LIONS CLUB

Newsletter est. 11JUNE12

Warm Up Your Heart for the Holidays

Hypothermia Shelters Provide Warmth
With the temperature steadily decreasing to a winter chill, hundreds will find refuge, warmth and nourishment in one of Fairfax Countys six Emergency Shelters. Emergency shelters are non-profit organizations under contract with the county and shelter the homeless. Volunteers are vital in keeping shelters functional to the public. Volunteering at Emergency Shelters is an outstanding way for enlisted and civilians to reach a helping hand into the community and save lives, LTJG Spiezio Runyon. With the holidays steadily approaching, volunteering tends to be pushed aside for some since it is usually the time of year everyone heads home or takes vacations. But as we bathe in our fortune and love of our family, one must remember those that are suffering. This shelter is just open during the coldest parts of the year to prevent the homeless getting frostbite, Lion Tana Miller said. This shelter saves lives because it prevents the ones that return regularly, from a freezing death on the streets. Miller said volunteers are needed for Christmas Eve and more volunteer opportunities will be available from January to March. The Hypothermia season of Washington D.C. is labeled as Nov. 1 until March 31, 2013. This is a great way to give back to the community, Miller said. You get to serve the 15-25 people who stay the night a warm dinner and healthy breakfast. Miller said volunteers are always needed for Boys and Girls club on Tuesdays and Thursdays or other days during the week to go fundraising at local business to get new jerseys for the kids. Volunteers are also needed to sort eye glasses at the Lion's Eye glass sorting center. There are so many people who are fighting to survive and have lost everything. Lion Martin Godina said. This is an opportunity to give back what we can and save lives in hazardous conditions.

Lions On the Court

Lions are seeking support in fundraising for new jerseys for the Alexandria Boys and Girls Club that will be used in basketball tournaments against other clubs across the country. By investing in the kids hobbies such as basket ball, it shows them that there are people out there that are willing to help them do what they love, so down the line hopefully the kids repay this same effort to future generations, said Lion Tana Miller. Miller said the jerseys will cost approximately $800-1,000 for the teenaged and children teams. November is the ideal deadline for fundraising, but it can be extended to December if needed. 30-50 jerseys are the desired amount to purchase.

Our idea is if they look good, they feel confident beyond the practice they do to achieve their goal, Miller said.
At Applebees15 percent of each purchase on Nov. 16 from 5 p.m. until 2 a.m will be donated to the boys and girls club if the customer has the flyer.

Tana Miller and Haws participated in race for a cause which donates funds to different nonprofit originations. They ran for the boys and girls club of Greater Washington area. For further information on fundraising for jersyes, contact Lion Tana Miller or Sabre Poimboeuf.

Backyard Barbeque at the Barracks

Barbecue Raises Barracks Morale, Unites Rival Clubs
The Fort Belvoir Lions Club, Junior Enlisted Association (JEA) and the First Class Petty Officer Mess (FCPO) hosted the Barbeque Bash on Oct. 5 at the barracks field celebrating the end of the 2012 Navy Advancement Cycle. For the first time since our creation as a Lions Club here at Fort Belvoir, we held a co-event for the benefit of the Barracks residents, said Lion President Michael Haws. An estimated 50-60 people showed up through the course of the event to eat, play football, socialize and to have a good time with their families. I feel as a club we succeeded in raising morale and comradery of the barracks residents, Haws said. The First Class Association provided free food for the event. The JEA provided music and the Lions Club provided competitions. Baseball, dodgeball and socializing gave barracks residence a safe opportunity to have fun in the barracks. Events like this will increase morale for other sailors, soldiers and airmen, said Lion Martin Godina. It also brings people out of the barracks for fun. Butler said that the communication established between the groups was essential for there to be any real chances of teamwork between them at a later time. Essentially it just established some facial recognition to establish more future events, Lion John Butler said. We can now go to the other groups for any assistance or corroboration with our tasks, events or ideas. Lion Adriana Vicente said it was a good way to celebrate the end of the promotion cycle and for everyone to bond together. It was cool that the lions club did that. It was bonding time with other shipmates, petty officers and everyone who came out. We played football and cooked food, Vicente said. Haws would like to give special thanks to Lion Nadine Floerchinger, Events Coordinator, for planning our part of the event. Floerchinger organized a team of Lions together and planned out every aspect of the event.

Volunteer Opportunities
Lions Reach out in the Local Community
Boys and Girls Club 1700-1900 Tuesday & Thursday 104 N Payne St Alexandria, VA 22314 Basketball Jersey Fundraising Local Businesses Fundraise for the New jerseys Boys and Girls Club Target Fundraising $800-$1,000

Until May 2013 Lions Diabetes Project Northern Virginia, needs corpsman 2-3 Saturdays a month Health screenings 9 a.m - 4 p.m. Pets Mart 1 p.m. 4 p.m. Pet Adoption Volunteer Work Homeless Shelter Orientation November 27 6:00 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. Carpenter's Shelter 930 North Henry Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Total Volunteer Hours: 1291hr 20 min updated 25 Oct 2012 Members: 22 Motivated Lion of the Month Valuable Lion of the Month Michael Haws Volunteer Lion of the Month Event of the Month New Lions Erica Elmoghrabi Eugene Martiny Adriana Vicente Military and Civilians Uniting for the Greater Good Of Humanit