I volunteered to give a 5 minute Achievement speech for the
Poulsbo Noon Lions at the 67th
LIONS District 19 Convention, before I knew it would be judged and I am getting over a cold and have NO VOICE. I woke up thinking what if I don't have a VOICE on Friday. I fought back the panic as what I have to say is too important, I have to have a VOICE!
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| Ken Rury |
I thought about how even without a physical voice, on the internet I have a VOICE that can speak loud and clear. I can speak for those that can't, who are hidden in the shadows and lost their way.
I also spoke at the LIONS MD19 Zone C-4 District Meeting about providing social media to charities and those being charitable in the community by writing about them every day this year to direct traffic to their websites. That blog is called
Kitsap Cares about Charity 365. I have spoken to over 600 people this year in person and over 200,000 people online every week. So I have a VOICE, but I have to figure out how to communicate without speaking verbally.
I thought about the speech
Helen Keller gave at the 1925 LIONS convention in Chicago that gave the LIONS the mandate to be "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness". Helen Keller always had a VOICE a Message she just had to figure out how to get it out. She could have used being deaf, blind and speechless as an excuse, but she had someone by her side helping her to overcome those obstacles. I thought if Helen Keller can speak, than nothing should stop me. I would rather have my Smartphone speak my speech then not have a VOICE. Don't let obstacles get in your way of what you have to say. Make sure you use your VOICE and help give a VOICE to those that can't.
My name is
Ken Rury and I'm going to let it ROARrrr at the convention.
Poulsbo Lions Club
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