Lions Club District 20-O

DG Clifford W. Youngs at his first official visit at the Marlboro-Milton Lions Club in the park on August 5th, 2009 with President Federick Callo.

DG Clifford W. Youngs participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the canine MRI unit at Guiding Eyes for the Blind in July. District 20-O applied for in January 2009 and received a $75,000 grant towards the purchase of the MRI unit from Lions Clubs International Foundation.

Hudson Lions at their 19th annual Junior Olympics

2009 Flag pole dedication ceremony- Newburgh

2009 Pine Bush Harvest Festival

Harvest Festival held September 19th on Main Street in Pine Bush. The festival attracted people from all over to come and enjoy the day. It was a great day for it this year!

2010 Tri-Valley Lions | Journey For Sight Walk

The Tri-Valley Lions held their annual Journey For Sight Walk at the Grahamsville Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 1, 2010, with registration and refreshments at the Grahamsville First Aid Squad Building starting at 8:30am.  It was a gorgeous day weather-wise, and 15 walkers turned out, including Bonnie & Barry Lewis with Booboo (cutest walker), Fran Fuller, Julianna & Mary Smith, Esta Jacob, MaryAnn Cosentino, Debbi Ackerley, Barbara Yager, RoseAnn Knox, Lisa Garigliano, Ruth Curley, Carol Clark, Kelly & Sarah Whipple (who at just under 12 months old, was our youngest walker).

Concurrent with the Journey for Sight Walk, our annual Tag Day was held. Tag Day sites were in Grahamsville, Neversink and Curry, and manned by Lions Don TerBush, Barry TerBush, Hugh Delaney Jr, Bryan Delaney, Mert Lockhart, Carmen Salvemini, Gene Ganz, Tom McKenna, Jack Clark, Mike Ryan, Horace Sheeley, Mike Curley, and friend Michael Jacob.

Donations collected totalled over $3,600 for The Journey For Sight and Tag Day!!

We would like to thank all those who made pledges to The Journey For Sight and to those friends and neighbors who stopped at our Tag Day sites and made donations.  We would also like to thank all of the Walkers and Workers.  Every penny collected goes back out to local church food pantries; Guiding Eyes for the Blind; Juvenile Diabetes; sending a child with physical or mental impairment to Camp Badger; donations to American Cancer  Society; to neighbors in need due to fires or other catastrophic issues; service awards to local High School students; and ever so many more worthy causes. 

Special thanks to Lions Liza Salvemini, Eunice Sheeley, Joyce Lockhart, Pauline Vetter, and friend Julia Mednick who manned the kitchen and/or helped with administrative duties of the day.  As always, a special thank you to Meighan Dean and Cannie D's for their annual donation of water & foods for our annual Journey for Sight Walk/Tag Day, and to the Daniel Pierce Library for permitting us to copy our pledge sheets.

If interested in joining the Tri-Valley Lions so you can help us give back to our community & to other worthy causes, please call Lion Membership Chairperson Don TerBush at 845-985-2566 or Lion President Carmen Salvemini at (845) 436-5810.  Our monthly dinner meetings are the first Tuesday of each month at Franki & Johnnies in Hurleyville, and our Board Meetings are the third Thursday of each month at the First Aid Squad Building in Grahamsville.

Report by Tri-Valley Secretary - Esta Jacob
Photo by Michael E. Jacob

Hudson Lions- New members

Hudson Lions Club welcome 3 new members into the largest service organization in the world. Melissa Cranna, kitchen & bath designer/specialist with Herrington’s, Sheri Fey, office manager with S&F Technologies, Corp and Melinda Novak, branch manager Greenport office, First Niagara. Also pictured are Lion President Eric B. Martin, Lion 1st VP Laura Mortefolio, Lion Treasurer George Esposito and Lion Secretary Sharyn R. Marks.

(Left to right) front row: Melissa Cranna, Sheri Fey, Eric B. Martin, Laura Mortefolio, George Esposito
                      back row: Sharyn R. Marks, Melinda Novak

Lisa: the gift of sight

See how a Lions Eyebank gave Lisa the gift of sight. And allowed her to see the world around her, and her family, for the first time.