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]]>Windy City Lions Help Plant Trees 9-17-2011http://windycitylions.org/blog/2011/9/18/windy-city-lions-help-plant-trees-9-17-2011.htmlDan Morris2011-09-19T04:04:31Zby Dan Morris

On Saturday 9-17-2011 The Chicago Windy City Lions Helped plant 200 trees in Lake Villa Grant Woods Forest Preserve.

2011-2012 International President Wing-Kun Tam is challenging Lions around the world to plant one million trees this year to demonstrate the strength of our global network.  

In Illinois our District Gov. Wes Salsbury and his wife Marcia have asked each club in District 1A to plant one tree.  Who knows how many more we will plant worldwide but I think the Windy City Lions will be planting a few more trees this year!

Windy City Lions, Family and Friends helped over 90 other volunteers plant (trees) Shrubs in Grant Woods.  Tom Smith and other Forest Preserve staff led the effort as we planted 200 trees in about 3 hours.  Our Children and members had fun and our friends rallied to help round out our team.   Tom Smith told me that they had the trees but not enough man power to afford to plant them.  We pitched in to make this service activity a success. 

The Windy City Lions were responsible for at least 25 of the trees that were planted on Saturday!

It was a beautiful day and we were back in Chicago by early afternoon.  Thanks to Matt Ueltzen and Tom Smith and all the Forest Preserve employees for making this opportunity a success.

 

Carlos Rios, Tom Smith, Corbett and Kim Baratta, Jake and Dan Morris, Zet Smith.

 

 

We met another group of Lions from Lake Villa who brought a dozen of their members to help re-establish the prairie.  Lion Dominc of Lake Villa Lions, with Windy City Lions team - Jake Morris, Dan Morris, and Blake Trendel.

 

 Over 90 volunteers attended the service activity sponsored by the Forest Preserve.

 

Lion Mark Trendel brought his son Blake to help out.  

 

 Friend Carlos Rios volunteered with the Windy City Lions!  Thanks for your help Carlos!

 


Friend Michelle Morales joined Lion Becca Pietrini and

Nate Miles to make the wire cages that surrounded the trees.


Lion Nate in action measuring and cutting the wire cages.

Lion Zet Smith and Blake Trendel installing the stakes for the protective cage.  The cage will prevent Rabbits and Deer from eating the newly planted shrubs.

Carlos Rios and Corbett Baratta Plant a Tree to help re-establish this prairie in Grant Woods.

 

Corbett putting the finishing touches by mulching the tree.  Our children had fun while making a difference in their environment.

 

We were so efficient that we were transported

to another location to plant another 15 trees.

We were joined by Lakes HS students

Stephanie, Rachel and Logan.

Michelle, Becca, Nate and Dan ready for action!

]]>The Chicago Windy City LIons - Mali water project. April 2011http://windycitylions.org/blog/2011/4/26/the-chicago-windy-city-lions-mali-water-project-april-2011.htmlWindyCItyLionsAdministration2011-04-26T19:24:38Z

]]>Here's the pump!http://windycitylions.org/blog/2011/4/25/heres-the-pump.htmlDan Morris2011-04-26T04:07:41ZApril 24, 2011

]]>Chicago Windy City Lions Club Water Project April 2011http://windycitylions.org/blog/2011/4/23/chicago-windy-city-lions-club-water-project-april-2011.htmlDan Morris2011-04-23T20:11:54ZHello everyone,

 

This is a short video of the project from Dissan.

Here is the link.  Thanks to all of the people that supported the project.  More pictures will be posted soon.  Time to spend some time with the family.

 

Enjoy the link.

-d

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oSi8pcQVEA

 

 

]]>Village of Dissan has water flowing from the ground!http://windycitylions.org/blog/2011/4/20/village-of-dissan-has-water-flowing-from-the-ground.htmlDan Morris2011-04-20T17:12:27ZDay 8

Today around 2pm we were informed that the drilling crew hit water!  It is a really exciting day.  

