Lions Calendar

Date	Event
Tuesday, May 21, 2013	Noon Luncheon
Tuesday, May 28, 2013	Noon Luncheon
Tuesday, June 04, 2013	Noon Luncheon
Tuesday, June 11, 2013	Board of Directors Meeting, Location To Be Announced
Tuesday, June 18, 2013	Installation Dinner at Hillside Manor cocktails 6p-7p Dinner 7p
Tuesday, June 25, 2013	Noon Luncheon
Tuesday, July 02, 2013	Noon Luncheon

Kingston Clean Sweep

Eight Kingston Lions members participated in April 20's citywide event to clean the city's streets to get ready for Spring and the Tourist season. Lions members cleaned the entryway to the city along Washington Avenue, Schwenk Drive and North Front Street. we picked up over 100 pounds of trash and litter as well as cleaned off the sidewalks.. This is our 4th year in participating in this event.

Monarch Awards

Lions District Governor Joyce Maier presented three monarch awards to members at our regular luncheon on April 16th.

                                      Lions Ellsworth Johnson receives his 50th year Award

                                   Lion Delores Fredericks receives her 15th year Monarch Award

                             Club Secretary Richard Sturmer receives his 15th year Award

Catskill Ballet Theatre UPDATE

In December 2011 the Kingston Lions Foundation donated $500 towards material in making new costumes for their Holiday Season Program to celebrate their 25th Anniversary. Well, the season was a success and the material made beautiful costumes. Here are two pictures of their program featuring their new costumes.

Lions Donate $1,000 for gifts to needy children

Members of the club participate in radio-thon for the WGHQ Happy Christmas Fund to raise money for needy families during the Holiday Season. Total raised was $43,133 for 447 families and over 1,100 children. The Kingston Lions hosted a half-hour on the air asking the public to contribute to the Fund. Pictured(l-r) Al Teetsel radio host, Lion Kevin Gilfeather, IPP John Burlingham and Lions Board member Dorry Dabney.

And the Winner is.....

The Lions club held the drawing for the Fall Raffle at the Christmas party on December 18. And Margaret Schmidt of Hurley was the winner of $2,500.

Santa Visits Kingston Lions

Santa joins Kingston Lions Christmas Party spreading Christmas cheer with Tom & CeCe Keehn

Dinner for 270

On November 20, 2012, the Club feed over 270 people at its annual dinner at St. Mary's Hall in Kingston. Partial costs for dinner were picked up by Rondout Savings Bank and Ulster Savings Bank.

 Chef Lew Krischner and Congressman Chris Gibson with John Martino oversee dinner serving.

$3,000 to Queens Galley

Members of the Queens Galley Staff after receiving notice of Kingston Lions Donation.

After a luncheon presentation by Diane Reeder of the Queens Galley, the Kingston Lions Foundation Board discussed the dire situation of the Queens Galley, now celebrating 10 years feeding the needy. With the need of Sandy victims many contributions that would have gone to Queens Galley went to the severely damaged areas.  The Galley did not make its payroll last week and was facing layoffs right before Thanksgiving. The Queens Galley does not get any government funding and relies strictly on public donations to keep the Galley open. They currently provide 10,000 meals a month. It is hoped that providing $3,000 would cover payroll(Diane(pictured right) is a volunteer and does not get paid) and keep the facility open through Thanksgiving.  It is hoped that this funding will give Diane some breathing room to get funding for the balance of the year.

Town of Esopus Yard Sale

Kingston Lions members participated in the Town of Esopus town wide yard sale in September. Though the club did not raise much money, $208, we had a lot of fun and event gave Lions a great deal of visibility. Pictured above(l-r) IPP John Burlingham, President Dan Terpening, CeCe Keehn(in charge of pricing items) and Tom Keehn, Lions Band Impresario. That's a shopper exiting on the right.