District “I” JANUARY Newsletter District Governor Chuck Robinson Newsletter Editor: PDG Shelley Costello Hello, fellow Lions, and Happy New Year. As we start all the exciting projects in the new year, our district is on target to get two new clubs. So many good things are going on and great work done by people who love Lionism. Keep up the good work and we will meet our goals. District Governor Chuck January 2025 Newsletter Travel Schedule DG Chuck Robinson No Travel to clubs scheduled for December, at this time. First Vice District Governor, Steve Sweeney will be visiting our clubs in the new year as follows, for In-depth discussions and updates. This is a great opportunity to connect with the Leadership Team and share your club’s progress. The Schedule for these meetings is as follows: ?Quesnel: February 6th ?Penticton: February 27th ?Vernon: March 6th ?Logan Lake: March 10th ?Armstong: March 12th ?Enderby: March 13th ?Kettle River (Rock Creek): March 27 Very Important ContactInformation for you District Governor Chuck Robinson Chuckr49@nwi.net 509-679-4550 1 st Vice Dist Governor Steve Sweeney stevesweeney@shaw.ca 250-767-0082 Immediate Past Dist Gov Mike Livingstone lionmichaellivingstone@gmail.com 250-809-6027 Cabinet Secretary PDG Joyce Stevens jstevens98826@gmail.com 509-670-7527 Bulletin Editor PDG Shelley Costello Shelan1437@aol.com 509-881-5103 District I website https://www.e-district.org/sites/district_19-i/index.php District I Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/5745189942250564 Lions International http://www.lionsclubs.org 630-571-5466 MD19 Lions Foundation www.lionsleadershipfoundation.org Multiple District 19 Office 4141 Bennett Drive, Bellingham, WA 98226 md19lions@lionsmd19.org http://www.lionsmd19.com Canadian clubs mailing anything to MD19 office, please use the following mailing address: Multiple District 19, Lions International, P O Box 16201 Aldergrove, BC V4W 2V1 Zone Chairs MD19 – “I” 19 I – 1 ZC Lynda Devenish lyndadevenish21@gmail.com 19 I – 2 ZC Ted Tull tedtull23@gmail.com 19 I – 3 ZC Larry Finley lfinley66@hotmail.com 19 I – 7 ZC Craig Boothe craigb47@hotmail.com 19 I – 8 Bob Elliott wrjell99@telus.net 19 I – 9 Shelley Sweeney shelleysweeney@shaw.com 19 I – 10 Sharon Cain sharoseh43@gmail.com 19 I – 11 Dawn Brush ballnut66@gmail.com 19 I – 12 Kim Jensen kim.jensen@live.com ZONES WITHOUT A CURRENT ZONE CHAIR: MD 19 CARE Northern Honduras The program for this year is a continuation of our project to help supply energy in Honduras by converting pig manure into energy. Experience has shown that rural communities can readily produce clean biogas by processing organic waste such as pig manure using biodigesters – a simple, sustainable technology. With support from Multiple District 19 Lions we will be able to introduce this technology to four communities in Northern Honduras, not only bringing immediate benefits to the selected families but also showcasing the technology in a manner that we hope will promote its wider adoption. Since this is a MD19 project I feel many more clubs could and should support the program. Please put MD 19 CARE in your budget to continue our support. Kim Davis MD19 District I, CARE chairperson WE ARE NOW OFFERING HEARING AIDS IN CANADA. I am looking for a Canadian person, very interested in this, to be my elision in Canada. My position is a voted in position, as yours would be also. I am currently the traveling Trustee, but you would be part of everything along the way on zoom. Please contact PDG Shelley Costello if interested: shelan143@msn.com Jimmy Carter Former USA President James Earl (Jimmy) Carter died December 29th at the age of 100. “Lions changed my life,” said former President Jimmy Carter. “I would have never been ambitious enough to run for Governor of Georgia. I would have never dreamed of being President of the United States if it were not for the Lions.” Mr. Carter followed in his father’s footsteps and joined the Plains Lion Club in 1953 a week after he resigned from the navy. During his term as club president in 1957-58, the Plains club built and began operating a community swimming pool. Also, their club was involved in blindness prevention projects in Georgia and Honduras. Lion Carter found that Lionism is a great way to engage in public service. It helped him to expand his horizons and he credits the many lessons he learned while serving his community as helping him in his career as a politician and peacemaker. He says the Lions’ commitment to service showed him the importance of caring for others. The Carter Centre was founded in 1982. Its mandate was to advance human rights and diminish human suffering around the world. In 1994, the Carter Centre partnered with Lions International Foundation (LCIF) SightFirst program and focused on two blinding diseases, trachoma and river blindness. River blindness is a vector-borne parasitic disease that leads to blindness, and trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his human rights work around the world. Thank you Linda S for this information. NORTHWEST LIONS FOUNDATION Website: https://northwestlionsfoundation.org NWLLI 2025 The next edition of the Northwest Lions Leadership Conference will be held May 1 to 4, 2025 at the Ross Poin6t Camp and Conference Center in Post Falls, Idaho. Visit www.nwlli.org for more information Question for each of you,...... Are you aware that we changed from 9 Districts to 5? District D is now District “I” Much larger and including clubs to the East of us, which is new. MD19 Website is a great place to go to learn many things about us. http://www.lionsmd19.com Anniversary Celebration Register today to secure your seat at the 95th Anniversary of Wenatchee Central Lions. A fun evening planned to celebrate our milestone of serving our community! JOIN US 15 SATURDAY 5:30-9PM MARCH Hilton Garden Inn 25 N. Worthen St. Wenatchee, WA Buffet Style Dinner No-Host Bar Dessert Meet, Mingle & Enjoy! Ways to Register Scan QR Code, Register and Pay Register and Pay at Club Meeting Contact Lion Patti Sparks to be Invoiced W Registration and Payment Cut-off is February 22nd e Serve & Celebrate! $35 per person Note: There were articles on Leader Dogs ang Lions Camp Horizon, but they appear to be “pictures” so I was unable to copy and paste them in to this text document. Brian Allan.