Issue 5, November 2008 • Miracles Through Service

District 105A NewsDG Vijay Arorawww.lions105a.orginfo@lions105a.org.ukPhone: 0845 833 4964

PRIDE OFLIONS

MissionTo empower volunteersto serve their communities,meet humanitarian needs,encourage peace and promoteinternational understandingthrough Lions clubs.

Lions Hearing Aid Recycling ProgramLions collect used hearing aids and send them to regional Lions Hearing Aid Recycling Centers for refurbishing and distribution to persons in need.

Lions Green Teams are ready to help savethe planet by: Cleaning the Environment - 32% of clubs organise a community clean-up project. Planting Trees - if every Lion planted a tree, there would be more than 1.3 million new trees. Recycling - eyeglasses, paper, computers, and car batteries can be recycled.

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105A MembershipAt 30-06-081829 membersAt 30-10-081840 members

The members of Hitchin Lions Club were proud to recommend one of their members, Past District Governor 105A Lion Cecil Worbey for Life Membership of the Association. It was presented to him at their Charter, the Award recognises exemplary commitment and dedication to the service of others through Lions Club International. PDG Lion Cecil Worbey was a Charter Member of Hitchin Lions Club and has remained a member of this Club for over 38 years.

A BOOST FOR BECHARBEDFORD CONCERN FOR THE HOMELESSAND ROOTLESSBedford Lions were asked if they could help in the refurbishment of the male shower facility at the BECHAR Prebend Street walk-in centre, in September 2008. BECHAR provide a drop-in Day Shelter in Bedford for homeless people over 16. The shelter offers hot food, showers, laundry, clothing and general goods as well as advice and practical assistance.

As a result of some serious fund raising, the Lions were able to donate the full cost of £4,500 for the shower upgrade and on Friday 17th October the facility was formerly opened with Mayor Frank Branston in attendance. Photo shows from left to right: Linda Candita Chief Executive, Prebend Street facility, The Mayor and Lion President Gary Foster.

Notice Board———————————————————————————District Youth Celebration23rd November 2008Allum Hall, Elstree———————————————————————————District PPC Finals26th November 2008Northwood———————————————————————————

Lions Eye Bank Week7-13 December———————————————————————————LCIF Gala Night17th January 2009Heathrow Renaissance Hotel———————————————————————————Senior Citizen Party1st February 2009Harrow Leisure Centre ———————————————————————————Senior Lions Institute19-23 February 2009Prague ———————————————————————————District Convention6-8 March 2009Sofitel Heathrow HotelTerminal 5 Heathrow

Lion President Klaus Leist with receipient of 50 Years Service Chevron Lion HL Dannhauser,DG Vijay Arora and PID Roeinton Khambatta at London Host Club meeting 15-10-08

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The Lions Club of Greeford Willow Tree had a historic day on 7th of October 2008 with the induction of three lady members in a hereto all male domain. Quite aptly the induction was carried out by a distinguished lady DG Vijay Arora.The photagraph shows the new lady members Dr Kalpana Patel, DG, LP Rajnikant Sheth, Bhadra Sheth, Anila Dave, Lion Harisukh Dave and Lion Dr Prakash Patel

LIONS PURPOSE

To Organise, charter and superwise service clubs to be known as Lions clubs.

A warm welcome to the new members who joined us in October and sincere thanks to all the Sponsoring Lions. Kathleen Shipman Ampthill & Dist Pauline Wilby Ampthill & Dist Martin Guy Chipping Norton Karanjeet Kaur Assan Ealing Gurmeet Singh Chahal Ealing Anila Harisukh Dave Greenford Willow TreeKalpana Prakash Patel Greenford Willow TreeBhadra Rajnikant Sheth Greenford Willow TreeArun Mistry SudburyIrfan Yunas Wanstead & Woodford

It was a cold wintery morning but Lions of Hayes and Harlington were busy promoting MIAB at a big festival in Hayes. The highlight was the visit of the Mayor of Hillingdon Cllr Brian Crowe .Our efforts and contribution to the welfare of the community were appreciated by the Mayor and the Mayoress. We were also filmed and interviewed by the Media Team of London Borough of Hillingdon, which will, hopefully, be a part of the council’s publicity campaign.

