Next Meeting - Tuesday, June 19 -at the usual time and place. LINDA BERGREN is the Program Host, and, ever mindful of our welfare, she will introduce Kristie Maurer, Operations Manager of the Fresh Madison Market and its new venture, the Freshmobile. Both are dedicated to making locally produced fresh foods available to Madisonians, thereby improving your health and presumably your disposition, and we will hear about what they do and how they do it, and how they are planning to extend their reach. Your Editor wants to know if and when they'll do sweet corn!

At the last meeting, President JIM opened sans bell (had a hammer, needed a bell), and asked LINDA to lead the song. PHIL was scheduled for the invocation but was absent, so ROSS blessed us with a short but sweet one. We had guests galore. Joe Pierre was there, having found us on the web. His wife Kate will attend when her schedule allows. Joe and Kate are interested in service opportunities. Joe did turn in an application. Patty Zallar and service dog Hannon, from Madison Evening, were also there. Two service dogs, can you believe it? Patty also attended the Madison East meeting yesterday. And, of course, we had our speaker, Lisa Schleicher.

Patty reminded us of Save Sight Night, on Thursday, July 19, at the Duck Pond. This will be the 5th annual Save Sight Night. To order game or raffle tickets, call 608-514-1780 or email madisoneveninglions@gmail.com (or see the calendar on our District web site).

MELISSA reported on our Rose Sale. She's looking at a net $5,200. 384 units were sold. And, she only has $610 still to collect (if this means you, send your money to her post haste).

JODI reported that the Youth Exchange Picnic will be on Wednesday, July 25. Look for more information coming soon via e-mail.

JIM then put on his Program hat, and told us that he had scheduled two programs. One called in sick, but fortunately, Lisa was there. JIM told us a little about the program we weren't getting (yet, he'll reschedule) - a friend of his remarried late in life, and arranged for eggs from a younger donor. The result was twins, but due to a rare (and unforeseen) genetic match, both were autistic. She has developed an autism school to help families with autistic children. We can look forward to that program later.

He introduced Lisa Schliecher, a child life specialist here in Madison at American Family Children's Hospital. She helps kids who are trauma patients or who are in crisis. She started in the ER, and now works at AFCH. She told us about Courage Lion, a program that started in Pennsylvania. Children receive a stuffed lion (named Duffy), an audio CD, and a book. In the course of the book, Duffy is hospitalized, so the children can relate to his experiences. He has a pocket on his chest, which initially contains a stone, but can be used for other treasures, like lost teeth. Lisa played a few excerpts from the CD (and the two service dogs in attendance perked their ears at the bird sounds). Each lion kit costs $34 (includes shipping and handling). She would like to have 33 kits on hand - AFCH gets one or two children a month that could receive a courage lion. If MCLC were to donate for courage lions, each kit would be labeled accordingly. This will probably be discussed at our next Board meeting.

We closed our meeting with LINDA auctioning a Paisley Hair Design gift certificate (kindly donated by PADDHE). After spirited bidding, TOM's bid of $25 was top. He promised us that he would get a manicure.

Your Editor offers many thanks to ace reporter SCOTT GROVER, whose report constitutes most of this edition of the Tale