Podcasts about lions clubs

Brian Sheehan, Past International President of Lions Clubs International joins Dr. Erick Bothun to discuss Lions Clubs.  Brian shares the Lions' story of community service and eye care programs locally, regionally, and internationally. Tune in to be inspired about all the Lions do from vision screening to eyebanking and diabetes to hearing.  You may even be so encouraged to join a local Lions club near you!    Subscribe to the podcast: https://MayoClinicOphthalmology.podbean.com Follow and reach out to us on IG and X: @mayocliniceye

An Adelaide Hills farmer warns others after he's scammed out of $350 while trying to buy hay online to feed his horses, Clare winemakers report a 75% drop in yields for 2025 due to a lack of rain, and Lions Clubs across SA pledge to support Eyre Peninsula livestock producers with donations towards feed.

In dieser Folge von „Ich bin dann mal erfolgreich“ begrüßen wir Jens Winter, Vertriebsleiter der Union Krankenversicherung (UKV) und echter Experte für das Thema Gesundheit im Arbeitsleben.Seit fast 30 Jahren begleitet Jens Winter Unternehmen und Privatpersonen rund um das Thema Krankenversicherung – und bringt dabei nicht nur Fachwissen, sondern auch viel Herzblut und Leidenschaft für Vertrieb, Menschen und soziale Verantwortung mit. Im Gespräch mit uns erzählt er, wie seine eigene Reise begann: von einer Ausbildung als Kfz-Schlosser in der DDR, über erste Erfahrungen im Vertrieb, bis hin zu seiner heutigen Rolle als Führungskraft in der Sparkassenfinanzgruppe.Doch Jens Winter bringt mehr mit als „nur“ Berufserfahrung. Gemeinsam mit seiner Familie erfüllte er sich einen langgehegten Traum: ein Sabbatical in Australien. Was diese Auszeit mit ihm gemacht hat, welche Perspektiven sie verändert hat und warum dieser Schritt auch heute noch sein Denken über Erfolg und Gesundheit prägt, verrät er uns offen und persönlich.Im Podcast sprechen wir über die Bedeutung von Gesundheit in der modernen Arbeitswelt, warum betriebliche Krankenversicherung für Unternehmen ein echter Erfolgsfaktor ist, und wie wichtig es ist, Chancen zu erkennen, zu ergreifen und umzusetzen. Jens erklärt, wie Arbeitgeber durch kluge Angebote nicht nur Talente gewinnen, sondern auch langfristig binden können – und warum Wertschätzung weit mehr bedeutet als ein Gehaltsscheck.Außerdem teilt er mit uns seine Erfahrungen aus dem Ehrenamt: Als Präsident eines Lions Clubs engagiert sich Jens aktiv für soziale Projekte und setzt sich für Bildung und Unterstützung in seiner Region ein.Eine Folge voller praktischer Einblicke, persönlicher Geschichten und klarer Botschaften: Erfolg heißt, mutig zu sein, Chancen zu nutzen und Verantwortung zu übernehmen – für sich selbst und für andere.Jens Winter auf LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/winter-jens/https://www.ukv.de/

Send us a textIn this episode of the Grow Clinton Podcast, Andy and Jenny are joined by two members of the WA-TAN-YE Club of Clinton, Iowa. The service club is similar to the Kiwanis, Rotary, and Lions Clubs, which engage in service projects and enjoy each other's company. For the first 50 years, the club had a diverse workforce comprising two doctors, nurses, newspaper reporters, office professionals, teachers, sales clerks, cooks, and others. In 1974, they decided that any woman in a position of authority at work could be a member.Anne and Sheila will share information about the club's history, philanthropic giving, and scholarship support. The organization also invests in library needs in Clinton, Camanche, and Fulton. For more information on the Clinton WA-TAN-YE Club, please email Anne at pimadosmom@yahoocom. To promote your member business or organization on the podcast, contact the Grow Clinton office at 563.242.5702 or visit us online at www.GrowClinton.com. Grow Clinton's mission is to promote business growth, build community, and advocate for the sustainable economic success of the Greater Clinton Region.

Lions Clubs of Clark County have added a new drop-off box at Cascade Park Library to collect used eyeglasses and hearing aids for people in need. Read the full story at https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/people/lions-clubs-of-clark-county-place-new-eyeglasses-and-hearing-aids-recycling-drop-off-box-at-cascade-park-community-library/ on www.ClarkCountyToday.com #localnews #ClarkCountyWa #LionsClub #eyeglassrecycling #hearingaiddonation #CascadeParkLibrary #communityservice #visionhealth #VancouverWa

Geoffrey FelixDirettore Alliance Française di TorinoManuela Vico, traduttricewww.alliancefrto.itNell'anno delle celebrazioni del suo 15°compleanno, l'Alliance Française Torino presenta l'edizione 2025 del Mese della Francofonia: oltre un mese di eventi per raccontare il francese nel mondo.L'Alliance Française Torino propone una ricca programmazione pensata per promuovere plurilinguismo e diversità culturale, in collaborazione con realtà del territorio, istituzioni internazionali e con scuole piemontesi.Tra i partner di quest'anno: Fondazione Circolo dei Lettori, Associazione Spazio Contrada, Edizioni Clichy, CineTeatro Baretti, Delegazione del Québec a Roma, l'Institut Français Italia, l'Università degli Studi di Torino e le Biblioteche civiche Torinesi.Geoffrey Felix, Direttore dell'Alliance Française Torino, invita il pubblico torinese a scoprire gli appuntamenti previsti per l'edizione 2025 della Festa della Francofonia: le celebrazioni quest'anno inizieranno il 21 febbraio – Giornata internazionale della Lingua Madre e proseguiranno fino a fine marzo con la Giornata internazionale della Francofonia (20 marzo). Intorno a questa data, il Ministero della cultura francese ha istituito la Settimana della lingua francese e della Francofonia, giunta alla 30°edizione (15 – 23 marzo), che quest'anno declina il tema «Prenez la parole!» che invita ogni persona a esprimersi, a creare, ad appropriarsi e a giocare con le parole.Le mostre “Écrire en français” e “ExpoDicos” per il grande pubblico e per le scuole! La riflessione sul tema di quest'anno si lega alla mostra “Écrire en français” proposta dall'Alliance Française Torino (Spazio Contrada,fino al 14 marzo 2025) e ideata dall' Alliance Française Parigi. La mostra, che dopo Torino toccherà anche le città di Trieste, Salerno e Bari, invita a scoprire la storia di 100 autrici e autori provenienti da tutto il mondo, che hanno scelto la lingua francese come mezzo di espressione e trasmissione. Attraverso citazioni tratte dalle loro opere e testimonianze, lo spettatore si potrà immergere in una molteplicità di percorsi ed esperienze, messi in luce da Bernard Magnier e Sabyl Ghoussoub e illustrati da Raphaelle Macaron. Il curatore della mostra Bernard Magnier, insieme a Chloé Thomas, docente dell'Alliance Française Torino, sarà protagonista dell'incontro “Scrivere in francese, scelta, caso o eredità?” che si terrà al Circolo dei Lettori venerdì 21 febbraio – Giornata internazionale della Lingua Madre e appuntamento inaugurale del Mese della Francofonia a Torino.A marzo l'Alliance Française Torino propone, in collaborazione con la Delegazione del Québec a Roma, la mostra “ExpoDicos” realizzata dalle professoresse Nadine Vincent e Paméla Vachon dell'Université de Sherbrooke. L'esposizione utilizza parole caratteristiche della cultura o della lingua francese del Québec e aiuta a identificare le diverse fonti del lessico e, allo stesso modo, i contatti che i quebecchesi francofoni hanno avuto con diversi popoli nel corso della loro storia.Le mostre “Écrire en français” e “ExpoDicos” esplorano il tema di quest'anno, «Prenez la parole!» con originalità e pluralità, trasformandosi in un'opportunità preziosa per le scuole e in un'occasione di riflessione anche per il pubblico generalista.Incontro con l'autoreGiovedì 6 marzo, alle ore 18.00, la Biblioteca dell'Alliance Française ospita l'incontro con Pierric Bailly autore de Il fulmine pubblicato in Italia da Edizioni Clichy. Accolto con entusiasmo da pubblico e critica, Il fulmine è un romanzo potente e travolgente che reinventa in chiave europea la tradizione del nature writing americano. John, pastore solitario nel Giura, scopre che Alexandre, un ex compagno di liceo, è accusato di omicidio. Spinto dal turbamento, John lascia la baita per indagare e si avvicina a Nadia, la moglie di Alexandre, ritrovandosi in un intreccio di passione e mistero. Un noir magistrale tra isolamento, natura e desiderio.CinemaIl cinema conferma il suo ruolo centrale nella programmazione del Mese della Francofonia e, grazie alla collaborazione con il CineTeatro Baretti, le proposte nel mese di marzo si moltiplicano: alla consueta rassegna MERCREDI FRANÇAIS (Hedi. Un vent de liberté, 19 marzo) si aggiungono gli appuntamenti di Portofranco dedicati al cinema francofono che vede il cast stellare di Je verrai toujours vos visages (18 e 22 marzo), portare in segna un episodio di giustizia riparativa, pratica diffusa in Francia e Belgio che permette a vittime e autori di reato di dialogare in un ambiente sicuro. Inoltre, domenica 30 marzo grazie alla collaborazione con la Delegazione del Québec a Roma, verrà proiettato RU, adattamento cinematografico del romanzo di Kim Thuy, rifugiata del Vietnam in Québec; la matinée sarà preceduta da una colazione à la française.Tutti i film sono proposti in francese con sottotitoli in italiano, grazie al supporto dell'Institut Français e del MAFTO dell'Università degli studi di Torino.Attività per i bambiniSabato 22 marzo ore 11.00 presso la Biblioteca Guidetti Serra, l'Alliance Française Torino, in collaborazione con le Biblioteche Civiche torinesi, invita i bambini e le famiglie a un evento speciale: Un sabato incantato – racconti e canzoni in francese. Un appuntamento GRATUITO aperto anche a chi nonconosce il francese. Un'occasione per avvicinare i bambini alla lingua e alla diversità culturale in modo coinvolgente e creativo.Inoltre il 20 marzo, Giornata internazionale della Francofonia verranno annunciati i vincitori del concorso Dis-moi dix mots che coinvolge gli allievi delle Scuole Primarie e Secondarie di I e II Grado delle Province di Asti, Alessandria, Novara, Torino e Verbania. Lo stesso giorno conosceremo anche i vincitori del concorso Instagram delle Alliances Françaises d'Italia 2025: grazie alla collaborazione con Lions Clubs de France e AMICIF i partecipanti ( ragazzi e ragazze tra i 18 e i 24 anni) possono vincere un soggiorno di 4 settimane in Francia con giovani da tutto il mondo!L'occasione per scoprire la nostra biblioteca e CulturethèqueIn occasione del Mese della Francofonia, la nostra équipe ha individuato una piccola selezione di libri, con proposte per grandi e piccini, disponibile nella nostra biblioteca dedicata al premio Nobel Annie Ernaux. La Biblioteca dell'Alliance Française Torino è aggregata al circuito delle Biblioteche civiche torinesi: un esempio dello stretto legame con le istituzioni culturali del territorio, con le quali si è lavorato per diffondere e rendere sempre più inclusivo l'accesso alla cultura francofona; il catalogo è disponibile on lineInvitiamo inoltre tutti gli amanti della lettura, torinesi e non solo, a scoprire Culturethèque, l'immensa mediateca digitale dell'Institut Français, gratuita per i nostri soci ( per attivare il profilo: scrivere a  biblioteca@alliancefrto.it, indicando i dettagli della tessera socio). Con oltre 70.000 risorse tra documenti scaricabili e consultabili online, Culturethèque offre un'ampia gamma di contenuti: dai romanzi classici e contemporanei a una vasta selezione di quotidiani, riviste, documentari e conferenze, passando per poesia, teatro e fumetti. Una sezione speciale è dedicata alle risorse pensate per chi studia il francese.Cos'è la Francofonia?Il termine francofonia è apparso intorno al 1880 quando un geografo francese, Onesime Reclus, lo utilizzò per descrivere l'insieme delle persone e dei Paesi che parlavano francese. Secondo i dati pubblicati dall'Observatoire de la Langue française, oggi si stimano circa 300 milioni di persone che parlano francese nei 5 continenti, con la previsione di una crescita che potrebbe toccare i 700 milioni entro il 2050, rendendo così il francese il secondo idioma più parlato. Nel 1970 è stata istituita l'Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF), per riunire sotto un unico riferimento tutti i Paesi che condividono la lingua francese, come lingua madre o lingua ufficiale. L'OIF comprende 54 stati membri e governi, 7 membri associati e 27 osservatori. Lo scopo è quello di promuovere la lingua e la cultura francese, facilitando inoltre lo sviluppo economico e gli scambi commerciali tra i Paesi membri. Dal 1990, il 20 marzo si celebra la Giornata internazionale della Francofonia: la data è stata scelta per commemorare la firma a Niamey (Niger) del trattato che nel 1970 ha dato origine all'OIF.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

