Advocacy is another way for the Choteau Lions Club to serve the causes we care about. When we advocate, we use our voice to educate and influence more people to get on board with a movement. Read more on the Lions Club International website: https://www.lionsclubs.org/en/start-our-approach/lions-advocacy-toolkit.
11th Annual Golf Tournament
Join the Choteau Lions Club for our 11th Annual Golf Tournament!
Continue reading 11th Annual Golf TournamentSupporting Our Tennis Courts
This October, the Choteau Lions Club voted to put forth the effort to re-surface our tennis courts, located across the street from the Choteau Lions Club Swim Pool.
The cost of resurfacing will be $60,000. $30,000 will be donated by local businesses. As a Club, we have committed $10,000 to the cause. To make the resurfacing happen, we need to fundraise an additional $20,000. Continue reading Supporting Our Tennis Courts
Agenda for Meeting September 3, 2018
Minutes of August 20 2018 Meeting
The meeting was called to order by First Vice President Chuck at 6:30 PM. Chuck welcomed our guest Jack Preston from a Lions Club in Ohio and in Choteau visiting family. The minutes of the August 6th regular meeting and the minutes of the August 13th Board meeting were read and approved as written.
Continue reading Minutes of August 20 2018 Meeting2018 Trip of the Month Vacation Giveaway
2018 is the 6th season for the new Choteau Lions Swim Pool. Since the new pool opened in 2013, completion projects and additional improvements have been a work in progress. The Choteau Lions Swim Team families and the Lions hosted a swim meet in June 2017 at the Choteau Lions Swim Pool for the first time in many years. In July 2018, Choteau hosted the Divisional Swim Meet. The Choteau Lions Club continues to sell engraved bathhouse wall tiles to fund the pool’s long-term repair and replacement expenses. The main source of funding for the pool’s annual operating costs is the Choteau Lions Trip-of-the-Month vacation giveaway program. This project has been the lifeblood of support for pool operation and maintenance for the past 24 years.
Continue reading 2018 Trip of the Month Vacation GiveawayAgenda for Meeting March 5, 2018
John Henry’s at 6:30 pm
Agenda
- Call the meeting to Order
- Introduction of guests
- Minutes of the February 19th Meeting
- Grace
Program
- Choteau High School Principal Wendy Hammond
Old Business
- Nominating Committee Report
- Joel Alzeheimer Award criterion
New Business
- Port Authority/MEDA request – Steve Dogiakos
- Be My Eyes app information – Steve Dogiakos
Committee Reports
- Calendar Committee report
- Gun Raffle Committee report
Drawings
- 50/50
Adjourn
Minutes of February 19, 2018 Meeting
The meeting was called to order by President Stan at 6:30 pm. The minutes of the February 5th regular meeting and the February 12th Board of Director meeting were read and approved as written.
Program
Cassidy DeBruycker and Faith Shepherd of the Choteau High School speech and debate team presented their “Humorous Duo” program for the club membership. This was an outstanding presentation and they won first place at State with this duo. Only 3 other students from Choteau High have ever won first place at the state competition.
Old Business
Clayton discussed the Joel Alzheimer Award project. He suggested that we develop some criterion to base our selection of future awards. The criterion should be broad-based and should celebrate volunteerism in Choteau. All of the work that Jack and Clayton have put into this project is really appreciated.
New Business
President Stan said that the Lions Club Committee assignments have been sent out to the membership. If anyone wants to be on different committees or to be taken off of committees, members need to contact Stan or Tom.
Committee Reports
Community Calendar
Gary reported that the Acantha is in the process of printing the community birthday calendars and they will be delivered to the Lions by mid -March.
Gun Raffle
Don said that Bucks Sporting Goods is working to purchase the guns on our list for the gun raffle. The gun raffle committee cannot proceed with printing until they are sure the guns are available.
Drawings
The winner of the February 2018 trip of the month to Universal Studios was Amy Ameline.
50/50 winner: Joe Haas
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 7:45 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Thomas D. Rogers, Secretary
Agenda for Meeting February 19, 2018
Due to bad weather Terina Hill will not be able to make it to our February 19th meeting to present her program. So we will meet at John Henry’s for our Monday evening meeting and not at the Boy Scout hall. The order we placed with John Henry’s for 8 pizzas to be delivered to
the Scout hall has been cancelled.
We will have Faith Shepherd and Cassidy DeBruycker of the high school speech and debate team present their “Humorous Duo” program. This will be a very entertaining program and look forward to seeing everyone.
Secretary Tom
Continue reading Agenda for Meeting February 19, 2018
Sherwin & Connie Smith Awarded Joel Alzheimer Community Service Award
Sherwin and Connie moved in 1987 to Choteau, where Sherwin worked as the county executive director of the USDA’s ASCS agency. Connie worked at home raising their two children. They had grown up in the Fort Benton and Geraldine area of central Montana, and they both became very active in community volunteer work and helping neighbors as soon as they moved to Choteau.
Their volunteer activities include:
