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Meeting Updates
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March Medfield Lions Club dinner meeting, Greg Donnelly, President and CEO of Carroll Center for the Blind spoke to us about their work in support of blind people
Eyeglass Collecting and Cleaning
Thank you Lions in Zone 7
Ashland, Framingham, Greater Ashland, Natick & Sherborn and Zone 10 Franklin, Holliston, Medway, Millis & Medfield [including Medfield's QL Barbara Gips and Russ Hallisey for gathering on Saturday, 2/5 at the Holliston Senior Center to Clean, Sort and Prepare DONATED EYEGLASSES for Distribution!
District 33k Mid Winter 2023
Medfield Lion QL Barbara Gips, with Zone Chair Debbie Kerrigan on her right. Secretary Russ Hallisey and his wife Diane on QL's left, along with Lion Paul Viano, David Brick and his wife Martha at the Mid-Winter Friday night dinner.
Congratulations Liz Sandeman
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New England Donor Services
We are so very proud of New England Donor Services Volunteer Liz Sandeman who last night received the national Donate Life America 2022 Ambassador Award!
The annual Ambassador Award honors the nation’s outstanding Donate Life ambassador/volunteer. Liz accepted the recognition at a celebratory dinner during the annual Donate Life America annual conference in Pittsburgh, PA.
Liz began promoting donation when her sister “T” was in need of a lifesaving lung transplant. While accepting the award in front of over 200 conference attendees, Liz said, “I don’t want another family to lose a loved one simply because there are not enough registered organ donors. This is why I raise awareness for organ and tissue donation.”
Thank you Liz for all of your extraordinary efforts to promote donation! Congratulations!
Cal Hobel Story
At the June awards meeting when I was giving a report I mentioned that my wife and I would be meeting up with one of Cal Hobel’s (we had just given John Messina the award) 3 daughters that Friday in Seattle. Somebody yelled out to give her a Friendship banner.
My wife, Eileen, went to school in Medfield with Cheryl Hobel (Chuda). We were headed to Seattle to go on a cruise to Alaska and were spending time in Seattle on both ends of the cruise. My wife had stayed in touch with Cheryl, who live just north of Seattle. We planned to meet up with them and spent a day visiting several attractions in Seattle, including the famous Pikes Place Market.
We had a little ceremony and presented Cheryl with the Friendship Banner, of which she was very appreciative. She also was very surprised that it was an annual presentation with the Medfield Lions Club, as she thought it was a one time award years ago.
