Camp Courageous is very grateful to be asked by Jerry Inman, Past District Governor for Iowa Lions, to provide the Keynote Speaker at the 2024 Iowa Lions Fall Learning Conference at the Radisson Hotel in Cedar Rapids.  The subject was a ‘Reflections on 55-Years of Service to Others Through Iowa Lions.”  It was an exception Conference with great leadership including Dawn Goodsell, Council Chair.  District Governor Phil Larabee did the introduction of the speaker, having done a great amount of research on the speaker.  It was a great weekend, filled with many exceptional speakers and learning opportunities!

The facilities and staff at the Radisson Hotel (formerly the Marriott on Collins Road) were super!  Most interesting that the Food and Beverage Manager is Eric Andert, who was exceptional in his help and dedication.  We discovered his Dad is Gunther Andert, who is the gentleman who makes the walking sticks and other things for the campers and camp!  Eric was a huge help!  Eric is also a friend of Mary VanHouten, Camp Courageous Board Chair, and former staffer together at the downtown DoubleTree.