PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Aida Raider
On behalf of all who attended our annual Christmas party, I want to extend a very special ‘thank you’ to Vic Meline and his committee for a job excellently done.
The story below is one that touched my heart and I share it with you, with the thought of a new year about to begin, when we make resolutions leaving behind the old and starting anew.
– Sand & Stone –
“Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.”
Two friends were walking through the desert. At some point in the journey, they had an argument and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand;
“Today my best friend slapped me in the face.”
They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from near drowning, he wrote on a stone;
“Today my best friend saved my life.”
The one who had slapped and then saved his best friend asked
“After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone; why?”
The friend replied,
“When someone hurts us we should write in the sand, where winds of forgiveness can erase it away, but when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it where no wind can ever erase it!”
Meet Our Newest Member
Lion Adam Taghavi (tag-have-e) or (tag-av-e) or (Tag)
I honor Fort Collins as my new hometown and the Fort Collins Lions Club as my new second family. I moved from Maryland/Washington D.C area in November 2010 to help out my family and finish my education here.
I was born in the Middle East and immigrated with my family to the great United States in 1999. I graduated from Agoura High School in Los Angeles and entered the United States Navy in September of 2001.
Following my passion for science, medicine, and service to others, I served nine successful years as Pharmacy Technician, Military Police Officer, and Aviation Crew Chief.
Striving to serve with more competence, I decided to leave the military for a few years in pursuit of a degree and plan on re-joining the military again.
I was first introduced to Lionism in October 2009 and joined the Beltsville Lions Club in Maryland. Determined to improve, I served as Treasurer of that club, participated in most of the club fundraisers, was active with vision screenings, and became involved with Lions Vision Research Foundation at Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins Hospital.
I look forward to meeting all the members of the Fort Collins Lions Club. I’m very happy to be a part of your Lions family, and look forward to serving alongside of you.
“The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that You never know if they are genuine.”
–Abraham Lincoln
The simple shepherds heard the voice of an angel and found their Lamb. The wise men saw the light of a star and found their Wisdom.
–Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895 – 1979)
