Camp Crescendo
Newsletter - February 2008
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2008 Officers

Lion Jim Pettit - Chairman
Lion Don Thompson - Vice Chairman
Lion Evelyn Vaughn - Secretary
Lion Howard Cook - Treasurer

Irvin F. & Alice S. Etscorn Foundation Helps Camp

    The Etscorn Foundation has designated a gift of $5,000.00 in early December for the purchase of a gas water heater and a pump for the pool. The water heater will service the girls rest rooms.
    We truly appreciate their ongoing support of our mission and services. They really help us make a difference!

Camp Improvements
   
    During the off season we do work that is not possible to do during the summer when camp is in session.  Since the fall of 2007, we painted and installed new tile in 5 boys dorm rooms and 1 girls dorm room.  We also painted 5 girls rooms and as soon as weather permits, will new tile will be installed there too.
    The wonderful donation of tile was made by Ron Kress - KV Flooring of Louisville.   We also plan to install new floor tile in the cafeteria - we have a grant out for the labor for this project and are hopeful it will be approved.

There are plans in place to also do some upgrading of some of the rest rooms in the dorm area before camp.

Cub Cadet Drawing

    The drawing for the 4 X 4 Cub Cadet was held during the board meeting on Dec. 16, 2007.  The guest speaker, John Spainhour an Attorney from Shepherdsville had the honor of drawing the winning ticket. 
    The winner of the Cadet was Donnie A. Flannery, who purchased 10 tickets.
    The Jeffersontown Lions Club sold the most tickets and therefore won $500.00. 
    Donald W. Flannery sold the most tickets by an individual and also won $500.00 which he donated back to camp.
    We thank all the clubs and people that helped make this drawing such a success.

Printer & Copier Cartridges and... Cell Phones - Recycling Program Participants

We thank everyone for their support and efforts in our recycling program - this reduces the impact to landfills and helps camp too!  That's a WIN-WIN!

Everyone can help with this project. Any person, even if you are out of state or any club that wants to help can be set up to ship direct (postage paid). Funding Factory will even provide the collection boxes you need, the shipping boxes with shipping labels at no cost to you.  If you want more information, contact Kevin Patton or Billie Flannery.

Participants since the last newsletter: 
Charlie Alexander, Auto Smart, Lisa & Tony Bellamy, Bluegrass Technical College, Paul & Bea Breary, Bullitt Co. CHFS, Chick Chism/ Boonesboro Lions Club, Campbellsburg Lions Club, Carrollton Lions Club, Mary Chandler/LensCrafters, Community Trust Bank, Tom Conley, Jack Conte, Sheri Friedrich, Mel & Marla Gilbert, Bob Heightchew; Nancy Herald, Jackson KY, Heritage Bank in Benton KY,  Don & Susan Holt, Connie Johnson, Clay City Lions Club, Paul Johnson, Sue Jones, KY School for the Blind, Lexington Fayette Lions Club,  Roy & Patty Mains, Robin McIntosh, Middletown Lions Club, Marty & Kay Mills, Betty Morrow, Sharon Taylor New - UK Med Center Acute Care Services; Julie Newman, Scott Ocena/Weyerhaeuser Spec. Products, Kenneth Pierce Portrait Studio, J. D. Rogers, S & M Computer Services, Deb Sames - Sames Medical Supply, Sonny Schevetto,  Sal Silvano, Smith Management Group/Bea Brearey, David Strange, Taylor County Public Library, Taylor County Extension Office, Don & Betty Thompson; Ron & Evelyn Vaughn, Sam & Helen Underwood, Cecil & Flo Warner, Joe Westerman, Roy & Cordie Willis. 
   
Please let us know if we missed anyone so that we can correct our mistake.

TerraCycle Inc - Bottle Brigade

    TerraCycle's Bottle Brigade program allows donors to collect 20 ounce pop bottles and ship them to TerraCycle to benefit a nonprofit of their choice. 
    GECOM has been doing this since May 2007.  This resulted in a check to Lions Camp Crescendo for $105.70 (May-Oct).  We thank them for their support of our organization and mission to provide camp to special children.
    Thanks go to TerraCycle also for offering this recycling program. Take a look at their web site    www.terracycle.net

Golf Scramble Scheduled - June 6

    The Scramble is going to be at the Old Kentucky Home State Park in Bardstown, Kentucky on June 6th. Proceeds go to support Lions Camp Crescendo (special needs camps for children).
    The cost is $100 per player (cart, green fees & dinner); $250 to sponsor a hole or tee if four team members/business/club sponsored team & Hole the cost is $600.00)
    The prizes are $800.00 for winning team and $400.00 for 2nd place. Other prizes: Closest to pin, Closest to rope, Longest Drive, Hole in One.
    Dinner and Award Ceremony at 6:00 pm at the Old Kentucky Home Country Club.
    Form is available from camp 1-888-879-8884 or Ches Wheeler (502)267-9731 or John Picklesimer (859)277-0574

Upcoming Board Meetings

March 30, 2008 - 2 PM
May 4, 2008
August 24, 2008
October 19, 2008
December 14, 2008

Please put these dates on your calendar.  Remember everyone is welcome - please bring a club member that has not been to camp with you.

