"We know that  Representative Laurie Pohutsky, House District 19 will continue to fiercely advocate for protecting our water and holding polluters accountable. Clean Water Action is proud to endorse her and we look forward to continuing to work with her in 2021 and beyond!"

In the Republican primary there are three candidates seeking the Republican nomination to run against incumbent State Representative Laurie Pohutsky, Martha Ptashnik, Penny Crider and Regina Gargos. As candidates make endorsements available Musings will provide that information to our readers. Comments on each nomination are provided by the candidate:

Dave Stechholz, Past President of the Livonia Rotary Club along with Matt Collins, President of the Livonia Lions Club, set up a Mothers Day Display in the north Lobby of SMML at 6:30am this morning, just in time for the beginning of the morning shift change which lasted about 90 minutes.

Collins explains that the "generosity was well received by the SMML Staff, who expressed their thanks and appreciation for the overwhelming support shown by the community service clubs and by the community during these unprecedented times."

Stechholz offered up a  "thank you to the front line medical staff at SMML.  Wishing them and all mothers a happy mothers' day!"

Livonia Service Clubs are up to the task. Every day. 

 NYX shows its support for Livonia and St. Mary's. Thank you.

Thanks to the Livonia Chamber of Commerce for memorializing this hand off of face masks and shields:

Livonia manufacturer NYX contributed 15,000 face masks and 1,500 face shields they made for St. Mary Mercy Hospital. Company CEO Jay Sandhu, President Vijay Kanakamedala, and Vice President of Sales Mick Sandhu (along with his children Rajan and Rohan) gave the masks to Mayor Maureen Miller Brosnan and Sarah Gilbert, St. Mary's vice president of operations.

NYX, one of the city's largest employers, is ready to resume operations on Monday for the manufacturing of auto parks.The company will also continue to manufacture PPE for its work force.

  

Livonia Lions Club Responds to the Covid 19 Pandemic. The Pandemic continues to have a major impact on about every non-profit organization that the Lions Club supports.

Matt Collins, President of the Lions Club reports that "We have had to make several decisions each impacted by the impact on our club:

Service and Educational Activities - CANCELLED, 

Fundraisers -CANCELLED, 

Planning Meetings - CANCELLED.

But yet as more Families struggle to hold it together while the economy tanks. More Families find themselves in need of food and other essentials.  The Blind and Visually Impaired....The Deaf and Hard of Hearing. . .special Needs children. . .all in need of more support.

The Livonia Lions Club understands the situation and for our part, we are doing what we can to help those that  "WE SERVE", especially those organizations that are close by and closest to our hearts.   ON April 14th, the Livonia Lions Club unanimously approved early donations to approximately 30 organizations that "We Serve" with special emphasis on local

organizations that...

1) Provide food and related support to our citizens: Redford Interfaith Relief, Cares in Farmington and Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger

2) Help our special needs children: Seedlings Braille Books for Children, Sweet Dreamzzz and the Michigan 

Foster Closet of Western  Wayne County

3) Sponsor programs that provide therapy and support to those in need: HorsesHealHearts, Bear Lake Camp and the Penrickton Center

It is incumbent on all Service Clubs from around the corner and across the country to answer the call and maximize your efforts to support your community in whatever ways that you can. Maximizing Donations Help. Increase Service Levels Help. Partnering with other Service Organizations on larger projects Help. Being observant and initiating service actions Help. Look around you, find new and inventive ways to serve your community and continue to move forward. Need Knows No Boundary, especially now.

The Livonia Lions Club will continue to serve in any and every way that we can...

because that is what we do.... "WE SERVE".