SEPTEMBER 2020

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Learn. Lead. Grow. Learning is for every Lion. What we know enables us to grow as individuals, as clubs and as leaders in community service. And the LCI Leadership Development Team is always ready to help you take your next step forward.

Visit the Learn. Lead. Grow.page to learn more about the educational and training resources that are available to you. Explore programs developed by Lions International and local Lions including online modules, webinars and even training opportunities around the world. Because when you learn, lead and grow, you make your club and your community a better place for all.

Serving Safely Your safety is our priority. And the Serving Safely page is your best resource to stay updated with the latest tips and tools you’ll need to keep your community strong, safe and healthy.

Visit the Serving Safely page for blogs, social media resources, inspirational stories and the tools you’ll need to continue making a difference in your community. And be sure to explore the Virtual Events Center Library for recorded seminars and presentations to learn more about how you can help your club stay connected and engaged.

OUR COVER

2. Learn. Lead. Grow

3. NOTES from DG Gina

4. DG Club Visit Request Form

5. District 5M6 Convention

6. Woofaroo – Virtual Event

7. Thanksgiving for Vision

8. Lions Day of Service - FMSC

9. Lions Day of Service - FMSC

10. USA/Canada Forum - Virtual

11. Childhood Cancer T-Shirts

12.Update to Lions Clubs Coalition

13. It’s all about the Clubs

14. Important Links

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

If you volunteer for something that you

really care about, you don’t have to

be pushed, the Vision pulls you

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Dear Lions, Lioness, & Leos of 5M6,

Unlike so many District Governors before me, I have not had the opportunity to see many of your smiling faces as of yet. To say that the start of our 2020-2021 year has been unprecedented, would be an understatement at best. When we are faced with so many things beyond our control, it is easy to become discouraged. I know, because I have been there many times in the last few months. We all need to be lifted up in small ways, filled with hope, and encouraged to go beyond our own self-imposed limitations sometimes, whether it is learning a new technology or sharing a talent or skill or something else that may benefit yourself and/or your club.

My husband Marcos and I were invited out to the Midway Lions for their 80th Anniversary and Installation dinner at Mancini’s the other night. I really liked how they invited their charitable gambling employees to the event, and made them feel special. I was truly taken aback and left quite emotional by their president Lion Bob Brick and his reflections regarding the state of their club and Lions in general really – that their club and many of our clubs have endured some very hard times (World Wars, assassinations of a president, civil rights leader, the civil unrest of the 1960’s, the great recession of the 1970’s, the Cold War, etc. Through it all, our clubs and some of you who were there during those times, ensured we remained a vital community resource. He went on by saying, that we too, will not let this COVID pandemic impact us as we carry out our mission and make our communities stronger - in ending, pointing out all of the ways in which their Lions club has strengthened their volunteerism this past year.

I guess I must be spending too much time in isolation these days, because after he spoke I had to get up there and follow that, and all I could say at that point through a few tears was ‘Thank you everyone for lifting me up, and filling me with hope.” It was a wonderful evening, and I walked away that night re-assured by the positivity, and yes – all of the Harmony.

I want to thank all of you who have been reaching out to me, and those who have provided thoughtful responses and suggestions. I truly appreciate your cooperation and understanding despite the additional communications. Our District exists only because of your generous commitment of time and talent and we will get through these challenges together. As many of you are aware, the All-District Meeting that had been re-scheduled for September 24th had to be cancelled because we lost the venue. It has also been decided to hold 5 zone meetings on-line vs. in person in September as a way to connect with the clubs, etc. Finally, the decision was made by our Convention Committee to not go forward with signing a convention contract at the Bloomington Doubletree and instead look for a 1-day convention style venue. It was the right thing to do given the current feelings of the members, future uncertainties, as well as the financial losses the clubs have endured as a result of this pandemic. Our first priority needs to be the health and well-being of ourselves, our families and other Lions, Lioness, and Leos members as well as using what funds we do have to support those in our communities who need us most.

