This summer, Lions Camp in Rosholt, served 1,200+ special campers with vision, hearing or intellectual disabilities and Type 1 & 2 diabetes. The Lions Pride Endowment Fund continues to provide financial support to Camp every year. The start of fall and the holiday season is the time individuals plan on giving back to their families, communities and favorite charities. Please consider Lions Pride in your gift giving this year.

Lions Pride Endowment Fund of WI, Inc.

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Newsletter 2017 Edition

Lions Pride

Contacts

President

Sam Kochel

Executive Director

Geri Schlender

Office Assistant Katy Bailey

“Today's

Help Tomorrow's

Hope”

Lions Pride

Office

3834 Cty Rd A Rosholt, WI

54473

715.677.7000

www.lionspride.org

Lions Pride Receives One Million Dollar Bequest

The Lions Pride Endowment Fund of WI, Inc. gratefully announces a gift of one

million dollars from the DuWayne Carl estate. It is the largest gift Lions Pride

has received.

DuWayne "Dewey" Carl was the President and CEO of Lions Pride Endowment

Fund of Wisconsin, Inc., serving as chairman of the LPEF Board and devoting

countless hours to promoting the organization in its endeavors to secure the

legacy of service that began with Lion Ray Hempel and his vision.

With his passing, the Lions Pride Endowment Fund received his generous gift.

Chairman Dewey lived with these simple rules of giving:

1. Support the causes that are important to you

2. Lead by example

3. Share your blessings with others

4. Never stop in pursuit of your goal/vision

As a Safari Society Member, Chairman Dewey included the Lions Pride Endowment Fund of

Wisconsin, Inc. in his estate planning and encouraged others to do as he did and include Lions

Pride in their planning.

Safari Society Brochures are available from the Lions Pride Office call for your copy.

The LPEF Board and staff always admired his passion, integrity & his optimism. He believed

in making a difference and that we are all put on this earth for a purpose. Dewey touched many

lives and exemplified a truthful path to living a joyful and purposeful life; for that reason his

legacy lives on.

THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. . .

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your gift(s) to Lions Pride Endowment

Fund. Whether your gift was large or small, one time or a series of gifts,

you can be confident that your support to Lions Pride is making a

difference in people’s lives. The Lions Pride’s staff and board are

committed to effectively managing your investment to meet peoples’

needs in the best possible way. Your gift(s) support Lions Camp and

the other statewide projects of the Wisconsin Lions Foundation today

and in the future.

The Lions Pride Board and staff share your commitment to help the

people who are and will be “reached, touched and have their lives

improved” through your donations. Together, we can be thankful we

can support our Lions Camp for children with special needs to enjoy, to

supplying hearing aids to people in need, to see that kids receive vision

screening and can be identified and referred to professionals for

evaluation, to assist in educating and creating awareness about diabetes,

and to witness lives change because their vision was improved through

the eyeglass recycling program. Your gifts play an important part in

making sure these projects can benefit people in our communities not

just today but far into the future.

Lions Pride is committed to putting your donations/gift(s) to work to

improve the lives of people not only this year but for years to come.

I have been impressed with the commitment and dedication of the

Directors on the Lions Pride Board. Each director is laser focused on

managing and investing your gift(s) in the best possible way. Since last

year at this time, the LPEF Board made a decision to employ Johnson

Bank Wealth Management to invest your gifts/donations. The Johnson

Bank Wealth Management Team has and continues to demonstrate a

genuine commitment to the goals of the Lions Pride Endowment

Fund.

On behalf of all the people, whose needs are being met or could be met,

I invite you to consider another gift to the Lions Pride Endowment Fund

continuing your generosity and support. You truly are “Today’s Help

and Tomorrow’s Hope”.

Thank you again! You, the Lions Pride Directors and staff are working

together to improve lives.

Together in Service,

PCC Sam Kochel

Lions Pride President

Lions Pride Endowment Fund of WI, Inc.

Board of Directors President Sam Kochel meder31601@gmail.com Vice President John Suby jfsuby@jfsuby.com Secretary William Miehe wmiehe@imap.cc Treasurer Lion Charlie Kolb cfk_rak@yahoo.com Member PDG Jim Schiferl pschiferl@frontier.com Member PID Art Marson amarson@centurytel.net WLF Representative Darrel Blank darrelblank@att.net Council Representative Fred Gebhart fredgebhart@yahoo.com

Lions Pride Weekly Blog What is a Blog? A blog is a type of website that is usually arranged in chronological order from the most recent "post" or entry at the top of the page to the older below. Some, but not all blogs allow comments; this elevates the blog from a monologue to a conversation with a social interaction found in today's social media like Facebook and Twitter, but more focused.