In this packed episode of iCantCU, I dive into holiday highlights, culinary adventures, and upcoming plans. First, I share my experience attending a French macaron-making class with Liz and Jane at Sur La Table. While the process was visually intensive, the instructor, Elliot, made it incredibly tactile and inclusive for me, which was both surprising and heartwarming. Though I'll never make macarons solo, it was a fun and memorable family activity. I also recount the hilarity of Ziggy's new oversized Christmas pickle toy—a three-foot plush he's been dragging around the house like a proud pup. Seeing his excitement brought back the joy of giving. What Christmas isn't complete without Nazis? I tell the story about what Jane's friends spotted in the image of me and Ziggy. Spoiler alert: it was the shadowbox with my dad's POW papers and the spoon he ate with while being held by the Germans in World War Two Looking ahead, I discuss plans for the 2025 NFB State Convention and my goals for expanding creative projects. This episode celebrates family, community, and the joy of meaningful experiences. Show notes at https://www.iCantCU.com/277 Links Mentioned (product links are affiliate links so that I may earn a commission.) Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer: https://amzn.to/3GEcJ67 Ziggy's favorite birthday present: https://amzn.to/3ZpuLTO Check out Sur La Table for cooking gear and classes: https://www.surlatable.com/ XL Christmas Pickle dog toy (not the jumbo version): https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/merry-makings-briny-and-bright-holiday-pickle-plush-dog-toy Be My Eyes app (free): https://www.bemyeyes.com/  Seeing AI app (free): https://www.seeingai.com/  I sat in for Jenine on That Real Blind Tech Show episode 169: https://thatrealblindtechshow.libsyn.com/episode-169-hey-ai-leave-them-kids-alone Index of That Real Blind Tech Show episodes: https://www.icantcu.com/trbts/ Watch episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@iCantCU Support iCantCU When shopping at Amazon, I would appreciate it if you clicked on this link to make your purchases: https://www.iCantCU.com/amazon. I participate in the Amazon Associate Program and earn commissions on qualifying purchases. The best part is, you don't pay extra for doing this! White Canes Connect Podcast Episode 118 In episode 118 Lisa Bryant flips the script and interviews NFB of PA President Lynn Heitz and I about the State Convention in Erie. We discuss the highlights, challenges, and successes of the 2024 State Convention in Erie. From the arduous 10-hour journey to the seamless event execution, the conversation provides an in-depth look at what made this year's convention remarkable. Listeners will hear about the excellent hospitality provided by local Lions Clubs, engaging sessions like the Senior Possibilities Fair, and memorable moments such as the Veterans Ceremony and the banquet featuring a heartfelt keynote. Lynn shares insights into leadership changes and plans for next year's convention in Harrisburg, emphasizing lessons learned—like improving registration processes and maximizing volunteer participation.      Find the podcast on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/white-canes-connect/id1592248709  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1YDQSJqpoteGb1UMPwRSuI YouTube Https://www.youtube.com/@pablindpodcast White Canes Connect On Twitter Https://www.twitter.com/PABlindPodcast My Podcast Gear Here is all my gear and links to it on Amazon. I participate in the Amazon Associates Program and earn a commission on qualifying purchases. Zoom Podtrak P4: https://amzn.to/33Ymjkt Zoom ZDM Mic & Headphone Pack: https://amzn.to/33vLn2s Zoom H1n Recorder: https://amzn.to/3zBxJ9O  Gator Frameworks Desk Mounted Boom Arm: https://amzn.to/3AjJuBK Shure SM58 S Mic: https://amzn.to/3JOzofg  Sony ZV-E10 camera : https://amzn.to/4fFBSxM Sennheiser Headset (1st 162 episodes): https://amzn.to/3fM0Hu0  Follow iCantCU on your favorite podcast directory! Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/icantcu-podcast/id1445801370/  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3nck2D5HgD9ckSaUQaWwW2  Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/iCantCU-Podcast-Podcast/B08JJM26BT  IHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-icantcu-podcast-31157111/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/davidbenj  Reach out on social media Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidbenj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidbenj Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidbenj LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbenj Are You or Do You Know A Blind Boss? If you or someone you know is crushing it in their field and is also blind, I want to hear from you! Call me at (646) 926-6350 and leave a message. Please include your name and town, and tell me who the Blind Boss is and why I need to have them on an upcoming episode. You can also email the show at iCantCUPodcast@gmail.com.

In this episode of White Canes Connect, Lisa Bryant and David Goldstein are joined by Lynn Heitz, President of the National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania, to discuss the highlights, challenges, and successes of the 2024 State Convention in Erie. From the arduous 10-hour journey to the seamless event execution, the conversation provides an in-depth look at what made this year's convention remarkable. Listeners will hear about the excellent hospitality provided by local Lions Clubs, engaging sessions like the Senior Possibilities Fair, and memorable moments such as the Veterans Ceremony and the banquet featuring a heartfelt keynote. Lynn shares insights into leadership changes and plans for next year's convention in Harrisburg, emphasizing lessons learned—like improving registration processes and maximizing volunteer participation. David reflects on his new role as Convention Chair for the 2025 State Convention in Harrisburg, sharing goals to increase sponsorships and ensure a smoother attendee experience. Whether you attended or missed Erie, this episode offers a glimpse into the camaraderie and commitment of Pennsylvania's blind community while setting the stage for an even brighter future. David outlines his plans on releasing recordings of the convention, including many of the General Sessions presentations as podcast episodes over the next few weeks. Show notes at https://www.whitecanesconnect.com/118  Erie Media Coverage of the Convention Unfortunately, it seems that most of the video that aired isn't available any longer. Here are a couple of links with stories about our presence in Erie: From Erie News Now: https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/51759814/national-federation-of-the-blind-host-state-convention-at-ambassador-conference-center-in-erie  WJET/WXFPYour Erie .com: https://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/national-federation-of-the-blind-hosts-annual-conference-at-the-ambassador-conference-center/  An Easy Way to Help the NFB of PA Support the NFB of PA with every purchase at White Cane Coffee Company by going to https://www.whitecanecoffee.com/ref/nfbp. When you use that link to purchase from White Cane Coffee, the NFB of PA earns a 10% commission! Share the link with your family and friends! Listen to Erin and Bob Willman from White Cane Coffee on episode 072 of White Canes Connect. Donate to the NFB of PA If you want to donate to the National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania, visit https://www.NFBofPA.org/give/. We Want to Hear Your Story Reach out with questions and comments, or share ideas! We want to hear from you. Call us at (267) 338-4495 or at whitecanesconnect@gmail.com. Follow White Canes Connect Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/white-canes-connect/id1592248709  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1YDQSJqpoteGb1UMPwRSuI  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pablindpodcast 

Lions Clubs in Clark County recently participated in an eyeglass sorting event to support global vision care. Volunteers prepared donated glasses for international missions, helping individuals in underserved regions gain access to much-needed eyewear. To learn more, visit https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/changing-lives-one-pair-at-a-time on www.ClarkCountyToday.com #eyeglasssorting #LionsClub #visioncare #NWLERC #ClarkCountyWa #localnews

"The Speech" is what Ronald Reagan called it. Today we call it, "A Time for Choosing," and it was a pivotal turning point in Ronald Reagan's life. Ronald Reagan began a long side-career of public speaking as his acting career closed out. He traveled across the country meeting Lions Clubs, Rotary Clubs, Chambers of Commerce and any other civic-minded local groups. This continued and intensified during his service as the General Electric spokesperson while hosting their sponsored television series. "The Speech" was delivered in various forms and to different audiences as each word was honed, measured and memorized. During the 1964 Presidential campaign, Republican party officials in California, who knew Reagan's powerful message and delivery, asked him to film a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate, Barry Goldwater. The speech was aired on October 27, 1964 and it was electrifying. Donations to the Republican party and candidates increased dramatically. The Republican Party took note and they targeted Reagan as a candidate from that point forward. He agreed in 1966 to run for Governor of California. He won two terms, and eventually won the Presidency.

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang has said he appreciates the enthusiastic dedication and active contribution the Lions Clubs International made to the global and Chinese charitable undertakings.

The Lions Clubs from across North QLD are in Mackay for their conference for the first time in 10 years!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kade Turner, Executive Director of CASA, joins Discover Lafayette to discuss his passion for serving children. He first became involved with CASA in 2017 through the encouragement of former Lafayette City-Parish Councilman Kenneth Boudreaux who was serving as Executive Director of CASA at that time. CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate. CASA advocates are trained community volunteers appointed by a judge to serve as a child's voice in court. They represent the best interests of abused or neglected children during juvenile court and child protection proceedings. CASA is a nonprofit organization with both private and public funding sources. CASA works on behalf of foster children within the 15th Judicial District Court which encompasses Lafayette, Acadia, and Vermilion Parishes. The Louisiana Children's Code lays out the responsibilities of CASA and its trained volunteers who provide independent, third-party, objective assessments of what they see. Funding is provided by the Louisiana Supreme Court CASA Assistance Program, Victims of Crime Act Funding, the Louisiana Children's Trust Fund, private donations and grants. Approximately 340 children are being assisted by CASA and overseen by the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services. Most of the children in need of care are located right here in Lafayette Parish. Volunteers go through thirty hours of training, serve without compensation, and are appointed by the court exercising juvenile jurisdiction.  The judge will verify the volunteer's qualifications, training, and ability to serve as a CASA volunteer, including the ability to represent and advocate for the best interest of the children assigned to him.  You must be at least 21 years of age to serve and be able to commit two years of service. No volunteer is assigned until a comprehensive criminal background check has been conducted.  A CASA Volunteer spends time with their assigned child or sibling group getting to know the child while also gathering information from the child's family, teachers, doctors, caregivers, and others involved in the child's life. Approximately every six months, a report is prepared for the judge (with help from an assigned Supervisor) sharing recommendations for the child's care. Learn more about volunteering with CASA of SoLA at casaofsola.org. The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (“DFCS”) which oversees foster care services has lots of turnover and is short-staffed. CASA provides much-needed resources to help families meet the requirements to get their lives back on track. A study showed that only about 23% of families had the necessary resources to meet the requirements placed upon them by the court to be able to emerge from the system. CASA helps parents sign up for classes, arrange childcare so they can attend court-ordered classes, or provide food for the family for those times that the parent must be away. Kade Turner has worked with CASA of South Louisiana since 2017. He assumed the role of Executive Director in May of 2022. A young man (with his 29th birthday coming up soon!) who has found his calling, Kade serves as an inspiration in our community. Kade has also dedicated his life to helping children with health disorders. For 21 years he has been involved with the Louisiana Lions Camp in Vernon Parish for youth in Louisiana with respiratory disorders, special needs, juvenile diabetes, and childhood cancer. Lions Camp is free for qualifying boys and girls of Louisiana. All campers are sponsored by their local Lions Clubs.

