The new website is located at http://www.fdnoonlions.club.

The site is still under development by Lion Larry Juncker. Any ideas or desires for the new website, please email to Lion Larry Juncker at larry@aljcs.com.

The login link in the navigation bar is available now for members to login.
This area is limited to viewing info ONLY for most members.

When logging in for the first time, use your firstname dot your lastname ie: larry.juncker.
Once you click on forgot password, an email will be sent to your email on file with us that will provide a link for you to login and set a password that you can remember.

Regular Business Meeting - July 28th, 2021

We had 16 Lions in attendance with 2 guests.
Scholarship winner Jerry Chada, (Grandson of Rick Nelson), was in attendance today to Thank the club for his scholarship.
Fort Dodge Fire Chief Steve Hergenreiter was also a guest today of Lion Jim Gill.

Lion Doug Kinseth ordered lunch of Tenderloin sandwich and fixins from Chesterfield Bar and Grill. They were delicious, Great choice Lion Doug.

Upcoming Events

Lion 3^rd VP Larry Juncker passed around a sign up sheet for the upcoming Annual Badger Lake Dragon Boat Bash Pancake Breakfast on Saturday August 14th, we will be serving and needing help from 6am to around noon, if you can help.

Lion Larry reported that the pancake breakfast progress is going really well, and that we need to Thank our sponsors who have graciously agreed to donate items for the breakfast this year:
Hy-Vee - $50.00 gift certificate to go toward Texas Toast and whatever other grocieries we need.
Northern Lights - 1000 packages of plastic cutlery including Knnife, Fork, Spoon, Salt, Pepper, and a napkin
Daybreak Foods - 60 Dozen eggs
Webster City Custom Meats - 50 lbs of Link Breakfast sausage
Cargill, Inc - 24 Bottles of Regular pancake syrup
Wisdom Natural Brands - 18 Bottles of Sugar-Free Syrup (6 Maple, 6 Butter and 6 Blueberry) - These are made from the Stevia Plant extract and taste surprisingly sweet for being sugar-free
Fort Dodge Community and Family Resources STARS Program - Helping with clean up in the dining area.

Lion Larry also contacted the following businesses who sound good, but have not gotten back to him yet, for other donations:
Fareway - $50.00 Gift card to go toward purcahse of Large Coffee, Small Decaf Coffee, Misc Fruits
AE Dairy - 3 Gallons of 2% Milk and 5 Gallons of Orange Juice

THANK YOU!!!! to these wonderful businesses who will be helping us to make a profit on our fundraiser this year.

Lion 3^rd VP Larry Juncker has put together a Cashier signup sheet for next year as well as a sign up sheet for members to provide programs for the Non Board meeting Wednesdays of next year. The 3rd Wednesday of each month until further notice has been decided to be our Monthly Board Meeting days. It was felt that this would allow more members to attend and see what happens at a board meeting. Any member is always welcome at board meetings as well as business meetings.
Lion Jim Gill has offered to provide speakers for July, Lion Steve Rehmann lined up speakers for the second Wednesday of July, August and September. Lion Larry Juncker has lined up a speaker for the last meeting of August.

Anyone interested in either reponsibility, please click the appropriate link below

Special Programs

Business Meeting Cashier

There is now a place on our new webiste in the member area where you can see this years upcoming speakers as well as sign up to invite a guest speaker. You may sign up for one meeting or the whole month

You also can sign up as cashier for one of the open months of this next year in the members only area.

Lion Steve Rehmann reported that Iowa City has not gotten back to him recently n the progress of this project.

Lion Jess Lewis reported that the New Warden at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility has informed him and The Prison Puppy Program that they no longer wish to participate in the program. The puppy program will be sending people to pick up all of their supplies.

Lion Steve Rethwisch' family sent a Thank You card to the club for their support of his father's passing.