News of Friends

Doug Foster, a GE retiree and his son stopped by to visit in December. Doug participated in all the GE projects here at camp.    
Tina Shelton, a KY Lions Youth Camp camper back in 1984 and 1985 lives in Paducah. She recently moved into a house and also got a cat. She has kept in touch with Billie Flannery all these years.

Congratulations

New Club Chartered by District 43E January 19, 2008 in Oak Grove, Kentucky

Are there any others?

Camp Programs Available
   
    If your club is interested in a camp program, please contact Kevin Patton or Billie Flannery at camp on 1-888-879-8884 or call John Picklesimer at (859)277-0574. Lion John is ready and willing to travel.

Gifts In Honor of...

Pat Sullivan
    ~ Erlanger Lions Club
Daniel Sundberg
    ~ Don & Jennifer Sundberg

Prayers Needed - People Under the Weather

    Dan Combs
    Bob Elsea
    Marla Gilbert

Recent Deaths

Scottye Conte, 58, of Richmond KY, wife of Jack Conte, PDG died Friday October 12, 2007

Lion Louise Birdick died October 20, 2007, she was wife of PDG Ed Birdick.   

James Lawrence "Hoss" Botts, PDG passed away on September 27, 2007. He had been living in Cave City. He was Governor in 1979-80 in District 43E.

James Warren "Jack" Campbell - died on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at Covington's Convalescent Center.  He was a native of Grayson County.  He was a former member and Lion of the Year.

Charles L. Cunningham, husband of Elouise Cummingham passed away on October 24, 2007. He was a member of the Highland Lions Club.
   
Kenneth R. Gibson, 72 , of Louisville passed away on January 20, 2008.  He was a member of the North Bullitt Lions Club.  He was the husband of Yvonne M. Gibson.

Victoria Lee Gilley, passed away on November 25, 2007 in Lexington. She was the niece of Don Flannery. She is survived by her husband Donnie Gilley.

Louis Lu, 82, of Louisville passed away December 27, 2007. He is survived by his wife Linda Lu.  He was a member of the Highland Lions Club.

Cecil Ray Matney, passed away on January 9, 2008. He was PID Tom Matney's father. The funeral was on Saturday, Jan. 12 at the Greasy Creek Baptist Church and burial was at the Lee Cemetery in Green County south of Greensburg.

Ida Belle Sharp, passed away on November 28, 2007. Her daughter is Brenda Power, Georgetown Lions Club. A Memorial Service was held on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007.

John Virgil Yates, PDG passed away on November 10, 2007. He is survived by his wife, Edna and two sons. He was Governor for the year of 1974-75 in District 43K

Memorial Gifts
   
Louise Birdick - wife of Ed Birdick, PDG
    Claude & Ena Yates
Scottye Conte - wife of Jack Conte, PDG   
    Ches & Martha Wheeler
    John & MaryAnn Picklesimer
    Don & Betty Thompson
    LaVerne Hopkins
    Campbellsville Lions Club
    Don & Billie Flannery
    Jack Conte
Charlie Cunningham
    Highland Lions Club
Edward R. Friend - Brother of JoeAnn Smothers
    Charlie & Agnes Gesting
Victoria Lee Gilley - Niece of Don Flannery
    Don & Rhoda Wright
    Don & Billie Flannery
Tommy Jean Hazelrigg
    John & MaryAnn Picklesimer
Cecil Ray Matney, Father of PID Tom Matney
    Don & Billie Flannery
Arthur Lee Myles
    Monday Club/Bell House Seniors
Opal Russell
    Donnie Sample
Ida Bell Sharp
    Don & Billie Flannery
Henry Smith PID, husband of Linda Smith
    Cecil & Flo Warner
Cecil & Bea Warner, parents of Cecil Warner
    Cecil & Flo Warner

Donations/Gifts -

People are involved in many ways - Thanks to each and everyone for your gifts of money and labor!

Note:  If as you review your donation information you find there is an omission or that we have made an error, please call the office at 1-888-879-8884 so it can corrected.

