Jungle Jargon
A Monthly Broadcast to
THE
LIONS CLUB OF CRANBURY, NEW
Contact us at: http://cranburylions.org
“A Country Club Trying to Serve Its Country”
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Ideals in
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Mutual
Helpfulness |
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Social Progress |
Understanding |
Civic Betterment
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Fellowship |
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President |
Rick Burke |
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Directors – 1 year |
Frank Brennan, Jr. |
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1st Vice
President |
Mike Kaiser |
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Dave Cook |
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2nd Vice
President |
Andre Mento |
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Ray Dickey |
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3rd Vice
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John Kobland |
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Jeff Grundy |
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Secretary |
George Smith |
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Treasurer – Operating/Projects |
Glenn Johnson |
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Directors – 2 Years |
Walt Caldwell |
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Assistant Treasurer - Projects |
Elaine Homoky |
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Jon Goldstein |
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Tom Reilly |
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Immediate Past President |
Alex Johnson |
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Peter Turner |
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Information Technology
Chairman |
Dave Shaffer |
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Publicity |
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Lion Tamer |
Paul Hayden |
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Jargon Editor |
Bob Virgadamo |
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Tail Twister |
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Membership Chairman |
Mike Kaiser |
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January, 2007
January 2 – Board of Directors Meeting –
January 3 – Regular Meeting – 7PM , Cranbury Station, Dinner: Chicken Marsala
Speaker: Lion
January 17 – Regular Meeting –
Speaker: Lion
February, 2007
February 6 – Board of Directors Meeting –
February 7 – Wine
Project Meeting –
Speaker:
Wine Project in lieu of speaker – At this last Wine Meeting, the Club
will bottle and affix the labels to our bottles of wine. Spouses are encouraged
to attend.
February 21 – Boy Scout Meeting –
Speaker: Lion Walt Caldwell
– Lion Walt will narrate a slide
presentation of his recent trip to
Welcome To Our Newest Member…
The Board of Directors has approved the membership
application for Ruth Holroyd, who recently moved into Cranbury. Ruth, who lives
on
Something New About the 75th Celebration…
The Anniversary Committee is happy to announce that we have
volunteers as Co-Chairs for the Decorations Committee, and wish to thank
Rosemarie Mento, Mary Ellen Larson and Bobbie Marlowe for taking up this
creative challenge. Anyone wishing to participate on this committee should
contact either of them (see your directory for numbers)
Things To Know
Even
though we have begun sending a revised “Calendar
of Events” with each dues mailings, we’d like to remind all members to please,
share the Jargon with your Spouse,
so that our events may be better scheduled on your personal, or family,
calendars for better attendance. Please Note that Spouses are invited to attend
all meetings, but are encouraged to attend “Spouse Night” meetings.
Detective Paul Lindenfeld of the Cranbury Police spoke about
the Department’s CERT Program at our
December 6 meeting. In addition to acting as a “neighborhood watch” this
program also trains residents to help the police, locally, both in times of an
emergency and for non-emergency procedures. Anyone wishing more information, or
wishing to take the training course may contact Detective Lindenfeld at 395-7209
We collected 786 toys during this year’s Toys For Tots Drive. This program is a
success due to the efforts of our
“Collection Point Volunteers” at 1st Constitution Bank, Seanjohn
Inc, BBL, the Post Office, and PNC Bank. And of course, thanks to all Lions,
their families and friends for depositing a toy for a needy child. Barring any
unforeseen (military) problems, a Marine delegate will be at our January 3rd
meeting to present President Rick with a certificate for our work with Toys for
Tots.
1st Constitution Bank acted as sales location of Entertainment Books for the Club this
year, and we would like to thank the Bank, and especially Lion
The Annual Cranbury Lions Holiday Party, held jointly with the Hightstown Lions Club, was at The Bog on Friday, December 15. Sixty-three people attended, including 15 from Hightstown. A note of thanks to Lion Joe Carroll, who brought a small sound system so that “mood music” would prevail. Even without the DJ, a wonderful time was had by all.
Because
last year’s Valentines Day Roses Fundraiser
was so great a success, not only because it raised money, but because serves
the needs of the community, we are doing it again this year. Just like last
year, the Club will pre-sell bunches of medium stemmed roses, by the
dozen; the cost will be $35 per dozen. Anyone who purchased last year can vouch
for the fact that these are high quality roses (mine lasted over two weeks!). Also
like last year, our sale price will be substantially lower than the
retail cost of roses at Valentines Day. If just our member’s purchase flowers,
it is estimated we could make over $1000 with this fundraiser. However, this is
a fundraiser and the special pricing will be available to everyone who orders.
As a fundraiser, everyone is reminded that this year’s flowers for your
sweetheart are not only less expensive and less sales tax, these roses are tax
deductible. Orders can be placed by contacting Lion
The
Super Bowl is February 4th, and we are once again running Super Bowl Pool 50/50. The Pool is circulating at meetings, or contact Lion
New Jersey Lions
Night at The New Jersey Devils is
coming up! The game is Devils v.
