Lion Marie's Pasta Dinner is a great Success
Lion President Len Berger and our chef for the evening Lion Marie McCarthy. All Lion Marie asked, was that you bring a healthy Italian appetite.
Lion Sam Pontillo, Norma McPadden, Lion Omer Cyr and Lion Ray McPadden had a tremendous time at this function by the looks on their faces. They appear to be happy and quite full. The smiles on their faces may have been caused by the Italian wine they had with their meal.
A Lesson In Life
When Lion Dick Kraus mentioned at our meeting on September 28th, that he had an abundance of apples on his property and they were free for the picking, Lion President Len knew what his plans were for Saturday . He took his grandsons, Owen and Evan Ross, to pick apples from the trees on Lion Richard’s property. Together they picked 12 bags of apples to bring to the Monroe Food Bank. Lion Len used this opportunity to teach his grandsons that a little work will make a huge donation of food for the Monroe Food Pantry. Lion Len, Owen and Evan are two boys you won't have to worry about as they grow to be young men. I’ve learned a lesson in life a long time ago and that lesson is .....................................“The Apples Don’t Fall Too Far From The Tree”
Delivering the apples that were picked the previous day by Owen and Evan, Lion Lens grandchildren, are Lion Len and Lion Richard Kraus. The Monroe Food Pantry was very appreciative for the apples.
Monroe Lions Install New Officers
Approaching its 60Th year as a Lions Club, Deputy District Governor Al Stoccatore installed the following new officers to serve through June, 2012:
President - Leonard Berger
Immediate Past President - Marie McCarthy
Second Vice President - Rene Garza
Third Vice President - Diane Novick
First Vice President - Donna Wong
One Year Director - Ronald Plude
Tail Twister - Richard Michel
Lion Tamer - Jennie Pellegrino
Treasurer - Donald Whiteley
Secretary - Jessica Pfalzgraf
Two Year Director - Al Stoccatore
Having Served as Lion President in 1977 - 1978, Berger noted that many things have changed over the past 33 years (the evolution of CDs, personal computers, cell phones, etc.) however, the Lions motto has always been Constant ............................ "WE SERVE"
Lions are an international network of 1.3 million men and women in 205 countries and geographic areas who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities around the world.
