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Pre-Forum Lions Quest Session - Save the Date!
 How do you make the USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum in Tampa even better? By getting there early for the pre-Forum Lions Quest session on Wednesday September 12, 2012. Details will be forthcoming. Find out more about USA/Canada Forum.
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Lions Quest on the Web
 Social and emotional learning just got more "social." Now you can follow Lions Quest on G+, Google's social networking site. And check out our new Timeline Facebook Fan Page.
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Lions Quest Recognition
We would like to thank the following Lions for promoting Lions Quest and organizing LQ training workshops:
- Lion Lisa Jenkins, workshop for Murphy Elementary-Middle School, Detroit (MI).
- Toni Shockey and MD 7 Lions, 2 workshops in Little Rock (AR).
- Lions of Pennsylvania, for sponsoring workshops for Butler Area High School and Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, and for purchasing student materials for Bald Eagle Area School District.
- Lancaster (PA) Lions for providing meals for the Compass Mark workshop.
If your club or district has a Lions Quest story to tell, send it to christopher.bunch@lionsclubs.org and we'll try to feature it in an upcoming newsletter.
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Community Partnership Grants
Community Partnership Grants can be used to bring Lions Quest to a new community, or to reactivate dormant programs. Grants are non-matching, up to $10,000 and awarded on a rolling basis. Click here to download the application.
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Numbers of Note:
- 95% - the percentage of teachers trained in Lions Quest at Curtis Bay and Maree Fairing in Baltimore (MD) thanks to the efforts of Lions Dick Bloomquist, Bob Muchow, and District 22-A Lions.
- $1.7 billion - President Obama's proposed increase in school funding for the 2013 fiscal year.
- 60 - the avg. number of texts per day for a teen text user.
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Skills for Adolescence Out-of-School Time Curriculum
 Are your local schools or youth centers looking for a quality SEL summer program? If so, tell them about Lions Quest's SFA for OST. Our out-of-school-time program combines SEL skill building and service-learning to create a meaningful middle school program that enriches students and summer. Click here to place an order.
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Celebrate Global Youth Service Day on April 20-22.
Join the Million T-Shirt March Against Bullying on May 17, 2012.
Celebrate people in action with National Volunteer Week, April 15 - 21, 2012.
Special Olympics Project Unify Grants
Projects must demonstrate the core essence of service-learning. Budgets for projects can range from $100 to $5,000.
Deadline: Rolling through May 31.
State Farm Youth Advisory Board Grants
Currently accepting applications for service-learning projects between $25,000 and $100,000 that are designed to create sustainable change in local communities across the United States.
Deadline is May 4.
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Our Workshops in Their Words
"The presenter was very informative, interactive, and engaging. Enjoyed it very much."
- Detroit, MI
"This was an excellent, inspiring workshop."
- Laramie, WY
"I am very grateful for all the learning that was imparted to me."
- Goodyear, AZ
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Rachel's Challenge was founded to honor the memory and spirit of Rachel Scott, the first student killed in the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School. Rachel's Challenge seeks to inspire, equip and empower every person to create a permanent positive culture change in their school, business and community by starting a chain reaction of kindness and compassion. These admirable goals are shared by Lions Quest. In order to highlight how these programs can work together, we have added a Lions Quest 
