Elroy Lions Club

The major fund raisers for the Elroy Lions Club are a food stand at the Elroy Fair which will be June 26 - June 29, 2008, a food stand at the Royall High School football games, and the most fun and informative of all -- the annual Elroy Lions Club Radio Days which were Saturday March 29th from 1 - 10 pm and Sunday March 30th, 2008 from Noon - 8 pm on radio station WNFM - 104.9 Reedsburg.
Below is a copy of the agenda items that matched the recording linked to the right. The recording starts with item C. 4. The .wmv file may take a while to load on slower internet connections. C. Old business 4. Items to be moved from 2 locations 5. Other old business E. New business 1. Communications 2. Anything else????? F. Drawing G. Adjourn
At the May 5, 2008 Elroy Lions Club meeting Lion John Fritz, a member who is blind, demonstrated the latest advances in text reading equipment. The software, which costs $1600 was installed in a $400 Nokia phone. The user feels for the center of a sheet of paper, raises the phone 10-12 inches above it and takes a picture. The software converts the text from the paper to voice and can be played for the user to hear. For purpose of the demonstration Lion John connected the phone to speakers so the club members could hear. He demonstrated with an instruction sheet and also with our written meeting agenda. Unfortunately we only recorded the last 14 seconds of the agenda reading. If you would like to see and hear it click here.

The first Saturday after Labor Day has the scenic town of Elroy, Wisconsin, sponsoring its own Apple Dumpling Days. As part of the festivities, The Elroy Lions Club held its first races in 2007, hosting a 5K run/walk and a .75K kids fun run. The Elroy Lions are expanding in 2008 and adding its first half marathon. For more information and registration go here.

Some of the yearly scheduled community activities include a Halloween Party for the Royall middle school students and a Christmas Party for the residents of Heritage Manor Nursing Home with caroling and gifts for all the residents. For the third year in a row the Lions have provided a free Christmas movie for area elementary students and younger with a $1.00 coupon for use at the Elroy theatre snack bar.

The Elroy Lions Club members also participate in the State Adopt-A-Highway program and are responsible for keeping the litter along State Hwy 71 between Elroy and the Juneau-Monroe County line picked up.

The current officers are:

Immediate Past President - Lion Randy Board - 608-462-8388
President - Lion Jeff Ladwig - 608-462-8308
1st Vice President - Lion Patricia Kennedy 608-462-5636
2nd Vice President - Lion Stacy Smith - 608-462-4025
3rd Vice President - Lion Charles Kennedy - 608-462-5636
Secretary - Lion Bruce Lange - 608-462-5502
Treasurer - Lion Don Ross - 608-462-8358
Lion Tamer - Lion Christie Bender - 608-462-5897
Tail Twister - Lion Gary Sorenson - 608-462-5965
Membership Chair - Lion Patricia Kennedy 608-462-5636

	District 27-D2 Southwestern Wisconsin
	Wisconsinlions.org (information for and about Wisconsin Lions Clubs)
	LionNet Wisconsin (on-line Lions Clubs in Wisconsin)
	LionNet United States (on-line Lions Clubs in the U.S.)
	LionNet International (linking on-line Lions Clubs world-wide)
	The Wisconsin Lions Foundation http://wlf.info and The Wisconsin Lions Camp for persons with disabilities at Rosholt, Wisconsin http://www.wisconsinlionscamp.com
	Visit the web page for Leader Dogs for the Blind at Rochester, Michigan www.leaderdog.org
	Lions Headquarters www.lionsclubs.org

For information about the Elroy Lions Club or comments about this web page email agrafitti@centurytel.net

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