Our Annual Cranbury Lions – Hightstown Lions Joint Meeting
with be hosted by Hightstown, and therefore will be on their schedule. The
meeting will be at the Hightstown Masonic Lodge on March 14. Please note that
our first scheduled meeting on March 7 will be at Cranbury Station; our
second normally scheduled meeting
on March 21 is cancelled, and being “replaced” with the Joint Meeting.
Get ready for our 9th
Annual Golf Outing, which will be held at the Peddie Golf Club on
And a word about the Poll we tried to conduct with regard to the Holiday Party venue and attendance: with a total of 72 Members, we received 16 responses. As a courtesy to those who took the time to respond, the “results” follow:
Stay at the Bog: Yes 12; No 2; Undecided
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Keep the DJ: Yes 1; No 10; Undecided 3
A sincere thank you to those who took the time to respond.
…More about the 75th Anniversary…
Reminder…Hold the time and date for the Cranbury Lions 75th Anniversary Celebration –
The Promotions and Ad Journal Committees have provided us with an excellent tool for obtaining both goods and services for a Silent Auction (at the Celebration) and cash donations (as Journal Ads)…but they need the help of every member. Remember that the cost of the ticket is the cost of the event – we make NO money on the ticket; all FUNdraising will be via the Ad Journal, the Silent Auction, and the evening’s 50/50. Please do what YOU can to procure goods, services, or ads for the event.
Mark you calendars! The February 7, 2007 Meeting will be at
the Grape Escape. All members and their spouses are invited to this last Club Project Meeting, where we
will be bottling and labeling our Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon. [The Boy Scout
meeting, usually reserved for the first February meeting, will be held on
February 21st]
All Members have received their tickets for the 75th Anniversary Celebration
in the mail. Additional tickets are available. The Committee and the Board are
hoping that every Member will attend this historic event in our Club’s history,
and now is a good time to start planning a table; tables will be set for 8, 10,
or 12. If for any reason a Member can’t use the tickets sent to him or her, we
ask that you try to sell them; if you are unable to purchase them or sell them,
please return them to
Membership – Membership – Membership
As always we are looking for new members. This year’s theme from International President Jimmy Ross is
‘Renewal’,
and President Rick has adopted this theme. With so many new homes in Cranbury,
there are many opportunities for new members. We ask all Cranbury Lions to try
to bring in New Members. Membership applications can be obtained from Secretary
…And Attendance…
On the flip side of the membership coin, we also seem to be
having a problem with attendance. Over the last couple of years meeting
attendance has diminished from an average of 45+ members per meeting to an
average of plus or minus 25 members, per meeting. Our core volunteers have
always come from sign-ups at the meetings, and with meeting attendance down,
so are the number of volunteers. While we would love to see “a
packed house” at every meeting, it is understandable that many of our Members can’t
make every meeting due to the demands and obligations to their jobs and
families, however, the Board of Directors is asking every member to try to
attend at least one meeting per month. The Membership Committee is preparing a
survey, which will be distributed to all Members in January, which we hope will
allow Members to answer such questions as: why is attendance low? What can we
do to increase attendance? If it’s a ”problem”, what can we do to make meetings
more interesting? When the survey arrives, please take a few minutes to
complete it; if you would like to help the Membership Committee help the Club
(before the survey goes out), members are encouraged to speak out at all meetings,
or, if preferred, to any Board Member, about their concerns.
Reminders
Frank Marlowe has been our Program Chair for a few years now, and has done quite an excellent job lining up speakers for each of our meetings. You can all imagine how difficult it can be, finding 20 speakers per year that will be of relative interest to all our Members! We all come in contact with someone interesting on a regular basis. When you do, or if you have any suggestions for speakers, please give Lion Frank a call, or e-mail him at marlowe@cranburynj.com .
The Cranbury Lions Club is always in search of additional new fund raisers – different, entertaining, and most importantly, fun. Any member who has a FUNdraising idea should share the idea with President Rick, or bring it up at one of the meetings. The list of potential fundraisers, and the input from interested Lions, will be discussed at a Board of Directors meeting, and presented to the general membership at a regular meeting.
While it is important that we increase our fundraising
capability, it is equally important that we do it without continually
requesting donations from our small community on a too frequent basis. With
over 300 commercial locations in our immediate area, the website is one of the
easiest and best fundraisers we have. We ask every Member to please try to bring in at least one new advertiser per year.
Refer all advertising leads to Lions John Kobland,
Any member who learns of the sickness or death of another
member, or in a member’s family, or any other similar incident or emergency,
should contact Lion
Member Pick-Up
Ed Lawson (5 S. Main)
Lion George Smith will be the “permanent” pick up driver for Lion Ed
Lion Frank Marlowe has volunteered to be the “permanent” back-up driver.
Drivers: if you cannot make your pick-up, or need to switch, please notify Rick Cusworth as soon as possible. Riders: please notify the assigned driver if you’re not going to make a meeting.