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Another Outstanding Bland Competition !
BAMM, Brandermill – Midlothian – Woodlake (BMW) and Richmond James River Lions Clubs hosted the annual Bland Memorial Music Competition on March 18th at Brandermill Community Church. Thirteen contestants in vocal and instrumental categories demonstrated their skills in an excellent program. The following prizes were awarded:
Vocal Category: First Place - Emma Oliver
Second Place - Maria Maurer
Instrumental Category: First Place - Mira Johnson (Flute)
Second Place - Lora You (Piano)
Third Place - Joshua Ridgway (Marimba)
Honorable Mention - David Dimmett (Piano)
First Place winners will compete at the District 24B Bland Contest on April 27th at Hampden-Sydney College. For information on the Lions of Virginia Bland Program, go to:
http://www.blandfoundation.org
Next Meeting - May 17th
Speaker: BAMM Lion Jean Couchman, Audiologist
Meetings
BAMM Lions Club regularly meets the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month at the Holiday Inn Select located at 1021 Koger Center Blvd. in Richmond, VA. Call Lion Dennis Falk at 804.379.5288 for details.
6:00 p.m.
Social Time
6:30 p.m.
Dinner Meeting
Donate your Eyeglasses & Hearing Aids
See BAMM Lions on TV on Virginia This Morning
BAMM Lions Receive an Informative Presentation on Healthy Hearing at 17 May Dinner Meeting
We were honored to have BAMM member Jean Couchman as guest speaker. Jean is an audiologist and hearing aid specialist at Hearing Solutions in MIdlothian. Ms. Couchman noted that 35 million people of all ages are affected by hearing loss in the United States and 6 out of 10 people with hearing loss are men. Numerous studies have linked hearing loss to a wide range of physical and emotional conditions, including irritability, negativism, anger, fatigue, tension, stress,depression, avoidance or withdrawl from social situations, social rejection, and other conditions. For more information, go to: www.hearingsolutions.us
The Bon Air – Manchester – Midlothian (BAMM) Lions Club is a service organization and a local chapter of the Lions Clubs International. We are best known for working to prevent blindness, but overall our efforts are about serving and helping the community. Our motto is 'We Serve'.
About Us
Our Motto
"We Serve"Our Mission
To empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions Clubs.
The BAMM Lions Club meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month and is a 100% volunteer organization with 100% of the donations going to help the community. Each year the BAMM Lions Club collects over 1,500 pairs of eyeglasses, raises more than $20,000, and collects three to five hearing aids.
Our chapter is one of nearly 45,000 Lions Clubs in the world, with a total membership of more than 1.3 million Lions worldwide. Started in 1917 by Melvin Jones, a Chicago business leader, he told members of his local business club they should reach beyond financial business issues and address helping communities. That year the group took the name of the Association of Lions Clubs and a constitution, by-laws, and a code of ethics were developed. Within three years, Lions became an international organization.
But, it was in 1925 when Helen Keller addressed the Lions Convention that the Lions Club focus became preventing blindness. She challenged the Lions to become the “knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness.” The Lions accepted that challenge. Since then the focus has been on assisting the blind, sight-impaired, and hearing impaired.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
100% of your donation goes to help prevent blindness
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BAMM Lions Meet Peanut Sales Goals !
At the 5 April meeting, Lion Phil Coffey announced that peanut sales goals have been achieved, with a total of slightly over $9500.00. The photo below shows Lions Bill Daniels, David DeLesDernier and Morris Sutton - our top salesmen of the year, with Lion Phil.
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Upcoming Activities:
7 June - Club Installation of Officers for 2012 - 2013
21 June - 78th Anniversary of BAMM Lions Charter Night
8 July - Lions Day at the Diamond to see the Flying Squirrels host the Binghamton Mets