The Lions Pride Endowment Fund blog isn’t just about Lions Pride. We strive to make each post informative, current, interesting and sometimes a little humorous.

Some of Lions Pride’s more recent posts included;

Lion’s 100th Anniversary National Junk Food Day DGE Training in Chicago Stuff the Bus You can find the Lions Pride Endowment Fund blog at blog.lionspride.org. Every Thursday, a new post is added to the Lions Pride Blog. You can have the blog post sent directly to your email each week, just click on the "+Follow" button and enter your email address. We welcome and encourage your comments to enhance the interactive experience.

Type blog.lionspride.org here, do not use www

Click "Follow" & enter

your email address

8th Annual

We were proud to host the 8th Annual Open Road Harley Davidson Friendship 100 riders on their July 2017 visit to Lions Camp.

The Friendship 100 derives its name from

the 100 mile ride to Lions Camp from Open Road Harley-Davidson in Fond du Lac and each rider donates or raises $100 to participate.

Lions Camp is a rare jewel that many people do not know exists and many Lions have never visited. Can you imagine non-Lions donating $100 each for the chance to visit YOUR Camp? Well they did, and are already planning next year’s ride. To date the Friendship 100 riders donated over $31,000, endowing

two camper spots in perpetuity.

Lions Pride Sporting Clay Shoots have raised over $302,000

Picture Right to Left, Open Road’s Sales Manager & Friendship 100 Ride Coordinator, Mike Arnold, LPEF Exec. Director, Geri Schlender & Milt La Forge

A Pat Mrotek Al Sabel

Alan Stewart Art Marson*

Ashwaubenon Lioness

Barb Eisold Ben August

Bernard Beimel Bernie Stuttgen Beverly Carl�†

Beverly Karst-Tapper Bill Donaldson Bill Sampson Bob Penney�†

Bonnie Strelow Brad Behrens Brian Costello Brian Sandness

Bruce Jones Bryan Addison

Charles Krueger Charles Miehe Charlie Kolb

Charlotte Stewart Christine Anderson Chuck Steinmetz Clayton Sengbush

Dan Gaeu Dan Strehlow Dan Weber

Dan Williams Dave Hempel Dave Leppin

Dave Polashek David Albertini

Dean Boie Dean Schmalz

Deanna Pierpont Debra Knudsen

Denise Fritz Denise Rocha Dennis Davis Dennis Risher Dick Schliewe Don Casper

Donald Booth Donald Peiffer †

Dorothy Schattschnieder

Doug Tolle Douglas Doede Dr. Jeff Wierichs Duane Schultz †

Duane Klein DuWayne "Dewey"