Anonymous Donor - Monthly debt reduction

    11/30/07    $133.00
    12/15/07    $133.00
    1/6/08        $133.00   

Paul & Mabel Baber - 11/2 Donated $30.00 toward debt reduction; 12/3 Made donation of $30.00; 1/6/08 Made a donation of $30.00 toward debt reduction
Donald Barna - 10/11 Donated a case of manila envelopes
Tom & Trudy Bieger - 12/18/07 Made a donation of $100.00 to use as needed
Boonesboro Lions Club - 11/16/07 Made a donation of $500.00
Paul & Bea Breary - 10/21 Donated soaps & shampoos
Bill Spears, By-Pass Motors of Lawrenceburg - 12/14/07 made a donation of $40.00
CAS-AIR-CO, INC. - 11/19/07 Made a donation of $250.00 for Camp Heart to Heart
Tracy Cerise - 10/24/07 Donated $40.00 toward debt reduction; 11/29 Made a donation of $40.00 toward debt reduction; 12/26/07 Made a donation of $40.00 for debt reduction; 1/28/08 Made a donation of $40.00 for debt reduction
Jack Conte - 12/16/07 donated $1000.00 in memory of his wife, Scottye for debt reduction
Danville Lions Club - 1/27/08 Made a donation of $100.00
Tom Darrah - 12/16/07 Donated $300.00 toward debt reduction
Estill Co. Lions Club - 12/18/07 Donated $40.00
Fairdale Lions Club - 1/27/08 Made a donation of $100.00
Don Flannery - 10/15 caulked around tile in two dorm rooms; 10/20 worked on drain and made pickup from Papa Johns; 10/28 scrapped old doors & cleaned aluminum; 11/1 Purchased 10 air grills to replace dorm vents at a cost of $48.83; 11/18-19 Helped with the cafeteria and other misc. Items; 12/16/07 Donated back the $500.00 won by being the individual selling the most raffle tickets; 1/27/08 Made a $1000.00 donation for debt reduction
Frankfort Lions Club - 10/21 Made a donation of $2000.00 for debt reduction
Gregg Custom Building - 11/19/07 Made a donation of $1035.00 for Camp Heart to Heart
Hodgenville Lions Club - 1/27/08 Made a donation of $25.00
Don & Susan Holt - 10/21 Donated 3 gallon of paint and 10 Disposable buckets.
LaVerne Hopkins - 11/30/07 Made monthly donation of $25.00 toward debt reduction; 1/6/08 Made donation of $25.00 toward debt reduction
Jeffersontown Lions Club - 11/13/07 Made donation of $50.00; 12/7/07 Made donation of $50.00; 1/8/08 Made a donation of $50.00
Mr & Mrs Juan Lackey - 1/6/08 Made a donation of $100.00
Lexington Lions Club - 12/11 Made a donation of $100.00
Anne Liechty - 11/19/07 Made a donation of $100.00 for Camp Heart to Heart
Louisville East Lions Club -1/27/08 Made a donation of $50.00
Lyndon Lions Club - 8/25 Made a donation of $100.00 for the softee ice cream machine
Mt. Washington Lioness Club - 1/27/08 Made a donation of $200.00
Middletown Lions Club - 10/24 Made monthly donation of $100 for debt reduction; 11/28 Made their monthly donation of $100 for debt reduction; 12/21/07 Made a donation of $100 for debt reduction; 1/15/08 Faithfully made another donation toward debt reduction of $100.00
Marty & Kay Mills - 10/21 Donated soaps & shampoos
Shelley Owens - 11/19/07 Made a donation of $25.00 for Camp Heart to Heart
Kevin & Meredith Patton - 11/01 Donated $334.00 for 1st part of $1000.00 pledge for debt reduction; 11/2 Donated 8 jars of speg. Sauce; 10/07 donated postage of $7.21
Kitty & Jim Pettit -  10/15 Jim put wood sealer treatment on all field stands; 10/21 Donated 2 dozen t-towels and 10 dish cloths; 10/19 taped newsletters for mailing;
Pineville Lions Club -11/7 Made a donation of $200.00
The Porcini Children's Foundation - 11/19/07 Made a donation of $500.00 for Camp Heart to Heart
Steven Richardson/S & M Computer Services - 11/20/07 made a donation of $50.00
William & Sherry Rock - 1/6/08 Made donation of $30.00 toward debt reduction
Rubbertown Community Advisory Council - 1/23/08 Sent a Gordon Welker Incentive Donation of $500.00
John Shouse/Shouse Optical (Lexington) - 11/5 Donated $100.00 for debt reduction
Simpsonville Lions Club -1/27/08 Made a donation of $25.00
Somerset Lions Club - 10/21 Donated 6 Straw Brooms
Stanford Lions Club - 12/16/07 Donated 4 bx tall kitchen bags, 5 bottles Pledge Multi-surface cleaner, 5 spray glass/surface cleaners, 5 409 spray cleaners, 5 spray window cleaners, 4 lg bottles of refill window cleaners, 9 tall kitchen trash cans, 12  dust pans, 10 straw brooms, 6 34.5 oz Maxwell House cans of coffee and a Heavy duty shredder (this shredder was perfect - it does a great job); 1/26/08 Made a donation of $65.00.
Chester J. Stevenson, PDG - 11/5 Made a donation of $180.00
Tompkinsville Lions Club - 11/27 Made a donation of $100.00
Don Thompson - 11/16 Was night watchman for the Meyzeek band retreat
Ron Vaughn - 10/18 donated 2 filters for mowers;
Cecil & Flo Warner - 10/21 Made a donation of $100.00 for debt reduction
Ron & Linda Warren (Lexington) - 12/16/07 donated glasses, bowls, coffee mug, shakers and health care items
Ches & Martha Wheeler - 10/17 Donated a chest, cabinet w/drawers and books; 12/16/07 Donated $1000.00 toward debt reduction; 12/19/07 donated a 4 drawer file cabinet and a bath cabinet.
Ches & Larry Wheeler - 10/17 Donated two chairs for use in the lodge.
Tom Wibbels - 12/5/07 Donated 11 mirrors for rest rooms and dorms
H. D. Wilson - 11/23/07 Donated a white dresser for girls dorm room
Lloyd Wilson - 12/5/07 Made a donation of $30.00 for Camp Freedom; 12/15/07 Made a donation of $20.00 (Chuck as we call him, has been a counselor for several of our camps for a good many years)
Ralph Whitehouse & Ron Vaughn - 10/18 cleaned up and repaired chest of drawers for dorm rooms, moved them into the rooms and moved bunk beds back in dorm rooms after tile was installed; 10/23 Stripped aluminum from old windows & doors; 11/19 worked on storage room and stripped old aluminum; 11/29 serviced & worked on mowers; 1/7/08 repaired a rest room door in the Hilton that had been broken and donated a chest of drawers; 1/16/08 stripped old chair bottoms, preparing them for new seat covering, then covered the seats with vinyl.
Patrick Wolverton - 10/11 Donated a table top freezer
Claude & Ena Yates - 12/16 Donated a bag of soaps and shampoos;  12/16/07 Made a $500.00 donation toward debt reduction - GE will match this gift

