District Governor—Allan McDonald District 201 N2 of the International Association of Lions Clubs

MD 201 N2 NEWSLETTER—ISSN (Online) 1837-5898

Greetings from District Governor Allan

January 2014—Service through membership

explain the difference.

Mt Druitt has been conducting the Deaf Camp for High School students

for approx 20 years. The NSW Dept of Education now organises the

Camp in conjunction with MT Druitt Lions Club. This camp brings

together students who are deaf or hearing impaired from High

Schools over NSW & ACT. There are many students who fit the

criteria from our District N2. The cost for sponsorship is generally

about $300/student or whatever your Club can afford if you are able

to help.

District N2 conducts a Camp for Primary School students within the

District. The Camp is organised by the Dept of Education, with

teacher Libby Lamont from Milton Primary School as coordinator.

If Clubs wish to donate they do so via a voluntary contribution of

$100 on our dues notice. Money is sent to District Treasurer Danny

who forwards it to Narellan Lions Club to distribute to the Camp

coordinator.

I commend both Camps to you if you are able to support both it

would be greatly appreciated by both groups.

May I congratulate the District Leadership Team of PDG Ray Strong, Lion

David Robson, 2VDGE Sharon Bishop for their efforts in coordinating the

training for my year as District Governor. They together with members of

the Training team made up of Lion John Flarrety, PDG Carl von Stein,

PCC Ian Gammage, PDG Geoff Hobart & Lion Peter Howe all have

worked hard to achieve excellent results.

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Now that the Festive Season is over and

many Clubs are back assisting their com-

munities it is time to refocus and adjust

our program for the final 4 months of the

Lions Year. To all the Club Presidents and

Membership Chairman who revealed their

plans to me during the Club visits. How

are you going with your plans? It is not

too late to get your plans back on track. A

quick call to PDG Ray Strong chairman of

the Leadership Team or Lion Catherine

Gallagher chairman of the Membership

Team could easily change things around

for you .I am still waiting and happy to

pay for my side of the deal.

Congratulations to those Lions members

who were honoured on Australia Day by

their community or Councils. Can mem-

bers of your Clubs please forward infor-

mation & photos Lion David Robson.

Members of the District who are Face-

book users and wish to contribute with

articles and photos could you please send

them to Lion Syd Hyett of Narellan Club.

At this time I only have 1 Club to visit,

Helensburgh. 1VDG Lorraine has com-

pleted her Clubs, & 2VDG Sally has 2

Clubs to go. Thank you to all the Clubs

who have accepted the DG Team this

year. Congratulations to Lorraine & Sally

on their efforts, I am sure both have

gained a lot from this experience. What

they have gained will help them through

their terms as District Governor in the

next 2 years. 2VDGE Sharon will be a

part of the DG Team for 2014-15 & is

watching and waiting in the wings.

Clubs will be receiving requests for sup-

port of the Lions Deaf Camps in the fol-

lowing months. It is important to realise

which Camp you are supporting. Let me

Tears In The Jungle authors: L-R Lion Ann McDonald, N2 DG Allan McDonald, Daniel & William Clarke, MD201 Council Chairperson Gary Parker & Lois Parker. Photo supplied by Ann McDonald

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Welcome to new members

CLUB NEW MEMBER SPONSOR

Bega Lions Susan Barsdell Peter Wiley

Malcolm Southwell Phillip Benny

Braidwood Lions Craig Pollard Andrew Chinnery

Bundanoon Lions Susan Davis Patricia Varley

Cheryl John Geoff John

Canberra Belconnen Lions Elizabeth Kerr Joan James

Canberra Brindabella Lions Dianne Desmet June Ceretti

Canberra Kambah Lions Janice Deacon Lorraine Freeman

Cooma Lions Lee Riley Christopher Reeks

Fairfield Lions John Barcha Antonio Fornasier

Figtree Lions Andy Christoforou Arthur Smithers

Gerringong Lions Roger Huddle Barry Smithers

Jervis Bay Lions Jen Smetkowski Marie-Anne Watson

Lou Smetkowski Marie-Anne Watson

Kiama Lions Ivan Bolton Hilton Bloomfield

Jim Carney Geoffrey Dowd

Minnamurra Lions Peter Luck Roger Millburn

Murrumbateman Lions Sally Davey Not listed

Narooma & District Lions Paul Hattersley Not listed

Oak Flats Lions Kathryn McGregor Amber McGrath

John Ryan Allan Joyce

Queanbeyan Lions Daniel Jakacic Jamie Walker

Tahmoor Lions Stuart Fletcher Timothy Bishop

Ulladulla Milton Lions Allison Clarke Colleen Green

Cheryl Schlutz Ann McDonald

Ron Schultz Ann McDonald

Margaret Tenkate Gwen Rava

Woonona Lions Cheryl Faricy John Mcquiggin

Doreen Netting Jeffrey Rosen

Rita Stephens Jeffery Rosen

Lions 1,639 (as per MyLCI 20 Feb 2014)

