BKCLC Board meeting amd give back party

Good Day Fellow lions,

Season greetings, please be advise there will be a short  board meeting on Sunday January 3rd at 3PM follow by our annual give back party at 4:30 Pm please try to be on time for the meeting and Members please  remember to contribute to the toy drive. bellow please find The ages  and amount of children .Thanking you in advance for your corporation and remember the toys will be handed out at the feeding for the youths.   .

 0-11 mths       1years              2 years                  3 years                   4 years              5 years          6 years

6 boys 3 girls   5 boys 2 girls    2 boys  5 girls       6 boys 6 girls        4 boys 1 girl        5 boys 7 girls   4 boys 5 girls

7 years                   8 years                    9 years                     10 years                    11 years                12 years

5 boys  7 girls        4 boys 3 girls           5 boys  5 girls             8 boys 7 girls             4 boys  6 girls   2 boys  6 girls

13 years                   14 years               15 years                   16 years                   17 years                18 years

 3 boys 3 girls            5 boys 5 girls         9 boys 1 girl              2 boys  4 girls           6 boys 5 girls                5 boys

YIL

Lion Marcella Fraser

President

Happy Holidays from the PDG Association!

Good News from LCI !!!!

Dear District Governor,   Congratulations on earning your silver crane pin during the first period of the Lions Dignity Awards! Your name is featured on the Lions Dignity website so Lions around the world will know you have achieved in growing your district.   The Lions Dignity Award is designed to promote consistent membership growth throughout the year. You have earned your recognition by achieving positive membership growth in your district!   Thanks to your efforts, Lions are able to serve communities all around the world and help promote dignity, harmony and humanity to all. Keep seizing opportunities to grow and earn your Leadership Medal.   Thank you for your hard work and dedication!   Sincerely, Dr. Yamada Your International President

Memorial for Alf Fraser ( brother of Lion Marcella and uncle of Lion Kristie)

Alf (Mr. Knight) Fraser
On 18th December 2015

A service is being held at
Saint Mark’s United Methodist Church (Btw E21st and Ocean Avenue)
2017 Beverley Road
Brooklyn, NY 11226

Tuesday December 22, 2016
Viewing from 4pm – 7pm
Service from 7pm – 9pm

Burial
Wednesday December 23, 2016
Leaving from Saint Mark’s United Methodist Church – 9am
(Btw E21st and Ocean Avenue)
2017 Beverley Road
Brooklyn, NY 11226
Cemetery
Rosedale Cemetery
408 Orange Rd, Montclair, NJ 07042

May your thoughts and prayers go out to the Fraser Family.

BKCLC 1st AC Meeting

The AC Meeting in the Lions' Den

Tonight BKCLC attended our 1st AC Meeting for the year. Lion President Marcella, Lions Keisha, Keith, Andrea, Marion, Gloria, and Joan  attended on behalf of BKCLC.  We joked that it was a BKCLC Meeting.  Lions from Pace Setters, Crown Heights, and East New York also attended.  Pace Setters is also in our region so both BKCLC and Pace Setters gave reports. Lion Audrey Doorn (PP of Pace Setters) received honors from the Assemblyman and the Congressman for her work in the community.  Her club, Pace Setters, also sent barrels to Guyana with books and are helping a family that lost their home to fire in Guyana replace their possessions. Due to her efforts 18 mattresses were donated to the club and sent to Guyana.  Everyone already knows about BKCLC since you read our blog but I think we held our own.  

For repast we had fish, chicken and cassava.  For dessert we had a cheesecake, a cake and a pie.  All in all we had good food, good company and a good time.  We learned a lot of information.  Thank you to Lion Adderley for opening her home to host Lion Muir's meeting,

Lion Sonia's Feeding Announcement

Directions to The Feeding Location

A Message from our Lion President:

Good day Fellow Lions,

As we know the feeding with Lion Sonia is coming up on Saturday December 5th at 12 Noon.  The address is 800 Madison Street bet Patchen and Ralph Ave, we are still looking for volunteers to help out Lion Sonia. Please let us turn out in numbers and give her our Lion;s support, it's for a worthy cause.

Hope to see you there.

YIL

Lion Marcella Fraser

President

CB 17 Tree Lighting

Winter Wonderland Extravanganza

LCI-Anthem Workday at VCB in Spring Valley, NY

The Lions and Leo at VCB on 10.10.15

On October 10, 2015 seven Lions: Marcella, Ormond, Michelle , Yvette, Joycelyn, Joan and Keisha and Leo Myles headed up to the Vision Camp for the Blind in Spring Valley, NY in 2 cars.  We arrived at VCB at 8:50am.   We signed in to acknowledge our presence and as a waiver for use of our image.  I picked up a copy of a VCB booklet that outlined the Lion's assistance to the VCB during the previous year for the Club’s records.  BKCLC was one the earliest clubs to arrive since most clubs in Brooklyn met with traffic delays due to street closures that morning. The VCB Staff served tea, coffee , juice and Dunkin Donuts for breakfast.  Lion Ormand made sausage for breakfast but Lion Keisha and  Lion Michelle could not handle the little bit of pepper he added.  After breakfast we picked up our cleaning supplies and headed out to our two cabins.  We cleaned both cabins and cut the grass.  We have to return in the Spring to make some minor repairs to the roofs of the cabins and  to paint the exterior.  We also noted the cleaning supplies to bring in the future to make our jobs easier.  Since we arrived so early , with such a big group we finished early  and were ready to head  home by 11:30am.

Midwood Lions Club Breakfast Fundraiser

Lion Johnny, Joan and DG Melissa Torres

On Saturday 31st October,District Governor Lion Melissa Torres is seen with Lion Joan Holder, Lion Johnny Prescod during the Breakfast sponsored by the Midwood Lions Club. Submitted by Lion Joan Holder.