Wish/Needs List

~ Chest of Drawers or Dresser bases for Girls Dorm Rooms
~ Appliance Dolly with straps (heavy duty)

Aluminum Can Recycling Recent Participants
   
    We want to thank Wise Recycling for letting us use their collection trailer in support of our recycling program.
    The last load of cans brought $1286.55 - this makes a total for 2007 of $3,757.97.  We thank everyone for helping to make the project even more successful than last year.
    Supporters of this project since the last newsletter are:  Bea  & Paul Brearey, Sheri Friedrich, GECOM of Frankfort and Winchester, Mel & Marla Gilbert, Lexington Fayette Lions Club, Julie Newman, Jim & Kitty Pettit, John & MaryAnn Picklesimer,  John Shouse Optical & employees, Sandy's Sewing Center ladies, Mark Shouse, Taylor County Extension Office, Taylor County Library, Univance of Winchester, Ron & Evelyn Vaughn, Ron & Linda Wagner. Flo & Cecil Warner; Ron & Linda Warren, Ralph Whitehouse & daughter; Claude & Ena Yates
    Please let us know is we missed anyone that participated since  the last newsletter.

Visit Our Website- www.lions-campcrescendo.org
   
    The web site offers the latest information on what is going on at camp such as new fundraisers.
    Application forms for the golf tournament are available as is the voucher for the fund raiser offered by Mark's Feed Store located on Bardstown Road in Louisville. You may also call the camp office for copies too.
    Camper and Counselor applications and  the most recent newsletter are also available.
    The web site is maintained by Kevin Patton. Please share your comments and any suggestions with him.

Newsletters
   
    Newsletters are mailed to each Lions and Lioness Club President & Secretary, all the Past District Governors and many other people.      We would be happy to add any Lion, Lioness or other person  that would like to get a copy  also - just let us know. Call or e-mail the office. With the name and address.

Camp Office Contacts

Kevin Patton, Resident Mgr.
kevin@lions-campcrescendo.org

Billie Flannery, Administrator
bjflannery@lions-campcrescendo.org

Toll Free Telephone 1-888-879-8884

Lions Camp Crescendo, Inc.
P. O. Box 607
Lebanon Junction, KY  40150

Camp Dates

Camp Heart to Heart
June 16 - 21, 2008

KY Lions Youth Camp
June 28 - July 5, 2008

Camp Freedom
July 6 - 11, 2008

Band Camp begins July 13, 2008

Lions Camp Crescendo
P.O. Box 607
1480 Pine Tavern Road
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
(502) 833-3554
(502) 833-4427 (24 Hour Access)
(502) 833-4249 FAX
1-888-879-8884