION FRANKS WAS ASKED TO JOIN THE GIDDINGS LIONS CLUB IN 1972.  AFTER SERVING HIS CLUB AS PRESIDENT IN 1978 HE BECAME ZONE CHAIR FOR ZONE 4-A.   AFTER SERVING AS ZONE CHAIR FOR 3 YEARS HE WAS NAMED THE REGION CHAIR FOR REGION 4 WHERE HE SERVED FOR 2 YEARS. 

IN 1981 HE HELPED CHARTER THE GIDDINGS BREAKFAST LIONS CLUB AND SERVED AS THEIR GUIDING LION.  THEN IN 1987 WHEN LCI OFFERED LIONISM TO WOMEN, HE HELPED CHARTER THE GIDDINGS NEW HORIZONS LIONS CLUB.   IN 2009 HE RECEIVED AN EXTENSION AWARD FOR ORGANIZING THE PAIGE LIONS CLUB AND SERVED AS THEIR GUIDING LION.  HE WAS SELECTED LION OF THE YEAR FOR HIS CLUB ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS.

LION FRANKS HAS SERVED AS THE MIDWINTER CHAIRMAN FOR 5 YEARS.  HE IS A PROGRESSIVE MELVIN JONES FELLOW, 4TH GENERATION CENTURY CLUB MEMBER, JACK WIECH FELLOW, TEXAS LIONS FOUNDATION FELLOW, HE HAS SPONSORED OVER 80 NEW LIONS, AND A E.B. “TEX” MAYER AWARD RECEIPENT. 

IN 2014 LION FRANKS AND THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, LION MEREDITH, WERE SELECTED CO-CITIZENS OF YEAR FOR THE CITY OF GIDDINGS.

HE AND LION MEREDITH TOGETHER HAVE 4 CHILDREN AND 9 GRANDKIDS.  THEY ARE BOTH ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN GIDDINGS.

 

SCHEDULE

There is no set schedule for visits.  Please contact District Governor Joe Franks to visist your club.

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