P.S. 238 Peace Poster Visit

Lions Encouraging Teachers to participate in the Peace Poster Competition

On October 22, 2015 Lion Joan Holder (PP, Peace Poster Chair ), Lion Johnny Prescod (PP), and Lion Cecilia Layne (1st VP KCLC)  visited PS 238 to meet with the Principal and staff to enquire about inviting students to enter the Peace Poster and The Essay contests which are both sponsored by Lions Clubs International each year.Children who are the age of 11,12 or 13 by November 15,2015 are eligible.
Lion Joan also reviewed the rules for the Peace Poster Contest. The Essay Contest is for a child of the ages mentioned who is visually impaired. The 1st prize is $5000 for each contest.  Leos who are in youth groups or schools other than just being Lions, are eligible to enter. See the President or Secretary of your local Lions Club for additional information.  Submitted by Lion Joan Holder.

1st Annual End Of Summer BBQ

The Door Prize from the BBQ

Many people received a call near the end of August asking them to be a part of a committee or donate items for a BBQ the Club planned to have on August 29, 2015.  Less than two weeks later Brooklyn Kings County held an end of summer BBQ at Lion Hyacinth’s home with music, a raffle, drinks and lots of food.  Despite the quick turnaround the event was a success.

We saw a lot of our members and their family and friends attend as well as donate to the cause.   The star of the event was the Pure White Hennessy.  Lion Cheryl made sure that ever person who came bought a raffle ticket or six.

The drink of choice was Shandy, we went through two cases before 6 pm.  We finally shut down when we ran out of sides around 8:30pm. 

Thank you all for coming out and if you missed this event we hope to see you at the next one.

Brooklyn Kings County Leo Centennial Service Challenge

The LEOS in front of their prepared back packs.

On Friday August 28 2015 members of Brooklyn Kings County Leos Club delivered their 10 backpacks as part of the Centennial Service Challenge.  The Leos chose backpacks for 4th grade students so each backpack contained a 3 ring binder, subject dividers, wide rule loose-leaf paper, construction paper, 2 spiral notebooks, 3 composition notebooks, 2 pocket folders, a pencil box, 4 pencils, 2 pens, a sharpener, colored pencils, crayons, washable markers, a watercolor paint set, a pink eraser, a glue stick, a bottle of glue, safety scissors, a pack of index cards, facial tissue and hand sanitizer.

Lions Centennial Service Challenge

BKCLC Members at PS 268

On Thursday September 3, 2015 members of Brooklyn Kings County Lions Club made a donation of school supplies to PS 268 (133 East 53rd Street Brooklyn NY 11203) as part of the Centennial Service Challenge.  The club donated 24 backpacks, 81 composition notebooks, 43 spiral notebooks, 39 plastic folders, 74 paper folder, 35 packs of construction paper, 37 packs of loose leaf paper, 18 packs of copy paper, 17 rolls of paper towels, 21 boxes of tissues, 3 boxes of Ziploc bags, 15 containers of baby wipes, 32 bottles of hand sanitizer, 16 bottles of soap, 2 packs of pens, 18 pencil cases, 277 pencils, 44 safety scissors, 35 boxes of crayons, 31 boxes of markers, 9 packs of dry erase markers, 147 erasers, 20 protractors, 72 containers of glue, 5 packs of post-its, 80 rulers and 25 binders for the fourth grade of approximately 100 children.  This article was submitted to the Kings and Queens for publication.

Fall Stewardship Day at Marine Park

Brooklyn Kings County at Marine Park on Saturday 10.24.15

The NYC Parks Department and the conservancy for Marine Park sponsored this event.  The event started at 9 am.  The Lions were the last group to arrive.  There were over twenty Lions, one Leo and two Cubs.   The Leo and Cub were from the Brooklyn Kings County Leos Club.  We all had to sign waivers.  In the future, we have the option of signing the waivers online in advance.  I told Sarah, the representative from the conservancy about Lionism.  She ran the Brooklyn Half that I volunteered  at in May.  The Parks Department had granola bars for breakfast. Lion Marcella picked up two Lions that were at the wrong location.  They were at the Nature Preserve on Avenue U. The morning was bitterly cold but not freezing. 

They separated all the volunteers into three groups to work.   Due to the timing, all the Lions were in the last group together.  Sarah discussed a project to redesign the trail system that will start next fall for two-year duration.   They explained that Marine Park is the biggest park in NYC, bigger than both Central and Prospect Parks.  It is over 500 acres with 12 miles of trail.  The side of the park we were working on is the more ecologically untouched portion.   We took rakes, grabbers, garbage bags and seeds.  The seeds were a mixture of three native wildflowers.  The Lions Clubs helped plant some young trees a few years ago around the back edge of the ball fields.  The trees were thriving but non-native invasive vines and exotic vegetation like porcelain berry, mugwort and bittersweet, were overwhelming the young trees.  Our aims were to clean the area of debris, rake out the invasive vegetation, lay out a layer of seeds then cover it over with some organic matter.   .

Hurricane Sandy devastated the area.  Some local students had removed the majority of the debris left by the storm so there were only smaller items left such as glass bottles, plastic bags, and other evidence of children hanging out in the park having fun.   The Lions cleaned the corner of the park leading to the trails.  In about one hour, we cleaned both areas and ran out of seeds.  We then cleaned the area between the two sections of young trees.  .We went back and for our efforts received a vegetarian or chicken wrap lunch and a free Parks Department water bottle.  We finished by 11:30 and were ready to go home.