Lions Club of London Mill Hill: PDG Parveen Verma inducted a new member Hitesh Parmar with DG, LP Shashi Chauhan 03-11-08

The Lions Club of Milton Keynes Central and my company T-Systems organized and supported the this event in Stables Theatre in Milton Keynes. Approximately 250 people attended and we raised £3,600 for Willen Hospice and Cancer Research. — ZC Bharat Miangar

Message in a Bottle

Lions Adopted Service Programs exemplify the We Serve motto, are relevant to Lions clubs internationally, and fulfill the following criteria: • Meet an important community or humanitarian need. • Achieve measurable outcomes, which benefit service recipients. • Provide "hands-on" involvement by Lions. • Include leadership roles for Lions. • Promote public awareness of Lions service. There are seven categories of Adopted Service Programs.1. Community Services 2. Diabetes Awareness 3. Environmental Services 4. Hearing and Speech Action and Work with the Deaf 5. International Relations 6. Lions Opportunities for Youth 7. Sight Conservation and Work with the Blind

Meet New Membersof 105A & LCI

Oct.2008

LEO AND YOUTH ACTIVITIES

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Leo Club of London Hendon raised over £3000 for various charities including NSPCC and Care.Leo Club of Belmont gave a talk to 400 pupils at their School on CSFII and raised over £300 in aid of Sight projects.

Lions/UNICEF School-in-a-BoxIn 1994, UNICEF and UNESCO assembled school supplies in a large box for use by teachers.Since then, UNICEF's School-in-a-Box program has provided educational suppliesto teachers in areas affected by civil unrest, earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis. The purpose of School-in-a-Box is to ensure the continuation of children's education in the first 72 hours of an emergency. Each kit contains essential school supplies and materials for a teacher and up to 80 students

Lions Can HelpEach UNICEF School-in-a-Box costs approximately US$198. Lions clubs, Leo clubs, who wish to donate to the purchase of a School-in-a-Box kit should send a check made payable to: "Lions Clubs International Foundation" with the notation, "School-in-a-Box"

LIONS CODE OF ETHICS

To Remember that in building up my business it is not necessary to tear down another’s ; to be loyal to my clients or customers and true to myself.

LIONS AND FRIENDS CYCLE HILLY SARDANIA ITALY (300 KM)Sudbury, London Mill Hill & London Kingsbury Lions ClubsIn September 2008, Lion Viren & Gita Hindocha (Sudbury) Lion Manu Ram (London Kingsbury), Lion President Sashi Chauhan (London Mill Hill), together with Anish, Anita &Sachin Doshi, Ashwin, Neil, Milan & Kapil Nanalal, Vishal Hindocha, Jay, Shekha & Devang Bhuva, Vinay Saujani, Femina Sanghvi, Paramjot Kaur ,Subhash Lakhani Set off on this Tough challenge over 7 days and raised over £4000 for various charities.

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My Diary Nov/Dec 2008———————————————————————————1 Nov COG Meeting - Belfast2 Nov COG Meeting – Belfast3 Nov London Belmont OV4 Nov Banbury O/V5 Nov Northwood O/V6 Nov Milton Keynes Central O/V 7 Nov Street Children Gala Night8 Nov City of London Lord Mayor Show8 Nov Fire Works Display –Watford9 Nov Remembrance Day Parade 10 Nov Zone F Meeting11 Nov Chipping Norton O/V 12 Nov Winslow O/V13 Nov Zone K Meeting14 Nov Fairlop CH15 Nov M/Keynes Stoney Stratford CH16 Nov Stevenage Corey’s Mill CH17 Nov Oxford Isis O/V18 Nov Moor Park O/V19 Nov Hounslow O/V20 Nov Zone E meeting21 Nov 60 Years of Lionism in Europe22 Nov Berkhamsted 30th CH 23 Nov District Youth Celebration24 Nov Harrow & Pinner O/V25 Nov London Hampstead O/V26 Nov District PPC Finals29 Nov Deaf Aware Training Session29 Nov Wembley –Brent 40th CH30 Nov Redbridge CH1 Dec Newport Pagnell & Olney O/V2 Dec Bletchley Milton Keynes O/V3 Dec Northolt OV4 Dec Royston O/V6 Dec Zone B Service Activity6 Dec Ealing -Service Activity