I would like to thank PDG Greg Langbehn for connecting us to his wonderful and generous friends. It is because of them that we have now secured a great venue for our 1-day convention on February 20th. We don’t have all the details yet, but as soon as the caterer is chosen etc., we will be able to send out the registration forms. It will be very reasonable. The flyer has been included on page 5 of this newsletter.

All Voices, Serving in Harmony

Lion Gina

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Club Name: _______________________________________ Date submitted: _____________________

Member to contact regarding visit: ________________________________________________________

Phone #: ____________________________ Email: __________________________________________

Date(s) requested: 1st Choice _________________ 2nd Choice ___________________

Time of social, if held: __________ Time of meeting: __________ Will there be a meal: Yes ___ No ___

Name and Address of Club visit location: ___________________________________________________

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Will there be other clubs represented? If so, please list: _______________________________________

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Please advise any special requests during this club visit:

• Install Officers: Yes ____ No ____ ● Present Awards: Yes ____ No ____

• Induct Members: Yes ____ No ____ ● Other, please list: _____________________________

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District Governor Dress Code:

• Formal, in uniform: _____

• Casual, in comfort: _____

• Is Spouse able to attend: Yes ____ No ____

Please mail or email this request form using the contact information below. The date will be confirmed after checking my schedule and the requesting Lion is notified.

Thank you so much! Lion Gina

5M6 District Governor Club Visit Request Form

2020 - 2021

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Event will be casual – wear your favorite sports jersey, sweatshirt, etc.

Historic Furber Farm Weddings & Events 7310 Lamar Avenue South, Cottage Grove, MN 55016-2321 Website: www.JohnPFurberFarm.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistoricJohnPFurberFarmWeddingEventBarn

District 5M6

Midwinter Convention

February 20, 2021

Historic Furber Farm

7310 Lamar Ave. S. Cottage Grove, MN 55016

More details to come as far as schedule etc.

soon!

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Virtual Event

Walk your Dog – Change a Life

After reviewing expert recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and MN Department of Health, we have made the decision to host the 2020 Can Do Woofaroo virtually.

While we love having our donors, volunteers, clients and staff together to celebrate this wonderful event, and we will miss seeing all of you - we feel that everyone’s safety must be our top priority.

This year's Can Do Woofaroo will be different from years past, but the goal stays the same. And we are counting on our supporters now more than ever to ensure that we can continue to provide assistance dogs to the people who need them.

Your fundraising helps us provide even more assistance dogs to people with disabilities, free of charge.

Register as a team or an individual or make a donation to support your friends and family who are fundraising!

Team Fundraising Information Packet can be found at: https://can-do-canines.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Team-Information-Packet-2020.pdf

DOG COSTUME CONTEST

For extra fun, enter your dog in the dog costume contest. Costumes can be creative, humorous, or just plain cute. Winning dogs will receive some great prizes. Please make sure costumes are safe and comfortable. Details to come regarding how to submit your photos

PRIZES, PRIZES …. OH, AND PRIZES

Fundraising prizes: The more you fundraise, the more fun prizes you're eligible for!

$50—Can Do Canines LED collar light and Earth Rated poop bags and dispenser. Receive a round red reflector light with Can Do Canines logo. Clips onto your dog's collar and has flashing and steady LED light options to make you or your dog more visible in the dark. Also receive an Earth Rated poop bag dispenser with bags. Collar light donated by 4Imprint and poop bag dispenser and bag donated by Earth Rated.

$125—Can Do Woofaroo t-shirt $500—Can Do Canines special prize Top Individual Fundraisers Top Fundraising Team

Proudly Sponsored By:

Saturday, Sept 12th

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Districts 5M2, 5M5, 5M6 and 5M7 will join together at the 3 FMSC facilities in the Twin Cities Metro area. Our Mission is to pack food for the malnourished children of the World! The approach is simple: we hand-pack meals specifically formulated for undernourished children. FMSC meals are donated to partners worldwide and distributed every day in schools, orphanages, clinics and feeding programs to deliver hope!!

