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Lions of Illinois District 1BK Announcement and Press Release

Lions--Mark your calendars now for the annual District Lions Convention to be held April 11-12, 2025 at the Bolingbrook Holiday. Our special guest speaker will be International Director Chris Carlone of the Louisiana Lions. Please see attached press release and mark your calendars now. Invite all the Lions in your club, too!!

This will be convention of "Superheroes for Service"!

The file attachements cab be found on our website at www.1bklions.org in the HOT NEWS section.

Contest entire are due to PDG John Jospeh Honitoes by November 1st so that he can bring them to the District Team/Cabinet meeting in Bonfield on November 2nd where those in attendance will vote and select a winning poster to represent District 1BK, and DG Tom will submit the selected entry to LCI on behalf of our district.

Please consider your Lions Club participating in this annual contest. Again, all the inforkmation is at the above web link and in the attached PDFs.

Any qustions, please contact me directly at tom@drez.net or via cell at 630-240-5024.

#SuperheroesForService

Posters should be in the mail by October 26.

Mail to:
Lion John Joseph Honiotes
1228 Massachusettes Avenue

Thank you for helping provide some relief to hurricane victims!

The application and guidelines for nominating a deserving Lion can be viewed via the link below.

Please see the two attached documents regarding the nomination process for the prestigious Curtis L. Orr award that will be presented at the District convention this coming April.

If you have any questions about the award or the process you can contact Past International Director Bud Wahl at pidbud@yahoo.com or 815-822-3015.

Services will be 10/23 and 10/24. See obituary at link below:

It is with great, great sadness that I inform you of the passing of our esteemed Lion Colleague, Cabinet Secretary, and all around Great Guy Charlie Siefert, PDG. We were informed by the Bolingbrook Lions a short time ago that Charlie passed away this morning. He has been in relatively good spirits the last week or so and was getting back into the swing of things after recent health concerns. His passing is unexpected and a shock to us all. I cannot say enough superlatives about our friend, Lion Charlie. Space here does no permit for all I can say about Lion Charlie. I have been a Lion for 24 years, and Charlie was one of the first Lions outside my club I met shortly thereafter. I know that Charlie has been there for everyone one of us in some way through the years as mentor, friend and service partner. His untimely passing leaves a great big hole in our hearts and in our service to our communities.

No arrangements have yet been received. We will send them when we receive them.

Please keep Lion Charlie, the Bolingbrook Lions, and his family in your thoughts and prayers.

We encourage you to share your activities with us, enabling others to learn from your club's successes and allowing us to acknowledge the fantastic work you're doing in your neighborhoods.

What's in this issue:

Tax filing in Illinois:

All Lions clubs and districts that conduct any solicitation in Illinois must register with the Illinois Attorney General, Charitable Trust Bureau, unless otherwise exempt under the Solicitation for Charity Act. Use the link below to read a letter from Lions General Counsel David Kingsbury for important information regarding your annual Illinois Charitable Trust Act registration obligation. The link also provides additional tax filing information.

It's that time of the year again. NEW this year, two drawings every day in February 2025! Only 500 tickets in each drawing.

When they are gone, they are gone! Thank you for your continued support!