Hello Fellow Lions,

SAVE THE DATE

CHESTERTOWN LIONS CLUB VALENTINE DINNER

CHESTER RIVER YACHT AND COUNTRY CLUB

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Social at 5:30 pm and dinner at 6:00 pm

The Chestertown Lions Club Valentine’s Dinner Meeting this year will again be a joint meeting with the Rotary Club. This year the Rotary Club is planning the meeting. This is a great opportunity to get together with our Rotary friends and exchange views on community service projects. Remember this is a BRING YOUR SPOUSE OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER so let’s have a great turnout. There will be a short business meeting with each Club’s President discussing their Club’s activities, but no outside speaker. PLEASE RESPOND TO LION DAVE DUNHAM BY EMAIL AT dbdunham [at] aol [dot] com OR BY PHONE AT 410-810-3059 WITH YOUR RESERVATION OF HOW MANY WILL BE ATTENDING AND YOUR CHOICE OF MAIN ENTRÉE. THE DEADLINE TO RESPOND IS FEBRUARY 1, 2020. IF YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES AFTER THAT, PLEASE CONTACT KING LION RICK COFFMAN AT EMAIL richard [dot] coffman5 [at] gmail [dot] com.

The dinner meeting will be held at the Chester River Yacht & Country Club with the social beginning at 5:30 pm and note that dinner will be at 6:00 pm. A cash bar featuring wine and beer will be available in the Ballroom all evening.

Main Entrées Choice

Chicken Piccata, Salmon, or Vegetarian Alternative

Meal includes salad, entree, dessert, coffee, and tea.

Price is $18.00 per person

If you have special dietary needs, please let me know when you register.

Thanks.

Lion Dave

Congratulations to our Shotgun Raffle Winners!

1st place: Samantha Delroy – Chestertown

2nd place: Pat Thompson – Chestertown

Fellow Lions,

I would like to thank our Christmas Basket Chairman Herb Wilkinson and all of his helpers for their work on Sunday, December 15, and Monday, December 16th. On Sunday the food was delivered and Lions and others helped to unload. On Monday, boxes were delivered by Dixon Valve; boxes were set up, labeled for delivery, and then food was placed in the boxes. Once the boxes were filled they were closed, and families with children got a bag of toys especially for that family. At that point, the baskets were ready to be delivered by Lions and many other organizations.

To accomplish this, it takes a lot of organization, and thanks to Robyn Moore, Executive Director of the Christmas Basket Committee, Inc. it all gets done. This is a project that all of the Lions Clubs in Kent County work together along with many other organizations to help some 500 families have a better Christmas.

KL Rick

Fellow Lions,

Under the Leadership of Chairman George McLaughlin the Chestertown Lions Club continues to provide residents of the Autumn Lake Nursing Home with flowers for the Holidays. Thanks, George for a great job! Press release attached.

KL Rick

Fellow Lions,

Here is another example of how the Chestertown Community works together to make the Lions Christmas Basket program a success. We could not do it without everyone’s help. Thanks for a great job.

KL Rick

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From: Ken Roderick

Ms. Ranviile’s helpers from Garnett elementary who helped Matt Kempel and myself load up for delivery to Worton.  Ms. Ranville has run the food drive at Garnett the last couple of years and every year fills our trailer. She does a great job and deserves a round of applause.

Fellow Lions,

Washington College President Kurt Landgraf is the newest member of the Chestertown Lions Club and was inducted by District Governor John Lawrence at a regular dinner meeting the evening of November 20, 2019. Congratulations and welcome Kurt!

Pictured below (left to right) DG John Lawrence, Lion Kurt Landgraf, and sponsor VDG Wayne Benjamin.

Fellow Lions,

Fellow Lions,

Saturday morning, November 9, 2019, the Chestertown Lions Club was joined by Chrissy Nelson, Diabetes Nurse Educator with UM Shore Regional Health, at the Farmers Market to increase diabetes awareness. Information about diabetes was available as well as a diabetes risk self-assessment questionnaire. The Lions Club was well represented by Lion Bill Low, John Paolella, Larry Lyons, Glenn Owens, and KL Rick Coffman.

Lions International has identified diabetes as one of Lions Five Global Causes.

Lions can be seen each week at the Farmers Market selling raffle tickets for our annual Shotgun Raffle to raise funds to support the many services provided to the community.