This packing experience will be a little different because of COVID-19. ALL volunteers will be required to wear masks for the duration of your session. All volunteers will have their temperature checked and go through a verbal symptom screening upon arrival. Please read the changes on the home page at: www.fmsc.org Also, please watch “What to expect when packing at FMSC – 2020”. This is on: https://youtu.be/PQ0zdFruo0s

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Sign up now to be a part of the 2020 LION’S DAY at FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN!!

www.fmsc.org

1) Click on Volunteer at the top of the page.

2) Scroll down the page to Looking for a Specific Group? Type in LION’S DAY.

3) Click on Search Groups.

4) Choose the location from the list below and the time slot that you would like to volunteer.

5) Click on Join.

6) Either Log In (if you already have an account with FMSC or Create an Account).

To create an account, all you need to do is put in your name, address, phone number, email and a password.

Once you are into the Join Group, just answer the questions and there will be a confirmation that you need to do and you are registered.

If you need any help with this OR would prefer us to sign you up instead, please contact us at Lion Lynnette Welsch – lwelsch@lions5m-6.org

or DG Lion Gina Detviler – gmdetviler@lions5m-6.org

Lions Day of Service

At Feed My Starving Children

Tuesday, October 20th

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3 LOCATIONS

CHANHASSEN – 18732 Lake Drive East, Chanhassen, 55317 (5M2 & 5M5)

Shift times and # of reserved spots 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM 70

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM 70

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 70

COON RAPIDS – 401 – 93rd Avenue NW, Coon Rapids, 55433 (5M7)

Shift times and # of reserved spots 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM 50

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM 50

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM 50

EAGAN – 990 Lone Oak Road, Suite #136, Eagan, 55121

(5M6) Lion’s contacts GST (5M6) Lion Lynnette Welsch – lwelsch@lions5m-6.org

DG Lion Gina Detviler – gmdetviler@lions5m-6.org

Shift times and # of reserved spots 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM 75

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM 75

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 75

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Dear FMSC Supporter, The privacy and security of the personal information we maintain is of the utmost importance to Feed My Starving Children. We are writing with important information regarding a recent data security incident at Blackbaud, a third party service provider, which may have involved some of the information that you provided to Feed My Starving Children. Blackbaud is a software and service provider that is widely used for fundraising and alumni or donor engagement efforts at non-profits world-wide. Feed My Starving Children uses Blackbaud applications, and Blackbaud recently experienced an incident impacting their applications. We want to provide you with information about the incident and let you know that we continue to take significant measures to protect your information.

Upon learning of the issue, we commenced an immediate and thorough investigation. That investigation is still ongoing. As part of our investigation, in addition to demanding detailed information from Blackbaud about the nature and scope of the incident, we engaged cybersecurity professionals experienced in handing these types of incidents.

What Information Was Involved. We have determined that the information removed by the threat actor may have included demographic information, contact information, and/or philanthropic giving history, such as donation dates and amounts. Your Social Security number, financial account information and/or payment card information were not exposed, as they were properly encrypted.

We are fully committed to maintaining the privacy of information in our possession and have taken many precautions to safeguard it. Blackbaud has assured us that they closed the vulnerability that allowed the incident and that they are enhancing their security controls and conducting ongoing efforts against incidents like this in the future. We continually evaluate and modify our practices, and those of our third party service providers, to enhance the security and privacy of your information.

For questions regarding this incident, please contact blackbaudquestions@fmsc.org or call 763-267-6327 to leave a voice mail message. Someone will respond to your email or message as quickly as possible but no later than within one business day.