Congratulations to IPP Randy Kay and his wife Betty on their 50 Year Wedding Anniversary.
Lion Tailtwister Steve Rehmann was going to fine Lion Randy, $1.00, his 2 cents worth for those 50 years, but instead fined the entire present membership a $1.00 each in order for Lion Randy to take Betty out for an ice cream or something special.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Again Lion IPP Randy and Betty

Congratulations to Lion Jack Streff's granddaughter for making the All Star Girls Fast Pitch Softball Team

Lion 3^rd VP Larry Juncker checked with the local print shop on the cost of having New T-Shirts made for the club.
Lion Larry contacted Andrea Burns, Lions Clubs International, Brand and Creative Department Manager to make certain that we could have our own items printed or if they needed to be purchased from Lions. She responded that the proposed logo is OK however, she had to forward my question to Sarah Gryniewicz, Lions Clubs International, Licensing & Promotions Coordinator // E-Commerce & Consumer Products in the Club Supplies Division to give us approval to have club T-Shirts printed. Sarah replied back with the following:

Dear Lion Larry,

With all of that being asked and answered, The local print shop can print us new Blue T-Shirts with the following design for the following break down:

Small to Extra Large: $10.50 per shirt incuding sales tax

2XL+: $13.50 per shirt including sales tax

Please let Lion Larry know if you are interested in a new shirt. We need to get the order in as soon as possible in order to have for the pancake breakfast on Aug 14th.

If I missed any of the notes, I apologize, but I believe this is fairly accurate.

Invoices for dues have been emailed or mailed to ALL members.

If you have not received your invoice for next year, please reach out to me at srethwisch@frontier.com.

If you are one of the 4 who HAVE NOT renewed yet, PLEASE remit your payment as soon as possible or contact Lion President Tom Webster or Lion Treasurer Steve Rethwisch to let them know why you are not remtting payment.

Thank You
Lion Steve Rethwisch

NO SPECIAL PROGRAM THIS WEEK

Special Guest Speaker this week

Steve Hergenreiter - Fort Dodge Fire Chief

Presented information about where the department has come in the past 2 years since his last visit to our meeting.

Ambulance service is working out well at the department with two new units coming this year, one being a smaller more fuel effiient unit to be used for stabilized patient transports to other hospitals.
The department drove more than 100,000 miles the past year alone in inter hospital transports.

Construction of Phase 2 on the Fire Station renovation has been completed while Phase 3 (Addition of offices and conference room) has been placed on hold due to the extremely high cost of construction materials right now. Covid has taken it's toll in many areas and ways. Re-bidding on the project is hoped to be looked at again later this year, if prices start coming down.

He ask all of us to give a Special THANK YOU to Kari Prescott, Director, and her team at Webster County Health Department for their tireless efforts during the Covid 19 Pandemic in our area.

WHO ARE LIONS?
Lions are groups of service-minded men and women who are interested in improving their communities. To be a Lion is to be an active volunteer, a member of a respected international organization, a leader in the community and a friend to people in need.

The 1.4 million members that serve in over 45,000 clubs from over 200 countries make Lions Clubs International the worlds largest service club organization.

WHAT DO LIONS DO?
Lions move to make a difference locally and globally. Lions are best known for their efforts to eradicate preventable blindness, but also participate in many other kinds of projects, including assisting those in need, sponsoring international exchanges for young people, providing supplies to victims of natural disatsters and bringing clean drinking water to remote villages.

Whenever a Lions club gets together, problems get smaller and communities get better.

WHY JOIN A LIONS CLUB?
As a Lion, you will have the opportunity to help others, meet new people and use your talents to make a real impact. You will acquire new skills, meet challenges head-on, cultivate lasting friendships, grow personally and have fun at the same time.

KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN ANSWER YES TO THE FOLLOWING?

I'm adventurous.
When it comes to meeting challenges, the Lions response is simple: WE SERVE.

I'm a leader.
Lions Clubs International develops leaders. Lions leaders serve at every level of the organization and oversee everything from local membership to the organization's international direction.

I'm making a difference.
Lions see despair turned to hope when they impact the lives of the less fortunate, the hungry and sick, the homeless and abandoned.

Volunteering makes you feel appreciated and needed. It provides an opportunity to give back what has been given to you.

If you answered “YES” to the above questions, then click on Membership_Application here, help them fill out the Application and bring them and the application with you to one of our meetings on Wednesday at noon, so they can start making a difference!