PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE (December 3rd)

Fellow Lions, as some of our members head south for the winter let us hope they have safe travel and good health. We have a few good meetings coming up before we break for Christmas and New Years. Lets keep a sharp eye out for prospective members that will be a good addition to our club! Thanks Fred for all of your work on putting

together our club's nut order!

We Serve ……… Mark Miller

TODAY’S MEETING (December 3rd)

John Luziach, from the Oster Regent Theater, will speak to the club about their next play, “Inspecting Carol” and will provide an update to their fundraising efforts.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

December 10 … Patty Berning will speak to the Club about Advanced Diagnostic Imaging.

December 17 … Christmas Luncheon

December 24 … No Meeting – Merry Christmas!

December 31 … No Meeting – Happy New Year!

BIRTHDAYS ANNIVERSARIES

None Dick & Mary Brammer – Dec. 4th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

▪ Start thinking about who you would like to invite to the member-guest luncheon on January 21^st.

▪ The monthly Board Meeting will be at the Brown Bottle on Tuesday, December 11^th at 5:30 pm.

LAST MEETING (November 26th)

Sally Weatherall (along with her poodle, Max) spoke to the club about Pets in Education and Therapy, People and Animals in Life Sharing (PET PALS). Established locally in 1983, and 3^rd in the nation, PET PALS is an Animal-Assisted Activity and Therapy Program whose volunteers visit local nursing homes, hospitals, group homes, schools and individuals with approved personal pets. Puppies and kittens from the Cedar Bend Human Society may also be used. PET PALS personnel are available as resources to assist organizations or individuals in setting up similar projects. The Cedar Valley has 40 active members. Following training, members are assigned to a team that visits a facility on a regular basis. PET PALS volunteers give over 3,000 hours of their time annually. Members value the work they do. Elderly persons in nursing homes, who have not spoken for several years, will talk to the animals. Children with low self esteem and self doubts grow through the safe, accepting friendship of a dog, then move on to seek human companionship. If you would like more information about PET PALS, please contact them by calling (319) 232-6887.

CHRISTMAS SEASON TRIVIA

▪ A Christmas club, a savings account in which a person deposits a fixed amount of money regularly to be used at Christmas for shopping, came about around 1905.

▪ Before settling on the name of Tiny Tim for his character in "A Christmas Carol," three other alliterative names were considered by Charles Dickens. They were Little Larry, Puny Pete, and Small Sam.

IT'S GREAT TO BE A LION!