Lioness’ 105 (as per Nov 2013 Lioness Report)

Leos 231 (as per Apr 2012 Leos Report)

N2 total members 1,875

District 201 N2 covers southeast NSW and the ACT,

comprising Lions, Lioness & LEOs Clubs in south-

western Sydney, down the Hume Highway to Bowning,

ACT, Snowy Mountains, Far South Coast, Eurobodalla,

Shoalhaven, and Illawarra.

Welcome to the following new members of N2 Clubs who joined since the Novem-

ber—December 2013 N2 e-newsletter was distributed. Enjoy the activities, fun and

fellowship of the world’s largest service organisation. Don’t be afraid to ask ques-

tions and suggest new projects.

We look forward to meeting you.

So far this year 44 Club members at-

tended Club Excellence Process (CEP)

training, approx 30 members attended

Guiding Lion workshops, 28 members

attended New Club Extension work-

shops & there are 2 more workshops

for Guiding Lions at Canberra and

Kiama. Congratulations to all Lions

who attended the training and I am sure

your Club will benefit from your

knowledge gained. I know DGE

Lorraine will welcome Lions members

to the Zone Chairman training and In-

coming Officers training later on in the

year.

At the 1st Cabinet meeting in August

2013, PDG John Muller was invited to

make a presentation in relation to New

Club Development, as a result of his

inspirational address members of Cabi-

net were moved and 3 areas were iden-

tified as possible new Club could be

developed. They were Wattle Grove,

Shellharbour & Jerrabomberra; I am

pleased to let you know that all 3 areas

are moving forward with information

nights, recruitment plans & foundations

are being laid for the formation of Li-

ons Clubs in those areas. Congratula-

tions to the leaders of the teams, Wayne

Franshaw, Peter Scifleet and PDG

Steve Garratt. These new areas will

need support and work well into the

future.

Youth of the Year Maxine Helmling is

working hard with Clubs at present or-

ganising Club judging then Region and

finally the District Judging to be held at

Wollongong on the 29th March. Can I

ask Club Chairman, Zone Chairman to

get their paper work completed ASAP

after your respective judging as late

paper work holds up the next level?

Dates to Remember:

District Youth Camp 21-23March at

Berry Sport & Rec. This Camp will

be run in conjunction with the

Leo’s.

Contact Lion Jenny Cee for details

& application forms.

District Youth of the Year final

hosted by Wollongong Lions Club

on 29th March 2014.

Well done.

All the best for 2014,

DG Allan McDonald

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Official

publication of

Lions District

201 N2

Editor:

David

Robson

6 Hoskings Crescent, Kiama Downs 2533

Phone: 02 4237 5523

Email: david.robson3@bigpond.com

Website: http:\\201n2.lions.org.au

The “MD201 N2 Lions Newsletter” relies on

the contributions of Cabinet Officers and

Club members. Please keep submitting sto-

ries, they improve the content and make inter-

esting reading for other Lions.

Please email articles as text or Word docu-

ments, with photos attached to the emails.

E-newsletter Deadlines for 2013-14

Last day of each month

NEXT EDITION: FEBRUARY

2014

Distributed in early March 2014

The printed and Internet editions of the N2

Newsletter are being lodged with the NSW

State Library, the access codes being:

ISSN—(Print) 1837—588X

ISSN—(Online) 1837—5898

All photos in this edition are copyright of

David Robson, unless otherwise credited.

CLUB NEWSLETTERS FOR DG’s

AWARD & ARCHIVES

Please email or post your club’s newslet-

ters to DG Allan and me.

Please email PDF newsletters only.

Page 3 January 2014 Edition

The following members of the N2 Lions family passed away since the November—

December 2013 edition of the N2 e-newsletter was distributed.

The N2 Lions family thanks them for their friendship and service to their community

and Lions, and offers our condolences to their families, friends and colleagues. May

their service be an example to us.

