Jon Lyons (left) receives his RCSL Rotarian of the Month plaque from RCSL Club President Peter Meade.
Rotarian of the Month Jon Lyons
Dr. Honora Norton
Rotary Club of Sun Lakes has honored Jon Lyons with RCSL’s January 2025 Rotarian of the Month Award. Jon supports Rotary’s People of Action campaign. Jon is past RCSL club president (two terms); currently RI District 5495 assistant governor, Strategic Planning Committee member, and often District’s Sergeant of Arms; coordinates deliveries of the Sun Lakes Splash and Source Books; Public Image Committee member; RCSL’s liaison with the club’s corporate members; club’s liaison with Chandler Business Alliance and Chandler Chamber; club and district liaison with ASU Rotaract Club; volunteer at many of RCSL’s community service projects, fundraisers, and events; and much more.
Jon, a Chandler resident, received his BS degree in accounting from Arizona State University in 1980, and began his vocational career in Phoenix with 36 years at AlliedSignal/Honeywell.
For more information about RCSL, see www.sunlakesrotary.com.
RCSL Club President Peter Meade and DPIL Co-chair Val Crump stand ready to award the check to the 2025 DPIL raffle winner. (Photo by Gary Whiting)
Rotary Club Raises Money for Children’s Books
Dr. Honora Norton
Rotary Club of Sun Lakes (RCSL) just completed its Dolly Parton Imagination Library (DPIL) fundraiser with a reverse raffle in which 906 tickets were sold, for a total of $18,120. The raffle winner won $9,060. The winning ticket was sold by an RCSL member. The other half will help RCSL register more kids in the program. Co-chairs of the program, Val and Bill Crump, extend a heartfelt thank you to all who supported this fundraiser.
DPIL is a book-gifting program. RCSL pays for the costs involved in gifting eligible children an age-appropriate book each month, sent directly to the child from the Dollywood Foundation. The cost to RCSL is approximately $2.50 per book. The benefits to this early childhood educational opportunity to children are immeasurable. RCSL has enrolled children ages 0 to 5 and who live in the cities of Guadalupe and Chandler.
Currently, 1,231 kids are registered in RCSL’s DPIL program, and 600 kids have graduated out of the program. Since April 2019, RCSL has provided more than 37,000 books to 2,102 kids.
For information, contact Val Crump at [email protected]. To donate online, visit this link: tinyurl.com/2c9snm8n.