River Hills Lions Club

Mark your calendars for December 6

Ron Kraft — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:07:22 +0000

The River Hills Lions are hosting a pancake breakfast at Camp Thunderbird with Father Christmas. The breakfast includes a picture of your child with Father Christmas and a pony ride. Costs: $7 per child (includes picture/pony ride) $5 per adult. Tickets/Reservations available 803-631-3543/803-831-2742

The River Hills Lions will start their annual Christmas Tree Sales!

Ron Kraft — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:02:00 +0000

November 24 – December 14, the River Hills Lions will be selling first quality fresh cut trees, fresh green garland roping and wreaths from the mountains of North Carolina. The trees are displayed standing up for your inspection and are individually priced. Sale yard opens daily from 10 am – 6 pm. FREE delivery in River Hills and the Lake Wylie areas. The Tree Sales is a fundraising project of the River Hills Lions Club. All net proceeds are allocated to benefit local community charities such as the Clover Area Assistance Center, River Hills/Lake Wylie EMS, PATH of York County, Bethel Fire Department and 27 other local agencies.

HELP OTHERS – GIVE BACK TO THE COMMINITY

Ron Kraft — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:47:38 +0000

Meet new friends and have fun. The River Hills Lions Club gives back to the community and the world at large. We welcome men and women of all ages. If you are ready to give back and become active helping others. Join us as our guest at our Saturday, November 15, at our 8 am breakfast meeting at the River Hills Country Club. Call Lion President Dona Van Leer 803-631-3543 for details.

You too can save a life

Ron Kraft — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:31:41 +0000

By donating your old cell phone. Cell phones are being programmed for 911 and given to those in need of a life-line. On behalf of the River Hills Lions, Sean Frerichs will be collecting cell phones and taking them to the Clover Police Department and the York County Sheriff’s office. They will give the phones to various agencies who help battered and abused men, women and children.

Please drop off your cell phone and cell phone charger at the Allstate Insurance Company, 4110 Charlotte Highway, Suite 103, Lake Wylie, Lake Wylie Family Dentistry, 1100 Village Harbor Dr., Lake Wylie, the River Hills Lions Eyeglasses/Hearing Aides Collection boxes located in Lake Wylie at Sweet Repeat, Food Lion and Lake Wylie Family Chiropractic office at Lake Wylie Business Centre at Shoppes at the Landing or a Harris Teeter on Hwy 160 in the Steele Creek area. If you have any questions, please contact Sean at 803-831-9800.www.riverhillslions.org

Future Plans for New School Buildings in Clover

Ron Kraft — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:58:11 +0000

Marc Sosne, Superintendent, Clover School District

Please plan to join the River Hills Lions at their dinner meeting on November 4, 7 pm at the River Hills Country Club to hear Marc Sosne, Superintendent, Clover School District speak about the Clover School District’s Long-Range Building and use of Facilities Plan. Presentation will include future plans for new school buildings, purchase of land and the proposed bond referendum.
Marc Sosne has served the Clover area as Superintendent of the Clover School District since July 1, 2007.

Previous positions include Superintendent in Residence at University of NC at Wilmington, NC. He served as Superintendent, Pender County Schools NC (1996 – 2004) and has been an Elementary and Middle School Principal and Classroom teacher in NC and Rochester, NY.

Dr. Sosne holds a B.A. in American History from State University of New York at Albany; a Masters in Educational Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Call 803-370-2828 to make your reservation and learn more about the Lions Club. www.riverhillslions.org

River Hills Lions Club - Vision and Hearing Project

Ron Kraft — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:53:16 +0000

Thursday Crew

Did you know:

-One child in four is born with a vision or hearing problem
-Children rarely are aware of their vision or hearing problems
-Children with profound sight or hearing impairments usually function at lower grade levels than their unaffected peers.
-Early detection is essential

Hearing and vision are the main senses needed for the basic skills to survive in life. Approximately 90% of children who experience learning difficulties suffer from one or more problems with their eyesight. Far too often, these problems remain undiagnosed, causing a great deal of needless frustration for children and their parents.
It is well recognized that hearing is critical to speech and language development, communication, and learning. Children with listening difficulties due to hearing loss or auditory processing problems continue to be an under-identified and an underserved population.
On Thursday, September 25th the River Hills Lions screened over 155 9th grade students at Clover High School for visual and hearing acuity, helping the school nurse meet the South Carolina directive to screen the entire 9th grade for visual acuity. On Friday, September 26th the SC Lions Charitable Services Health Screening Unit (HSU) and volunteers from the River Hills Lions were able to provide the visual and hearing acuity test for 165 students. With the help of the Jr. High School nurse; however, another 100 students were visually screened. The student total for the 2 day screening was 420 students.

River Hills Lions and head nurse, Gale Stewart are already planning next year’s visit of the HSU for the 2009-2010 school year. For more information or to join us as our guest at our October 18; 8 AM breakfast meeting at the River Hills Country Club, call Lion President Dona Van Leer 803-631-3543 for details or go to http://www.riverhillslions.org .