Sujets traités :  Nouvelle mobilisation aujourd'hui, contre la réforme des retraites ! Plusieurs manifestations sont dès à présent annoncées en Alsace ! Un cortège s'élancera à 14h avenue de la Liberté à Strasbourg. Rendez-vous est donnée à midi, à Colmar, pour un barbecue, rue de Turenne à la maison des syndicats, avant un départ de la manifestation à 14h30. A Mulhouse, la manifestation est prévue à 14h place de la Bourse et à Sélestat, l'intersyndicale appelle à la mobilisation ce soir à 18h, place Vanolles.   Dans les transports, cette journée s'annonce moins perturbée que les précédentes. A Strasbourg, la CTS annonce quelques perturbations sur les lignes de tram. Les lignes A, B, C, D et E circuleront toutes les 10 minutes. Quant à la SNCF, le trafic des TER est annoncé normal en Alsace. La lutte contre la faim au centre de l'actualité ce week-end. Les Lions clubs de Colmar, Munster et Neuf-Brisach se rassemblent pour organiser une collecte de boîtes de conserve samedi 10 juin. Elles seront érigées en pyramide, à Colmar dans l'Allée du Champ de Mars, avant d'être distribuées à la Banque Alimentaire du Haut-Rhin. Marie-Claude Stoltz, présidente des Lions Clubs de la zone de Colmar, évoque son objectif symbolique au micro de Louis Roche. La collecte est ouverte depuis la semaine dernière dans certains commerces de Colmar, mais vous pourrez également déposer vos dons directement au Champs de Mars.  En partenariat avec des écoles, cet évènement a aussi pour but de sensibiliser les plus jeunes à la lutte contre la faim.  Un concert exceptionnel pour les 70 ans du Parlement Européen ! Ils étaient âgés de 12 ans et venaient des 27 pays de l'Union Européenne. Grâce à cet évènement, le collège Victor Hugo de Colmar a pu accueillir des correspondants maltais, qui venaient de la Malta School of Art. Mme Lepioufle, professeure principale des élèves Haut-Rhinois, se dit très heureuse que cette rencontre ait aboutie. Un concert, qui ne sera pas oublié d'aussitôt. Après avoir passé la semaine ensemble, les collégiens haut-rhinois sont désormais attendus l'été prochain à Malte. Des propos recueillis par Louis Roche.  Depuis plusieurs semaines, le Smictom d'Alsace centrale ne parvient pas à recruter autant d'agents qu'il faudrait pour maintenir l'ouverture quotidienne de ses huit déchèteries. Aujourd'hui et demain, c'est le site de Mackenheim qui est fermé au public. Les usagers devront donc faire le déplacement jusqu'à la déchetterie la plus proche, située à Sundhouse. Haguenau, un premier camion  de collecte des déchets tout électrique vient d'intégrer la flotte de Suez, hier ! Il est bleu azur, et c'est le premier en Alsace. Il va sillonner six communes de l'agglomération. Justice à présent, un chauffeur routier espagnol a été intercepté vendredi par des douaniers, sur la A36, sur le territoire de Belfort. Il comptait se rendre à Düsseldorf, en passant par l'Alsace. Il a été pris avec 103 kg de cannabis dissimulé sous le plancher de la remorque. L'homme a été présenté au Tribunal de Mulhouse, hier matin, en comparution immédiate. Il a été condamné à quatre ans ferme, une interdiction définitive du territoire français et au paiement d'une amende douanière de 411 424 €. Incarcéré à la sortie du Tribunal, son véhicule a également été saisi.

Sujets traités :  Nouvelle mobilisation aujourd'hui, contre la réforme des retraites ! Plusieurs manifestations sont dès à présent annoncées en Alsace ! Un cortège s'élancera à 14h avenue de la Liberté à Strasbourg. Rendez-vous est donnée à midi, à Colmar, pour un barbecue, rue de Turenne à la maison des syndicats, avant un départ de la manifestation à 14h30. A Mulhouse, la manifestation est prévue à 14h place de la Bourse et à Sélestat, l'intersyndicale appelle à la mobilisation ce soir à 18h, place Vanolles.   Dans les transports, cette journée s'annonce moins perturbée que les précédentes. A Strasbourg, la CTS annonce quelques perturbations sur les lignes de tram. Les lignes A, B, C, D et E circuleront toutes les 10 minutes. Quant à la SNCF, le trafic des TER est annoncé normal en Alsace. La lutte contre la faim au centre de l'actualité ce week-end. Les Lions clubs de Colmar, Munster et Neuf-Brisach se rassemblent pour organiser une collecte de boîtes de conserve samedi 10 juin. Elles seront érigées en pyramide, à Colmar dans l'Allée du Champ de Mars, avant d'être distribuées à la Banque Alimentaire du Haut-Rhin. Marie-Claude Stoltz, présidente des Lions Clubs de la zone de Colmar, évoque son objectif symbolique au micro de Louis Roche. La collecte est ouverte depuis la semaine dernière dans certains commerces de Colmar, mais vous pourrez également déposer vos dons directement au Champs de Mars.  En partenariat avec des écoles, cet évènement a aussi pour but de sensibiliser les plus jeunes à la lutte contre la faim.  Un concert exceptionnel pour les 70 ans du Parlement Européen ! Ils étaient âgés de 12 ans et venaient des 27 pays de l'Union Européenne. Grâce à cet évènement, le collège Victor Hugo de Colmar a pu accueillir des correspondants maltais, qui venaient de la Malta School of Art. Mme Lepioufle, professeure principale des élèves Haut-Rhinois, se dit très heureuse que cette rencontre ait aboutie. Un concert, qui ne sera pas oublié d'aussitôt. Après avoir passé la semaine ensemble, les collégiens haut-rhinois sont désormais attendus l'été prochain à Malte. Des propos recueillis par Louis Roche.  Depuis plusieurs semaines, le Smictom d'Alsace centrale ne parvient pas à recruter autant d'agents qu'il faudrait pour maintenir l'ouverture quotidienne de ses huit déchèteries. Aujourd'hui et demain, c'est le site de Mackenheim qui est fermé au public. Les usagers devront donc faire le déplacement jusqu'à la déchetterie la plus proche, située à Sundhouse. Haguenau, un premier camion  de collecte des déchets tout électrique vient d'intégrer la flotte de Suez, hier ! Il est bleu azur, et c'est le premier en Alsace. Il va sillonner six communes de l'agglomération. Justice à présent, un chauffeur routier espagnol a été intercepté vendredi par des douaniers, sur la A36, sur le territoire de Belfort. Il comptait se rendre à Düsseldorf, en passant par l'Alsace. Il a été pris avec 103 kg de cannabis dissimulé sous le plancher de la remorque. L'homme a été présenté au Tribunal de Mulhouse, hier matin, en comparution immédiate. Il a été condamné à quatre ans ferme, une interdiction définitive du territoire français et au paiement d'une amende douanière de 411 424 €. Incarcéré à la sortie du Tribunal, son véhicule a également été saisi.

You can learn more about Lisa Schermerhorn at www.lisaschermerhorncoaching.com You can learn more about bLU Talks at www.blutalks.com Lisa is passionate about helping others and has devoted most of her life doing so. She owned the Indigo Wellness Center in the greater Boston area, was Vice President of Business Development for MeditainmentVR, a virtual reality company that helps people de-stress, and lower pain levels without medication. Lisa was also was one of their lead developers, creating cutting edge guided meditations to help people enhance their lives. Having coached professionals and athletes for almost 20 years, she has the expertise to encourage you, point out your blind spots and give you tools to reach your goals. She loves to give back and has held many leadership positions wherever she has lived. Lisa was on the board of the Mad River Valley Wellness Alliance, Past President of the Woman's Club of Concord, graduate of Leadership Greater Concord, NH and Leadership Champlain, VT. As a professional speaker she has given keynotes for the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance of Boston at McLean Hospital, Peoples Bank, Dental Study Group of Concord, Plymouth State University, The Northfield Conference, Women Inspiring Women, Rotary and Lions Clubs, NH Council on Aging, Let's Have a Net Lunch, The NH Charitable Foundation, The American Association of Dowsers Conference. Lisa graduated from Simmons College with a B.A in Management. She is a Certified Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Certified Hypnotherapist, Emotional Release Method Practitioner and Certified in Bob Reese's Winners Mentality Program. Bob is a former head trainer for the NY Jets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Rich has a conversation with Marlene Shipley Everhardt.Step into the world of Marlene Shipley Everhardt, a Maryland native hailing from the illustrious Bel Air. Marlene's incredible journey began with a simple idea, to capture the heartwarming experiences between a deaf grandmother and her hearing grandsons in a children's book. Years later, this idea has blossomed into a sensational series of "Signing Grandma Books," which showcase beautifully illustrated American Sign Language (ASL) signs. Co-authoring the series with her high school friend of 50 years, Pat Goldys, Marlene is thrilled to continue her legacy as a CODA (Child Of Deaf Adults).When she's not pouring her heart and soul into the books, Marlene can be found lounging on the beach on a sunny day, indulging in her love for literature at bookstores on rainy days, or sipping tea with her closest girlfriends on almost any day. Join Marlene on her journey as she inspires, educates, and delights readers of all ages with her enchanting stories of family, love, and the beauty of American Sign Language.Thank you to Marlene Shipley Everhardt for the conversation. Here are some links for Marlene:Social Media:Signing Grandma Books Facebook PageBooks:https://amzn.to/41dsWrfEmail:

It takes a village to raise a child, and nowhere is this more visible than in the efforts of the Lions Clubs of Iowa. Passionate about protecting children's vision, volunteers paired with the University of Iowa through Iowa KidSight offer free screenings across the state. KidSight Program Manager, Lori Short, was so moved by what she saw from the Lions' collaboration and sense of community that she started the North Liberty chapter. North Liberty is the headquarters of local media, regional financial and national transportation companies and home to solar energy and tech startups, and entrepreneurs getting their big ideas off the ground. Get to know your new business community.

Jean-Michel Aphatie estime que la rentrée d'Emmanuel Macron est austère. "La rentrée est difficile. Tout est difficile, mais quand vous exercez le pouvoir, au moins, vous faites semblant d'être optimiste. Au moins, vous faites semblant d'y croire. Cette année, c'est une rupture psychologique", souligne-t-il. Pour lui, "Emmanuel Macron, ça ne va pas fort". Il affirme alors que "ça va être difficile dans les jours qui viennent". "Je ne ferme pas la porte à taxer les super profits", a assuré Elisabeth Borne, samedi 27 août 2022, dans une interview donnée au "Parisien". Pour François Lenglet la taxation sur les super profits n'est pas une bonne réponse aux problèmes. Et pour cause, "bon nombre de ces profits sont faits hors de France. Quant à la partie proprement française, l'Etat a profité d'un surcroît important : treize milliards d'euros de plus au titre de l'impôt sur la société. Pour lui, la Première ministre fait "une menace voilée vis-à-vis des entreprises". Abnousse Shalmani s'est intéressée, elle, à l'agent russe Maria Adela. De 2015 à 2018, elle a surveillé l'Otan. Elle a créé son réseau en Europe entre 2006 et 2018. D'après une enquête, on la découvre à Malte en 2010. Puis, elle passe par Paris, Rome et enfin, en 2015, elle atteint son objectif : Naples, là où il y a un centre militaire de grande importance de l'Otan. Elle y devient ensuite secrétaire du “Lions Clubs”. Pour Abnousse Shalmani, Naples est un nid d'espions russes. Du lundi au vendredi, à partir de 18h, David Pujadas apporte toute son expertise pour analyser l'actualité du jour avec pédagogie.

In this episode we talk with client Rita Harris who has been a speaker for Leader Dog, is a Lion, a nonprofit leader of her own and has attended Leader Dog for both Orientation and Mobility and Guide Dog Training.

Remembering one of our nation builders Covid Travel Regulations are extended. The Lions Clubs in the Cayman Islands are hosting the 42nd Multiple District 60 convention #rcnews #radiocayman #caymannews --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rcnews/message

The March issue of CRST highlights what can happen when a surgeon's skill and compassion converge. Guest moderator Gary Wörtz, MD, is joined by fellow contributors Lance Kugler, MD, and P. Dee G. Stephenson, MD, FACS, ABES, FSEE, to discuss their articles on accessing the compassionate use pathway for a colleague, providing vision correction to individuals who are unable to use their arms or hands to handle eyeglasses or contact lenses, and working with Lions Clubs to focus on eye care in the community, respectively.

