Membership Chair & Past President
701.388.4889 + davidpederson0820@gmail.com
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"I can do all this through him who gives me strength." - Philippians 4:13
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Favorite Lions Club memory is volunteering at the emergency food pantry with fellow lions and the All Star high school basketball games in West Fargo.
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Proud Lion since 2015
DARRELL COSTAIN
President
"You don't have to be sick to get better."
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Favorite Lions Club memory is helping break a world record for the most meals created at the 2019 Feed My Starving Children event.
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Proud Lion since 1984 & again in 2012.
DAVID DOUGHERTY
First Vice President
David serves as the Executive Director of NHSACA.
BRAD RENSLOW
Secretary
Brad is the General Manager at the Country Inn & Suites in Fargo, ND.
GELAINE "COACH" ORVIK
2nd Vice President
"Keep on keeping on." - Himself
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Favorite Lions Club memories: 1) Being inducted as a member; 2) Being honored by the Fargo Gateway Lions Club as 2018 & 2020 Lion of the Year; 3) Receiving the Melvin Jones Fellow Award May 9, 2008 and the Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow Awward June 24, 2016; & 4) Sponsoring new members for induction into the Fargo Gateway Lions Club.
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Proud Lion since 2008.
MIKE LITTLE
3rd Vice President &Â Tail Twister
"Make it happen."
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Favorite Lions Club memory - during a vision screening event Mike's 3 year old son, Ethan, was flagged with vision problems. Sure enough, he had considerable astigmatism. Ethan can now see clearly because of the Lions Club.
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Proud Lion since 2019.
MOLLY ANNE BOE
New Lion
"Every accomplishment begins with the decision to try." - JFK
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Favorite Lions Club memory is volunteering with Feed My Starving Children.
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Molly has been a Lion since 2020.
KOREY PAUL BOE
Lion
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." - Mark Twain
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Favorite Lions Club memory is volunteering at Feed My Starving Children.
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Korey has been a Lion since 2018.
PAUL FLEMING
Lion
Paul serves as the Vice President of Wealth Advising for Bell Investments.
MEET THE FARGO GATEWAY LIONS
Club Leadership
The officers of our club, include the president, immediate past president, 1st, 2nd and 3rd vice president(s), secretary, treasurer, lion tamer, tail twister, membership development chair, and others. Officers are elected annually for a term coinciding with the association’s fiscal year (July 1- June 30). Our work is completed by committees appointed by our president.
DARRELL COSTAIN
Co-Membership Chair
"You don't have to be sick to get better."
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Favorite Lions Club memory is helping break a world record for the most meals created at the 2019 Feed My Starving Children event.
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Proud Lion since 1984 & again in 2012.
PAUL FLEMING
Co-Membership Chair
Paul serves as the Vice President of Wealth Advising for Bell Investments.
DARRELL COSTAIN
Past President
"You don't have to be sick to get better."
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Favorite Lions Club memory is helping break a world record for the most meals created at the 2019 Feed My Starving Children event.
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Proud Lion since 1984 & again in 2012.
BRAD RENSLOW
Secretary
Brad is the General Manager at the Country Inn & Suites in Fargo, ND.
GELAINE "COACH" ORVIK
Past President
"Keep on keeping on." - Himself
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Favorite Lions Club memories: 1) Being inducted as a member; 2) Being honored by the Fargo Gateway Lions Club as 2018 & 2020 Lion of the Year; 3) Receiving the Melvin Jones Fellow Award May 9, 2008 and the Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow Awward June 24, 2016; & 4) Sponsoring new members for induction into the Fargo Gateway Lions Club.
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Proud Lion since 2008.
MIKE LITTLE
President
"Make it happen."
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Favorite Lions Club memory - during a vision screening event Mike's 3 year old son, Ethan, was flagged with vision problems. Sure enough, he had considerable astigmatism. Ethan can now see clearly because of the Lions Club.
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Proud Lion since 2019.
MOLLY ANNE BOE
Lion
"Every accomplishment begins with the decision to try." - JFK
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Favorite Lions Club memory is volunteering with Feed My Starving Children.
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Molly has been a Lion since 2020.
KOREY PAUL BOE
Lion
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." - Mark Twain
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Favorite Lions Club memory is volunteering at Feed My Starving Children.
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Korey has been a Lion since 2018.
SCOTT HILDRE
District 5NE 1st Vice District Governor Elect
Scott's favorite book is "From Wentworth to the Western Front" & hands-down, he throws the largest birthday parties in the Fargo/Moorhead area!!!
CRYSTAL DUEKER
District 5NE Service Chair
"Your mind is a garden, Your thoughts are the seeds.
You can grow flowers or You can grow weeds."
MIKE BRAND
3rd Year Director
JOLEAN PEDERSON
Scholarship Chair
NEIL PEDERSON
Lion
JON MUND
Lion
Mary Ann Zwinger
Photos and Banners Chair
