It that time of the year again!  As a district we have had some great accomplishments with surpassing the Brighter Visions Goal,  Camp Dogwood Raffle, Service Projects, Fundraisers and establishing a new club along with 2 new Leo Clubs.

With that comes giving awards to clubs and individuals to the accomplishments that were made along installation of new officers.  PID Gwen White will be our special speaker at the Banquet.  The date is Saturday, July 27th, 2024 at Western Harnett’s meeting place, Carolina Lakes Club House.  This is a gated community which makes an rsvp very important.  You will find the link to below to download the Awards and Installation Banquet Form.

2024 Awards and Installation Banquet Form

I want to thank everyone for a great job this year.  We could not have met the goals set out if it was not for eveyone of you.  

Thank you once again,

DG Carlie Metts

District 31N Newsletter (1)

Convention Flyer 2024

NBTR Golf Tournament Brochure

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 

Awards & Installation Registration Form

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

October 22, 2022

Time:  10:00am -12:00pm

Location:

Fayetteville Church of the Nazarene

1844 Rayconda Pl.

Fayetteville, NC 28304

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