2018 Champaign Lions Club Speakers
 
December 26 – No meeting
December 19 – Christmas party
December 12 – Janet Summers, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
December 5 – Business meeting, no speaker
November 28 – Andrew Lamoreux, Forestry Supervisor, City of Champaign
November 21 – Joint meeting with Kiwanis at Hawthorn
November 14 – Avi Laird, PACE, Inc Coordinator of Visual Services
November 7 – Business meeting, no speaker
October 31 – Feeding our Kids Program
October 24 – Bree Dix – Experience as an exchange student in India
October 17 – Mary Rivers, Therapy Dogs
October 10 – Brianna Roy-Rankin - OSF Healthcare Coordinator Community Health Education
October 3 – Business meeting, no speaker
September 26 – Kevin McSweeney, Director of the UI Arborteum
September 19 – David Lin, Trip to Iceland
September 12 – Coach Nancy Fahey, Illinois Women’s Basketball
September 5 – Business meeting, no speaker
August 29 – Bob Asmussen, Champaign News-Gazette sports writer
August 22 – John Farney, Champaign County Treasurer
August 15 - Carlo Anzelmo, on Seeds of Positivity
August 8 – TJ Blakeman, City of Champaign
August 1 – Business meeting, no speaker
July 25 – Ray Elliott, author and historian, The Iwo Jima invasion and his book “Iwo Blasted Again”
July 18 – Videos of Gudrun Yngvadottr (Lions International President), Brianna’s Tale (Lions vision screening), ORCAM MyEye 2.0 videos
July 11 – Business Meeting, no speaker
July 4 – no meeting for the holiday
June 27 – Sheldon Turner (& students), Champaign Unit 4 Schools, on Cebrin Goodman Teen Institute
June 20 – Anke Voss, Urbana Free Library, Champaign County Historical Archives
June 13 – Chris Curtis, on Civil War Roundtable
June 6 – Business Meeting, no speaker
May 30 – Hollie Ronk, Head Start Child and Family Services Manager, on Head Start of Champaign County
May 23 – Terri Reifsteck, Visit Champaign County, on Hidden Gems of Champaign County
May 16 – Scott Richey, News-Gazette sportswriter, on Covering Illinois Basketball
May 9 – Phil Edwards, Fire Marshall, City of Urbana, on Fire Safety / what a fire marshall does
May 2 – Business Meeting, no speaker
April 25 – Erin Eddy, Carle Stroke Program Coordinator, on Stroke Education
April 18 – Know Your Lion with Donna Hoeflinger
April 11 – Paul Curtis, owner of Curtis Orchard
April 4 – Business meeting, no speaker
March 28 - John Chapman, Vice President of the Illini Service Dogs organization, will speak on what they do, and bring some of their dogs to meet us as well!
March 21 - Emily Dupuis, Registered Dietician at the Harvest Market in Champaign
March 14 - Jim Nowlan, Political columnist, author, retired senior fellow with the U of I Institute of Government and Public Affairs
March 7 - Business Meeting, no speaker
February 28 – Libby Abbott, owner of Abbott Images - will speak about her family photography business
February 21 – Marvin Paulsen - Will show & tell us about his recent trip cruising around the tip of South America
February 14 - Dr Judith Rowen, Associate Dean of Curriculum at the new Carle Illinois College of Medicine
February 7 – Business meeting, no speaker
January 31 - Kellie Branch-Diercks, from the Chicago Chapter of the ALS Association will speak on ALS and the research they support
January 24 - Bridget Lee-Calfas, Krannert Center Advertising and Publicity Director
January 17 - Dr Jeffrey Frame, U of I Professor of Atmospheric Sciences.  I believe he's going to speak about storm chasing
January 10 - Lex Tate, U of I lecturer and author, will speak on her new book "An Illini Place - Building on the U of I Campus"
January 3:  Business meeting, no speaker
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