Zone I-8

District I Cabinet Report

January 11, 2025

Club Memberships Dec 31, 2024 June 30, 2024

Net Change

Kettle River 25 23 +2

Okanagan Falls 15 15

Oliver 12 12

Penticton 22 24 -2

Service Activities

Jul 1 – Dec 31, 2024

Volunteer

Hours

Funds

Donated

(CDN)

Funds Raised

(CDN)

Kettle River 574 $2,944 $26,982

OK Falls 522 - $1,240

Oliver 449 $4,060 $1,946

Penticton 765 $7,552 $1,200

As reported previously, all 4 clubs got together for a Zone Project and

shared the cost of a plaque and a rock to mount the plaque on, honoring

former D-8 Zone Chair Stephen Kirkham. The rock has already been

placed in Kirkham Korner at Camp Winfield and the plaque will be placed

on the rock during the Camp Winfield Improvement Committee meeting on

May 3-4, 2025.

At our first Zone meeting in September 2024, we agreed that our Zone

Project for 2024-25 would be to support Camp Winfield. Each club will

donate $250.00 towards Camp Winfield Improvement Committee. We will

wait until after the fall 2024 Camp Winfield meeting to decide which wish

list item to fund. As a Zone, with Kettle River as the sponsoring club, we have begun to move

forward to establishing a new lions club in Grand Forks, BC. On November

1st, myself, along with Michael Livingstone, District GETC (Global Extension

Team), Ian March, Kettle River treasurer, Jenn Mallach Kettle River

secretary and Amanda Neil Kettle River service chair met in Grand Forks

with the Mayor to discuss establishing a new Lions club. The Mayor was

very encouraging and so the process is beginning. On December 1, 2024, both Michael Livingstone and myself completed

Guiding Lion training in Penticton conducted by Debbie Bostock and are

both Certified Guiding Lions. Two members of the Kettle River club will be

taking the Certified Guiding Lion course on-line. We will be having our 2

nd Zone Meeting of the year on January 19

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in OK

Falls. We will be promoting our goals:  Leadership - Leadership will be the thing that keeps our district strong

into the future.  Membership - Our goal is to have each club increase membership by 3

members net.  Service - Our Zone will always promote service reporting at all levels.

 L.C.I.F. - Will promote giving to the foundation and have a positive

message about it’s impact. Submitted by Bob Elliott, Zone Chair I-8