I wish to thank Chrissy Nelson and all of the Lions that participated to make this event a success.

KL Rick

Fellow Lions,

Chestertown Lions supported the Betterton Still Pond Lions Club by selling 50/50 tickets at their fall Horse Races on November 2, 2019. Lions Glen Owens, Matt Kempel, Mark Mumford, and Rick Coffman participated.

Lion Mark called the Races and the other Lions sold 50/50 tickets. The event was well attended and fun was had by all.

KL Rick

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Fellow Lions,

The Chestertown Lions Club supports the LVRF and attended the District 22-B Fifteenth Annual Lions Vision Research Foundation Banquet held Friday, November 1, 2019, at the Greensboro VDF Community Hall. The program was inspiring; we heard from Dr. Robert Chun regarding the activities within the Low Vision Division of the Wilmer Eye Institue and Dwayne H. Adams, Sr. a patient which shared his story of how the Wilmer Eye Institute changed his life after a terrible accident left him completely blind in the left eye and with only partial vision in the right, as well as no sense of smell.

The Chestertown Lions Club was represented by KL Rick Coffman, 1stVDG Wayne Benjamin, Lions James Sanders, Fred Sherriff, and Matt Kempel. A check for $500 was presented to PDG Wayne Cole by KL Rick Coffman.

KL Rick

In Chestertown, diabetes nurse educator Chrissy Nelson will join the Lions Club in a booth at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday, November 9, with the theme, “Lions Raising Awareness of Diabetes.”

Fellow Lions,

In search of a new fundraiser for the Chestertown Lions Club which required little up front cost and limited number of volunteers, Service Chair Fred Sherriff and Director Ken Roderick organized an event in partnership with the Church Hill PTA and a food vendor out of Easton, Md. The Church Hill PTA was raising money for an additional White Board.

The event was held Friday evening October 25, 2019 at the Church Hill Elementary School. The Chestertown Lions Club was represented by Lions Herb Wilkinson, Lee Hunley and Henry Hart. A big thanks goes to the Lions participating.

Our Lions Club benefited from this community project by the service we provided to make it happen and the experience we gained by first hand observation of food and the vendor from Easton. Based upon what we learned we may be able to duplicate this type of fundraiser in the future at other venues.

Again, thanks to Fred and Ken for spearheading this event.

KL Rick

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The Chestertown Lions Club supports the Low Vision Rehabilitation Network (Lions Lovrnet) which is a community based healthcare program that addresses the current shortage and distribution of low vision rehabilitation services.

Pictured left is President Rick Coffman and District Governor John Lawrence.

The Governor of District 22B, John Lawrence spoke to the Chestertown Lions Club on October 23, 2019 to discuss the joy of service.
Pictured left is District Governor John Lawrence and President Rick Coffman.

Fellow Lions,

See the following article in the Chestertown Spy:

Free Events Set for Easton, Chestertown to Mark National Diabetes Awareness Month

In Chestertown, diabetes nurse educator Chrissy Nelson will join the Lions Club in a booth at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday, November 9, with the theme, “Lions Raising Awareness of Diabetes.”

Rick KL

Lion Larry Lyons was recognized by the Chestertown Lions Club for his tremendous contribution to humanity & service as Chair of the Membership Committee. He was awarded the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award at a regular meeting held October 23, 2019. The Lions Club International recognizes outstanding individuals by bestowing on them an award that is named for its founder, Melvin Jones.
Pictured left to right is Larry Lyons and District Governor John Lawrence.

KL Rick

Fellow Lions,

I wish to thank Chair Lion Matt Kempel, Lions Henry Hart, Herb Wilkinson, Bob Knapp, and Wayne Benjamin for coming out Thursday to pick up trash on Route 213 between Fey Road and Sprackel Pool. Working together we can make a difference in our community.

Thanks again.

Rick KL

Fellow Lions,

A big thank you goes to Lion Fred Sherriff and a team of Chestertown Lions that worked at the Homeports Health & Wellness Expo held at the Kent County High School on Thursday, October 17, 2019.

The Lions served coffee and manned a table promoting Health-related services provided the community by the Chestertown Lions Club including the collection of eyeglasses, eye screening of young children, transportation to eye doctors, and diabetes awareness. It was a fun day of Lionism, and both District Governor John Lawrence and 1st Vice District Governor Wayne Benjamin stopped in for a visit.

Thanks again for another great day of service.

KL Rick

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