Phil-Am Lion's Club of Arizona

On June 21, 2014 the Phoenix Phil-Am Lions Club will hold its annual Induction and Installation Ball at the Hilton Phoenix Airport.  This undertaking is partly a fundraising event to support the club's signature project - Medical Mission.  The upcoming one in 2015 would be the 11th betwen the Philippines and Mexico missions.  Last year we netted over $2000 and the celbration was attneded by family friends, supporters and cignitaries.  We were able to do the following with the funds: 223 cataract operations, 67 pterygiums, dispensed 9000 corrective glasses, identified school children with vision problems and screened over 300 patients for diabetes.

This year we're even committed to making a bigger success and I am hoping you will help.  The aim is to raise about $5000 and the funds will be used for the cataract and medical mission on February 15-20, 2015 in Zambales, Philippines.  The club always breaks its record and this tiime we hope to be able to help 250 blinded patients because of cataract.

In reciprocation to your kind favor, we will put your pictures, greetings and advertisements in the club's souvenir program.  We will be issuing a donation receipt for the entire amount as requested.  Raising funds for such a noble cause cannot be possible without your generous support and sponsorship. 

For more information, please visit http://phxphilamaz.lionwap.org/

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Supporting Sheriff Joe and his Program MASH

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I attended a fundraiser for Sheriff Joe Arpaio at one of my many ventures, Meridian RV Park.  The fundraiser was to support his program to help abused animals, Mash -- www.mcso.org Arpaio's no-kill animal shelter, MASH, was created to house and care for dogs, cats and horses that have been abused or neglected by their caretakers and rescued by the Animal Crimes Investigations Unit.  The animals are then trained and cared for by inmates, then placed for adoption.

The purpose of the shelter is to provide a safe, healthy an healing shelter for these tragic animals, who must necessarily await the outcome of their owners' cruelty cases in court.  Arpaio hopes their ultimate outcome will be adoption into a loving, permanent home.

Meridian raised money for MASH by selling tickets to a luncheon where baloney sandwiches, chips and soda were served.  We had a great turn out!

I sat next to Sheriff Joe and gave him my card for the the murder mysteries and asked him to read them!

 

 

Meeting Jessica Cox

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I had the honor of attending a fund raising event with 3000 club to raise money for victims of the Typhoon.    The 3000 club is a great national and international group of like-minded individuals, small business owners, volunteers and non-profit agencies and organizations who bond together supporting its two flagship projects, Market On the Move and American Medical Aid.  Click the links below for more information...

Market On the Move            American Medical Aid

 The event featured the amazing, Jessica Cox. Jessica is recognized internationally as an inspirational keynote speaker. Born without arms, Jessica now flies airplanes, drives cars and otherwise lives a normal life using her feet as others use their hands. She holds the Guinness World Record for being the first armless person in aviation history to earn a pilot’s certificate. Convinced that the way we think has a greater impact on our lives than our physical constraints, she chose to pursue a degree in psychology at the University of Arizona. Since then she has traveled to 20 countries sharing her inspirational message.

Think outside the shoe™ – Let Jessica show you how...




Jessica is unbelievably inspirational, and I am thankful I got to meet her.  Here are some photos from the event.

 

 

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Friends of Africa Event Photos

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I had a wonderful time at For the Love of Africa, a Project C.U.R.E. event I wrote about HERE  

It was a fun safari - chic gala to benefit the Pokot Hospital Project and to honor Dr. Douglas Jackson, Project C.U.R.E.'s CEO.  Here are some photos from the event.

A table full of Project C.U.R.E. board members

Sitting with the Lost Boys of Sudan - read their story HERE

 

Some Project C.U.R.E. board members and I with Douglas Jackson, the CEO at Project C.U.R.E.



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For more information about Friends of Africa, please visit www.friendsofafricaaz.org

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For the Love of Africa Project C.U.R.E. Event

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I am thrilled to be participating in the upcoming event on October 19, 2013

For the Love of Africa

A Safari-Chic Gala to benefit the Pokot Hospital Project

Imagine living in an area so remote that hospitals simply don’t exist.  Each year nearly 1,000,000 people are affected by preventable and curable disease simply because they have no access to doctors or medical clinics. We endeavor to change that.

Friends of Africa International is building a hospital and creating a network of mobile medical clinics to serve nearly 1,000,000 people.  Project C.U.R.E. has pledged to donate more than $1,000,000 in medical supplies and equipment to make them functional. 
As an Advisory Board Member and International Assessment Representative for Project C.U.R.E. this is an event that is very important to me and your participation, in any way, helps make a difference!

The evening program will include:

A mini-safari through the Phoenix Zoo

African Drummers and Tribal Fashion Show

Dinner Featuring Authentic African Cuisine

African Market, Silent Auction and Raffle Drawings

Safari Presentation with Royal African Safaris

Live Auction with Celebrity Auctioneer Letitia Frye

Program Emcee Brad Perry

2013 Friends of Africa International Humanitarian Awards honoring

patron James Bishop and Dr. Douglas Jackson of Project C.U.R.E.

Honored guests include:

The famed Lost Boys of Sudan now living in Arizona

Nairobi Board Members, Bernard Kimani, Paul Kiteshu and Edmond Kamama

Kefe Kihara, Chief Pilot AMReF, Flying Doctors of East Africa

International Advisory Board Members: Dr. Don Johanson,

Nick Lowery and James Strock

2013 Humanitarian Award Recipients, James Bishop and Dr. Douglas Jackson

If you can’t attend, please consider making a donation. Event proceeds will provide healthcare access for nearly 1,000,000 people in northern Kenya.

At the Stonehouse Pavilion - Phoenix Zoo

455 N. Galvin Parkway, Pheonix, AZ 85008

October 19, 2013  |  5:00 p.m. ‘til 10:00 p.m.

Safari Chic or Casual Evening Attire

RSVP:

To register or make a donation online, please visit:

www.BlackTie-Arizona.com/RSVP

Enter code: AFRICA

 

To pay by phone: (480) 363-0000 | To pay by check via mail:

8711 E. Pinnacle Peak Rd., #352, Scottsdale, AZ 85255

Admission:

$75 in advance online  |  $125 at the door

 

I would love to see you there!  I hope you can make it!

For more information about Project C.U.R.E. please visit, www.projectcure.org

I'm Racing for Project C.U.R.E.

On Friday, May 17th, I am very excited to be participating in a racing event with Project C.U.R.E.    Come on out and watch me drive a racing go kart!  These aren't your kids' Go Karts!  

 

















I will be joining Project C.U.R.E. and sponsor K2 Adventures Foundation at Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving for the Fast and the C.U.R.E.ious Racing Challenge. 


Twenty-five teams will compete for the coveted Fast and the C.U.R.E.ious Racing Challenge Team Trophy. 

Each member of my team will drive one of Bondurant's 10hp Briggs and Stratton powered ProKarts which are capable of speeds over 50mph and easy to drive fast right from the start.

The individual with the fastest time will win a 13-day community based adventure, a climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro and a one day safari.  This trip is graciously donated by K2 Adventures Foundation and is to be redeemed in the summer of 2014 as an already established K2 trip (does not include airfare). For more information please visit www.k2adventures.org.

Sounds like fun, huh? 

If you want to join in on the fun as a racer yourself or as a member of the pit crew, click HERE for more information! 

Wish me luck!!


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