In Honor
written by: Mary Stephenson
On May 25, 2016 there was a” Patriotic Assembly” in memory of those who served in the military.
It was held at Sycamore School in Redding.
The program was “Music in the Air“.
Children performed a list of patriotic songs and each ending their performance with an adopted university chant.
Star Spangled Banner (OSU Cheer) K-1st grade Continue reading
Children and Art
written by: Mary Stephenson
Involving children in such projects as the Peace Poster Contest helps bring purposes together. Children benefit by the challenge of competing. The Lions get acknowledged in the hopes it will bring a new awareness of what we do and may bring an interest of others joining.
The official reception for the Peace Poster Contest was held on Friday, May 20 from 5 – 7pm. Since we are new to the area and not sure how the attendance was in other years, it seemed a shame that more had not showed up. But trying to make sense of it I realized the big competition was the Redding Rodeo. Probably not the best time to have a reception! Continue reading
A Need to Survive
written by: Mary Stephenson
In order for any club or organization to survive it needs to grow the membership.
An analogy would be that if there were no more human babies born as of tomorrow, within 100 years the human race would be pretty much extinct, no matter how good science became. Our lives are fundamentally connected to farmers. I can’t imagine 100 year old farmers caring whether the last few people would get fed. They would only grow enough to take care of those close to them if they could farm at all. Continue reading
From a Different Perspective
written by Mary Stephenson
Prior going to the Lions District 4-C1 58th Annual Convention on Friday April 29th I had wrote out some thoughts and have since deleted them.
Not knowing if I would be bored silly or have a lot to report the other alternative was to approach the event with a perspective on psychology.
As the weekend moved along things began to take shape and the many questions of what motivates people came to light. Continue reading
Redding’s Hottest Lions Event
written by: Mary Stephenson
We Had a Blast!
With much apprehension we proceeded to the Red Lion for the 58th Annual Convention, Friday afternoon. Was this another case of the newbies once again being thrown to the wolves (aka the Redding Newcomers Group). Continue reading
