2021 Meetings and Activities
Meetings 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at Noon at Canyon Lake Activities Center, 2900 Canyon Lake Drive - except as noted:
Jan 12 - Discussion re charities and fund raisers
Jan 26 - Shawn Burke - Feeding South Dakota
Feb 9 - DG Lion Dick Waits
Feb 23 - Lions Joyce Gibson and Carla Jobgen - R.C. Sight and Service Committee + Nominations
Mar 9 - Brianna Nelson, Shelly Flack, and Corey - YFS Girls, Inc. + Elections
Mar 23 - Galen Britain - VA's Medical Foster Home Program + ballot counting
Apr 13 - Mitch Nachtigall - Elevate Rapid City, Ascent Innovation + Eyeglasses Roundup
Apr 27 - PDG Doug Scheller - Campaign 100
May 11 - Chris Parrish - Young Life
May 25 - Scott Engmann, Exec. Dir., Habitat for Humanity
Jun 8 - Erin Smith, Westhills Community Life Director - Boosting brain power to mitigate effects of ageing
Jun 29 - 5 to 6pm - Annual Meeting, Installation of new officers at Canyon Lake Park
Jul 13 - Michael Garfield, Director, Canyon Lake Activities Center
Jul 27 - Lion Ron Bunnell - Rapid City Lions Club: The Next 100 Years
Aug 10 - David Johnson, S.D. State Senate - Legislative Update
Aug 24 - Jake Davis, S.D. Game, Fish, and Parks - Aquatic Invasive Species
Sep 14 - Captain Tony Harrison, Pennington County Sheriff's Office + Eyeglasses Roundup
Sep 28 - Mark Vargo, Pennington County State's Attorney
Oct 12 - James Kinyon, Dir. Catholic Social Services - Update on community needs and solutions
Oct 26 - Beth Anne Ferley, Asst. Development Director, Abbott House
Nov 9 - Katie Bates, Chapter Co-President, R.C. Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Nov 20 (Saturday 5:30 pm) - Anniversary Meeting at CLAC (ticket needed) - see program here
Dec 14 - Lion Rev. Bruce Thalacker - Tis the Season to be Jolly + Eyeglasses Roundup
Dec 28 - No Meeting
Other Activities
Mar 2, 2021 - Lions Day at the Capitol
May 20-22 - MD5 Lions Virtual Convention info
June 25-29 - Lions Club International Convention (virtual meeting) Montreal, Canada infoOct 1-2 - SD State Lions Convention - Sioux Falls