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Magrath Lions Club Sep 2023 Meeting

12/9/2023

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Please join us for our Lions Club Start of Year 2023-24 Pizza at the Park Thu 28 Sep 2023 6:30pm at Magrath Fish Pond for Pizza and Pop followed by a walk down the trail looking for trash to clean up! All members and any interested in Lions Club and their families are invited .. please RSVP to Lion Shauna at magrathlionsclub@gmail.com if you can come! See you all there!
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Notes: This will be our first meeting of the Lionistic Year Jul 2023 to Jun 2024 with Lion Shauna Davies as our President.
IPP Lion Alex and Laurie Ann will be on the East coast that week but hope to be able to call in to the meeting at some point to say hi.
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New Member Application Form

31/8/2023

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Lion Roger could not find a current LCI Member Application Form so he modifed the most recent one he could find just for the Magrath Lions Club .. you can view it at ​https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VdnGGDdVgfaokgNvamtJLcxADl_h-I2T/view?usp=sharing
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Magrath Lions Club June BBQ

24/6/2023

 
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Please join us for our Lions Club End of Year BBQ on Saturday, June 24, 2023 12:00 at noon at the Whites home. Bring your family and friends along! rsvp asap so we can plan adequate provisions.

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Magrath Lions Club May Meeting

18/5/2023

 
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Calling all Lions and Guests! Please join us for our May 2023 Meeting on Thu 25 May 2023 7pm at the Davies. 

Magrath Lions Club Apr Meeting

27/4/2023

 
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Apr Meeting Minutes are available to club members online and will be posted here once approved in next meeting 25 May 2023. Thanks!

Magrath Lions Club March Meeting

16/3/2023

 
In lieu of monthly meeting we manned the Lethbridge Casino for 4 shifts on Thu-Fri March 16-17, 2023! Yay Magrath Lions!

Magrath Lions Club February Meeting

16/2/2023

 
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Magrath Lions Club February Meeting
WHEN Thursday, February 16, 2023 7:00 PM MT - 8:30 PM MT
WHERE The Davies Box 152, 161 W 2nd Ave S Magrath, Alberta T0K 1J0 View Map
HOSTED BY Magrath Lions Club
We are going to meet on 3rd Thu this month!

Magrath Lions Club January Meeting

26/1/2023

 
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Magrath Lions Club January Meeting
WHEN Thursday, Jan 26, 2023 7:00 PM MT - 8:30 PM MT
WHERE The Davies Box 152, 161 W 2nd Ave S Magrath, Alberta T0K 1J0 View Map
HOSTED BY Magrath Lions CluB

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Magrath Lions Club
Meeting 26 Jan 2023
7pm at the Davies
Attending: Lion Alex White, President, Lion Shauna Davies, Lion Roger Davies, Lion Lawrence Papworth, Lion Elizabeth Olsen (BC), Lion Larry Murray. Unable to attend: Lion Laurie-Ann White (VP), Lion Catherine Cai.
  1. 7pm Call to order by President Alex White.

  2. Annual financial reports to Jun 2022 ready for signature to send to the corporate registry (Society Annual Returns). Lion Roger will mail out with required check #118 $50. Reimbursement check to Lion Roger signed #117 $214.23 re Lions Dues paid in the amount of $150.50 US. Lion Alex noted that fees are expected to increase with increased US/Can exchange rates. Current balance on Lions accounts is $3808 with just over half of that in our Casino account. Link to online report is here: Lions 2022-23 Reports

  3. Lion Alex reported on his recent meetings with Lions and with the Town of Magrath. Town hall committee style meeting was held with other local volunteer groups (4H, etc) with plans for ongoing future meetings to coordinate needs and upcoming event times and places. 7 Feb 2023 is the next quarterly meeting. Lion Alex is ok to continue attending these on our behalf. Town is considering preparing the old curling rink for use as a community center. The brochure prepared for the Magrath Lions Club for our Dec 22 meeting will be used to introduce our club to this group. Lions zone meetings were in Lethbridge. Many upcoming Lions conventions and travel opportunities abound. Next zone leadership meeting is 23 May 2023 at Lethbridge Casino. District C2 Convention 3-4 Feb, Lethbridge Dog Walk 27 May, LCICon 2023 in Boston, MA 7-11 Jul, USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum Reno, NV 14-15 Sep.

  4. Lion Alex provided a handout on club recruitment (see lionsclubs.org/MembershipChair page) discussing 4 steps a) Build a Team, b) Build a Vision, c) Build a Plan, and d) Build Success. These links provided for club members to review documents for future discussion.
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    Just Ask! New Member Recruiting Guide
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    Just Ask! Quick Tips
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    Membership Application Tri-Fold
  5. Discussed dates for upcoming club events. Food Drive will be held week ending Sat 29 Apr 2023. LDS Stake has approved that date by email and Lethbridge Food Bank emailed back to let us know they will have staff there to receive the collections on that date. Lion Alex proposed we hold our annual yard sale fundraiser week ending 3 Jun 2023. He will approach town for use of the appropriate venue (arena or curling rink) to store and sell these goods. Lion Roger suggested we purchase a large Magrath Lions Club sign/banner for use with these kinds of events. Date for annual No Cost Clothing exchange proposed for 24-26 Aug 2023.
  6. Casino report by Lion Lawrence Papworth. We are scheduled for Thu-Fri 16-17 Mar 2023. Discussed volunteer workers. Lion Lawrence has prepared a list of past helpers. An online form Casino Volunteers will be used to coordinate the scheduling. Lion Lawrence and Lion Larry will call to fill slots as needed.