Daniel B. Stennes-Rogness VP of Finance and CFO Feed My Starving Children

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MN Lions Childhood Cancer Foundation will be selling T-shirts to promote

Childhood Cancer Month

$25.00 (S,M,L & XL)

$30.00 (2XL,3XL,4XL & 5XL)

Long sleeve – S-XL $30.00 2XL-3XL $35.00 Please print

Name ___________________________________________________

Address _________________________________________

City _____________________ State _____ ZC ________

Phone __________________ District _____

T-Shirt: S ___ M ___ L ___ XL ___ $25.00

2XL ___ 3XL ___ 4XL ___ 5XL ___ $30.00

Long Sleeve – S-XL $30.00 2XL & 3XL $35.00

Send order form and check payable to:

‘MN Lions Childhood Cancer Foundation’

Lion Kris Detviler kdetviler@lions5m-6.org

4599 Blaine Ave E Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076

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Update to Lions Clubs of the Coalition

Falcon Heights-Lauderdale Lions, Mounds View Lions, New Brighton Lions, North Suburban Evening Lions, Roseville Lions, St. Paul North Ramsey 500 Lions,

Shoreview/Arden Hills Lions

Here are the highlights.

● Overall fundraising has reached $65,241.55. This includes checks and transfers from individuals, clubs, grants,

donations through the GiveMN.org site, and an initial payment from Run/Walk site.

● The Virtual Run/Walk, as of 7/24/20, has achieved 72 Registrations ($1181), 32 Donations ($2075), and 9 Sponsors

($6750) for a total income of $10,006. Of that amount $5860 has been transferred and is included in the overall fundraising total above. To register, contribute, or check out our Sponsors go to https://www.suburbanramseycoalition.org/events

● On July 10 we delivered 150 cloth isolation gowns to the grateful staff of Ramsey County Care Center, making a total of

200 which were created by our dedicated Volunteers. For more on this go to https://www.suburbanramseycoalition.org/ and see the News Feed, Volunteer Page, and Thankyou Page.

● Five more grants have been awarded since the last Update, making a total of eight thus far. The latest recipients are

Quincy House, Ralph Reeder Food Shelf, The Sheridan Story, Community Partners with Youth, and Aeon. For the details of these awards go to https:// www.suburbanramseycoalition.org/grants-awarded Our grants to non-profits serving local needs has now reached $50,000. We have been recognized by both elected and staff officials in Ramsey County for our speed, efficiency and effectiveness in responding to the needs presented to us.

● Progress continues on developing a Classic Car Raffle. A plan will be presented to the Steering Committee, hopefully

within two weeks.

● Efforts continue to expand the Coalition’s impact through improved Communication and Marketing to a greatly

expanded audience. There is a plan, but help is needed to implement it. Volunteer to help!

● Ideas for future Events need to be collected and put forward for exploration. Again, Volunteer! We do not want our

momentum to be slowed for lack of planning for the future.

● Volunteer Activities need to be made available to Coalition Members, friends, and the public at large. Offering these

opportunities is the surest way to engage more folks in our mission. Our role is to make contact with those who utilize volunteers, catalog the opportunities, publish them, and maintain a current list. Much of this has been done by others, individually. Our task is to compile, maintain, offer, and encourage the Volunteer Opportunities which are currently available.

We are 179 Lions in 7 clubs serving 2 school districts. We are part of a unique coalition of 15 service clubs and community foundations. We are having an impact in our communities! We are what others wish they could be. My sincere hope is that each Lion in our group will personally experience the joy and satisfaction that comes with contributing to this effort. It feels really good. Everyone can have that feeling simply by being informed and engaged with the work of the Coalition. This is the essence of what we do as Lions. We Serve

Thank You,

Lion Curt

Promote public awareness of the Coalition and its activities by visiting our Facebook Page often. “Like” it, “Follow” us, invite your friends to do the same. https://www.facebook.com/SuburbanRamseyCoalition/

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Vernon Jellum Scandia Marine

Lions Clubs Teaming up to aid in treating Parkinson’s Disease

Two Lions Clubs in the SW metro are dealing with members with Parkinson’s Disease. Steve Knudsen of the Burnsville Lions and Ger Danielson of the Prior Lake club teamed up in a Parkinson’s walk this spring with donations in excess of $5,000. This past month an additional donation of $5,000 was given by the Burnsville club. Steve Knudsen from the Burnsville Lions has been dealing with Parkinson’s for 13 years and is very active in the Parkinson’s community. Because he’s always thinking about people who are worse off than he is, Steve and Ger facilitate a support group for over 30 Parkinson’s patients and caregivers in the Burnsville area.