Members of the Haverhill Lions Club were collecting glasses for improving eyesight around the world during the recent VFW Santa Parade, but now, one could say, they are turning their sights to helping stock food pantries with soup.Lions Club member Tony Pecci was a recent guest on WHAV's morning program.“We have several hundred cans of soup right now. We are collecting them to distribute to the local shelters. We have a drop off location at Maria's in Haverhill at 81 Essex St., and the soups will be going to Haverhill food cupboards and pantries,” he said.Pecci said those looking to donate will find plenty of opportunities during the season. “We are going to be doing that through the month of December, so if you could collect soups or ramen and bring them down to Maria's. Issa Zefta, one of the owners of Maria's is also a Haverhill Lion, so he's willing and able to take in as many as you can get for us so we can help out our food cupboards and pantries, especially with the cold weather coming,” he explained.Pecci said this past spring, the area Lions Clubs were able to donate a truckload of nonperishable food to Emmaus in Haverhill. There is another collection going on too.“Through the first week of January, we are also using Maria's on Essex Street as a drop off point. We have for many years been involved with the ‘Coats for Kids' campaign. For those that aren't familiar with it, we collect coats. We like to say please donate gently used warm winter coats for children and adults. In fact, we are going to be collecting them through Jan. 8,” he said.Pecci added all sizes are needed, and early donations are appreciated. Anton's will professional clean the coats for distribution back into the community. The Haverhill Lions Club meets the second and fourth Tuesday nights of the month at Maria's Family Restaurant at 81 Essex St. in Haverhill. The club website is HaverhillLionsClub.org.Support the show (https://whav.net/become-a-whav-member/)

In Focus: 10/31/21 - Wayne Barton and Kent Basinger, Tyler Lions Club/Lions Clubs International

CyprusScene review with the news that Mağusa Mesarya and Nicosia New Generation Lions Clubs are working together This episode is also available as a blog post: https://cyprusscene.com/2021/06/18/magusa-mesarya-and-nicosia-new-generation-lions-clubs-work-together/ CyprusScene Podcasts can be found on the following apps Anchor, Google Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, PocketCasts, Breaker, Castbox, Apple Itunes

One out of four kids have an undetected vision problem and those issues can impact a child’s ability to learn and much more. In this week’s edition of Utah Weekly Forum, FM100.3 Host Rebecca Cressman is joined by Kirk Lauterback, Shopko Optical’s Chief Operating Officer, who details how children in need can access free eye-care and eye-wear through Kids in Focus, a program in Utah communities offered by local Lions Clubs and Shopko Optical. Lauterback also explains why it’s so important for adults and children to get comprehensive eye exams and ways we can protect our vision outdoors and indoors. Especially as screen time has skyrocketed for nearly everyone during the pandemic creating new eye care challenges along with new work and lifestyles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Benefits of Volunteering , Part 2 Show Notes In this episode of the Motor City Hypnotist Podcast we are going to talk about Volunteering and the surprising benefits to your mental health. And I’m also going to be giving listeners a FREE HYPNOSIS GUIDE! Stay tuned! INTRODUCTION What is up people? The Motor City Hypnotist Podcast is here in the Podcast Detroit Northville Studios. Thank you for joining me on this episode of the Motor City Hypnotist Podcast. I am David Wright and with me is my producer Matt Fox. FIND ME: My Website: https://motorcityhypnotist.com/podcast My social media links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/motorcityhypnotist/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCjjLNcNvSYzfeX0uHqe3gA Twitter: https://twitter.com/motorcityhypno Instagram: motorcityhypno If you would like to contribute financially to the show, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/motorcityhypno?fan_landing=true FREE HYPNOSIS GUIDE https://detroithypnotist.convertri.com/podcast-free-hypnosis-guide Please also subscribe to the show and leave a review. (Stay with me as later in the podcast, I’ll be giving away a free gift to all listeners!) This episode of the Motor City Hypnotist Podcast is brought to you by Banner Season. Online marketing is saturated and people rarely open their emails. Are you in sales or does your business market to customers? How do you connect with family, friends, and clients? Banner Season takes your marketing into the “real world” by delivering kindness and thoughtfulness directly to your client’s physically. Imagine the excitement of your family, friends and customers as they receive personalized cards and gifts in their mailboxes. Go to bannerseason.com/fantastic and begin today to express kindness and make connections with others. https://bannerseason.com/FANTASTIC WINNER OF THE WEEK; Bernie Knobbe and Tim Belavich https://www.today.com/pets/man-als-finds-home-senior-dog-3-days-dying-t208488 Helpguide.org Volunteering and its Surprising Benefits Volunteering can help you make friends, learn new skills, advance your career, and even feel happier and healthier. Learn how to find the right volunteer opportunity for you. Why volunteer? 1. Volunteering connects you to others. 2. Volunteering is good for your mind and body. 3. Volunteering can advance your career. 4. Volunteering brings fun and fulfillment to your life. Benefit 1: Volunteering connects you to others Benefit 2: Volunteering is good for your mind and body Benefit 3: Volunteering can advance your career Benefit 4: Volunteering brings fun and fulfillment to your life How to find the right volunteer opportunity • Would you like to work with adults, children, animals, or remotely from home? • Do you prefer to work alone or as part of a team? • Are you better behind the scenes or do you prefer to take a more visible role? • How much time are you willing to commit? • What skills can you bring to a volunteer job? • What causes are important to you? Where to find volunteer opportunities • Community theaters, museums, and monuments. • Libraries or senior centers. • Service organizations such as Lions Clubs or Rotary Clubs. • Local animal shelters, rescue organizations, or wildlife centers. • Youth organizations, sports teams, and after-school programs. • Historical restorations, national parks, and conservation organizations. • Places of worship such as churches or synagogues. • Online directories and other resources (see below). Getting the most out of volunteering You’re donating your valuable time, so it’s important that you enjoy and benefit from your volunteering. To make sure that your volunteer position is a good fit: Ask questions. You want to make sure that the experience is right for your skills, your goals, and the time you want to spend. Sample questions for your volunteer coordinator might address your time commitment, if there’s any training involved, who you will be working with, and what to do if you have questions during your ...

Benefits of Volunteering, Part 1 Show Notes In this episode of the Motor City Hypnotist Podcast we are going to talk about Volunteering and the surprising benefits to your mental health. And I’m also going to be giving listeners a FREE HYPNOSIS GUIDE! Stay tuned! INTRODUCTION What is up people? The Motor City Hypnotist Podcast is here in the Podcast Detroit Northville Studios. Thank you for joining me on this episode of the Motor City Hypnotist Podcast. I am David Wright and with me is my producer Matt Fox. FIND ME: My Website: https://motorcityhypnotist.com/podcast My social media links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/motorcityhypnotist/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCjjLNcNvSYzfeX0uHqe3gA Twitter: https://twitter.com/motorcityhypno Instagram: motorcityhypno If you would like to contribute financially to the show, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/motorcityhypno?fan_landing=true FREE HYPNOSIS GUIDE https://detroithypnotist.convertri.com/podcast-free-hypnosis-guide Please also subscribe to the show and leave a review. (Stay with me as later in the podcast, I’ll be giving away a free gift to all listeners!) This episode of the Motor City Hypnotist Podcast is brought to you by Banner Season. Online marketing is saturated and people rarely open their emails. Are you in sales or does your business market to customers? How do you connect with family, friends, and clients? Banner Season takes your marketing into the “real world” by delivering kindness and thoughtfulness directly to your client’s physically. Imagine the excitement of your family, friends and customers as they receive personalized cards and gifts in their mailboxes. Go to bannerseason.com/fantastic and begin today to express kindness and make connections with others. https://bannerseason.com/FANTASTIC WINNER OF THE WEEK; Jesse Dahlberg https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/jesse-dahlberg-bc-canada-saves-elk-buried-avalanche/ Helpguide.org Volunteering and its Surprising Benefits Volunteering can help you make friends, learn new skills, advance your career, and even feel happier and healthier. Learn how to find the right volunteer opportunity for you. Why volunteer? Benefits of volunteering: 4 ways to feel healthier and happier 1. Volunteering connects you to others. 2. Volunteering is good for your mind and body. 3. Volunteering can advance your career. 4. Volunteering brings fun and fulfillment to your life. Benefit 1: Volunteering connects you to others Benefit 2: Volunteering is good for your mind and body Benefit 3: Volunteering can advance your career Benefit 4: Volunteering brings fun and fulfillment to your life How to find the right volunteer opportunity Consider your goals and interests • Try a new type of work that you might want to pursue as a full-time job. • Expand on your interests and hobbies. Where to find volunteer opportunities • Community theaters, museums, and monuments. • Libraries or senior centers. • Service organizations such as Lions Clubs or Rotary Clubs. • Local animal shelters, rescue organizations, or wildlife centers. • Youth organizations, sports teams, and after-school programs. • Historical restorations, national parks, and conservation organizations. • Places of worship such as churches or synagogues. • Online directories and other resources (see below). Where to find volunteer opportunities VolunteerMatch – Find opportunities that match your volunteer interests, from location to type of work. (VolunteerMatch) Idealist – Find volunteer opportunities in your local area or internationally. (Idealist) National and Community Service – Federal organization offering volunteer positions across the U.S. (National Service) Volunteer – Directory of environmental volunteer opportunities. (Volunteer.gov) U.S. Peace Corps – Offers volunteer opportunities overseas and includes a 50 Plus division. (Peace Corps) American Red Cross – Volunteer in any of the Red Cross’s key service areas.

BRF am Morgen: Benefiz-Marathon: Josef Backes, Präsident des Lions Clubs St. Vith, bei Olivier Krickel

In this episode I sit down with Lion Daniel Elkins. We discuss how to to the younger generation involved with Lions Clubs and what myths there are about Millennials and service.

Nature group encourages visitors to Sandy Point to look after it, Labrador man sets out on 15th walk to raise money for diabetes research, Lions Clubs in Central and Western Newfoundland enjoy a resurgence, and Twillingate's Unscripted Digital Arts Festival gets set to go online.

My guest on this week's podcast is PID Tom Gordon. Tom is a trainer of the trainers for The Lions Quest Program and is passionate about the program and offers his insight and knowledge on how Lions Clubs can start the Lions Quest Program in their communities. 

This week my guest is PDG Charles Short. We discuss the Indiana Cyber Lions Club success and how traditional Lions Clubs must adapt to become Cyber Clubs in the era of COVID-19.

On this episode of Harford County Living with Rich Bennett, Rich speaks with Drew, Hayden and Ryan of the Bel Air Volun-Teen LEO Club.These young men have been serving the community as LEO's for almost 2 years. You'll be amazed at how many teens are in their club and what they have accomplished so far.Sponsored by Harford County Living & the following:Freedom Federal Credit UnionTar Heel Construction GroupHarford County Health DepartmentGreen Machine LawnsWHFC 91.1 FMRoute 24 Ale HouseTowne Grill & PubJoppatowne Lions ClubFound in Faith MinistriesGreat Escapes HarfordYour Pet AuPairIf you have an idea or something or someone you would like to see on the podcast, let us know by sending an email to podcast@harfordcountyliving.com.Leave a review as well so we can determine what guests to get on and what subjects to discuss.Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyiHeartRADIOTuneIn RadioStitcherPodchaserNOTE: 1 person will be picked at random from the reviews left and will win their choice of a $25 Gift Card from Amazon or Route 24 Ale House. Winner will be chosen the last day of Summer, Tuesday, September 22, 2020.Please follow our Facebook Pages at Harford County Living with Rich Bennett and Harford County LivingSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HarCoLiving)

We revisit with Dee McDermott of the Lions with Christina Turner Manager, Community Development of Mary Bridge Hospital talk about there a partnership at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital-Clinics-Foundation.

