MT Lions Club Provided Lunch At Quest Training Workshop

On January 10, the Manheim Township Lions Club provided lunch and break refreshments for the Lions Quest Training Workshop held at Compass Mark in Lancaster, PA.  There were approximately 10 teachers in attendance from the Lancaster area with an instructor from Lions Clubs International

The workshop  introduced the new Skills for Adolescence for Out-of-School-Time (SFA-OST) curriculum adapted from Lions Quest’s highly-rated middle school curriculum to provide staff with a positive youth development program that meets the unique demands of out-of-school time settings.  The program is comprised of 33 social and emotional learning lessons, five service-learning lessons, three online bullying prevention lessons, 116 reinforcement activities, and numerous relationship-centered learning community strategies and activities. These selections, combined with newly-created implementation tools, align with the six common elements of high-quality OST programming, recognized by researchers and practitioners as having the most influence on positive outcomes for young people.  Included with the program manual is a copy of the Changes and Challenges student activity book. A program supplement is available for those who already have the full SFA curriculum.

Click the following link to view a brochure for the SFA-OST curriculum.

We also donated two Out-of-School-Time Lions Quest curriculum books to Compass Mark at a cost of $180.

2013 marks the ninth year that the Manheim Township Lions Club in partnership with the Manheim Township Leo Club and Lions district 14-D has donated Lion's Quest Skills for Adolescence curriculum materials to the Manheim Township School District.

This link will take you to a slide show of this event.

MT Lions Club Provided Lunch At Quest Training Workshop

On January 10, the Manheim Township Lions Club provided lunch and break refreshments for the Lions Quest Training Workshop held at Compass Mark in Lancaster, PA.  There were approximately 10 teachers in attendance from the Lancaster area with an instructor from Lions Clubs International

The workshop  introduced the new Skills for Adolescence for Out-of-School-Time (SFA-OST) curriculum adapted from Lions Quest’s highly-rated middle school curriculum to provide staff with a positive youth development program that meets the unique demands of out-of-school time settings.  The program is comprised of 33 social and emotional learning lessons, five service-learning lessons, three online bullying prevention lessons, 116 reinforcement activities, and numerous relationship-centered learning community strategies and activities. These selections, combined with newly-created implementation tools, align with the six common elements of high-quality OST programming, recognized by researchers and practitioners as having the most influence on positive outcomes for young people.  Included with the program manual is a copy of the Changes and Challenges student activity book. A program supplement is available for those who already have the full SFA curriculum.

Click the following link to view a brochure for the SFA-OST curriculum.

We also donated two Out-of-School-Time Lions Quest curriculum books to Compass Mark at a cost of $180.

2013 marks the ninth year that the Manheim Township Lions Club in partnership with the Manheim Township Leo Club and Lions district 14-D has donated Lion's Quest Skills for Adolescence curriculum materials to the Manheim Township School District.

This link will take you to a slide show of this event.

PDG Larry A. Miller Receives The First Manheim Township Community Service Award

At a recent Manheim Township Commissioners, meeting PDG Larry A. Miller, a member of the Manheim Township Lions Club, was honored with the first Manheim Township Community Spirit Award.

Lion Miller is an active longtime member of the Manheim Township Community Life Task Force. The Task Force is a coalition of citizens and representatives of various Township organizations whose mission is “to identify issues in the Manheim Township community and actively address them by coordinating resources through communication, cooperation and support". Organizations that participate are the Police Department, School District, Student Council, Ministerium, Commissioners Office, Fire Department, Ambulance Association, Township residents, several service clubs, and other social service organizations.

Some of their initiatives include a domestic violence education campaign, a highway safety program, improved Township media communications, coordination of the Township’s 275th anniversary celebration, and drug and alcohol awareness through educating students, parents and our community.

For his part, Lion Miller gets "a lot of enjoyment just volunteering. I just can't sit at home watching TV." Task force president, the Rev. Craig Ross, senior pastor at St. Peters Lutheran Church, stated that the "overwhelming number of hours he dedicates to service and church groups each month translates into a 40-hour week, every week,” Among his other activities he helps with non-firefighting duties at the Neffsville Community Fire Company and is a driver for VisionCorps, formerly the Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired.

Congratulations to our own Manheim Township Lion, PDG Larry A. Miller!

