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Global Service Team
Lions of District 2-X1 continue to follow our motto, "We Serve"! Reflection is sometimes valuable in helping us see the "greater goal". In the first 7 months of 2018-2019, you have volunteered at least 22,000 hours, serving some 56,000 individuals. You have been involved with over 1,300 activities, and have given away more than $80,000!
In looking at what we have done as a whole district, the sobering fact is that this is only 12 hours per Lion. (a little over 1.7 hours a month) We all know that we are doing so much more. The only things Lions are no good at doing is reporting! Please remind your club secretaries to include ALL of
the times you volunteer, including the time you spend at your meetings. If you have
10 members at a 1 hour meeting, please report this as 10 hours, under the
meetings category. Also include all District meetings, such as Cabinet, Zone and
Committee meetings.
If you have a smaller club, and need some help with an activity, please let me know. I will be anxious to get help to you. Let's keep up the great work!
PDG Mark Dean Global Servic Team District Coordinator
DISTRICT RECOGNITION OF CLUB’S GRASS ROOTS LION
2-X1 District’s recognition of “special lions” (Grass Roots Lions) was begun in 1985 by PCC John Eads who realized the need to acknowledge the “WE SERVE” attitude and the actions of deserving Lions for their unheralded Lionistic work within their clubs, community, and Lionism. The “Grass Roots Lion” Award is designed to recognize a Club’s “up and coming” Lion who has been a Lion for just five years or less, but has been exemplary to the spirit of Lionism through deeds and service to others. This is a recognition designed to honor a Lion who has not been so honored by the District previously.
Around the Annual Convention of the District, the Lions Clubs are required to send, in the prescribed Form to the District 2-X1 (see page ??), its nomination of a ‘new deserving lion’ as its Grass Roots Lion. The Grass Roots Lion Award ceremony is held at a special function, as part of the District Convention (see form page13).
VOLUME 29 ISSUE 9 / MARCH 2019
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