December Newsletter

December 2025

Board of Directors Meeting: The board of directors met on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at the Lake City VFW at 6pm. There were 8 Lions attending

Treasurers Account Balance 11/30/2025:

Activity Account: $ 3,795.22

Adninstration Account $ 599.11

52 Club $10,152.86

Aluminum Cans $ 4,931.20

Fireworks Fund $11,814.18

Money Market $ 6,065.77

Club 52 Winners for November: $100 Jeff Kohlnofer, Nick Keller, Pete Holmstadt, Ken Jacob

December Dinner Meeting: The regular club dinner meeting will be on Monday, Dec 8 at the Lake City VFW. Social hour willl start at 6pm, Dinner meeting at 6:30pm. Lion Ed Burfeind is ordering the meal.

Mid Winter Convention: The 5M1 Mid Winter convention will be held on Fiday January 16 and Saturday Jan 17 at the Empire Convention Center in Rochester. There will be details available at the December club meeting.

Parade of Green: The board set the amount of the donations to be presented at the Parade of green at the 5M1 conention. They are LCIF $1000, Can Do Canines $200, Lions Vision $500, Lions Hearing $$200, Leader Dog $200, roject New Hope $200, Lions Diabetes $ 200, Lions child hood canver research $200

Fund Raiser Donation: The club will be donating $250 for fund raiser expenses for the McGovern Family who were involved in a horrific traffic acident in Iowa. This local family has and will have tremendous expenses to recover from this accident. Additional information will be available at the December dinner meeting.

Ronald McDonald House Dinner: Lion Lisa Quest led a group of 12 Lions provide a meal for the famalies staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Rochester and presented a check for $4000 to the House. The group had a great time dishing up an excellent dinner to about 75 people. We received many compliments from the guests and staff there. Please give Lion Lisa a big thanks for all her work on the project.

Christmas Tree Pickup: The annual Christmas Tree Pickup will be on Saturday, January 10 starting at the Lake City Sportsman Club. We will start at noon and have refreshments after the work is done. To sign up and if you have a truck and/or trailer please contact Lion John Mortenson 651-347-9268 or see me at the December meeting.

Lions Peace Poster Contest: Lion Ed Burfeind organized the annual Peace Poster Contest at the local Lake City Schools. There were 24 students from St John's school and Bluffview Elementary. The winner from St Johns was Hazel Luhmann and Riley Conners from Bluffview. There will be pictures on our website, lakecitylions.org.