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Collection: FND004 - SHSND Foundation - Lions International Hall of Fame
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 00013
Title: Loris Freier
Date: 2016
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Summary: Lion Loris Freier grew up in the small community of Steele, North Dakota. After graduating from Steele High School, she earned a BS degree from North Dakota State University (NDSU) with a double major in dietetics and vocational home economics education. She is a registered dietitian, completing a dietetic internship at Regions Hospital and Medical Center, St. Paul, Minnesota. Loris later completed a Master’s Degree in food and nutrition from NDSU. Loris began her career in education by teaching for several years in western North Dakota. Her experience and educational qualifications led to a 32-year career in nutrition education when she was hired in the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. She held the positions of Nutrition Education and Training Coordinator for eight years and Assistant Director for Child Nutrition Programs for 24 years. She was a consultant dietitian in several North and South Dakota nursing homes and small hospitals. During her career, she was an involved member of ten local, state, and national nutrition and education professional organizations. Professional honors Loris received include the ND Dietetic Association Pyramid Power Award, honorary membership in the Future Homemakers of America, and three United States Department of Agriculture Certificates of Appreciation in the field of child nutrition education. In her early thirties, Loris and a friend organized a Lioness Club in Bismarck. Loris wanted to do community service even though it was a busy time for her personally and professionally; she was serving as president of a national association and raising two small sons. With their husbands as members of the newly organized North Star Club, they also promoted it as “a girls’ night out”. They distributed letters recruiting interested women to an organizational meeting held in September 1982. In November 1982 Loris became a charter member when the Prairie Rose Lioness Club was certified. It was rechartered as a Lions club in 1992 and continues to be an active club today. Loris currently serves on the board as a director. Now in her retirement years, Loris includes Lions in their annual snowbird months in Mesa, AZ as an associate member of the Sunland Springs Village Lions Club. In 34 years of Lionism, Loris has held several club offices, including three terms as president and many years as a director. At the cabinet level, she has served as Cabinet Secretary, Region Chair, Zone Chair, and Diabetes Awareness and Action Chair. Her greatest honor was in 2005 when the Prairie Rose Club chose her to receive the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award. Lion Loris is married to Past District Governor Garry Freier. They have two grown sons, Travis and Trent. With parents who were very active Lions, including Garry’s term as District Governor when they were seven and three years old, Travis and Trent learned much about Lions and service to others. Travis is currently an officer in the Rapid City Downtown Lions Club. Trent resides in Fargo and is a frequent volunteer in community service projects.
Red ID: FND_I_77405 Image ID: 509226 Image Notes: 10950 00004 00013

Collection: FND004 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - Lions International Hall of Fame
Date:

Summary: The Hall of Fame award is the most prestigious honor for Lions at the state level. The first hall of Fame awards were given in 1982. Although this award has been a function of the Past District Governors Association, a recipient does not have to be a PDG to qualify but can be any Lion who has shown considerable dedication over a period of years. Nominees are judged by their activities on behalf of their home club, his or her district projects, North Dakota Lions programs, as well as those Multiple District 5 and Lions Clubs International. The committee also takes note of other community involvement outside of Lions. It is a great honor to be nominated for this prestigious recognition.

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