  7. 8:30pm Moved to Adjourn. Next meeting will be held at 7pm on 16th Feb 2023 (as Lion Roger and Shauna will be out of town on the 4th Thu in Feb).​
Source: LIon Roger scribe, Lion Shauna Davies acting for Secretary, Magrath Lions Club

Club Fact Sheet 2023

15/12/2022

 
We have prepared an updated Club Fact Sheet brochure for 2023 and our 85th club anniversary ..
See attached PDF

Magrath Lions Christmas Party 15 Dec 2022

9/12/2022

 
Calling all Magrath Lions Club Members! You and a guest are invited to our annual Christmas Dinner event.
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Thursday 15 Dec 2022
7pm at Magrath Seniors Center
for Magrath Lions Club Members and Guests
See you there for a great meal (we're serving 'cause We Serve) and a quick meeting!
Event notes: Lion Roger Dec 15, 2022 Magrath, AB

Thank you to all that were able to attend our Magrath Lions Chirstmas dinner event. Sorry to miss any of you that were under the weather or having to work that night. We hosted 4 honored guests from our District C-2 leadership with 16 total in attendance. A lovely meal was provided by Gwen Boylan and afterwards LCI Chevron Awards were presented to Lion Alex and Lion Laurie Ann, to Lion Shauna and to Lion Elizabeth from Lions HQ by guest of honor Kevin Gibbons (First Vice District Governor of District C-2 [1st VDG]). We were encouraged to attend the upcoming District C-2 8th annual District Conference in Drumheller, AB the weekend of Feb 3-4, 2023. BTW We agree there were at least 4 spirits in Christmas Carol movie ..

Dinner commenced at 7pm after welcome by Lion Alex and a blessing on food offered by Lion Elizabeth Olsen. Updated copies of the Club Fact Sheet v.2023 were available for review. We plan to circulate these throughout the town in coming year. Meeting concluded by 8:15pm. In attendance 1st VDG Lion Kevin Gibbons, 2nd VDG Lion Glen Garalde and travelling companions Lion Raquel and Lion Leslie, Club President Lion Alex White, Lions Elizabeth, Roger, Shauna, Larry, plus invited guests from community. Thank you again to all for attending with us! Next meeting will be in 2023 (4th Thu in Jan).

Meeting Minutes 17 Nov 2022

17/11/2022

 
Work Meeting - no minutes
Magrath Lions Club
Meeting 17 Nov 2022
7pm at the Davies

Attending: Lion Alex White, President, Lion Laurie-Ann White (VP), Lion Larry Murray, Lion Roger Davies, Lion Lawrence Papworth (prior donation).
  1. Assembled Operation Christmas Child boxes from donated items. Assembled boxes were taken to Lethbridge collection point the following Saturday. Thanks everyone!
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Community Collections for Operation Christmas Child 

Background: Reminder -  the drop off deadline is quickly approaching! From end of Oct through mid Nov (**must drop off by 6pm on Fri 18 Nov 2022 at the Magrath Pharmacy this year**) the Lions Club collects completed Christmas Gift Boxes to donate to Operation Christmas Child. Perhaps your family or community group would like to join in the fun with us! In addition to the boxes themselves, we encourage you to to include $10 per box to help cover shipping/delivery costs.

Although you can provide your own boxes, we also have a few pretty green and red empty cardboard boxes available for pickup at the Magrath Pharmacy and other locations around town .. Thanks Everyone!

Meeting Minutes 27 Oct 2022

27/10/2022

 
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Magrath Lions Club
Meeting 27 Oct 2022
7pm at the Davies

Attending: Lion Alex White, President, Lion Shauna Davies, Lion Roger Davies, Lion Lawrence Papworth, Lion Larry Murray, Lion Elizabeth Olsen. Unable to attend: Lion Laurie-Ann White (VP), Lion Catherine Cai.
  1. 7pm Call to order by President Alex White.
  2. Review prior meeting minutes, approved.
  3. Discussed plans for coming months. Nov 2022 meeting will be held Thu 17 Nov as a box filling event for Operation Christmas Child gift boxes so we can get boxes out by their deadline. We had hoped to use Seniors or SASH facility but both were booked for craft sales event that weekend. Donation boxes will be placed around town and school agreed to include our event in their announcements. Lion Roger will also collect donations at Magrath Pharmacy.
  4. Casino event scheduled for 16-17 Mar 2023. Mr B Pederson agreed to serve as our Casino facilitor again. Will need volunteers to work four shifts Thu 1-8pm, 8-4am, and Fri 1-8pm, 8-4am.
  5. Lion Alex encouraged any who can to attend upcoming zone and district events, especially 3-4 Feb 2023 in Drumheller, AB.
  6. Lion Lawrence moved that we make a donation to local family with teen age child undergoing cancer treatments in amount of $500 to assist with costs for medications and travel. Approved.
  7. 8:15pm Moved to Adjourn. Next meeting will be held at 7pm on 17th Nov 2022 (note: 3rd week vs 4th).



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