Welcome. I’m your host, Jess Wisse. On today’s episode we’ll talking about how scientists are taking a new approach to better understand and fight cancer. Stay tuned to learn more.   JW: New research published in Cellshows a never-before look the steps that happen when a woman develops endometrial cancer. This type of cancer affects the uterine lining and it can be deadly. PNNL researchers are using their expertise in mass spectrometry and cancer biology to better target this disease. Meet one of them: Karin RodlandKR: I’m Karin Rodland. I am a PNNL laboratory fellow and I'm one of the lead cancer biologists at PNNL. The main thing that I do is provide expertise about cancer biology to the mass spectrometry group that does proteomics and metabolomics measurements of lots of different tumors.As I got into my 30s and I started really doing this, it's like got my PhD and I thought “Where am I going to postdoc? And what am I going to do in my own research lab?” The number of people I knew who were friends who had cancer—it was just mind-boggling. And I would go to Lions Clubs and Rotary Clubs to do this kind of lay outreach and I would start by saying, “If you or someone you know has had cancer raise your hand.” And every single arm in the room would go up. That's why I do this.JW: Karin has studied cancer biology since the 80s and she’s one of the top experts in the field. KR: KR: I ended up at Oregon Health & Science University as an assistant professor in the mid 80s and I was there for 17 years. And I earned the right to go on sabbatical and I came to Pacific Northwest National Lab to learn proteomics because they were the world's best at proteomics and I thought I was going to need that technology for my research. And I came on sabbatical for a year and I really enjoyed the team research philosophy and culture that they do at PNNL. I was totally impressed with the mass spectrometry technologies and the computational biology expertise and I saw a great opportunity to apply all these capabilities to biomedical research and particularly to cancer.JW: For years doctors and scientists have known that cancer is a genetic disease. Our genes control much of what happens in our bodies, including the way our cells function, grow, and divide. Because of this, cancer researchers have spent a lot of time studying the DNA and RNA of cancer cells. But Karin and her team looked one step closer. They studied the proteins synthesized by these cells. KR: What we call the central dogma of molecular biology, is you have the genes and they're the blueprint. And they send out kind of a Xerox copy and that's the messenger RNA. And then the message gets made into proteins and the proteins actually do the work. And the way that they do the work is by being modified with phosphorylation which turns them on and off, or by acetylation which opens them up or closes them down. So it's easy to measure DNA and it's easy to measure RNA. The technology has been very well developed, it's inexpensive, and it's easy. So scientists and doctors measure what is easy and convenient to measure. So we can measure genes and that's the only tool that most doctors have for doing precision medicine. It's the genes and maybe they can do the RNA. And so all these models have been built up trying to predict disease outcome based on the genes and the RNA. What we found is that when you add the proteins you get much, much more information. And sometimes the information from the RNA is a little bit misleading. It's a little bit different than the information that you get from the proteins, but if we correlate the proteins with the known clinical features we find that the protein modifications are more powerful in this study.JW: In this most recent study, Karin and her team studied nearly 150 uterine tissue samples. And they did so by using a tool called a mass spectrometer. This is an incredibly sensitive instrument that can measure the smallest parts of a sample. Using the mass spectrometer, the team took many different types of measurements—so many, that they actually took more than 12 million measurements – the most ever taken of proteins for cancer research. They tried to measure everything that they possibly could. KR: For cancer research, the type of research that we do at PNNL with our great mass spec is discovery research. We're not trying to test the hypothesis. We're trying to study what it is and describe it in in great detail. And then we hand that information off to the basic scientists at OHSU say, and they tease out parts of it and they do a very specific experiment to see what the relationship is. And so that's how the science grows and grows and grows. JW: This type of research was only possible with an amazing team of collaborators. Like much of the research done at PNNL, this research was done by a multidisciplinary team where each team member is an expert in something unique. KR: We have a great team at PNNL Tao Lu runs the mass spec and he runs it very well. He knows how to design experiments to make things work on the mass spec. And he just knows how to get people to work together and work well in everything. There's a very large mass spec team that's very great. There's Paul Piehowski who works on the sample processing. And Marina Gritsenko who solves the problems in sample processing. She's a very prominent author on this paper because doing the sample processing was so important. There's Ron Moore who keeps the instruments running well. Then there are the people who help us interpret the data. Jason McDermott and his team, they take all that mass spec data and they start to make sense out of it and build the pieces of the mass spec machinery. Sam Payne is on our team he was at PNNL he's now at Brigham Young University. Bing Zhang is the lead of the Baylor team and he's been a collaborator with us for ten years. And then the consortium, the CPTAC consortium has brought together a number of high-power labs that do nothing but genomic analysis. PNNL is not as strong in genomic analysis as we are in proteomic analysis, so we've been teaming with the folks at Washington University in the lab of Li Ding and the folks at New York University in the lab of David Fenyo.JW: Obviously, it’s bad to get cancer. But there are different types of cancer. And the type of cancer a patient has will determine how aggressively is spreads. Karin describes the differences as “bad actors” vs “good actors.” By doing their in-depth protein analysis, her team can now better identify if a cancer is a bad actor or good actor.KR: When somebody has a tumor the first things that the doctor does is to sample the tumor by a biopsy or removing the tumor if it's small and localized. And then you give it to a specialized kind of doctor called a pathologist who looks at it under the microscope. And for over a hundred years we have a lot of observational data about if the tumor looks like this it's going to behave bad. If it looks like this it's likely to behave well, but we don't know why. We just know that there's an association between what it looks like and how it behaves. And then there are tumors that we know behave badly when they look like they should be tame tumors. Okay, so there's a type of appearance that we call serous endometrial cancer and it's a bad actor because it doesn't look like a well-developed uterus. And there's a type of cancer that we call endometrioid endometrial cancer and it's a good actor. It's pretty much doing what it's supposed to do—it’s just growing faster than it's supposed to and you can whip it into shape pretty easily. But there's a small percentage of those endometrioid endometrial cancers that become bad actors and that metastasize and kill the woman. And you can't tell it by looking under the microscope. And you can't really tell it by looking at the DNA. And so what we found was the protein behaviors in those bad actors that look like the proteins in the serous type that we know are going to be bad actors. So, we can look for the common features that define a tumor that's going to be aggressive and nasty and a bad actor. So not only does that allow us to make a prediction about, you know, “You can rest assured you can be comfortable the surgery is going to cure you.” But then if you're not in that nice reassuring category, we can start to do a better job of attacking the problem, of developing targeted therapeutics that are going to attack precisely what is broken in those tumors that are the bad actors. No matter what they look like, it's whether proteins are good or bad.JW: Not only did the team find protein data to be so rich, they were able to use this information to learn more about immune cells. Tumors attract immune cells. They are a big part of the problem when it comes to the spread of cancer because they can trick the body into thinking tumor cells aren’t dangerous. Think of an intruder wearing a disguise to mask their true identity. KR: When we look at the tumor, we're not just looking at the tumor cells themselves. We're also looking at the immune cells that have been attracted to the tumor. And immune cells, their job is to kill anything that's foreign. And a tumor cell is a foreign cell—it has changed and mutated. So, it should look foreign to your immune system and the immune system should attack it and kill it. But many tumors make immunosuppressive molecules that tone down the immune system. So we can actually measure how much of the immunosuppressive nature is there. So one of the hottest therapies in cancer these days is immunotherapy where we stimulate the immune cells to kill the cancer cell. We remove the suppressive factors and we stimulate the aggressive factors and they kill the tumor cells. So with the proteins we can identify how much tumor suppression is there and whether the immunotherapy will work. But even when we stimulate the tumor cells, the immune cells to be active—they have to have certain machinery that allows them to actually reach out and touch the tumor cell and recognize that it's a tumor cell. And so we can also tell whether the tumor cells that are there have enough of this machinery to actually do their job. So this is going to help us determine whether immunotherapy will work for that patient or not. Because immunotherapy right now is only working in 40 to 60 percent of people. We don't know why it works in some and not in others, but when it does work it's practically a cure. When it doesn't work it can also make you very sick it can stimulate your immune system to attack your healthy cells. So we don't want to tune up your immune system if it's not going to work against the cancer. So this allows us to be more precise in how we use immunotherapy. JW: There’s one huge benefit to learning more about the proteins of immune cells. With this knowledge, doctors might be able to spare patients unnecessary side effects. KR: Well most immune therapies make you feel like if you've had the worst flu you've ever had. The early days of immunotherapy used the same molecule that your immune cells make when you have the flu. And patients that I've worked with said we don't want you to research immunotherapy because it makes you feel really horrible and it's not working often enough to be worthwhile. So, we had to understand the biology enough that we could make immunotherapy successful and that we could also use different strategies that didn't make you quite so sick. Almost everybody who gets immunotherapy feels like they have a really crappy flu. But you know, I'll go through the flu if it will cure my cancer. Some people get what's called an immune storm and the whole immune system just flares up like a thunderstorm and it can attack the heart muscle and that's obviously very dangerous. JW: But Karin didn’t just find a better way to do immunotherapy. She and her team almost accidentally discovered something that could be a live-safer for patients in the future. With the protein data they were able to identify an alternative use for a pre-existing, FDA approved drug. This other use? Cancer treatment.KR: Going back to the genome data that was available: So we had a p53 mutant cancer. A lot of endometrial cancers have a mutation or a fault in the p53 gene. That is a gene that normally suppresses growth. So it's what we call a tumor suppressor, so if it's broken it doesn't work—the break is off and the cells grow. But there's no drug that treats p53. Because it does so many different things. It's just difficult to drug. So by using the studying the protein data instead of just the gene mutation we can see the proteins downstream of p53 that are activated. Their activity is increased when p53 is broken. Okay, so it's like a Rube Goldberg machine, you know. And if you drop the ball into the bucket the chute kicks the mouse. And so if we can't stop the ball from dropping in the bucket, maybe we can inhibit the shoe from kicking the mouse. So by doing the proteins, we can outline the whole Rube Goldberg machine. And so in this case we identified that a protein downstream of the p53 that was activated when p53 is broken is called cyclin dependent kinase 12. And there is a drug out for that that has been approved by the FDA. Now without our data you would never have thought of using that drug and endometrial cancer, but now that we can see the whole Rube Goldberg machine we can see that maybe the drug against cdk 12 will work in endometrial cancer.JW: This is exciting because this means that a clinical trial could begin soon. All of this is because of the advanced protein measurements done at PNNL.KR: To me the big advantage of doing the protein measurements and the phosphoprotein measurements is that we're actually able to track the flow of information in a cancer cell from the external environment that is supporting the growth of the tumor cell to the DNA in the nucleus. So that we're making more cancer cells, and more cancer cells, and more cancer cells so that whole pathway of information is very important. We can't get that from the gene mutations. We can only get that for measuring the proteins and the phosphoproteins so that's the big takeaway. The second big takeaway is that when you add in information about the phosphorylated proteins it really tells you not only what roads are there, but which roads have the most cars, which are having the most traffic, which is really driving the disease. And that's the information that you need to have to do the targeted therapies that people are working. JW: Now with improved insight into what the proteins are doing, how they are behaving, and changing over time, patients can receive life-saving medicine, that’s tailored to them, before it’s too late. KR: Nothing happens overnight, but you know we licked infectious diseases. Maybe we can lick cancer. You know as Brian Druker says, “We want cancer to be something you die with, not of.” JW: A big thanks to Karin and other researchers like her who are a part of the Precision Medicine Innovation Collaboratory led by PNNL and Oregon Health State University. And with that I’ll let Karin wrap up our latest episode of Pods of Science:KR: And we’re done! MusicJW:Thanks for listening to Pods of Science. Want to learn more? Follow us on social media at PNNLab. We're on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. You can also visit our website at pnnl.gov. Thanks for listening.

In small towns across America, service clubs can make an incredible impact by raising awareness of issues and local needs. More importantly they also strive to meet those needs head on. The Lions Clubs have been making a difference for many years internationally and throughout Carver county as well across the state. Minnesota has a robust, active set of clubs and even in that company, the Chaska club is exceptional. 2020 President Brian Dahlke shares just few of the initiatives they support as well as how they raise and contribute capital. He also shares how you can get involved. He can be reached on their Chaska Lions Facebook page or by email; chaskalions@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/greg-anderson29/message

Your local Lions Club – you probably know about them because they collect old eye glasses. They do so much more! You’ll hear all about the Lions Clubs International in this program.