And just about par for the course for this trip I wasn't there to see this happen.  So I am sad that I missed this - but extremely happy and proud of our club's accomplishment.

This was a team effort from the day we chartered CWCLC!  This proves that when Lions work together they can achieve great things.  The borehole project for the village of Dissan will continue.  Tomorrow the pump will be installed.  

I am headed back to Chicago today, but we are sending our partner club the Sokala Lions members tomorrow to take some pictures to share and to witness this great team achievement.

This is a shot of Ibrahim Kouma.

 

Thank You to everyone who contributed to the Sports Raffle and other donations to make this borehole happen. 

The common theme and dialog among the villagers was , "Without Water there can be no life!"  

Good Job Lions!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]>The Village of Dissanhttp://windycitylions.org/blog/2011/4/15/the-village-of-dissan.htmlDan Morris2011-04-15T19:47:32ZWater ProjectThese are photographs from Day two on location at the village where the borehole will be drilled. Sometimes plans change. Yesterday the drilling crew showed up and almost immediately left the sight to go retrieve material and bring a second truck. That second truck was said to have broken down. So Day 3 and we showed up today to no drill crew. The first truck still sits there.

Alternate plan - Mama Tapo, our main Lion contact with the Sokala Lions Club in Bamako, called an audible and fired the first crew. He arranged for a second crew to arrive on Sunday. We will travel with them on Sunday. they will have all the materials and have projected water on Monday. Pump company will arrive on Tuesday and Cement. If all goes as planned that's plan "B".

Dissan village children with their teacher. Behind them about 100 meters is where the borehole will be located.

 


This is one of the ways the villagers get water from the old well. A donkey driven pulley Operated by Amadou and on the donkey is Alou.

 

 

13 year-old Aminata fills her water barrel from the old well.

 

This is a good look into the barrel. This is water for the families cooking, bathing, feeding the animals.

 

 

Amanita, Fatoumata, and Baby Mohammed take the water home.

Additional photos can also be found on Flickr

]]>Mali Water Projecthttp://windycitylions.org/blog/2011/4/12/mali-water-project.htmlDan Morris2011-04-12T13:12:27ZOn My Way

In another 24 hours or so I should be arriving in Mali and be ready to document the first day of drilling for the borehole in Dissan.  

More later...

]]>Chicago Food Pantryhttp://windycitylions.org/blog/2010/11/3/chicago-food-pantry.htmlAlecia Dimar2010-11-03T14:13:19ZOn a sunny, warm autumn afternoon, three brothers ages 15, 12 and 11 would rather a..) toss a football around at a park b.) watch college football or c.) spend two hours in a warehouse helping to box 43,000 pouches of instant breakfast for pantries and soup kitchens? Laura and I took our boys to the club's project at he Greater Chicago Food Depository and they were a little wary of hours of manual labor. But they enjoyed it and worked feverishly for two hours, trying to outpack other tables even though no one was keeping track of each table's output. By the end of the afternoon they were a little tired but entirely satisfied. I think they got an idea of the need out there and understood if somebody doesn't volunteer the work doesn't get done and families get by with even less. 

Jay Copp

 


Volunteering at the Greater Chicago Food Pantry with my son Elliot (age 7) and my husband Dan was fun for all of us.  Elliot enjoyed loading up the table with packets, and Dan made a math game with Elliot out of grouping the packets.  It was a simple way to do something together as a family that will actually help someone else.

Anne Northrup

]]>Coats for the Homelesshttp://windycitylions.org/blog/2009/12/3/coats-for-the-homeless.htmlAlecia Dimar2009-12-03T17:13:52Z

In November, members and friends of the Windy City Lions Club collected and delivered more than 200 coats valued at nearly $6000 to the Night Ministry. Those coats will make their way to homeless throughout Chicago. As the temperatures fall in the coming days 200 homeless people will feel benefit from the warmth of these coats. Thank you to all who contributed to this important effort.

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