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Senior Lions Leadership Institute: 19-23 February 2009 in Prague is open to Lion in good standing that has completed a successful term as club president, but has not yet attained the position of vice district governor. For more info contact: Leadership Officer Lion Viresh Paul

District Youth Celebration: Sunday 23rd November at Allum Hall, Elstree. All the arrangements are in place and we are in the process of collating all the decorations to create an exciting theme based on “The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe”. We need your support by bringing young people to attend and your financial support to make this party a truly memorable one.

LCIF Gala Night: 17 January 2009 at Renaissance Hotel, Heathrow. During the last five years, clubs have given nearly 400 MJF/PMJF to Lions and non-Lions on these Gala Nights. Your club can support in many ways: by donating to LCIF, sending bookings for the Gala Night and by nominating Lions/Non-Lions for MJF/PMJF. For more info contact: LCIF Officer Lion Rati Shah.

Annual Senior Citizens Party: Sunday 1 February 2009, Harrow Leisure Centre. Please send the completed booking forms ASAP to Lion Andrew Allen. Places will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis so book early to avoid disappointment.

Our Convention 2009: 6-7 March 2009 at Sofitel Heathrow Hotel, Heathrow Terminal 5. It is our AGM and every Lion is entitled to attend. I would like to see that all the Clubs of 105a are represented in large numbers. Convention Committee is working hard under the leadership of Lion Ram Jaggi and we can assure you that it will be a great convention, as it always is. Please contact us with your ideas to make it even more interesting.

District officers are there to help and support you so please invite them to attend your meetings. I would also request that all DO to take the initiative and visit Club/Zone Meetings to promote your respective offices.

Clubs are still not sending MMR on time. This month there are 8 Clubs behind by 1 month, 3 Clubs by 2 months, 3 Clubs by 4 months, 1 Club by 5 Months and 1 by 6

months I need your cooperation to achieve 100% reporting every Month. If you have, any difficulties contact your ZC. Also, please don’t forget to send your Monthly Activity Report.

Looking at Reports it seems that we are still dropping many members each month. Retention is very important if we are to achieve Our Target of 100+ members during 2008—2009.

Best wishes to all the members of our Lions family.

Together in ServiceVijay Arora

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Welcome to the November edition of DG’s News. This is a very busy time of the year for all the clubs with many fundraising and service activities. Charters are also in full swing now. It is an exciting period; Krishan and I are enjoying meeting more and more members of our District on club visits and other events.

On my recent visit to London Host Lions Club, I had the honor to present 50 YEARS CHEVRON to Lion HL Dannhauser. He has been a member of London Host for over 47 years. Congratulation and best wishes to Lion Danny for his dedication and service to Lionism for the last 50 years.

Members Forum: I am sure that everyone who attended will agree that it was a very successful event. The program was varied but comprehensive. My thanks go to Lion Viresh Paul, to all the presenters and to all those who attended. All the DVD shown at the Forum have been compiled on one disc and sent to all the Clubs. Please use it to inform/inspire your members at your business or social meetings.

LP Ron Wilkes presenting Stevenage Lions Club banner to DG Vijay at Club meeting 21-10-08

LP Satwinder Dhand, newly inducted member Irfan Yunus and Members of Wanstead & Woodford Club with ZC Dipak Purohit and DG Vijay 29-09-08

DG’S NEWSTouching Lives Through Service