Club Name Ingleburn Lions Lion Russ Carew

Narellan Lions Lion Daniel Ivanoski

Sussex Inlet & District Lions Lion Arthur Sharman

Past members remembered

Lions Family & Friends

Month—APRIL 2014

Invite family and friends to learn, serve and celebrate

with your Lions club in April. Organize a service pro-

ject, plan an open house or host a lunch or picnic—you

decide how to introduce your family and friends to the

club you love!

Special Event!

Join the Lions World Lunch Relay April 4th!

The Lions World Lunch Relay is a 24-hour international event that brings families

and friends of Lions together in their local communities with families and friends of

Lions around the world. Start planning your lunch event today!

Here are some great ways to make your Family and Friends Month a success:

Plan an Open House. Invite family and friends to learn more about your club and

the difference you are making in the community.

Go Green in Your Community. Plan an April service project to showcase

the Protecting Our Environment campaign so everyone can feel the satisfaction of

improving the community. Consider planting trees, recycling or cleaning up a park

for your campaign.

Share the Gift of Literacy. Organize a fundraiser or service project that promotes

the power of reading to children in your community. Learn more about the

LCI Reading Action Program and find literacy project ideas and resources for your

club.

Sponsor a Leo club. April is also Leo Awareness Month, so it’s a great time for

your club to get involved and support youth development in your community. Learn

more about the Leo Club Program in the Leo Zone.

Host a Picnic or Barbecue. Celebrate with family and friends after your success-

ful service project or fundraiser.

Family Members Receive a Special Membership Discount

Encourage family members to join your club! They’ll receive a special discount on

membership dues when they join the same club through our Family Membership

Program.

Download the Family and Friends Month Flyer, and get the word out about your

Lion club. Share the day, share the fun and share the dream of serving with family

and friends in April!

Family and Friends Month Resources: Family and Friends Month Flyer

Membership Application

Family Membership Brochure

Family and Friends Project Ideas

Family Friendly Lions Club Concept "How to Guide"

Cub Program Flyer

Family Unit Certification Form

Available from: http://www.lionsclubs.org/

EN/member-center/planning-projects/family-

and-friends-month.php

FAMILY MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM

Invite your family to participate in your club's

next community event, because as a family

unit, you can receive a dues discount when

volunteering together.

The Family Membership Program applies to

family members who are (1) eligible for Li-

ons membership, (2) currently in or joining

the same club, and (3) living in the same

household and related by birth, marriage or

other legal relationship. Common household

family members include parents, children,

spouses, aunts and uncles, cousins, grandpar-

ents, in-laws and legal dependents.

Page 4 January 2014 Edition

DG Allan’s

Travels

L-R DG Allan McDonald receiving a Sydney Base-ball Lions Club bannerette from President Butch

Chapman OAM

L-R DG Allan McDonald exchanges bannerettes with Murrumbateman Lions Club President Terry Davis

L-R DG Allan McDonald with 2013 N2 & MD201 Youth of the Year Molly Campbell, who was spon-

sored by the Pambula-Merimbula Lions Club

L-R DG Allan McDonald with the 2013 MD201 Youth of the Year State winners, Molly Campbell (N2 & NSW/ACT), Lora Gollant (VIC), Katerina Blekic (SA/NT), Julian Lambert (TAS), & Tim O’Donnell (WA)

Not present Jesse Trecco-Alexander (QLD/PNG)

L-R Campbelltown City Lions Club President Norman Rigney exchanges

bannerettes with DG Allan McDonald

L-R DG Allan McDonald presented Campbelltown City Lion Jim Londregan with his 30 year Monarch Chevron

L-R DG Allan exchanges bannerettes with Bermagui & District Lions Club

President Ray Clements Murrumbateman Lions Club DG’s visit: L-R Lion Maxine Helmling, DG Allan McDonald, Lion Lord Tom Bevan, Lion

Ann McDonald & PDG Paul Helmling

L-R Canberra City

Lions Club Presi-

dent Reg Frankel

exchanges banner-ettes with DG

Allan McDonald

Page 5 January 2014 Edition

The following current and past members

of the Lions family, and those who have

supported or were associated with Lions,

were recognised in the Australian Hon-

ours Awards announced on Australia

Day 26th January 2014. Relevant Lions

information from their full citation shown

below, but all awardees served their com-

munities in many ways.

Doug Adam OAM, Taroom QLD, Charter member of the Taroom Lions Club, was

awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division.

