The Lions Roar...serious and fun information from the Westerly Lions Club

The Westerly Lions is hosting their annual Insight picnic at the Westerly Yacht Club on August 4, 2010. Over 40 Lions will cook and serve salad, home-made "chowdah", corn on the cobb, barbeque chicken, and watermelon for the visually impaired.

This annual event is put on in conjunction with INSIGHT, an organization who envisions a world in which people are valued for who they are, not for what they see. 

In June of 1925, Helen Keller challenged Lions to become "Knights of the Blind in the crusade against darkness". The Lions accepted and today sight programs remain one of our defining causes.

Earlier that same year, the Westerly Lions Club was formed, and will be celebrating their 85th anniversary this coming January.

The Westerly Lions Club proudly inducted 2 new members this past month. Ken Decker, an energy salesman (sponsor Paul Nardone) and Raymond Roy, General Manager of the Westerly Sun Newspaper (sponsor Joe Iacoi.)

Click this link to see the photos:

http://www.westerlylions.com/Photosmay232010

President Message—July 2010

“We Serve.” That is the Lions Club motto!   

On Behalf of the Westerly, Rhode Island Lions Club, I would like to welcome you to our Club Website for my year as the 2010-2011 Club President.

My vision of the coming year is to maintain and improve the quality and increase the interaction of our programs in our community, zone, district, state, national and Lions Club International. Lions Club International is the world’s largest secular service organization, founded in 1917 by Mr. Melvin Jones, with 45,740 clubs and more than 1.3 million members in 743 districts and in 203 countries around the world. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, USA, the organization strives to meet the needs of communities on a local and global scale.

Our Club was chartered in January, 1926, and since that time, our Club has been involved in many projects that have benefited the citizens of the Greater Westerly Area and local charity organizations.

My Goals and Objectives: Work on and improve the Present, Plan for the Future, with a reflection on the Past. Let us have a responsible and enjoyable fellowship year with more Lions becoming really involved in service. That is the lifeblood of any organization; work on retention and grow our membership to new levels.

I have started to plan for our Westerly, RI Lion’s Club 85^th Anniversary in January, 2011. So let us all lead with a Lion’s quote, “Working together for a better tomorrow”.

I am proud to be the President of such a fine civic minded organization as the Westerly Lions Club. If you have a mind to do some good for the Community, the Westerly Lions Club is for you. We will continue to help those in need not only in our Community, but elsewhere as well.

I  “Thank”  Immediate Past President David Urso, for all his leadership and direction he has given daily for our growth and District reputation he worked for us all in 2009-2010 and the support and encouragement he has extended to me as I begin my year as your Club President.

In conclusion, I am looking forward to working with our Officers and Board of Directors and each of our members and hope to lead us to a great year we can remember and be proud of. “WE SERVE”

Yours in Lionism,

Joseph J. Iacoi

Club President, 2010-11

The Westerly Lions will be selling Strawberry Shortcakes at the Misquamicut Music Festival this Saturday from 3:00pm to 10:00 pm. If you are going to attend the music festival, look for the folks in the gold vests, and help the Lions support the local community.

If you would like to help, please contact co-chairs Michelle Pendola or Angie Smith

Robert P. Christina Sr., 72, husband of Rose Marie (Cofone) Christina, of Yankee Drive, Westerly, died Feb. 3, 2009, at The Westerly Hospital.
Born in Westerly, he was a son of Mrs. Rose (Chiaradio) Christina of Westerly and the late Angelo Christina.
Bob had been employed for 39 years at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, retiring as Inventory Control Supervisor. He had also worked as a mail courier for 10 years at The Washington Trust Company.
He was a communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church, where he also served as an usher, for over 40 years.
Bob was a U. S. Army veteran actively serving from 1957 to 1959.
He was a graduate of LaSalle Academy, Class of "54".
He was a member of the Westerly Lions since 1978, Westerly Lodge of Elks, B.P.O.E. #678, the North End Social Club, the Westerly Democratic Town Committee, the Columbus Day Parade Committee, the Mount Carmel Society, a former member of the Westerly Licensing Board, a former member of the Westerly Housing Authority Board, and a former member of the Westerly Italo-American Club.
In addition to his wife and mother, he leaves a son, Robert P. Christina Jr. of Providence; two daughters, Robin Lamphere and her husband Chet and Lisa Chiaradio and her husband Bob; a brother, John Christina and his wife Sandra, all of Westerly; five grandchildren, Rachel Lamphere, Meagan Lamphere and Taylor Lamphere, and Hannah Chiaradio and Jonathan Chiaradio; three brothers-in-law and six sisters-in-law; several aunts and uncles; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be held Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Gaffney-Dolan Funeral Home, 59 Spruce St., Westerly. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated Friday at 10 a.m. in the Immaculate Conception Church, 111 High St., Westerly. There is no procession from the funeral home to the church. Burial will be in St. Sebastian Cemetery, Westerly.
Family requests in lieu of flowers that contributions in Bob's memory be made either to The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, 111 High St., P.O. Box 556, Westerly, RI 02891 or to The Bradford Jonnycake Center, P.O. Box 273, Westerly, RI 02891.

This information was provided by The Westerly Sun