  If changing your body and your life in just 10 minutes a day sounds unbelievable you'll reconsider after hearing today's guest on BiOptimizers' Awesome Health podcast! David Hall is the creator of the Cellerciser. As a result of his device, he has become a living legend in this industry. For over 25 years he has traveled all around the world working with doctors, celebrities, health practitioners, men and women from all ages and walks of life. I brought him on the show because I am one of his biggest testimonials. We'll talk about my experience with David and the Cellerciser, plus his personal journey to creating and marketing it. We'll go in-depth on the scientific reasons his device is so effective, even with using it just 10 minutes a day.  Listen in as we cover those topics and more on episode 5 of BiOptimizers' Awesome Health podcast! More About Awesome Health with David Hall To begin to tell his story David and I start at the beginning, the experience that led him to create the Cellerciser and his own personal transformation. This experience is what motivates him to this day, and his own challenges him help empathize with people wherever they are at in their personal journey. In the 1980s David was an insurance agent in Newport Beach, California. Like a lot of other insurance professionals, he wasn't getting enough exercise and it showed on his body. He decided he wanted to get back into shape, so he began walking up the stairs to his office on the 18th floor. One day he was feeling strong enough to go all the way to the top so he did. What he didn't know was that they were doing asbestos removal on various different floors of the building. The people removing the asbestos opened the doors to the stairwell on the floors they were working on so David breathed in the asbestos-laden air from those floors as he walked up the stairs. When he got to his office his body began shaking uncontrollably and he thought he must've overdone it so he just went about his usual day. But when he woke up the next morning the right side of his lymphatic system had collapsed, although he didn't know it at the time. What he did know was that he didn't feel good, his lymph nodes were swollen and his right side was extremely tightened up. He felt so terrible he went to the doctor, but the doctor didn't find anything because they didn't know what to look for and he didn't know what he had been exposed to. He continued to feel terrible but could find no cause for it. With no medical answers within reach, he decided to do a lot of praying and soul-searching. He had a family, including a child on the way and he wanted to live long enough to enjoy his children growing up. Your Body Can Heal Itself During one of his soul-searching sessions, he had a vision that led him to discover the body is made up of cells that know better than anyone else how to create, heal and maintain the body. With that realization he took healing into his own hands, learning along the way he learned about the lymphatic system and its purpose. He began communicating with his body: he recognized that our cells understand us and they react to how we communicate with them. He understood that rather than fight against something that is wrong, it's easier to promote what is right. By fighting against obesity, cancer or addictions chances are that you are empowering that which your body needs to heal. For example if you are dealing with weight loss David recommends embracing who you are right now. Then see the person you want to become, write it out and do the affirmations and proclamations. Keep your focus on that person you want to become, not the weight you want to lose. He explains it: to have what we do not have we must first become what we are not. As we become what we are not what we have not becomes the natural manifestation of the person we have now become. But in order to become what we are not we must first be able to see ourselves, each other, that which is around us and that which is within us not just as we are today but as we can become tomorrow. When we do that it's not that anything around us has changed, but that which is within us has changed so we now respond differently to the conditions around us and we can and do achieve a greater potential. That's how he shifted his health. The Cellerciser Is Born In the process of doing so he figured out what he needed to do to open up the lymphatic and circulatory system he discovered the mini-trampoline called the Rebounder. When he got into the industry he started using the Rebounder because the up and down movement helps open up the lymphatic system and causes increased circulation. The lymphatic system works like a vacuum in our bodies, and by moving up and down we create negative pressure in it. So those one-way valves in the lymphatic system start sucking up and flushing out the toxins, the poisons, metabolic waste, dead cells, cancer cells, all the bad stuff is pulled into lymph nodes where the majority of our lymphocytes are located. The lymphocytes go after those cells and start to get rid of them. In the first month of doing a routine he felt inspired to do, he dropped one notch in his belt and his arms were bigger! After that he started to take it more seriously and within six months he had a whole new physique: his stomach was flat, his double chin was gone and his energy level soared. People at work began asking him what he was doing so he started to share it with them. Then he was invited to speak before Rotary clubs, senior citizen centers, Lions Clubs, etc. He continued doing so for about 3 years before he woke up one morning and thought why am I selling insurance?! He took his talk on the road full-time from then on. He also had an idea: he wanted to create a mini-trampoline that had the properties of acceleration and deceleration without an abrupt stop or jarring to the body. He introduced a new design that allowed the body to accelerate and decelerate that jars the body. Then everyone in the industry began coming out with the same design, but doing it very cheaply. So he pivoted again and created the triplex spring design, it's a spring that has a ridge which adjusts to a heavier person or someone who jumps higher. The Cellerciser was born. While David doesn't make any claims about the health conditions the Cellerciser does address, he only says it makes your cells stronger and healthier and makes them work more efficiently so your body parts will work stronger, healthier and more efficiently too. And for 25 years he has been seeing the results in people around the world. Personally, I think he has the healthiest muscles I have ever seen so I asked what makes the Cellercise so much different than other forms of exercise? Part of his objective is to redefine exercise for the majority of people. We've been taught for years to buy into a methodology of exercise which manipulates the body. It isn't natural. It works but it's not natural. You'll never see a dog or cat or monkey lifting weights! These mentalities don't work: like the tearing down muscles in order to rebuild them (the no pain, no gain philosophy) or the idea that you have to get 20 minutes of aerobic exercise for your cells, or that you must sweat in order to get good exercise. David says you don't have to do any of that! If you are tearing down in order to build up you'll reach a plateau, and every time you increase weights or repetitions to go beyond that plateau it gets harder and harder. When your cells are torn they rebuild by patching the tears with more proteins, which is why you are told to lift every other day so your body can repair and heal itself in between sessions. When you tear your cells again they have to patch it again, and again the next time you tear them and so on. Over a period of time you have tears that start to deform the muscle which creates big, bulky muscles. I experienced this myself. In 2007 I decided to do another world championship, which usually takes 20 weeks to get ready. But I used the Cellerciser in a unique way to accelerate recovery from training and accelerate fat loss, and I got ready to compete in 3.5 weeks. Then I competed in the Worlds 3 months later! People who saw me before and during the competitions couldn't believe my transformation. One was a doctor and naturopathic doctor who told me my physical transformation just wasn't possible! What they didn't know was that I was using the Cellerciser 5x a day for 10 minutes at a time to accelerate my progress. I can say I put this device to the test and it is for real! How To Start Your Transformation If we are talking about weight loss, let's look at what not to do: focus on what we don't want, look for drugs or other quick fixes because that's what our society has taught us to do. Think about the people on The Biggest Loser TV show and the problems they have after the fact, it's heartbreaking to hear their stories and see what happens to them after they've been on the show. David explains there are 3 ways to lose weight naturally: 1. Diet. 2. Burn calories faster than we take them in. 3. Increase in metabolic processes, which is what the Cellerciser does. To use #3 you can do something like the Jamba Run, which is a technique that he created. The biggest muscles of the body have the greatest demand for fuel, they give us the fastest results. So most exercises are going to concentrate on the thighs and the buttocks because those are the biggest muscles. With the Cellerciser he teaches a technique where you spread your feet apart a little bit and keep your back straight (don't lean forward). When you spread your feet apart you bend at the knee and hold on to the bar on the Cellerciser, then you run as fast as you can without lifting your off the mat. He says no matter how good of shape you are in you won't last longer than 20 seconds doing this, and I agree with him! It's a killer exercise and even though I routinely squat over 300 pounds regularly, squats don't hit the body nearly the same way as the Jamba Run does. How The Cellerciser Creates Metabolic Transformation Here's what is happening in the body to create that metabolic transformation with the Cellerciser: we all know the body needs fuel. When you do reps of the Jamba Run you eat up the sugars and the glucose very quickly, those are the most readily available energy sources in the body. It's an intense exercise that he can only do for a minute at a time with each rep. As you continue to do repetitions you eat up those readily available fuel sources in the first few rounds. As you do more you create an incredible demand for fuel and now your body has to tap into adipose tissue or the fat we accumulate in the body. In the process this also increases metabolism. We talk about why he only does the Jamba Run on occasion now, plus he shares a few stories of people who lost weight. David explains how the Cellerciser activates your internal systems, how it creates homeostasis in the body, and how you can heal knee issues with the Cellerciser. We wrap up with the reasoning behind the phrase: health is wealth, and what's coming up next for him including a new book. There is so much to unpack in this episode, prepare to be blown away by David's knowledge, passion and enthusiasm on the 5th edition of Bioptimizers' Awesome Health podcast! Episode Resources The Cellerciser web site (promo code Wade) The Cellerciser YouTube channel The Jamba Run exercise video Scientific evidence supporting the Cellerciser BiOptimizers web site Masszymes web site (promo code shake 10)

In this episode, Brett Dupree talks about his existential crisis as well as talking about how important it is to not detach your emotions. Especially if you want to be a true leader. Then he has a wonderful interview with Joel Salomon about his money rules that millionaires use, and the process it took him to come to write his new book. Joel is a Prosperity Coach. He works closely with his clients to help identify and overcome the roadblocks standing in their way of personal financial freedom.In 2018, he published Mindful Money Management: Memoirs of a Hedge Fund Manager, which immediately became a Best Seller. His next book, The 9 Money Rules Millionaires Use, will be published later in 2019. Joel is also an award-winning speaker and frequent podcast guest. He has led 9 workshops teaching the concepts of how to overcome limiting beliefs. He has spoken at numerous Rotary and Lions’ Clubs in the New York Metropolitan area and at Mercy College’s MBA program, as well as at Mike Dooley’s Infinite Possibilities Training Conference in New Orleans on March 2018. In 2012, Joel launched his own hedge fund, SaLaurMor Capital (named after his daughters, Lauren and Morgan). This was a dream that Joel had had from the early 1990s. Since inception, he outperformed the hedge fund index and in many significant down months, he was able to consistently generate positive returns for his investors. He shut it down in 2016 to pursue his current dream. Prior to SaLaurMor, Joel was a portfolio manager at Citi where he managed a long/short equity and credit portfolio focused on insurers, asset managers, and specialty finance companies. Joel successfully grew that portfolio from under $100 Million in 2008 to $700 Million in 2011. In each full year as portfolio manager, he generated positive returns, including in 2008 when the market collapsed 40%. Joel has spent over 20 years analyzing, rating, and reporting on global insurers. He has over a decade of experience investing in financial stocks and working at insurance and reinsurance companies.Joel was designated a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in 1992 and has been a Chartered Financial Analyst since 1995. He is also an Advanced Communicator Gold Toastmaster and a Certified Infinite Possibilities Trainer & Trailblazer. You can sign up for a free 30-minute introductory financial freedom session on Joel’s website herewww.SaLaurMor.comOn Joel’s website, you will also find tons of freebies including powerful prosperity affirmations, self-talk audio files, his favorite books, uplifting songs, and travel destinations. You can also order Mindful Money Management: Memoirs of a Hedge Fund Manager and pre-order a signed copy of The 9 Money Rules Millionaires Use: Only The Unconventional Ones. Joel’s ultimate goal is to help at least 100,000 people become financially free and he would love for you to be one of them.More episodes at Pod.JoyousExpansion.com

When you're faced with adversity, what do you do? You face it head on, and then some. Join us as we talk to Zara and Ian about their journey from the depth of despair to tackling one of the most formidable walking challenges the UK has to offer. Please consider making a donation to the 3 Million Steps Charity when you've finished listening. You can find more details at 3millionsteps.org, on social media @3_million_steps For information on Brit Stops where Zara and Ian have used several of the free motorhome overnight stops, visit https://www.britstops.com/M/EN/britstops-ukroi.html and for details of where Zara and Ian got their hand made walking boots, visit https://www.altberg.co.uk Finally, please take a moment to visit the online home of the Lions Clubs in the UK here, https://lionsclubs.org Thanks for listening, and please share and subscribe so that you don't miss an episode. Episode 3 will be along much quicker than you might expect!

Bill talks with Dee McDermott of the Lions and Christina Turner of Mary Bridge about their new partnership...Mary Bridge Children's Hospital-Clinics-Foundation.

Wes Kimura, Guest Attendant at Waikoloa Beach Resort King's and Beach Course on the Big Island of Hawaii where I love to hit balls in the evening and work on my short game is also the President of the Waikoloa Village Lions Club. So we took a few minutes to talk about their Waikoloa Village Lions Club Golf Tournament coming up Saturday April 27, 2019 at the Waikoloa Village Golf Course. I encourage visitors and local to enjoy a fun day at Waikoloa Village Golf Course. Wes and his fellow Lions Clubs members SERVE our community in so many ways. The Waikoloa Lions Club Annual Golf Tournament is Saturday, April 27, 2019, at the Waikoloa Golf Course. A two-person scramble, the tournament begins with registration at 7 a.m. and first tee off at 8 a.m. Mulligans are optional. Lunch will follow at the very popular Pueo's Restaurant, with prizes for top finishers and an exciting silent auction. Entry is $110 per player, including greens fees, cart, lunch and prizes. Mulligans are optional. The tournament is a fundraiser for the Waikoloa Lions Club, part of a 100-year-old organization with over 1.4 million members worldwide. The Lions have dedicated themselves to a mission of global service in five areas of need: diabetes, vision, hunger, the environment and childhood cancer. For more information and to register in advance, call Lion Wes Kimura at (808) 938-1279 or email westkimura@yahoo.com. and if you have a Silent auction item you can call Sue at 808 989-0215.