Ian Bodinnar OAM,Nyah West VIC, Nyah West Lions Club: President (1980,

1996-1997)

Norman Bodinnar OAM, Nyah West VIC, Nyah West Lions Club: Nyah District

Citizenship Award (2004)

Bruce John Bolam OAM, Bathurst NSW, Bathurst Lions Club: supporter

Anthony Bruce OAM, Bargara QLD, District 201N1: Zone Chairperson, Moree

Lions Club: Past President, member (30 years)

Gail Butt AFSM, Young NSW, Young Lions Club: 2013 Citizen of the Year

Ellen Cuff OAM, Alexandra Hills QLD, Lions Club of Capalaba: Melvin Jones Fel-

low

Jack Dickenson OAM, Eden NSW, Full citation of Jack Dickenson for his ser-

vice to the Eden community:

Eden Killer Whale Museum: President (18 years), Treasurer (14 years), Sec-

retary (3 years), Life member, organiser of ‘Back to Eden’ celebrations to

mark the 50th anniversary of the museum (1981)

South East History Group: Founding President since 2010

Eden Men’s Shed: Founding President since 2006

2SEA Eden Community Radio: Presenter & member (2000-2004)

Eden Lions Club: Founding President (1980), Director (1980-1992)

Eden Chamber of Commerce: President (1991-1994), Vice President (1987-

1990), Treasurer (1990-1991), member (1972-1997)

Eden Area Committee: President (1989)

Nullica Lodge Aged Care Advisory Committee: President (early 1990s)

Eden Service & Social Club: Vice President (3 years), Treasurer (3 years),

Publicity & Bulletin Officer (4 years), Public Officer (5 years), member (20

years)

Eden Apex Club (formerly known as Eden-Genoa Apex Club): President

(1972), Life Member (1977)

Bombala Apex Club: Secretary (1970-1971), Publicity & Bulletin Officer

(1969-1970), member (1968-1971)

Eden Singers: President (2010-2013)

Justice of the Peace: (40 years)

Joseph D’Onorrio OAM, Oakleigh VIC, Lions Club of Oakleigh: President (1974-

1975), member (1970-1987)

Winston Fraser OAM, Wishart QLD, Lions Club of Brisbane McGregor: member

(since 1978), current Director, Life Member (1990), President (1989-1990, 1993-

1994, 2004-2005), Vice President (1983-1984, 1987-1988, 2002-2003, Secretary &

Treasurer, Membership Chairperson (2010), Art Show Chairman (1994-1997), Dis-

trict 201Q1: Flood Relief Committee member (since 2010), Lions Medical Research

Foundation Chairman (2004-2012), Cord Blood Bank & Leukemia Foundation

Chairman (2007-2011), Constitution & By-Laws Chairman (2010-2011), Commu-

nity & Cultural Events (2006-2007), Media Relations & Bulletin Editor (1996-

2004), Queensland and Northern New South Wales Lions Medical Research Foun-

dation: Deputy Chairman (2009-2013)

Merridee Harding OAM, Altona VIC, Li-

ons Club of Altona: Alan J Holding Award

for community service

Dr Peter Harries OAM, Doubleview WA,

Lions Australia: Volunteer Master of Cere-

monies / entertainer for many charitable

institutions

Anthony Hay OAM, Baulkham Hills NSW,

Lions Youth of the Year: Judge (2007-2012)

James Johnston OAM, Lindenow VIC, Lin-

denow Lions Club: Australia Day Award

(2007)

Robin Jones OAM, Urangan QLD, Queen-

ton Lions Club, Charters Towers: President,

Secretary, and Treasurer (15 years)

Earl Kelaher OAM, Willow Tree NSW,

Willow Tree Lions Club: member (over 11

years)

David Leonard OAM, Nundle NSW,

Nundle Lions Club: current Secretary

Fred Lizzio OAM, Babinda QLD, Babinda

Lions Club: Executive member (over 22

years)

Douglas McIntyre OAM, Everton Park

QLD, Grange Lions Club: member (35

years)

Elizabeth Mazzei AM, Lions Club of Ed-

wardstown: current supporter

William Pulling OAM, Frankston South

VIC, Coburg Lions Club: President (1978-

79), inaugurate Stroke Foundation (1979)

Robert Schofield OAM, Nundle NSW,

Nundle Lions Club: Charter member

Noela Sikora OAM, Bathurst NSW,

Bathurst Lions / Radio Station 2BS Christ-

mas Miracle Appeal: Coordinator (over 30

years)

John Symonds OAM, Wynyard East TAS,

Wynyard Lions Club: member (10 years)

John Vinall OAM, Yinnar VIC, Morwell

Lions Club: member (1974-1980)

Helen Walker OAM, Somersby NSW, Li-

ons Clubs International: Humanitarian

Award (1988-1989)

Jim Wilson OAM, Glenn Innes NSW, Lions

Clubs International: Melvin Jones Fellow-

ship

Sources: http://lionsclubs.org.au/lions-2014-

australia-day-roll-honour/

http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/

Congratulations to all of the awardees.

