OUR MISSION STATEMENT:  To utilize the talents of our members to foster a spirit of community involvement to improve where we live, while encouraging members to create a feeling of fellowship through bonding and service, and to promote international humanitarian needs through Lions Clubs International Foundation.

Pictured Above (L-R): PDG Patrick Mitchell Suffolk Lions; Camille Argila President Suffolk South Shore Lions; Charlene Pilipshen Donation Chair Suffolk South Shore Lions; Keith McNamara Store Manager; PDG Marie Petraitis Secretary Suffolk South Shore Lions Club and Janet Gottlieb Suffolk South Shore Lions ClubPictured Above (L-R): PDG Patrick Mitchell Suffolk Lions; Camille Argila President Suffolk South Shore Lions; Charlene Pilipshen Donation Chair Suffolk South Shore Lions; Keith McNamara Store Manager; PDG Marie Petraitis Secretary Suffolk South Shore Lions Club and Janet Gottlieb Suffolk South Shore Lions Club

SUFFOLK SOUTH SHORE LIONS FORM PARTNERSHIP WITH STOP AND SHOP TO FEED THOSE IN NEED

BY PATRICK MITCHELL

On December 3 members of the Suffolk South Shore Lions met with Keith McNamara Manager of the Stop and Shop in East Islip to celebrate a partnership that resulted in the installation of a food cabinet to collect non-perishable foods to feed the hungry. Lion President Camille Argila and Donation Chairperson Charlene Pilipshen worked diligently to bring this project to fruition. This donation center will be available for contributions year round. Members of the Suffolk South Shore Lions will collect and disperse donated non-perishable food items to local outreach food pantries.

The Suffolk South Shore Lions Club has been in existence since 1999 and holds Annual Fundraising events to help those in need with the proceeds going to purchase Thanksgiving and Christmas Baskets for families in need. The club’s major fundraiser is an Annual Fashion Show. This year’s show will take place on May 12, 2011 at Villa Lombardi’s. In addition, eyeglass collection is ongoing in several different locations with donations delivered to Lenscrafters. Donated eyeglasses are then shipped to those in need in Third world Countries.

Fundraising monies are utilized to support many worthwhile causes. Annually this active Lions Club provides Scholarship Awards to students in the East Islip, Islip and Connetquot High Schools. Furthermore, monies are donated annually to the Smithtown Guide Dog Foundation, Cleary School for the Deaf, and Vacation Camp for the Blind. The club also sends monthly Care Packages to our troops in Iraq and donates Wash-up Kits to St. Anne’s Church in Brentwood. These kits are distributed to the homeless. 
          Interested in joining this active Lions Club?                                                                        Contact President Camille Argila at 631) 589-2414.

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.