The worldwide Covid-19 pandemic has paused many of the National Parkinson’s Disease Foundation programs and services, affecting thousands of people. This includes exercise groups, support groups, educational classes, and more programs that can help improve a Parkinson’s patient’s quality of life. These services are generally not covered by medical insurance and are dependent on philanthropy. To complicate matters have been the cancellation of several major fund raisers resulting in a loss of around $150,000.

These funds are needed to continue to fund research grants. The end results are delays in testing new medications, learning more about Parkinson’s Disease, and even finding a cure.

One million Americans are living with Parkinson’s, with 60,000 people newly diagnosed each year. The Parkinson’s Foundation is the nation’s leading community for people living with Parkinson’s, those who love them, and those who are working to end the disease. Improving care, advancing research towards a cure and providing necessary education on PD are pillars of the Foundation’s mission. Right now, the Lions have provided necessary support to two (2) Foundations. They are the National Parkinson’s Foundation and Park Nicolet (Struthers Parkinson’s Center) Foundation.

“At the Parkinson’s Foundation, our mission is to make life better for people with Parkinson’s disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure. In everything we do, we build on the energy, experience and passion of our global Parkinson's community. Through the support of the Burnsville and Prior Lake Lions Clubs we are able to further our mission,” said Jennifer Hendrickson, Development Director.

5M6 MEMBERSHIP TOTALS

Pictured (Back L to R):Ger Danielson – Prior Lake Lions, Jennifer Hendrickson, Development Director (Front L to R) Bill Johnson, Dave Moen, and Steve Knudsen-Burnsville Lions

About the Parkinson’s Foundation The National Parkinson’s Foundation makes life better for people with Parkinson’s disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure. In everything we do, they build on the energy, experience and passion of our global Parkinson’s community. For more information, visit www.parkinson.org or call (800) 4PD-INFO (473-4636).

To learn more about Struthers, please visit www.healthpartners.com/care/specialty-centers/struthers-parkinsons-center

We thank you in advance for your generous support.

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► District 5M6 Website: https://www.lions5m-6.org/

► Lions Clubs International: http://www.lionsclubs.org/

► Multiple District 5M (MD5M) http://www.lionsmd5m.org/

► Lions MD5M Hearing Foundation: https://www.5mhf.org/

► Minnesota Lions Diabetes Foundation: https://www.mnlionsdiabetes.org/

► Minnesota Lions Vision Foundation: https://www.mnlionsvisionfoundation.org/

► Leader Dogs for the Blind: https://www.leaderdog.org/

► LCI KidSight USA: http://lionskidsightusa.org/

► Can Do Canines: https://can-do-canines.org/

► Lions Gift of Sight: https://www.lionsgiftofsight.org/

► Special Olympics: https://specialolympicsminnesota.org/

Lions District 5M-6 is not responsible for content or digital publication practices of the entities above. Please check with each site publisher above and their corresponding terms of use and privacy policies.

*All Submissions must be in compliance with District 5M6 Digital Privacyand/or Opt-In Policies. If you have any questions about this, please contact

DG Gina M. Detviler gmdetviler@lions5m-6.org or visit https://www.lions5m-6.org/privacy/

*Events and/or Stories submitted for publication within the Vision Newslettermay also be added to District 5M-6 Calendar of Events and

digital array(s) (online).

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF LIONS DISTRICT 5M-6

PUBLISHED BY THE LIONS OF

DISTRICT 5M-6

The Vision Newsletter, official publication of Lions District 5M-6, is

published monthly by the authority of the District 5M-6 Officers and Cabinet.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Dist. Governor Gina M. Detviler 1st VDGE Paul Williams 2nd VDGE Pete Kelzenberg Secretary/Admin PDG Lynn Farley Treasurer PDG Carol Farley