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Upcoming / Past Events..........
2008 Fall Conference:
Our Fall Conference will be Friday and Saturday, September 26 and 27, 2008, at the Holiday Inn just at exit 225 off I-81 in Staunton.
Second-year International Director Maurice M. Kahawaii from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, and his wife Lani from will be our guests for the weekend.
The Fall Conference program will include a number of seminars on Saturday in addition to the cabinet and district meetings and social events.
On Friday evening Lions will have the opportunity to enjoy a dinner with a Hawaiian-Luau theme and both silent and live auctions.
Information about the Fall Conference will be mailed to all clubs this week.
Rivanna Lions Golf Tournament:
The Rivanna Lions will be having their annual golf tournament on September 27th.
If you would like to participate in the tournament please fill out this Entry Form and return it to Lion Ron or Lion Guy.
If you would like to make a donation or sponsor a hole please fill out this Donation Form
and return it to Lion Ron or Lion Guy.
The Rivanna Lions thank you for your support.
Rivanna Lions 2008-2009 Officers:
At the June 25th meeting PDG Lion Hannemann installed the newly elected officers.
Below are pictures of the event.
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World Diabetes Day:
 Empire State Building |
 UN Building |
Lion Marcia participated in the World Diabetes Day event in NYC.
Here are a few pictures and an email Lion Marcia received from Lions Club International.
Dear Chairperson Aulebach,
Congratulations on your World Diabetes Day event!
What an honor, indeed, to have been recognized by the UN!
Many thanks for forwarding this additional information regarding your
special efforts and activities on World Diabetes Day. It must have been
a truly exciting event for you, especially to join with others worldwide,
all recognizing this global epidemic.
We will share your news with other Lions diabetes chairpersons.
May it have some impact on encouraging and motivating other Lions
involved with diabetes prevention and control.
If we can be of any further assistance to you with
our diabetes awareness program, or sight and hearing programs,
please contact us any time.
Kind regards,
Marilee
Marilee Kadar, Manager
Health and Children's Services Department
Lions Clubs International
San Diego Lions Clubs:
The Rivanna Lions Club and the Lake Monticello Community have gotten together to help from the East Coast to the West Coast San Diego Lions Community a Bed/bath donation drive.
Help is on it's way from Virginia. San Diego Downtown Lions Clubs thanks Rivanna Lion Marcia Aulebach, Coordinator, and Peggy Shanklin (Realestate III), Co-coordinator, for there out reach program for the wild fire relief victims of San Diego, CA.
Executive Director Lion Wierig of the San Diego downtown Lions Club and Lion Marcia Aulebach have been busy working very hard along with Rivanna Lions club President Dave Shanklin and his wonderful wife Peggy Shanklin whom used there home as a collection drop. Also the help of the Lake Monticello Community whom collected bedding, bath towels, and blankets, etc. to assist victims of the San Diego fires to get some much needed relief to rebuild there lives.
A great big thank you also to the Salvation Army of the airport road shop for assisting in sending out a total of 21 bags of goods collected to go to the San Diego wild fire victims on October 31st to California. San Diego Downtown Lions would like to thank all the Rivanna Lions and Lake Monticello Community for all your support in this time of need.
 Lion Marcia & Salvation Army Reps |
 Peggy Shanklin |
 Lion Marcia & all the donations |
 Thanks for the donations |
Rivanna Lions Diabetes Awareness:
This section of the webpage is dedicated to Diabetes Awareness. This information will be updated every
other month with useful information for those of you that have or know someone with diabetes. You can
check out everything Lion Marcia is doing with
Diabetes Awareness here.
Old Farm Day 2007:
The Rivanna Lions were at Old Farm Day again this year with SAHMSU giving free sight and hearing screenings to all those who wished to have it done. Lion Marcia was there as well with her Diabetes Awareness information. The weather was great this year and we thank all those who volunteered and stopped by.
