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Message from District Governor Carlie Metts

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Greetings Fellow Lions,

First, I want to thank IPDG Mayra McCloud for her hard work this past year as District Governor. She has been a ball of energy this past year and I appreciate what she has done.

Dawn and myself will be leaving July 6th for the Lions Club International Convention in Boston where I will be installed as District Governor. When we return from Boston, we will be celebrating the past year and installing the new officers on the 15th of July in New Bern. IPDG Mayra and myself look forward to everyonecoming to celebrate with us.

I am looking forward to serving you this new lion year for 2023-2024 as your District Governor. These past few months our team has been meeting and planning for this new year. The Lions of the District have helped me put together our goals and action plans. I could not have done it without them. Thank you to my NCLF, LCIF, District, Zone and Region chairs in the formation of our plans.

The goals are lofty but we believe it can be accomplished with hard work and having fun while we are serving our communities. I want to challenge each of you to do your best serving your communities. I believe that if we serve and have fun we can accomplish the goals that have been set.

We want to continue improving our service, leadership and membership in our district. The GST, GLT and GMT coordinators are excited about this upcoming year on improving what has been built.

Next is the Brighter Visions Campaign. Our goal for the year will be $125.00 per member. I would love it if we have 100% participation from each club. Some of you say that you would rather keep the money in your community. But did you know that by giving to Brighter Visions your county normally gets back at least 3 times what your club has given. So let’s really dig deep and work hard for this goal.

Next is Camp Dogwood Raffle Tickets. Southport Lions Club just won the grand prize of $15,000 as a club. Guess what, they are in our district! The goal is 5 books or more per member.

Leo’s are our future. This year I plan to have a Leo Liaison to be a part of the cabinet and also I am inviting the Leo’s to our cabinet meetings.

And last is LCIF. The goal for giving to LCIF as a district is to improve by 25% for individuals and by 60% of clubs giving to LCIF. This should be a no brainer as how LCIF has given back for disasters by grants for our district. Also, giving to LCIF you or your club can honor someone by giving them a Melvin Jones Fellowship. There will be more on how you or your club can honor someone throughout the year.

Once again, I look forward to representing my Lion friends of District 31N for the year 2023-2024.

Yours in Lionism,

Carlton “Carlie” Metts, II

District Governor 

31 N&S Mid-Winter Convention

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January 20-21, 2023

 

The Pirates are coming!

Lets have some fun at 31 N&S Mid-Winter Convention.  Friday Fun Night:  This year’s theme will be a Pirate theme with good food, music, dancing.  Dress will be causal (dress as a pirate if you choose), so relax, have fun and enjoy yourself.

Welcome to our Special Guests!

International Director Lee Vrieze and his wife Mary from Jim Falls, Wisconsin. 
Welcome to Greenville, North Carolina

Friday Fun Night Entertainment

The Mighty Saints of Soul


From left to right: Randy Hignite, Danny Garner, Jim Heidenreich and Bob Hale. Formerly The Avengers during the late 1960s, which eventually became The Band of Oz in 1970, one of the most successful groups in the Southeast. Since then, we have collaborated with numerous other bands and musicians, including The Avengers, The Embers, Lighthouse, and Sheryl Rouse. We played as Jackie Gore and The All Starz during the mid-2000s. See Program Book for more.

Click on the link below for information 

31 N&S Mid-Winter Convention 2023

2nd District Cabinet Meeting

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It is that time again, Saturday, October 22, 2022 will be our second Cabinet Meeting. The location will be:

Fayetteville Church of the Nazarene

1844 Rayconda Pl.

Fayetteville, NC 28304.

The meeting will be from 10am-12pm.  Also, the meeting will be available by ZOOM, the link will be sent out prior to the meeting.

PDG DeAngelo Jackson

Cabinet Secretary

BRIAN E. SHEEHAN

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Lions Club International President 2022- 2023

Douglas X. Alexander Lions International PresidentMeet Our International President

 

Brian E. Sheehan, from Bird Island, Minnesota, USA, was elected to serve as international president of Lions Clubs International at the association’s 104th International Convention, June 22 through June 28, 2022.

President Sheehan is the founder and CEO of Rural Computer Consultants, a software development company.

A member of the Bird Island Lions Club since 1991, he has held many offices within the association, including council chairperson, long range planning chairperson, membership chairperson, retention chairperson, women’s initiative chairperson, MD convention chairperson, GMT Liaison and GLT area leader. He has also served as the chairperson of the Headquarter Operation & Finance Committee, Lions University coordinator, DGE group leader, and board appointee to several committees including Constitutions and Bylaws, LCIF Executive, LCI Executive, USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum and the Centennial Action committees. He has been a presenter at numerous Lions events, including many of the Global Forums.

In recognition of his service to the association, he has received numerous awards including Club Lion of the Year; the District 5M 4 Diabetes Awareness Award; the MD 5M Web Site Appreciation Award; the MD 5M Al Jensen Leadership Award; the Founders Membership Growth Award; numerous International President’s Certificates of Appreciation; International President’s Leadership Award; multiple International President’s Awards; and the Ambassador of Good Will Award, the highest honor the association bestows upon its members. He is also a Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow and Second Century Ambassador.

In addition to his Lions activities, President Sheehan is active in numerous professional and community organizations. He has served as president of Bird Island Civic and Commerce, director of the Learning Funhouse and as a member of various school committees. He also received the 2011 U.S. SBA Minnesota Small Business Person of the Year Award.

President Sheehan and his wife, Lori, also a Lion and Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow, have two sons and two daughters. And in their spare time, they have enjoyed raising many types of exotic animals.

Lions Clubs International Theme

Lions Club International President’s Theme: “Together We Can”

It’s so simple, so fundamental, and so true.

Together We Can.

President Sheehan believes it. He sees it in his work, in his service and in his wonderful marriage to Lori—teamwork makes it all work. That’s why Together We Can is his message to Lions, and the world.

We see it in our clubs every day. People uniting to build up our communities, to be the helping hand, to change lives. Together.

We see it in the work we do with Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF). We take on big life-changing projects that make our communities healthier, more vital and more sustainable. And we do it together.

Lions know we can’t do it alone. To accomplish big things, we all have to pull together, roll up our sleeves and put in the work to make the impossible possible. And we do it with a smile because this is how we live, this is how we serve, and this is who we are as Lions.

Every day, we live out the simplicity, the necessity and the absolute beauty of Together We Can.