PDG Larry A. Miller Receives The First Manheim Township Community Service Award

At a recent Manheim Township Commissioners, meeting PDG Larry A. Miller, a member of the Manheim Township Lions Club, was honored with the first Manheim Township Community Spirit Award.

Lion Miller is an active longtime member of the Manheim Township Community Life Task Force. The Task Force is a coalition of citizens and representatives of various Township organizations whose mission is “to identify issues in the Manheim Township community and actively address them by coordinating resources through communication, cooperation and support". Organizations that participate are the Police Department, School District, Student Council, Ministerium, Commissioners Office, Fire Department, Ambulance Association, Township residents, several service clubs, and other social service organizations.

Some of their initiatives include a domestic violence education campaign, a highway safety program, improved Township media communications, coordination of the Township’s 275th anniversary celebration, and drug and alcohol awareness through educating students, parents and our community.

For his part, Lion Miller gets "a lot of enjoyment just volunteering. I just can't sit at home watching TV." Task force president, the Rev. Craig Ross, senior pastor at St. Peters Lutheran Church, stated that the "overwhelming number of hours he dedicates to service and church groups each month translates into a 40-hour week, every week,” Among his other activities he helps with non-firefighting duties at the Neffsville Community Fire Company and is a driver for VisionCorps, formerly the Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired.

Congratulations to our own Manheim Township Lion, PDG Larry A. Miller!

Power Packs Project

On Thursday afternoons, as part of the Power Packs Project, volunteers have been handing out the ingredients for inexpensive, easy-to-prepare weekend meals to Brecht Elementary School families who qualify for the subsidized school lunch program. Along with the meal ingredients and menus, parents get ideas for stretching their limited food dollars.

The Power Packs Project recognizes the vital role that nutrition plays in the ability of children to learn in school. According to the Center on Hunger and Poverty “Hungry children have a hard time learning in school, have short attention spans and, suffer more absence due to illness.” The Power Packs Project does not solve the problem with highly processed, highly sugared and expensive pre-packaged foods. Instead, each week a recipe for a low-cost meal and the ingredients to make it is provided in addition to staples like peanut butter, and cereal. Empowering the participating families to better use their food dollars and assure their children are well-fed and ready to learn at school is the goal of the program.

Members of the Manheim Township Lions Club pickup the food from the project's distribution center and transport it to the school. There, volunteer teams from St. Peters Lutheran Church repack it in appropriate amounts for distribution to individual families. The food comes from a variety of sources, including Amelia's Grocery Outlet, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Community Action Program of Lancaster County.

For additional information, click here to go to the Power Packs website.
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Power Packs Project

On Thursday afternoons, as part of the Power Packs Project, volunteers have been handing out the ingredients for inexpensive, easy-to-prepare weekend meals to Brecht Elementary School families who qualify for the subsidized school lunch program. Along with the meal ingredients and menus, parents get ideas for stretching their limited food dollars.

The Power Packs Project recognizes the vital role that nutrition plays in the ability of children to learn in school. According to the Center on Hunger and Poverty “Hungry children have a hard time learning in school, have short attention spans and, suffer more absence due to illness.” The Power Packs Project does not solve the problem with highly processed, highly sugared and expensive pre-packaged foods. Instead, each week a recipe for a low-cost meal and the ingredients to make it is provided in addition to staples like peanut butter, and cereal. Empowering the participating families to better use their food dollars and assure their children are well-fed and ready to learn at school is the goal of the program.

Members of the Manheim Township Lions Club pickup the food from the project's distribution center and transport it to the school. There, volunteer teams from St. Peters Lutheran Church repack it in appropriate amounts for distribution to individual families. The food comes from a variety of sources, including Amelia's Grocery Outlet, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Community Action Program of Lancaster County.

For additional information, click here to go to the Power Packs website.
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Lions Safe Driving Project - September 28 and 29, 2013

In 2012 the Manheim Lions Club partnered with Doug Herbert’s B.R.A.K.E.S. foundation to train almost 300 teens and their parents on a defensive driving course. The Conoy, Marietta, East Petersburg and Manheim Township Lions Clubs have joined with the Manheim Lions by committing resources to help bring the driving school to even more teens in 2013.

