Lions Club of Northeast Minneapolis

A reminder to our members: Director and Officer elections will be held at our next membership meeting.

The Board, acting as the Nominating Committee, has prepared a slate of candidates. Nominations from the floor will be taken, too.

See you all April 10th, 6:30pm at Jax.

The Northeast Lions volunteer to deliver meals for NE Dinner Bell three days each month. Our days are the first Monday and the fourth Monday and Tuesday.

Get your tickets for our 44th annual Pot O’ Gold dinner and raffle. The event will be held at Jax Café on Wednesday, March 21st. Social hour starts at 6pm, with dinner at 7pm.

Your ticket includes an amazing dinner for two at Northeast’s finest dining establishment—AND—a chance to win some of the biggest prizes offered in all of Northeast.

Raffle Prizes:
$2500
$1500
$500
five prizes of $150

As if that wasn’t enough, there will also be a Silent Auction and you’ll be entertained by the music of the Overland Quartet.

The annual Fritz Lynch Memorial Bowling Tournament is set for Saturday, January 28th.

We start at 1pm, at Elsie’s. There will be a taco bar, silent auction and a special presentation by Honor and Remember.

Even if you’re not bowling, stop by and join the party.

February’s regular meeting falls on Valentine’s Day, and we don’t want to fight against Cupid. So we’re moving the meeting to the following Thursday, February 16th.

This month we meet at the Moose on Monroe, 356 Monroe Street NE (corner of Monroe and Spring). We’ll be downstairs.

The President of Lions Clubs International has challenged clubs around the world to plant one million trees in the next year:

An important part of our extension of service this year is caring for our environment. Our goal this year is to plant a million trees around the world. That’s less than one tree for each member. If we can accomplish this goal, it proves once again that we can accomplish anything
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Any of us can plant a tree. It’s a very visible and hands-on way for each and every Lion to make a difference. It’s also a great project to invite your community at-large to join your local Lions club in a collaborative effort.

The Northeast Lions are making our first step to meeting the challenge by giving away a batch of 2-foot spruce trees. The University of Minnesota offers a guide to choosing landscape evergreens, showing that spruce trees like full sun and acidic soil.

If you would like a free spruce tree, email our club’s “Woodsman”, Chad Carr, at cccarr007@yahoo.com.

If you would like to donate toward the cost of your tree, or to help us extend our planting program, click the “Donate” button below:

Partnership Resources, a non-profit that helps people with disabilities, is having a Summer Carnival fundraiser. It’s Thursday, August 11th, 5–8:30pm.

There will be fun for everyone, food on the grill, and other refreshments. Check out the flyer attached below.

The event is at Partnership Resources, 950 East Hennepin Ave.

RSVP to Jill Ross at 612.331.2075
or on-line at www.partnershipresources.org

The Northeast Lions 26th annual golf tournament is set for Friday, June 17th. We’ll be playing at Gross National in St. Anthony.

Registration and lunch starts at 11am. Golf is a shotgun start at 12:45pm.

$125 per person includes lunch, 18 holes of golf, golf cart, prizes, and dinner at Jax Café.

Click the link below to download a flyer and entry form.

The Northeast Lions volunteer to deliver meals for NE Dinner Bell three days each month. Our days are the first Monday and the fourth Monday and Tuesday.

Lions around the world are serving to help those suffering in Japan. You can help us help them by making a donation to our LCIF relief fund:

In the case of disasters, we Lions are often the first to respond, and continue to provide for as long as it takes until all work is done. Lions Clubs International Foundation and Lions are providing relief in devastated Japan.

The Tohoku Region Pacific Ocean Coast Earthquake is the worst earthquake to hit Japan in over 100 years triggered a powerful tsunami throughout the Pacific Ocean.