Sunday, June 25, 2017

Year in Review

A year ago VDG Governor Crystal and I went to Fukuoka, Japan for my District Governor training and three days of the 99th International Convention. From our hotel window I took a photo of the entryway which appeared in one of the first of the You Guys Are Great blogs. 



Today, I took a similar shot, a year later, of the entry way to the hotel where we will stay as DG Crystal takes her District Governor training prior to the 100th International Convention of Lions in Chicago, Illinois USA.

Looking back over the 2016-2017 19F Lions year is easy because of the You Guys Are Great DG blogs which were written more or less weekly. We tried to make a write-up of every club for the blogs but sometimes time, technology and fatigue got in the way of that aspiration. The goal was to showcase how great the Lions in our 46 clubs are, to stay positive, and to essentially be a cheerleader.  

VDG Crystal and I had a wonderful time visiting clubs, learning how they operated and how truly effective they are in service to their communities. It was a little humbling learning how much I didn’t know about Lionism and very exhilarating being in the presence of so many great Lions. 

Those 57 You Guys Are Great blogs have had 5,057 page views during the year. Each month my son Lion Derence Walk combined the best blogs of the month just passed and made them into the required DG You Guys Are Great Newsletter.  Each month we attached or linked it to the 600 or so District Lions who have emails listed in the LCI database. These same blogs and the newsletters were also shared via our District 19F Website and District 19F Facebook page.  

An alphabetical index of links to those You Guys Are Great blogs follows and is also at this link: 19F You Guys Are Great blog index.

Asotin  Servant-Leaders 
Benton City Stamps 
Clarkston  Change   The Ayes Have It  
College Place  Melvin and the Measles   Servant-Leaders 
Conference Thank You  Chevron  Party!
Craigmont  Home!
Dayton  White Cane
Goldendale  Rolling  
Kahlotus  Kahlotus 
Kennewick  One Question
Lions Flag The Lions Flag
Lind, Potlatch, Yakima, Clarkston  The Ayes Have It                
Palouse  Inspiration   Servant-Leaders 
Past District Governors  Powerful  A Banner Bright
Potlatch The Ayes Have It   
Naches and Naches Sunshine  Great!  Hear us Roar!
Northwest Lions Foundation Good Works 
Odessa Odessa
Selah Valley Peace!   Real Generations  .
Sunnyside Show It!  
Vice District Governor  Bright 
Walla Walla Downtown All Aboard!!!  Servant-Leaders 
Wapato  Rolling  
Washtucna  Bingo!  Ask!
West Richland White Room 
Whitepine  Old Guys 
Yakima Ben Franklin Live  The Ayes Have It   Rolling                  
Yakima West Valley Rolling  


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