The B.R.A.K.E.S. Teen Pro-Active Driving School is a free, defensive driving program. The school is designed for teenagers (aged 15-19) who already have a learner’s permit or driver’s license and have at least thirty hours of driving experience. The school is designed to give young drivers the dynamic experience of handling a vehicle in adverse conditions and a controlled environment. Parents are required to attend and are invited to participate. Each session consists of a 30 minute ground school followed by 3.5 hours on the hands on driving course. The hands on driving course stations include accident avoidance, distraction, panic stop and the wet skid pad.

The second 2013 event was held September 28 and 29 at the Manheim Auto Auction. Some 150 plus students and their parents participated. The first 2014 event is being scheduled for sometime in April. Watch this space for details when they become available. A $99 deposit will be required at the time of registration; however the check is held and only cashed if the teen doesn’t show or if it is given as a donation.

For additional information for this free school go to the Lions Safe Driving Project website. There is a link from there to the B.R.A.K.E.S. website.

Click on the following link to view a slideshow of this event.

Videos of the 2012 driving school can be found at:

You Tube Video 1.

You Tube Video 2.

You Tube Video 3.

Lions Safe Driving Project - September 28 and 29, 2013

In 2012 the Manheim Lions Club partnered with Doug Herbert’s B.R.A.K.E.S. foundation to train almost 300 teens and their parents on a defensive driving course. The Conoy, Marietta, East Petersburg and Manheim Township Lions Clubs have joined with the Manheim Lions by committing resources to help bring the driving school to even more teens in 2013.

The B.R.A.K.E.S. Teen Pro-Active Driving School is a free, defensive driving program. The school is designed for teenagers (aged 15-19) who already have a learner’s permit or driver’s license and have at least thirty hours of driving experience. The school is designed to give young drivers the dynamic experience of handling a vehicle in adverse conditions and a controlled environment. Parents are required to attend and are invited to participate. Each session consists of a 30 minute ground school followed by 3.5 hours on the hands on driving course. The hands on driving course stations include accident avoidance, distraction, panic stop and the wet skid pad.

The second 2013 event was held September 28 and 29 at the Manheim Auto Auction. Some 150 plus students and their parents participated. The first 2014 event is being scheduled for sometime in April. Watch this space for details when they become available. A $99 deposit will be required at the time of registration; however the check is held and only cashed if the teen doesn’t show or if it is given as a donation.

For additional information for this free school go to the Lions Safe Driving Project website. There is a link from there to the B.R.A.K.E.S. website.

Click on the following link to view a slideshow of this event.

Videos of the 2012 driving school can be found at:

You Tube Video 1.

You Tube Video 2.

You Tube Video 3.

MT Lions Support Lancaster County Reach Out and Read Coalition

On July 12, the Manheim Township Lions Club delivered in excess of 300 books to the Lancaster County Reach Out and Read Coalition. These books were collected by club members in partnership with the members of the Manheim Township Leo Club. Additionally, a check in the amount of $200 was presented by Lions Club Immediate Past President, Jerry Beyer to Sandi Mauer, Lancaster County Reach Out and Read Coordinator.

Left to Right - Linda Gort, Medical Director, SouthEast Lancaster Health Services, Sandi Mauer, Lancaster County Reach Out and Read Coordinator and Immediate Past President Jerry Beyer

This event was part of the Lions Clubs International Reading Action program. A global campaign that took place from July 2012 to June 2013 that focuses on implementing reading and education projects to help increase literacy rates worldwide. Recently, the Reading Action program has been extended long-term to help reach those who are still in need.

Reach Out and Read is an evidence-based national nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy and school readiness in pediatric exam rooms nationwide by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud. Reach Out and Read builds on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers to develop critical early reading skills in children, beginning at six months of age. Families served by Reach Out and Read read together more often, and their children enter kindergarten with larger vocabularies, stronger language skills and a six month developmental edge.

In Lancaster County the program is running at many medical clinics including: South East Lancaster Health Service, three locations, Welsh Mountain Medical and Dental, three locations, Center City Family Health and Lancaster General Family Medicine, multiple locations.

MT Lions Support Lancaster County Reach Out and Read Coalition

On July 12, the Manheim Township Lions Club delivered in excess of 300 books to the Lancaster County Reach Out and Read Coalition. These books were collected by club members in partnership with the members of the Manheim Township Leo Club. Additionally, a check in the amount of $200 was presented by Lions Club Immediate Past President, Jerry Beyer to Sandi Mauer, Lancaster County Reach Out and Read Coordinator.