Carl* Earl Schrader Edward Gale

Edward Jesinski Edward T Enz Elaine Mothes Eldon Vrieze

Emily Putz Eugene Doell Faith Thomas Fred Rawson Fritz Hasler�†

Gary Blish �†

Gary Roehrig Gary Stewart Gayle Andre

George Andrys Gerald Kallenbach Geri Schlender***

Gladys Franco Gordy Carlson Greg Maccoux Eugene Doell Greg Pryor

Helmer Lecy Henry Bauers

Herb Schneider�†

Howard Schmidt James Faltersack James Greisch

James M Pompa Jamie Taylor

Jane Fritz Janet Deprez

Jeff Adler Jeff Wierichs Jeffery Neddo

Jerry Wille Jhoselyn Arias

Jill Zwiers Jim Olson

Jim Schiferl* Jimmie Stellmacher

Jo Marson* John "Tex" Beinborn

John Franco John Ludwigsen John Mastalir John Skvarca John Sundee

Jordan Chadwick Joseph Giovanni

Judy Ward Julie A Steg

Karen Fischer Karla Harris

Katherine W. Klein † Kathy Sundee Kay Zornow

Keith Edison*** Ken Seering

Kim "Chet" Krueger Larry Braunschweig

Larry Freymiller Larry Testa

Lee Phillips † Leonard Hamilton

Lindsay Sayles Liz Shelley Lori Marg

Louise Lach Lowell Laper

Lyle Fechtelkotter…

Lynn Manthe Lynn Mastalir Mae D Enz

Maria L Morales Mark Diederichs

Mark Sams Mark Trojanowski

Marlyn "Boots" Brandt

Marvin Waldschmidt Mary Ann Marg Mary Federer Mary Jo Abler Mary Olson

Meghan Postelnik Mel Germanson Merle Strelow

Michael Adams Michael Arnold Mike Costello

Mike Lisle Mike Martin Mike Quigley Mike Reichling Mike Schertz

Nancy Edison*** Nancy Grothe

Nellie Vallarta-Ast Norb Neumeyer

Oliver Berge Otto Laven Pat Burley

Patricia Sandness Patrick Pflieger Paul Albright

Pauline Schiferl Pearl Kvalhelm

Peter Andre Peter B Taylor Phillip Bickley

Ralph Schneider�†

Randy Frank Randy Harrison

Randy Thurs Ray Kaminski †

Rich Mousel Richard Spoerle

Richard Jackson † Richard Stutz

Richard Ziemann**** Rob Taylor

Robert Bender Robert Cotter

Robert J Henning Robert McNeil

Rodney Rommel Roland Hendrikson

Roland Manthe Ron Henschel Ron Shively

Ronald Schroeder Ronald L. Rhode Rudolph Messar�†

Rudy Kessler Ruth Selner

Sam Kochel****

Sandy King Shane L Resch Sharon Cherek Shirley Kozey

Stanley Cottrill Steven Schlender**

Sue Doell Sue Laskowski Sue Williams

Terry Desjarlais Tim Eggleston

Timothy "Tim" Meier Timothy K Lambert

Timothy Nolan Tom Clausen Tom Colford Tom Feyen Tom King Tom Miller

Tom Shervey Tom Waldera*

Trudy Wille Vince Wagner

Vern "Husky" Hansen Wayne Johnson Wayne Ness�†

Wayne Sprecher Willard Kiefer

William Cunningham William Frizzell † William Matson William Schaller

Yvonne A Henning†

Fellows are listed

alphabetically by first name

List current as of 8/8/17

* Indicates Progressive

Fellow

Indicates Awarded

Posthumously

Lions Pride Endowment FundLions Pride Endowment FundLions Pride Endowment Fund Ray Hempel FellowsRay Hempel FellowsRay Hempel Fellows

"Today's Help, Tomorrow's Hope"

What does that mean?

All donations are deposited into the Lions Pride Endowment Fund; no donor dollars are used for operating expenses

Enclosed is my/our gift of $

Charge to my Credit Card / Credit Card Number Expiration Date

Name City

Address State Zip Code

Phone Email

This gift is a Personal Donation, or in Honor / Memory of

This gift of $1,000 is for a Hempel Fellowship to honor (Name)

Tomorrow's Hope The promise of Lions Pride Endowment Fund; to preserve, protect and provide for Lions Camp and all WLF statewide projects

Give a Gift

Today's Help Donor designated interest earnings provided a camping experience for 150 in the 2017 camping season

Make Your Check Payable to: Lions Pride Endowment Fund of Wisconsin, Inc.

3834 County Road A, Rosholt, WI 54473

8/1/2017

DONATE ONLINE AT WWW.LIONSPRIDE.ORG

View the Annual Report online at

www.lionspride.org or

Available at the Lions Pride Office (quantities are limited)

Donors of $500 or more are recognized in our Annual Report

THANK YOU

LIONS PRIDE

DONORS

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You have until December 31st to make a tax-free gift from your Individual Retirement Account (IRA) directly to the Lions Pride Endowment Fund.

It's a great way to not only enjoy tax savings but to also support Lions Pride in our effort to protect, preserve and provide for Lions Camp and all WLF statewide projects.

Golfers Support Lion Pride It's a long standing tradition that the North-eastern Wisconsin Lions of Region 2 in 27- B2 hold their annual golf outing at De Smidt’s Golf Course and Country Club in Crivitz, Wisconsin.

This year, a check for $2,155.00 was presented to the Lions Pride Endowment Fund designated for Lions Camp. In the past three years this dedicated group of Lions have donated $6,675 to the Lions Pride Endowment Fund of Wisconsin, Inc., allowing them to award and honor 6 members with Hempel Fellowships.