Lion Dick Lewis Receives Distinguished Service Award

Ron Kraft — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:42:25 +0000

On September 2, Lion Dick Lewis was presented with the Distinguished Service Award from the River Hills Lions Club. Dick has been a Lion for over 20 years, served as President, has been on the Board of the River Hills Lions Community Foundation since its inception, received the highest honor in Lionism, the Melvin Jones Fellow and was named Lion of the Year. Dick has been a valued member of the Program Committee, and has helped secure such speakers as SC Governor Mark Sanford, world renowned Wachovia Economist Mark Vitner and radio personality Sheri Lynch of the Bob and Sheri show. Dick has been instrumental in getting significant sponsors for every major fundraiser. He has shared his time, talent and treasure with uncommon grace. Congratulations Dick for a wonderful job. You have truly made a difference and live our motto “We Serve”. Pictured are Lion Dick Lewis and Lion President Dona Van Leer.

SC District Governor Barbara Beckham

Ron Kraft — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:27:14 +0000

District governer

As a special guest of the River Hills Lions Club, SC District Governor Barbara Beckham will speak to the group on Tuesday, September 2 about this year’s Lions theme, “Everyday Heroes”, by remembering the New York Lions service for rescue workers after 9-11 and the African Lions who feed their poor by collecting food from local restaurants and distributing it to the needy.

Lion Beckham, a Charter member of the Blythewood Lions Club, is the first female Governor in the State’s largest district. For the past six years she has served on the Opening Eyes program, which is a joint project of the Special Olympics and Lions International that provides help for the visually impaired. Pictured is District Governor Barbara Beckham.
If you’d like to learn more about the Lions, who we are and one of the charities we support, please plan to join us as our guest on September 2, 7 pm at the River Hills Country Club. Contact Lions Bill Burgin 803-803-370-2828 or Dona Van Leer 803-631-3543 for details and to make your reservation. www.riverhillslions.org

Storm Eye Institute - Global Leader in Vision Research

Ron Kraft — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:19:22 +0000

Toni McHugh

On Tuesday, September 2, Toni McHugh, Dir of Development for the Storm Eye Institute, will speak to the River Hills Lions Club. The Storm Eye Institute at Medical University of South Carolina is the only comprehensive eye care center in SC that provides a full range of educational, clinical and research services related to eye care. Learn about the Institute’s mission to care, to teach, to discover and to serve. Helen Keller challenged the Lions to become Knights of the Blind – come and listen to one of the ways we have met that challenge.

RIVER HILLS LIONS TELEPHONE DIRECTORY IS HERE

Ron Kraft — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:11:04 +0000

2008 Phone Book

With the delivery of the Lions Telephone Directory to the River Hills homes and non-resident Country Club members the first week of June, the Lions Club completed its largest fund raiser of the year. The net income of $58,000 was up from $56,000 last year, $54,000 two years ago and $46,000 in 2004. 100% of the net proceeds are used by the Lions Club to provide assistance for needy causes in our community. Some of the local charities we support are the Bethel Volunteer Fire Department, Clover Area Assistance Center (CAAC), CAAC-Dental, People Attempting to Help (PATH), Clover High School Scholarships, River Hills/Lake Wylie Emergency Squad, River Hills Lions Sight and Hearing, Stuff Unlimited, Safe Passage, Camp Thunderbird, York Adult Day Care, Hospice, York Place, Teen Health Center, Clover High School Choraliers and the Clover Community Theatre.

The production of the Directory takes a full 8 months and a total of 74 Lions Club members participated in the various phases of this year’s project under the guidance of Lion Ken Shaffer-Chair, Lion Bob Daily-Sales Manager, Lions Bill Martin & Richard Doescher-Census Managers, Lion Gene Berres-Prospecting Manager and Lion Ken Shaffer who was technically supported by J. Cooper Rose, handled the record keeping. Distribution was handled by Lions John Cathcart, Don Meyer, Drew Naber, J. P. Russell, Ken Shaffer and Sandy Shaffer. The sales team captains were Lions Burt Burton, Ralph Byra, Bob Daily, Dave Decker, Pat Duffy, Jack Haher, R. J. Phillips, Russ Snader and Bob Tarte.

Most of the directory income is derived from the sale of advertisements. We encourage each of you to support our advertisers by using the Yellow Pages to find sources of goods and services. The front cover of this year’s Directory was designed by Cletus Hardy of River Hills, who used a rainbow of bright pastel colors, falling raindrops and photos of community scenes to portray the theme: RIVER HILLS – THE TREASURE AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW. WHY LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE?

A special thanks to all of our advertisers – because of you, we are able to help thousands of needy people in our community.

For information about the River Hills Lions Club, please contact Lion Bill Burgin at 803-370-2828. www.riverhillslions.org