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Brookfield Lions Install new Leadership Team for 2017-2018

Brookfield Lions Leadership Team will be tasked to continue its Community Service Role while expanding their efforts in new service fields.

Lions International celebrated its 100th anniversary as a service organization. It has grown from one club in Chicago IL to over 45,000 clubs worldwide. This could not have been accomplished without an excellent leadership team at all levels, local, district, regional, national and international. The Brookfield Lions are proud and pleased to introduce its Leadership Team for 2017-2018 to lead it into the next century of community service. Pictured above: (Front Row seated L-R)

Klaus Nielsen 2nd VP, Robin Montgomery Secretary, Candy Smith President, Cathy Nielsen 1st Vice President, David Moissonnier Treasurer: (Back Row L-R) Lyn Lyon Immediate Past President, Mark Ketttunen Director 2 years, Jackie Kettunen Membership Co-Chair, Jeff Tanz Director 1 year, Pam Tanz Director 2 years, Cathy Westervelt Membership Co-Chair, Kathi Hlavac Director 1 year, Alan Smith Director 1 year, Fraij Yapoujian Director 2 years, Robert Symington Lion Tamer, Sue Slater Tail Twister.

The Lions Club is the largest Service Organization in the World with over 1.4 million members in 45,000 Local clubs located in over 200 countries and territories. The Brookfield Lions support a number of local, regional and international causes including Pediatric/Adult Vision Screening, Connecticut Lions Eye Research Foundation, Eyeglasses for the Needy, Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Red Cross Blood Drives, Ability Beyond and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The Brookfield Lions meet on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. For further information about the Brookfield Lions contact Membership Co-Chair Jackie Kettunen jkettunen@earthlink.net or Co-Chair Cathy cathywestervelt@msn.com

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