Greetings Fellow Lions!

As you read this, I will be in Orlando Florida attending the Lions International Convention. As your District Governor, I look forward to meeting with all the clubs over the coming months. Learning what you are doing and how your club serves will help me and my cabinet in helping you in the future. Please feel free to contact me by email at: lionj.braisted@gmail.com or call (402) 310-0765, to set up club visits or with your questions and comments.

The incoming International President, A.P. Singh, is promoting Mission 1.5, as this year and next year will be the concluding years of the membership drive. The three areas all clubs need to consider are Membership, Leadership and Service. 

1.    Leadership drives successful service projects.

2.    Service projects drive membership growth.

3.    Membership growth brings in potential new leaders.

Lions International is focusing on three new programs, uniting Lions and Leos:

1.    Mental Health & Well Being – October 2025

2.    Hunger – January 2026

3.    Environment – April 2026

Please be alert and watch for details from Lions International and from me.

My theme is “Lead to Succeed” and I want all Lions to realize we are all leaders. Leadership is not just the officers or board members, it is all of us. As Lions we all strive to make a difference in our communities, state and around the world. Ask yourself one question— What in our community would not take place if our club ceased to exist? Scholarship programs, community cleanup, or vision checks for youth in our schools? 

As Lions, we seldom see the outcome of our actions or donations. A scholarship is seed money, an investment in a person which will take several years to develop. Community cleanup will allow your city or town to make a favorable impression on visiting investors, or potential new residents. New eyeglasses for a school child will make a long term difference in how they are able to achieve success in our educational system.

We all make a difference regardless of our position, it is “We Serve” that drives us to undertake the projects, so let’s all “Lead to Succeed” this year.

John Braisted, District Governor 38 N, 2025-2026

REMEMBER MISSION 1.5 IS NOT FINISHED YET!

Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization with more than 1.4 million members in approximately 46,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world.