In today's episode Aeriol has a conversation with Janet Louie, Feng Shui Practitioner about how she uses Feng Shui for numerous healing applications. Janet and Aeriol have a wonderful time chit chatting about energy healing.  Guest Bio:  Janet L. Louie is the founder of Golden Phoenix Feng Shui. She is a Certified Feng Shui consultant, BaZi Reader, and Ze Ri Date Selection Practitioner. She gives her clients simple and effective advice for activating and aligning their homes and businesses for healthy, balanced, and successful living. She offers exceptional guidance, healing and consultations to improve her clients health and prosperity.  Her programs include home and business audits using Xuan Kong Feng Shui formulas, BaZhai (Eight Mansion), BaZi (Four Pillars of Destiny) readings, Qi Men Dun Jua, Destiny Analysis, Forecasting, and ZeRi Date Selection.  She has been studying Chinese Metaphysics for over 18 years. She is the editor of the monthly Firebird newsletter on Chinese Metaphysics, wellness and longevity.  She also has a well rounded background in Classical Feng Shui, and other Chinese Metaphysics subjects such as Qi Men Dun Jia, BaZi Destiny Chart Reading, and Date Selection, as well as other healing modalities.  She is a Classical Feng Shui practitioner, healer, and a teacher of Chinese Metaphysics, that offers valuable guidance to her clients. She regularly gives speeches and workshops on Chinese Metaphysics at Bay Area Rotary Clubs, Lions Clubs, and the Thriving Women in Business Community. www.goldenphoenix-fengshui.com email: janet@goldenphoenix-fengshui.com   Thank You so much for tuning in. I hope you enjoy the show. Happy Healing! www.AeriolAscher.com www.SomaSoundTherapy.com

Joel Salomon   Joel Salomon is a Prosperity Coach. He works closely with his clients to help identify and overcome the roadblocks standing in their way of personal financial freedom. In 2018, he published Mindful Money Management: Memoirs of a Hedge Fund Manager, which immediately became a Best Seller. Joel is also an award-winning speaker and frequent podcast guest. He has led 9 workshops teaching the concepts of how to overcome limiting beliefs. He has spoken at numerous Rotary and Lions’ Clubs in the New York Metropolitan area and at Mercy College’s MBA program, as well as at Mike Dooley’s Infinite Possibilities Training Conference in New Orleans in March 2018. He appeared on TV with CEO Money and has also been a guest on more than 20 podcasts including the Award-Winning Nice Guys Podcast and Think, Believe, Manifest. Joel has also been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Newsday, U.S. News and World Report, and interviewed in Forbes and on Bloomberg Radio. In 2012, Joel launched his own hedge fund, SaLaurMor Capital (named after his daughters, Lauren and Morgan). This was a dream that Joel had had from the early 1990s. Since inception he outperformed the hedge fund index and in many significant down months, he was able to consistently generate positive returns for his investors. He shut it down in 2016 to pursue his current dream. Prior to SaLaurMor, Joel was a portfolio manager at Citi where he managed a long/short equity and credit portfolio focused on insurers, asset managers, and specialty finance companies. Joel successfully grew that portfolio from under $100 Million in 2008 to $700 Million in 2011. In each full year as portfolio manager, he generated positive returns, including in 2008 when the market collapsed 40%. Joel has spent over 20 years analyzing, rating, and reporting on global insurers. He has over a decade of experience investing in financial stocks and working at insurance and reinsurance companies. Joel was designated a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in 1992 and has been a Chartered Financial Analyst since 1995. He is also an Advanced Communicator Gold Toastmaster and a Certified Infinite Possibilities Trainer & Trailblazer. https://www.salaurmor.com/about/ Listen to another #12minconvo

The Lions Clubs International supports five global causes: diabetes, hunger, vision, childhood cancer and the environment. The Metro Detroit Lion's Club members are proactively involved in a variety of projects including actively collecting unneeded eye glasses and used hearing aids, as we help those in need with hearing aids and eye glasses. They support deaf/hard of hearing community programs, activities, and events such as camps, and Deaf Awareness Day. Their motto is: We Serve. Their mission is to empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions clubs. Leo clubs are a youth organization of Lions Clubs International. The word LEO stands for Leadership, Experience, Opportunity. They encourage youths to develop leadership qualities by participating in social service activities.      

Show Summary: (Full Transcript Below) October 11 is White Cane Day in Minnesota and the Blindness community came out strong to support the awareness of the White Cane. Speakers shared the history of White Cane day and others talked about the freedom and independence the white cane brings to them. The Minnesota State Academy for the Blind shared their voices and sang aloud in the Capital’s Rotundra. With the support of the local Lions Clubs, MSAB, NFB of MN and Blind, Inc. the White Cane Day event was a great event with a lot of participation. From joining in on the song to marching in the walk from the St. Paul Capital to the St. Paul Cathedral and bac, participants chatted and talked while blazing through the chilly and windy Autumn day in Minnesota. As Carol Pankow put it, “Rain, sleet or snow, we do it and the weather doesn’t stop us. We just keep moving and grooving with life. You can find out more about MSAB on the web. http://msab.msa.state.mn.us Check out the NFB of MN on the web at www.NFBMn.org http://members.tcq.net/nfbmn/ And be sure to see what opportunities and events are happening at Blind, Inc. on the web at https://www.blindinc.org And check out your local Lions Club and see what they are doing in your community.   Thanks for Listening! You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Store. Get the Free blind Abilities App on the Google Play Store   Full Transcript: What Does White Cane Day Mean to You? Voices at the Capital 2018 John Jasinski: So, on behalf of governor Mark Dayton, I have a proclamation.   Alycia Howard: Hi, I am Alycia Howard.   Brian Daniels: My name's Brian Daniels. I'm the representative from the Faribault area.   Holly Nordmeyer: My name is Holly Nordmeyer. I'm from the Minnesota State Academies.   John Jasinski: So, what does White Cane Day mean to me? My name is Senator John Jasinski. I'm from district 24 where the Minnesota Academies have a facility. So, I believe it's important to raise the awareness on White Cane Day and what it is and making sure that the people with disabilities, blind disabilities are safe on their streets in a safe area so they can walk and navigate through our communities.   Trume: My name is Trume and I feel like coming to White Cane Day means a lot because I know that I ... Although I've been blind for a really long time, I can still use my resources to my advantage.   Kristina T.: My name is Kristina Tinason. I am a teacher for the blind and visually impaired and I come today to celebrate equality and just awareness in general. White Cane Safety Day.   Quinn H.: My name is Quinn Hobble. I come to White Cane Day because being blind myself, I have seen just how much the long white cane gives me freedom and being a contract worker for the state of Minnesota teaching cane travel, I get to see how much freedom the long white cane gives each and every one of my students on a daily basis.   Sheila K.: My name is Sheila Koenig. I'm the transition coordinator at State Services for the Blind and I come to White Cane Day because it's a gathering of blind people from all over the state and we're here to show that we have a voice and a presence. I think it's amazing to kick off the program at the state capital, which is a place that really symbolizes people's voices.   Ryan Strunk: Back in 1928 I believe it was, we passed a resolution that said that we were approving a new travel device for getting safely across the street. And that new travel device was a whistle. The idea was you'd come up to the curb and you'd pull out your whistle and you would blow on your whistle until somebody heard you and came out and you would say, can you please help me across the street?   Eva: I'm Eva. White Cane Day is spreading awareness about blindness and the use of the canes and who we are and that we are out there.   Brian Daniels: My name's Brian Daniels. I'm the representative from the Faribault area. I've been in the legislature for four years and I have to tell you, this White Cane event I think is the best of all our functions that we have. It's showing that people are not disabled if they're blind or disabled in different way, and I love that. I love the school they have down in Faribault. They do a good job for all of our kids and I'm just proud to represent this area.   Carol Pankow: I'm Carol Pankow, Director of State Services for the Blind. Well, White Cane Day, I think, and I love it especially today because it's crappy out, the weather's crazy, but it's just representative of what people go through every single day. Whether it's rain, sleet, snow, beautiful weather, there are people who are blind, visually impaired, deaf-blind, all around this country going out, doing their thing. They're working, they're going to school, they're making it happen and they don't just stay in 'cause the weather got bad. You can't. You gotta keep moving and grooving with your life. So, I just think this day is really representative of all things that ... It's like another day, but it symbolizes what blind, visually impaired and deaf-blind people stand for and that they're able to go out and move around with confidence and do their thing and live their life.   Greg Smith: I'm Greg Smith and I'm here with a group of students from South High School and we're coming just to celebrate the freedom that the white canes provide the students and their independent. We think this is a great event.   Nick: My name is Nick. I come to White Cane Day because it's nice to see that there are other people that are visually impaired like me.   Ryan Strunk: Even though we had this idea in mind that it was now National White Cane Safety Day on October 15th, the public still wasn't always cool with it. You'd walk into a shop that sold glassware with your cane and you could be kicked out or you'd walk into a restaurant with your guide dog and you could be kicked out and so we started fighting across all 50 states to make sure that we had the right to participate.   Nadia: Hi, my name is Nadia and I'm a student at BLIND, Inc. What White Cane Day means to me is that this is a day of pride of us using our white cane. Our white cane shows that we can go anywhere and we're not scared to do anything out in the public. It's a symbol for people to know that we're out here doing our thing just like they are. I love using my white cane every day. I have so much pride in using it and I'm so glad that today we get to celebrate a day like this.   Jeff Thompson: Raise your canes.   Nadia: Oh, that'd be cool. I'm open to that.   Speaker 16: Yeah. I think today is really just good about for the public awareness of people ...   Nadia: I know, yeah.   Speaker 16: There's a lot of people in the general public ...   Nadia: They don't understand it.   Speaker 16: But no. They don't know anyone who's blind, so they're not really exposed to it. So, I think today is just really good ... It's a good day to just, yeah. Kind of makeup. This is one person.   Nadia: Right.   Speaker 17: It's like a chance to stand out from the crowd and understand that even though we're visually impaired or blind, we can still do whatever we set our mind to do.   Anya Swenson: My name is Anya Swenson and I come here to raise awareness about safety and about this important issue.   Ryan Strunk: Because that white came is not only a symbol of who we are, but it is at the core of what makes us independent.   Josie Lion: Hi, like John Davis said, my name is Josie Lion. I found about ... My disability about four years ago in Oklahoma and sadly Oklahoma doesn't have a lot of support, so I didn't really get my cane until about two years ago when I moved here. So, when I was in Oklahoma I was afraid and scared 'cause I didn't have anything to help me figure out what to do. So, I was not social. I was not getting good things. I was just ... I just lived in my own little room, kind of like a hermit crab. When I got here to Minnesota, I got my cane. I felt more positive and I felt more social. I finally went to my first party. So, finally did clubs after school. I finally made friends and actually did things with them and I wouldn't be able to if it wasn't for my white cane.   Kristen O.: Hi. I'm Kristen Orien, state specialist for the blind and visually impaired for the Minnesota Department of Education and I come to White Cane Day to celebrate independent travel.   Terry Wilding: Hello, my name is Terry Wilding. I'm not blind, but I am deaf. What I see for White Cane Day means what we can do to spread awareness about what our students need. The State Academy is what the blind community needs. How we can better advocate for more legislation and changes within our communities as well as changing the culture so that way people are aware of us and willing to work with us from this point forward.   Brent: My names Brent. I'm a new student. I've only attended BLIND, Inc. for about a month now.   Jeff Thompson: Oh, good for you.   Brent: I am from Hastings, Minnesota. White Cane Day means to me that it's a chance for everybody out in the big city and everywhere just to understand that there are visually impaired and blind people out there who deserve to be respected for their blindness, treated fairly just as anybody else and when it comes to street crossings and everything, they're just real willing to ...   Jeff Thompson: At least slow down a little bit, right?   Brent: At least slow down or give us the opportunity to cross. Yeah, yeah.   John Jasinski: Blind pedestrians have the right of way. Any person operating a motor vehicle in this state shall bring such motor vehicle to a stop and give the right away at any intersection of any street, avenue, alley, or other public highway to a blind pedestrian who was carrying a cane, predominantly white, metallic in color, or with or without a red tip or using a guide dog.   Jenny P.: My name is Jenny Pelletier. I'm the music therapist at MSAB and we're excited to be here with all these other folks from Minnesota and celebrate today.   Dan Wenzel: Dan Wenzel. I'm the Executive Director of Blindness: Learning in New Dimensions, BLIND, Incorporated. Love to be here. I think that White Cane Day means to me independence, but also a chance for us to get together as blind people and show the capabilities that we have. So, look forward to getting out there and walking with my friends.   Beth: Beth. I come to White Cane Day because I work with two students that are legally blind and it gives me an opportunity to see other students and how capable they can be.   Alycia Howard: Hi, I am Alycia Howard and to me White Cane Day means a celebration of independence and a celebration of how the long white cane has impacted not only the blind community but how sighted people perceive the blind community and just the positive light that White Cane Day sheds on that.   John Davis: Hi, this is John Davis. I'm the Director at the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind and what White Cane Day means to me, it's an opportunity to share and bring forth the importance of white cane awareness and for people to understand that when they're out driving that they need to be aware of individuals that have either a white cane or a guide dog and that they follow the rules of law, which means that they provide the right away for those individuals so that they can travel safely and those in the vehicles can travel safely as well. It also means that ... For our students in our academy, that white cane means that freedom to be able to get out and just participate in life like everybody else.   Isaac: My name is Isaac. I'm currently an intern student at BLIND, Inc. I'm student teaching there, hoping to obtain NOMC, which is the National Orientation and Mobility Certification. I think it's really great thing that they do here and it's good to get everyone out in the community.   Holly Nordmeyer: My name is Holly Nordmeyer. I'm from the Minnesota State Academies and I'm the Orientation Mobility Instructor and I'm also a teacher for the blind and visually impaired. Well, White Cane Day, for me, it's independence. It's recognition for our students. I mean, our students are a minority in the population overall. To me, it's a time for them to get together and meet other people that are cane travelers and travel at whatever level of skill that they have and show off those skills and let all the drivers out there know that there are white canes and to let the public know what the white cane law means. It means a lot to me.   Dan Wenzel: A lot of people talk about safety, but for me it also means opportunity. An opportunity to explore the world. An opportunity to get out there with our canes and our dogs and make a difference.   Betsy S.: I'm Betsy Shallbetter. I'm a teacher at the Academy for the Blind. White Cane Day means a whole lot to me as it has made a difference in my community. Whenever we do the walk in Faribault, Minnesota people start to pay attention.   Dan Wenzel: For me, it means participation. A chance through action to show the abilities of blind people as we go and live the lives we want.   Brittany T.: My name is Brittany Thomforde. I am the Director of Special Ed at the State Academies and this is my first White Cane Day.   Jeff Thompson: Your first?   Brittany T.: My first. I've never participated in a White Cane Day.   Jeff Thompson: Well, welcome.   Brittany T.: I'm really excited to see how this event works and see all the students and adults and teachers and staff and I'm excited to cheer everybody on. I'm the first one down at the end of the steps today, so I'm excited to do that.   Jeff Thompson: Oh, so they get a job for ya?   Brittany T.: I have a job. I chose to volunteer today.   Jeff Thompson: There you go.   John Jasinski: So, on behalf of Governor Mark Dayton. I have a proclamation.   Samantha: Hi, I'm Samantha and I think that the white cane is very important because to so many people it's such a symbol of independence.   John Jasinski: Whereas there are estimated 63,000 Minnesotans who are blind or visually impaired, many of them who've traveled with white canes.   Samantha: I know, for me, I've been blind my whole life. I've never not used a cane. I know a lot of kids sort of reject it and don't wanna be seen with it, but to me, I never felt safe traveling without one.   John Jasinski: And whereas the need for the orientation and mobility services and White Cane Safety awareness will continue to grow and remain vital to the educational, vocational and recreational needs of all Minnesotans who are blind or visually impaired.   Samantha: To me, it's always been a big deal. My mom is blind as well. I was using a cane from the time I could walk. I was walking around conventions and stuff when I was two with the canes.   John Jasinski: And whereas the Minnesota Department of Education and Minnesota Public Schools support educational outcomes for all children.   Samantha: Always been something I have had and I think it's something that it's important that people realize it's sort of a symbol of independence rather than a stigmatized symbol of needing assistance. I think there's an important distinction there.   John Jasinski: Now therefore, I, John Jasinski, on behalf of Governor Mark Dayton, do hereby proclaim Thursday, October 11th, 2018 as White Cane Safety Awareness Day.   Jennifer Pelletier: Our students at the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind have been working on composing a song in the last few weeks. Many of them have had the opportunity to put some thoughts together about what White Cane Day means to them. We talked about what it was like to use a white cane for the first time. We read the white cane law and had a little bit of discussion about that.   Ryan Strunk: So, as you walk today, as you stride out around the Capitol, down the streets, be proud of your white cane. Tap that white cane and let everybody know that we are here, we are not going anywhere and we are proud of who we are. Thank you ladies and gentlemen.   Kristen Oien: All right. Hello everyone. I'm Kristen [Oien, I would like to send out a special thank you to Holly Nordmeyer and Michelle Gip for helping arrange this awesome day. So, let's give them all a round of applause. I'd also like to thank all of our volunteers who will be along the route if you have some ...  