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Fluvanna County Health Fair:
The Rivanna Lions sponsored the 2nd Health Fair for Fluvanna County on June 2nd from 9 am to 2 pm. This event was FREE to the public and we would like to thank all of the participants. Many thanks to Lion Jim and Lion Gerry for all of their hard work in coordinating this event.
Below are some pictures courtesy of Lion Wayne.
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Rivanna Lions White Cane Day April 14th 2007:
The Rivanna Lions could be seen around the Lake on Saturday April 14th for the annual White Cane Day.
 Lions Tom, Marjorie & Fritz |
 Lions Harry, Marcia & Tom |
 Lion Tom |
Rivanna Lions Charter Night March 28th 2007:
The Rivanna Lions celebrated their 9th Charter Night on March 28th. Among the highlights of the night was the Melvin Jones Fellowship that was given to Lion Gerry Kojan. Lion Gerry is a charter member and has given many hours of her time to the community as a lion. Congratulations! We had a great turn out this year and it was great to see everyone.
 Lion President Ken, Lion Gerry, PDG Don Colley |
 Lions Julie, Gerry & John |
Rivanna Lions International Peace Poster Contest:
Brittany Perkins, a 7th grade student at Fluvanna Middle School, has taken the first step to becoming an internationally recognized artist by winning the local competition sponsored by the Rivanna Lions Club of Palmyra. Perkins’ poster was among more than 350,000 entries submitted worldwide in the 19th annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest. Lions International is sponsoring the contest to emphasize the importance of world peace to young people everywhere. “The world should communicate and act as one in peace, “ the 12 year old from Kents Store said. The poster was selected by Peter Christoffersen, Sara Foster and Elizabeth Ryan for its originality, artistic merit and portrayal of the contest theme, “World Peace.” The judging was held on Thursday, November 2, 2006 at Fluvanna Middle School with Lion Poster Chairwoman Florann Burnett overseeing the event. Brittany is the daughter of Connie and Mike Perkins of Kents Store. She was honored with her parents at a Rivanna Lions dinner meeting on November 8, 2006 at the Lake Monticello club house.
 Lion Florann, Brittany Perkins, Lion President Ken |
 Connie Perkins, Brittany Perkins, Mike Perkins |
A non-profit organization, the Rivanna Lions are part of the International Association of Lions Clubs, the world’s largest service association.
Through our annual golf tournament,“White Cane Days”, annual citrus fruit sale for Christmas delivery, University of Virginia football ticket raffle, community yard sale, on going broom sales, etc., the Rivanna Lions raise funds to provide support and donations: for Leader Dog School for the blind, Sight and Hearing Test Van used by the Lions of our district, Diabetes research, Virginia Lions Hearing Foundation, Old Dominion Eye Bank, Fluvanna County Food Bank , Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic, Lake Monticello Fire and Rescue and other worthy causes as voted by the membership.
No money received from the public goes toward any of the administrative or social costs of the club. These are borne by the club members themselves through dues and assessments.
Eye Examinations, Eye Glasses/Hearing Aids for the needy in Fluvanna County.
Sight and hearing testing of children and adults thru use of our District’s specially equipped Sight and Hearing Mobile Van.
Annual college scholarship for Fluvanna County High School graduates.
Participate in the county Adopt-a-Family program.
Roadside clean-up of Route 15, four times a year.
Recycling used eyeglasses for distribution in third world countries.
Eye and Organ Donor Programs
Eye Bank and Research Foundation
Diabetes Research
Virginia Lions Hearing Foundation
Leader Dogs for the Blind
Membership.......
We have done much since our charter in March 1998.
Our bi-monthly dinner meetings allow us to blend social activity with the club's educational and administrative
processes. One meeting per month
features guest speakers.
We place emphasis on the Lions’ motto “We Serve”, and are centered on the theme that unites us as Fluvanna
residents....service to our community.
If you’d like to learn more about this growing service group, or are a relocated Lion, we invite you to attend a meeting. Our meetings are open to the public and the members welcome your questions about their activities and how you can give back to your community through membership.
For more information on membership send us an email using the contact box below. If you would like a personal call, please be sure to include your phone number.
