F.a.S.T. LIONS CLUB STUDENT SPEAKER CONTEST

Our Student Speaker Contest winner for 2009 is
Hassan Karaouni, a Sophmore at Armijo High School.

All 3 contestants did an outstanding job and we congratulate them. From left to right: Lion Phil Ewing, Student Speaker Chairman, Hassan Karaouni, Allison Walker-Senior at Fairfield High School, and Angel Uson-Freshman at Armijo High School.

The Student Speaker Contest is open to students, including foreign exchange students in grades 9 –12.  Students may attend any high school, middle school, charter school, private school, home school or independent study and must write their own speech on the subject.

Competition was held at the club level on February 20, 2009, and othe winner will progress through several levels of the contest, ending with the final round to be held June 6, 2009.   Each level of competition includes monetary compensation.

 Additional information is available online at:  http://ssf.md4lions.org/

Paid by Lions checks:

• Club Contests – The club shall present $50.00 to the winner and $25.00 to each finalist.
• Zone Contests – The district shall present $75.00 to the winner only.
• Region Contests – The district shall present $125.00 to the winner only.

Paid by Lions 4th District Student Speakers Foundation Inc:

• District contests – The fifteen winners shall eah receive a $4,500.00 scholarship.
• Area Contests - The four winners shall each receive a $6,500.00 scholarship.
• Final Contest – The winner of the MultipleDistrict Four contest shall receive a $10,000.00 scholarship.

The scholarship awards are to any accredited two or four Year College or University, or to any other school approved by the Lions 4th District Student Speakers Foundation, Inc.
The winners shall be allowed seven years from the date of high school graduation to utilize their scholarships. The winner shall receive 33 1/3% upon enrollment and 33 1/3% at the beginning of each succeeding enrolled quarter. For the semester system, the winner shall receive 50% on enrollment and 50% at the beginning of the succeeding enrolled semester. Scholarship payments may be extended over a longer period of time if it meets the recipient’s needs.

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Lion Dan Brock receives the Melvin Jones Award for 2007-2008

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FaST Lion member Mary Lorenz and our Kases4Kids program has won the
Bay Area Jefferson Award!!

CBS Channel 5 visited her in her home to interview and film her assembling backpacks.
The Jefferson Award segment aired at 6:00 pm on October 10 on your local CBS station.
You may also view it on www.cbs5.com. .
The complete article also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on October 7.

Mary purchases and fills 30 backpacks each month and delivers them to
Child Protection Services where they are given to children that are being
removed from their homes.
There are over 500 children removed from their homes in Solano County each year.
In each backpack she puts needed toiletries such as toothpaste, toothbrushe,
mouthwash, shampoo, soap, lotion, kleenex, comb, washcloth, and deodorant, along with
a notebook, pencils and crayons, and tops it all off with a cuddly stuffed animal
and a name tag.

Our Lions Club contributes to the cost of these backpacks.
Any donations can be made out to Fairfield Fast Lions and mailed to
P O Box 308, Fairfield, CA. 94533
For more information on this project call 707-386-6863.

Congratulations Mary!

To view Channel 5 TV segment click here

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Fairfield F.a.S.T. Lions

The Fairfield F.a.S.T. Lions Club was chartered  on May 3, 1967.   The current membership consists of 28 men and women along with 1 Student Lion dedicated to serving their community.  Our club has regular breakfast meetings every Wednesday morning at 7:15am and usually includes a guest speaker or a special program.  We hold our meetings at the Country Cafe on North Texas Street in Fairfield. The majority of club business is conducted at the monthly Board of Directors meeting held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, and all members are welcome to attend.

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