064 John and Elaine Berkheiser—Leader Dogs for the Blind Raising Puppies and Opening Doors! If you love dogs, you'll find kindred spirits in John and Elaine Berkheiser, who raise puppies (28 so far)—and give them away! The puppies ultimately go to work, serving persons who are blind, visually impaired, or blind-deaf. How can the Berkheisers give them away? Each puppy accompanies them wherever they go—to stores, through parking lots, in cars, on busses, in hotels. Raising these puppies is a 24/7 job! Elaine admits that giving the dog up after their year together breaks their hearts. But...then comes the dog's graduation from the official training and the placement with the client. John and Elaine usually attend the ceremony and also take the occasion to meet the person who is receiving this furry opportunity for a more independent and fulfilling life. Many clients stay in touch, sending photos and notes of gratitude throughout the dog's service. With the bigger picture in mind, the couple begin again with a new puppy. Founded by three Detroit-area Lions Clubs members in 1939, Leader Dogs for the Blind empowers people who are blind, visually impaired or deaf-blind with skills for a lifetime of independent travel, opening doors that may seem to have closed with the loss of sight. The organization began with four dogs and now trains and places nearly 500 every year. To carry out their mission, Leader Dogs relies on multiple volunteers. Leader Dog "moms" handle the breeding program—mostly Labrador and Golden Retrievers with a smattering of German Shepherds. Volunteers, like the Berkheisers, who started because their daughter raised a puppy as her 4H project, provide love, basic training, and the adventures that result in a confident, alert, and loving companion ready for the next level of training and ultimately for service. The Berkheisers also volunteer as "puppy counselors," regularly visiting their network of other Leader Dog "puppy raisers," supporting and mentoring them. In addition, the organization provides manuals and training videos to assure that all involved—raisers and puppies—have a good experience, which will pay off in a greater quality of life for the client. For persons receiving a dog, the placement training lasts 28 days. Leader Dogs also runs a summer camp for 16–17 year olds and a week-long "white cane" training. All of these services are free of charge to the recipients. If you know someone who is blind, visually impaired, or blind-deaf, either from birth or newly so, please encourage them to explore Leader Dog. A whole new life could be at the other end of the harness. For more information or to explore volunteering with Leader Dogs for the Blind, visit leaderdog.org.

Valley Eye Radio Network interview with Lion PDG Dennis Fountain and Lion President Maureen Beauregard about the Ludlow Lions Club.

What Does White Cane Day Mean to You? We Do the Cane Well!   October 10th is White Cane Day in Minnesota and the Blindness community came out strong to support the awareness of the White Cane. Speakers shared the history of White Cane day and others talked about the freedom and independence the white cane brings to them. The Minnesota State Academy for the Blind Choir shared their voices and sang aloud in the Capital’s newly remodeled Rotundra. With the support of the local Lions Clubs, MSAB, NFB of MN and Blind, Inc. the White Cane Day event was a great event with a lot of participation. From joining in on the choir songs to marching in the walk from the St. Paul Capital to the St. Paul Cathedral and bac, participants chatted and talked while enjoying the nice Autumn day in Minnesota. You can find out more about MSAB on the web. Check out the NFB of MN on the web at www.NFBMn.org And be sure to see what opportunities and events are happening at Blind, Inc. on the web at www.BlindInc.org And check out your local Lions Club and see what they are doing in your community. Thank you for listening. You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Store.

Henry interviews Ted Goodacre about his Retirement Lifestyle, which has a lot to do with Lawn Bowling: Listen to the show to learn how this natural entrepreneur took a wrong turn going home and it changed his life.  Ted tells us about intricacies of lawn bowling and how anyone with a bit of drive can create a lasting legacy. Ted is the last active foundation member of the Lismore Bowls Club, and in recent years has taken on the job of green-keeper.   He takes the game very seriously and is highly competitive.  In this interview he describes the game, the rules and traditions, the type of people involved, and strongly asserts that there are no performance enhancing drugs involved in the sport! Like many activities, we suspect lawn bowling becomes more and more addictive the longer you are involved.  It is a game which: * Can be just for fun and socialization * Bowlers can aim for the pennant competition * Doesn't take a lot of money to get started * Women and men of all ages and abilities can play, even those with minor disabilities. If you think this is a sport which might interest you he recommends visiting a local club.  Chat with the members and see if its for you. * Henry searched “lawn bowls clubs Victoria” onand found http://www.getagameofbowls.com/clubsearch.php?   The same site also lists the clubs in the other Australian States. * Kathe searched “Lawn Bowling San Diego” and found http://www.sandiegolawnbowling.org/ Henry and Ted also spoke about the Lions Club.  This is an international service club open to both men and women.  Henry knows that his local Lions' become involved in some excellent projects.  These ranged from providing specialist walking frames for disabled children, to cleaning up the roadsides of major highways.  In San Diego, CA, the Lions Clubs give free eyeglasses to children every year You can find Lions Clubs worldwide at:  https://directory.lionsclubs.org/ Special Thanks to: * Angie Strehlow who helps us get great guests that help us with our retirement lifestyle while keeping everything on track * Les Briney who edits the show and makes my guests and me sound terrific * Lesinda Tubalado who helps keep the website up to date * Henry Shapiro, host of Retired Excited that airs on Fridays * YOU the listener for sharing on social media, and telling your friends about it This post on Retirement Lifestyle first appeared on http://RockYourRetirement.com

Guests - Governor of District 22-A Lions, Larry Burton and Pastor of Joppatowne Christian Church and President of Joppa Development and Heritage Corporation, Adam ShellenbargerSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HarCoLiving)

Kelly Callahan, director of the Center's Trachoma Control Program, is joined by Jim Ervin, past international president of the Lions Clubs International Association, a key supporter of the Center's efforts to prevent disease, for a conversation about the Carter Center's work to eliminate blinding trachoma from countries across Africa. Footage from a new documentary showing how the Center works with local communities and partners to fight the disease is included.

Als Repräsentationsorchester touren die Siegburger Bläser und Trommler jede Woche quer durch die Republik, um für wohltätige Zwecke zu spielen. Vor allem die örtlichen Lions Clubs sorgen immer wieder dafür, dass die Musiksoldaten in ausverkauften Stadthallen auftreten. Beim kommenden Bonn-Konzert am 20. Mai tritt das Musikkorps gemeinsam mit den Knaben des Kölner Domchores auf. In der Beethovenhalle führen sie zum ersten Mal die selbst komponierte Freiheitssinfonie auf. Tanja Störtenbecker hat die Protagonisten vorab getroffen.

• The Colorado Lions Camp and Conference center was founded in 1969 and they serve 350 campers every summer. • Colorado Lions Camp and Conference Center is a project of the Lions Clubs from the state of Colorado. • There are 15 other camps around the country. • The camp is a year round facility providing summer programs for those with special needs and winter programs available for larger and small groups. • The camp is nestled at 8,500 feet in the mountains of Pike National Forest just west of Colorado Springs and four miles north of Woodland Park on Highway 67N. • In 1964 Lion Dr. ML Crawford offered his cabin in Steamboat Springs to be used for the very first camp session. There were five girls that attended that summer; each girl was visually impaired. I • In 1966 several Lions signed personal notes to purchase the present location of the Colorado Lions Camp. • At the 1968 State Convention, the Lions of Colorado voted to build a permanent camp. Forty acres where purchased from the Brethren in Pike National Forest just north of Woodland Park. • The camp accommodates 50 campers at a time. • Their camps are specifically designed for special needs children: Ages 8 through Senior Adult who are: Visually Impaired *Hearing Impaired *Down Syndrome *Developmentally Delayed *Autism *Aspergers Syndrome *ADD/ADHD *Mentally and Physically Challenged For More Information: http://www.coloradolionscamp.org/

Populist manifesto or just good, clean fun? Learn the real story behind L. Frank Baum's book, The Wizard of Oz.