Left to Right - Linda Gort, Medical Director, SouthEast Lancaster Health Services, Sandi Mauer, Lancaster County Reach Out and Read Coordinator and Immediate Past President Jerry Beyer

This event was part of the Lions Clubs International Reading Action program. A global campaign that took place from July 2012 to June 2013 that focuses on implementing reading and education projects to help increase literacy rates worldwide. Recently, the Reading Action program has been extended long-term to help reach those who are still in need.

Reach Out and Read is an evidence-based national nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy and school readiness in pediatric exam rooms nationwide by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud. Reach Out and Read builds on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers to develop critical early reading skills in children, beginning at six months of age. Families served by Reach Out and Read read together more often, and their children enter kindergarten with larger vocabularies, stronger language skills and a six month developmental edge.

In Lancaster County the program is running at many medical clinics including: South East Lancaster Health Service, three locations, Welsh Mountain Medical and Dental, three locations, Center City Family Health and Lancaster General Family Medicine, multiple locations.

The First Annual Leo Award for Distinguished Leadership & Community Service Awarded to Leo Secretary Taylor

The Manheim Township Lions Club recently established the Leo Award for Distinguished Leadership and Community Service for the purpose of recognizing a distinguished Leo senior who is not only a well rounded student, but one who excels within and beyond the classroom in areas of leadership, personal integrity and community service which are part of the Leo motto: Leadership, Experience and Opportunity.

The individual selected to receive this award  must be a graduating senior from the Manheim Township High School with a minimum GPA of 3.0 or 80%; must be planning to attend an accredited institution of higher learning such as a college, university, junior/community college, trade or technical school; must be a current member in good standing of the Manheim Township Leo Club and must have been a member of the Leo Club for two or more consecutive Club and School Years . While a member of the Leo Club, the individual must have minimally served or volunteered a total of 40 hours of service doing Leo Club activities or assisting in Lions Club activities or combination thereof; must have been actively involved in Leo Club activities which would have demonstrated the Leo's leadership skills and commitment to civic responsibility and community service and finally, must have provided additional hours of service to another charitable or humanitarian organization not affiliated with the Leo or Lion organizations.

On May 22nd, 2013, at a Manheim Township High School Senior Recognition Awards Ceremony, Leo Secretary Taylor, received a plaque and a $500 check, in recognition of her being the first recipient of this award. Leo Taylor is the daughter of Michael and Rebecca Giambrone. Her selection required nomination by both the High School Faculty Leo Advisor, Mr. Wayne Kantz and the Lions Club Leo Advisor, Lion Paul Rager, the endorsement of that nomination by the Club's Youth Outreach Committee and finally approval by the Board of Directors of the Manheim Township Lions Club. Not only did Leo Taylor meet or exceed all of the requirements for this Award, but her past four years of service with the Leo Club and her outstanding work as the Secretary of the Leo Club for the past two years, enabled the Manheim Township Leo Club to develop a better working relationship with the Manheim Township Lions Club as well as helping the Leo Club distinguish itself in Pennsylvania Lions District 14-D and Lions Clubs International.

The Members of the Manheim Township Lions Club are proud to be able to provide this award to its first recipient and wish for Taylor, good health and much success in any future endeavors. Leo Taylor will be attending the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing in the fall.

On May 24, 2013, Leo Taylor contacted Lion Paul Rager by email and requested that the following message be passed on to the members of the Lions Club.  "Thank you very much for awarding me the Leo Award for Distinguished Leadership & Community Service.  I greatly appreciate the recognition and aid that you have provided me with for my future plans!  Working with the Lions Club over the past few years has taught me a lot, and I am so glad to have been a part of this organization.  All the work that was put into the club over the past two years has kept me very busy, but also rewarded me a great deal.  I am honored that you chose me to receive this award.  Thank you again for everything you taught me on how to run a club and all the work that goes into a service organization such as the Lions Club.  I hope to visit a club event next year when I am home on break!"

Editors Note:  Leo Taylor was one of the top three winners at the High School Recognition Awards Ceremony. Her other awards were the Seth Hampton Memorial Scholarship, Honor Graduate, Lancaster NE Rotary Club Graupensperger Award, MT Music Association Orchestra Award and Eric Stoler Nursing Scholarship.  Congratulations Leo Taylor!