Shelter Island Roadside & Beach Cleanup — May 7, 2023
Sunday May 7th was the Sixth Annual Island wide cleanup sponsored by the Shelter Island Lions Club. Over 120 people had signed up to help, but on this beautiful day over 150 Shelter Islanders showed up to take part in this project. Clearly, keeping Shelter Island the beautiful place that it is, was the high priority of the day! There were people of all ages, with youngest helper just 4 years of age (although some younger came along for the ride) and the oldest was 82. All areas of the island were covered from Hay Beach to South Ferry Hills. The event started at 11AM at the Center Firehouse, with coffee and breakfast treats donated by Star’s Cafe, The Eccentric Bagel and Marie Eiffel. Then the serious work began. The Lions Club provided gloves, safety vests, garbage grabbers and trash collection bags to use. After a short thank you and a message to stay safe from Chief Read, people scattered to their chosen coverage areas. At just about 1PM, people started to come back with filled trash bags. Everyone was then treated to an old-fashioned barbecue including hamburgers, hot dogs, and a variety of snacks hosted by the Center Firemen.
Special thanks go to Susan Binder who chaired this effort, Chief Reed for coordinating police help, all of the EMS and Fire Department staff, Earl Reiter and Tom Hashagen for expert grilling, as well as all of the “behind the scenes” Lions Club members who helped make this event a total success.
Here are some photos from the event in a scrolling slide show:
March 2023 Dinner Meeting
On March 16, 2023, SI Lions and guests enjoyed dinner at the Center Firehouse, catered by Maria’s Kitchen. Ellen Gove, sponsored by 2nd VP Susan Binder, was inducted into Lionism in a ceremony conducted by Membership Co-Directors Archer Brown and Don Dunning. Here’s a photo:
Left to right: Lions Susan Binder, Ellen Gove, Archer Brown and Don Dunning
2022 Holiday Dinner
The 2022 annual Holiday Dinner was held at The Ram’s Head Inn on Thursday, December 15th. 68 Lions and guests enjoyed a delicious dinner. We were honored to have the District 20S Governor, Douglas Marange, conduct the induction ceremony for 11 new Lions. We were also honored to have Past District Governor and current MD20 LCIF Representative Lorri Rieger and 1st Vice Governor Peter Tamsin join us. PDG Lorri provided a very information short talk concerning LCIF donations and grants. Here are a few photos from the event in a slideshow: