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| Brandywine Lions Club Past Events 
From The LION Magazine, February 2012: From The Maryland Independent, January 25, 2012: From The Maryland Independent, January 20, 2012: From The Maryland Independent, August 24, 2011: Driven to give Lions member has more than 50 years as donor by SARA K. TAYLOR, Staff writer
Conrad “Babe” Lederer of Baden has a date every 56 days. The 96-year-old Lions Club member is a regular during the Brandywine Lions’ blood drive held from 2 to 7 p.m. six times a year. “I’ve been the blood [drive] chairman for more than 30 years,” said Bill Teslik, a member of the Brandywine Lions for more than 50 years. “There has to be 56 days between donations. I have all my dates scheduled through 2012.” Lederer, who lives with his son, Bill, and daughter-in-law, Rachael, has been donating for some five decades, Rachael said. “He does it because he hopes he can save lives,” she said. “He likes the idea that he is 96 and can still give blood. He thinks it’s pretty neat.” Lederer is the oldest donor in the Greater Chesapeake and Potomac region of the American Red Cross, according to Gary Ouellete, chief executive officer of the region. Teslik, 86, is no slouch himself when it comes to giving blood. “I’ve given over 20 gallons of blood through the Red Cross,” he said. That doesn’t count the number of gallons he donated as a member of the U.S. Air Force, from which he is retired. Blood donation is an issue Teslik is passionate about. He said he has more than 150 people on his mailing list who have donated in the past year-and-a-half “Hey, you can’t manufacture blood,” he said. “In the metropolitan area, thousands of units of blood are used every day. Giving blood is very important.” The next Brandywine Lions Club blood drive will be 2 to 7 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Baden Volunteer Fire Department at 16608 Brandywine Road. Call 301-888-1666  An American Red Cross worker takes a blood donation from Conrad "Babe" Lederer at recent blood drive held by the Brandywine Lions Club. Gary Ouellete, chief executive officer of the American Red Cross's Greater Chesapeake and Potomac region, left, meets up with Conrad “Babe” Lederer, center, who is the oldest donor in Ouellete's region. Bill Teslik, right, has run the blood donor program for the Brandywine Lions Club for more than 30 years. From The Maryland Independent, July 13, 2011:  From The Maryland Independent, Feb. 11, 2011:  From The Maryland Independent, Feb. 4, 2011: Brandywine Lions hold food drive Brandywine Lions Club held its annual food drive Dec. 17. Under the leadership of King Lion Paul Antonioli, along with his sons and other club members, trucks picked up 10,000 cans and boxed foods from area schools for the annual drive. The donations were sorted by product, which takes a day to sort. In the evening, volunteers spent the evening walking up and down the sorted isles in the food kitchen at the Lions Club filled boxes with an assortment of food for the 112 families who the club helped. Each family received two full boxes with a 12-pound turkey and all the fixings for Christmas dinner. Candies and cookies are added to the boxes for children. The boxes were delivered the morning of Dec. 18. The Lions would like to thank B.K. Miller Store in Clinton for providing the milk, breads, turkey and fresh vegetables to the club. With the help, the club was able to provide each of the families with a turkey dinner for the holiday and additional food for the club's pantry. About 1,400 cans of food were left over from the drive which were delivered to the Baden Food Pantry. All donated cans and boxed products were sent back to the community through the food pantry to help those in need. Volunteers of the Brandywine Lions Club, the Tri-County Cruisers Rod and Custom Car Club and others sort and prepare boxes each of donated canned and some boxed products From The Maryland Independent, Dec 17, 2010: Our 2010 Christmas Basket Program was great! 112 very thankful local needy families will enjoy an awesome Christmas meal! As usual, our annual Christmas Basket Program 2009 was a huge success. A total of 108 very thankful local needy families will enjoy a huge Christmas meal! Our Fall Craft Fair was awesome! Perfect weather. Thousands of people enjoyed the weekend with us at Brandywine Lions Park! The Brandywine Lions Officer of the Year, 2008 - 2009 Lion Tab Wheeler Brandywine Lions Club President Roger Hamilton, left, presents Lion Tab Wheeler with a plaque for being Lion of the Year. Wheeler was presented with the award for his outstanding service as Brandywine Lions Club Secretary. Our Bluegrass Festival on May 23, 2009 was awesome! Over 300 people enjoyed the beautiful weather and wonderful music. Read the story in The Maryland Independent, May 27, 2009. 
LION Magazine, May 2009 Brandywine Lions Club was "CLUB OF THE MONTH"! The Washington Post, March 7, 2009 Blood Drive at the Baden Volunteer Fire Department. Contributing to the Lions Community Outreach Foundation (2/24/09) Pictured from left: Assistant LCOF Treasurer and Past District Treasurer Carole Shreve, LCOF President and Past District Governor Charlie Kearse, Brandywine Lions President Roger Hamilton (presenting check), and Brandywine Lions Treasurer Paul Antonioli.
From the Lions District 22C Newsletter, Jan 2009
From the Lions District 22C Newsletter, Oct 2008 
The Tri-County Cruisers visited us on Sep 13, 2008. 
From the Enquirer-Gazette, Jan 17, 2008: Lions just keep on giving
Brandywine Lions Club, with the participation of area schools and B.K, Miller of Clinton, helped to give 118 food baskets to needy families in time for them to have a Christmas dinner.
Each year, the Brandywine Lions organize the distribution of food baskets for the needy. The area schools provide the dry and canned goods for these baskets.
According to a press release, the Dec. 21 collections from schools overflowed the tables set up to assist volunteers to fill each basket to provide a variety of food supplies for the family pantries. The donations were sorted by volunteers, then the next task was to fill the food baskets with a variety of stock collected. Gravy, cranberry sauce and even pumpkin pie filling were available to make for a Christmas celebration.
Miller provided the turkeys, milk and produce (potatoes, onions, oranges, apples, margarine and celery) at cost to the Lions Club to help each needy family enjoy a true Christmas dinner, said the release. Each family received two of the baskets — one filled with a Variety of canned and dry goods and the other with the turkey and produce. The two baskets are counted as one per family, but provided all that was needed for a healthy Christmas dinner and additional meals thereafter.
The Brandywine Lions Club organized and distributed the baskets Dec. 22 to the needy families. Other volunteers included the Tri-County Cruisers' Rod and Custom Car Club and others in the community.
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