By Nelson A. King
As it celebrates its 10th anniversary,
the Brooklyn Outreach
Lions Club is seeking civic-minded
men and women to join the
club “in making a difference in
our communities.”
“The Lions motto is ‘We Serve’,
and the Brooklyn Outreach Lions
Club has been living up to it for 10
years,” said the club’s Vincentianborn
chair and co-founder, Yolande
Diane Chewett Hall, in a Caribbean
Life interview. “The club
has been doing different kinds
of community service projects,
including caring for seniors and
the disabled, feeding the hungry,
collecting used eye glasses,
caring for the environment, and
many more.
“In light of the COVID-19 pandemic,
it is more important than
ever that we do whatever is necessary
to help our local communities,”
added Chewett Hall, stating
that Brooklyn Outreach Lions
Club was chartered on Sept. 30,
2010 under District Gov. Pauline
Francis.
“Becoming a Lions club
member gives you the opportunity
to volunteer locally, make
new friends and get involved in
projects that will make our community
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a better place to live,” she
continued. “It also gives you the
opportunity to travel worldwide,
when allowed.”
Chewett Hall said that the
Association of Lions Clubs is
“a great service organization,”
which was founded in Chicago
by businessman Melvin Jones on
June 7, 1917.
“As time went by and clubs
were formed around the world,
the organization’s name was
changed to Lions Clubs International
in 1920,” said Chewitt
Hall, stating that, currently, the
umbrella organization has 1.4
million members, in 209 countries,
with over 47,000 clubs, “of
which Brooklyn Outreach Lions
Club is one.”
“We are the largest non-political
service organization in the
world,” she boasts.
Chewett Hall, who migrated
from St. Vincent and the Grenadines
in 1986, said that, after
several years of school and many
jobs, she felt the desire to give
back to the community.
“Consumed with this thought,
I followed a friend to a meeting,
which marked the beginning
of my service in Lionism,” she
said. “I joined what was called the
Brooklyn Rising Stars Lions Club
and diligently provided services to
the less fortunate for nine years.
“At this point, I gathered
together 27 of my friends and
formed the Brooklyn Outreach
Lions Club in 2010,” Chewitt Hall
added.
She said she has held several
positions in the club, including
president, treasurer, membership
chairperson and lion tamer.
In addition, Chewitt Hall said
she has served as chairperson of
the Thanksgiving and Christmas
Baskets committees, and participated
in breast cancer and other
walks.
At the district level, Chewitt
Hall said she has served as Zone
and Region chairperson.
In recognition of her services
to the community, she said she
Lion Yolande Dianne Chewitt Hall. Lion Yolande Dianne Chewitt
Hall
has received numerous awards,
including the Melvin Jones Award
(the highest award), and Bachelors
and Masters Awards in Lionism.
Besides Lionism activities,
Chewitt Hall, who is employed in
the Traffic Department with the
New York City Police Department
(NYPD, said she volunteers at the
Veterans of Foreign Wars – Post
5298 – in Springfield Gardens,
Queens, giving out non-perishable
food to the community.
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