The Convention kicks off on Friday (March 27) with a Friday evening dinner to meet visiting International Director (ID) Gary Steele from the Cleveland Lions Club in MD-31 North Carolina.  The District’s Spring Convention is open to ALL Lions and their guests (if not a Lion, please insert “Guest” where you would state your Lions Title.  All events at the Convention are open to anyone to attend which includes cabinet meeting, training seminars, business meeting, etc.

Saturday’s (March 28) Convention will start at 7:30 AM at The Evergreen Resort with the breakfast and memorial service.  There will be reports from our District Governor, State Projects, Committee Chairs, Zone Chairs, Tail Twisting, 50-50 raffle, and a Silent Auction. In addition, we will have tables set up with information from our State Projects, LCIF, and other events going on around the State and District. 

Silent Auction:  We are requesting each District 11-E1 Lions Club to donate an item for the Silent Auction.  Items for the auction will be set up on Friday starting at 4:00 PM. Winners will be announced at 3:00 PM on Saturday.  POC for the Silent Auction is PDG Sheryl Schafer, cell phone: 812-325-7762 or email: sheryl.schafer1@comcast.net.  

MEALS: Meals have been discounted a total of $28.72 to make it more affordable for all Lions to attend the convention.

LODGING:  35 Standard rooms will be available at the Evergreen Resort at a discounted rate until March 8.  Rooms are $99 plus resort fee and taxes (approximately $113.85) and includes complimentary breakfast (a $15 savings).  Request a room in the "29581" block of rooms.  

District 11-E1 Convention Registrations to include meal reservations will close on March 18, 2026.  

Maximum 2 persons from the same address registering on a single form.

Seminars: There will be two time periods for seminars this year, one between 9:30 - 10:15am and the other between 10:30 - 11:15am.  If you're interested in attending one of these please make a selection below so the Seminar Committee will have an idea of how many Lions to expect at each.  Seminars will be in the Cadillac and Wexford rooms.

Seminar Description

Club President: Club Officer training for new Club Presidents.

Club Secretary: Club Officer training for new Club Secretaries.

Artificial Intelligence (AI): The various AI tools focused on recruiting new members, creating membership growth plans, researching demographics within a community, help with converting service projects from Lions Portal to a marketing brochure, creating service carnival or other events to recruit new members. 

TBD:

District Service Projects will be on Friday, March 27.  Steve Adsmond (District GST) has identified an outstanding service project for this year's convention: building beds for children in need through the “SHP”—Sleep in Heavenly Peace Program. The project will be divided into two parts. The first part will take place on Friday before the convention begins (12-3pm), at an SHP construction site (1551 Morey Rd., Lake City) where bunk beds will be assembled. The second part will occur during the convention at two different times, where participants will assemble blanket by cutting the edges and tying them together.  The first session to assemble blankets will be from 12-3pm at the Evergreen Resort and the second session will be from 7:45pm-9pm in Wexord room at the Evergreen Resort.  If you’re interested in building beds, please be aware that you’re going to get dirty, so wear the appropriate clothing and shoes.

Saturday Breakfast:  Breakfast is included with your room if you stay at the resort.  If you drive in and want breakfast, it is $15/person.  You can pay directly to Evergreen Resort.
 

If paying by Credit Card, please fill out the required infomation and click the "Submit" button.  If you would like a printed copy of your form, click on the "Print Form" button before you click on the "Submit" button.

The "Clear Form" will clear all fields on the form and allow you to start over.

The "Print Form" button will allow you to print your form for your records or to mail in with a written check (payable to Lions District 11 E1).  Please mail your registration/check to PCC Jeff Schafer, 975 Outback Ridge, Midland, MI 48640.

No meal reservations will be accepted after March 18, 2026.