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              27-A2 District Convention

                        February 17-19, 2012 – Olympia Resort & Spa

          “Building a Better Lions Club through Service”

You must be registered to attend all activities except for Saturday night Banquet

Friday Night Hospitality – Dress up as a builder and work with us on how we Build better Lions clubs.  Enjoy the Hospitality and Friendship!

It’s something you don’t want to miss. We have a DJ that will also do Karaoke later that night.  A lot of booths that will be serving refreshments and snacks. 

District Governors Raffle!

Saturday all convention Breakfast – Melvin Jones, Birch-Sturm and Knight of Sight Fellows will be recognized

Saturday Screenings, Seminars and State Projects – learn more about Lionism and how you can build/improve your Club

·         Diabetes Screening                                                                

·         Children’s Vision Screening Training - 

·         New Fund Raising Idea’s, Service, Lions and You          

·         Diabetes, Screenings for Service                                       

·         GMT – How can we get new members!                            

·         Lions Newspaper, Spotlight your clubs Service                

·         Tree, Trees, Trees – International Project                          

·         GLT – Building Leaders                                                    

·         Quest

·         Leader Dog

·         Lions Eye Bank

·         WLF

·         Lions Pride

        Saturday Luncheon -  ID Brian Sheehan will be speaking along with awards and installation of two very important individuals. 

                       50/50 Cash raffle will be run all morning and     drawn during the lunch.

 Saturday Night Honors Banquet – make sure your President, Secretary and Treasurer is present so we can honor them for all the work they do in your club.

 Guest speaker ID Brian Sheehan and Lion Lori  – A Lion who wants to meet you and be a big part of our Convention.  Our Host ID will be are own ID Mark and Lion Jayne Hintzmann, just doesn’t get any better than that!

As a club we would like you to do the following:

• Provide a gift for the Merchandise Raffle contact or send to :

 Lioness Joannie Ledonne 262-246-5914 jaamms13@yahoo.com,

W233 N 6478, Knieske Dr. Sussex 53089

             Or

             PAP Judith Von Reuden920-988-0332 rudy45@frontier.com ,

W4526 County Road NM, Watertown 53098          

There will be two Merchandise Raffle’s, one on Friday night and also at 1:00 PM on Saturday.                                        

·         Sell Convention Cash Raffle tickets or have your club purchase them. $ 1,300 worth of cash prizes. Bring Tickets and Money to Convention and drop off at Registration table before noon on Saturday or give to your Zone Chairman

·         Bring or send in your annual Donation checks – They will be shown continuously on a large screen at Lunch.  Mail to Lion Mark Larson, W945 Hwy NP, Rubicon, WI  53078 or drop off at the Registration table or give to your Zone Chairman

 ·         Bring in used Glasses and hearing aids so WLF can take them with them after the weekend.

 ·         Send in your voting Delegate form to: Mail to Lion Mark Larson,  W945 Hwy NP, Rubicon, WI  53078

 ·         Encourage everyone in your Club to attend.

 ·         Send in your Registration forms to: Lion Val Dwyer N54W35718 Hill Rd. Oconomowoc 53066

 ·         Room Reservations call Olympia Resort & Spa – 800-558-9573  Rate is $ 102.00/night.

 Thanks for coming to the Convention and supporting our District!

                      Any questions contact PDG Jerry Wille  jerry@qlc-labeling.com  414-418-1104