Lion Joe George
(#47) was absent and our Tail Twister Lion Tony Bari
(#10) was the winner of the Tail Twister’s pot on
the second drawing. We had no guests and our
attendance was 22 Lions present.
Welcome to our new
server, Amanda. Eva will be in the kitchen one more
week before she moves to Jacksonville, FL. Eva has
served our club well for the past 4 years.
Our Auction Project
was successful with an income of approximately
$7,000. A Big Lions Roar goes to Lion Albert
Frankenberger and Nancy for their work on the
auction, also Lions Brad Baker and Bill Dickens and
other Lions who worked all day Saturday to make the
auction a success.
Lion Pat Snodgrass
is asking for Salvation Army Bell Ringers to work
any day between 8 AM to 10 PM at the Highland Drive
WalMart Store. Lion Pat will have a sign-up sheet
next Tuesday.
Lion Curt Hodges
was our speaker this week. Lion Curt is a veteran
journalist and staff writer with the Jonesboro Sun
since November 1969. Lion Curt talked about his life
and family and work in the news media profession. He
spoke about the changes in the newspaper industry
since 1969. Also, he noted that the Jonesboro Sun
was the first newspaper in the country to implement
digital photography.
Next Tuesday our
speaker will be Rev. Bruce Tippit, Pastor of the
First Baptist Church. This will be an excellent time
to invite a visitor or prospective new member. This
will also be the last meeting for year 2007 as our
next meeting will be January 8, 2008.
There is an
excellent story about recruiting new members in the
October issue of The Lion magazine Some tips to
bringing in New Members are:
You have to ASK
someone to be a Lion
Always be willing
to tell our story
Explain service to
community, nation, world
Be passionate and
contagious about Lionism
Don’t be afraid of
rejection
Prepare to answer
objections
Listen to
prospects’ own stories, interests, needs
Keep prospect lists
and update frequently
Follow up with
initial contacts
Be organized-have
applications, brochures and contact information
readily available
Look for
opportunities to form new clubs
Identify people of
influence in communities who are good at making
connections with others
Help those in need
Make meetings fun
and interesting
Recruit younger
members
Develop programs
with schools
Allow new members
to assume leadership roles
Be hospitable to
all, avoid cliques
Keep new members
active to RETAIN them
This we need to do
in 2008!!!