Australian Honours Awards

Page 6 January 2014 Edition

Christmas

bachelors

love Lions

The Lions Club of Canberra Kambah be-

came the go-to destination for Canberra

bachelors and others unfamiliar with wrap-

ping Christmas presents.

For the third successive year, Kambah Li-

ons Club members and supporters ran a gift

wrapping stand for Canberra’s busy Tug-

geranong Hyperdome.

The wrapping service, which ran over five

weeks leading up to Christmas 2013,

proved popular with shoppers keen to put

attractive packages under the tree to open

on Christmas Day.

For a gold coin donation the Lions wrapped

gifts ranging from the easy to the bizarre.

Shoppers with jewellery and other small

objects were easily served, while basket-

ball, puffy pillows and other outsized items

challenged local Lions.

The gift wrapping service proved popular

with boyfriends and bachelors keen to

avoid the last minute jitters that come with

wrapping presents for girlfriends, mums,

and wives, late

on Christmas

Eve.

Busy mothers

and profession-

als also valued

the chance to

have their gifts

wrapped while

thye caught up

over coffee in

nearby cafes,

and the service

was a boon for

workers buying

secret Santas for office parties.

Canberra Kambah Lions Club also raf-

fled a trailer stocked with $2,500 worth

of handyman and other goodies, and

sold Lions’ famous red, green, and blue-

boxed cakes and puddings.

The club’s Christmas efforts raised nearly $13,000 with the money going to support

Lions foundations, major projects, local charities, and families in need over the

coming year.

Shoppers showed their appreciation for the Lions’ Christmas vibe with many thank-

ing them for its continuing contribution to local causes.

Text & photos by Lion Bob Crawshaw, Canberra Kambah Lions Club

Above: Lion Stewart In-gles was a key Lions Xmas

Cakes seller

Page 7 January 2014 Edition

BECOME A PARTICIPATING CLUB FOR AN ANNUAL DONATION OF $4 PER MEMBER LEHP-Australia is a national Category B project funded by the Lions and Lioness

Clubs of Australia.

What does becoming a participating club mean? Once you have become a participating club, you are entitled to received unlimited

copies of our resource materials free of charge, including brochures, flyers, posters,

DVD presentations, information, and training manuals.

Your generous contributions enables the program to continually develop and grow

and provides the opportunity to implement activities within your own local commu-

nity. All this helps achieve our goal of educating the Australia community about

avoidable vision loss and the importance of regular eye examinations.

Where to send your donations?

Donations can be sent to the LEHP-Australia Treasurer.

PDG Bill Duncanson

PO Box 86

Camperdown VIC 3260

Please accompany all cheque payments with a completed LEHP Australia

‘Participating Club Registration Form’ as below and available from:

http://www.lehp.org.au/assets/files/Club%20participation%20Registration%

20Form%202013.pdf

Corporate Donations

Tax deductions (DGR) are available for any corporate or business donations

Lions MD201

Convention

Members and their partners or guests are

invited to our Lions Clubs National Con-

vention in Tamworth 2 – 5 May 2014 at the

Tamworth Regional Entertainment and

Conference Centre (TRECC), Greg Nor-

man Drive Tamworth NSW 2340 Australia.

We invite you to visit exhibits across a

wide range of Lions Clubs’ non-profit na-

tional and international service initiatives.

Enjoy entertainment, and the opportunity to

come together to meet and greet each other,

review achievements and plan the year

ahead.

Early registrations are pouring in and if

they keep going at this rate Tamworth 2014

will be one of the biggest Multi District 201

Conventions ever. Please get your registra-

tions in quickly as some things will sell out.

Don’t forget your accommodation – cur-

rently there is still plenty of accommoda-

tion available and we know at the time of

writing Alan and Nannette Davis at the

Abraham Lincoln Motel still had rooms

available and were looking forward to wel-

coming Lions and partners.

Organisation is going along smoothly the

venue is booked, the catering is under con-

trol and bus transport from your Motel/

Hotel to TREC each morning and back

each afternoon has been arranged. We have

also arranged buses to take you from your

Motel to our Denim and Lace Shindig on

the Monday night; they will also drop you

back at the end of the night.

This will be a convention to remember with

interesting speakers including our Interna-

tional President Barry Palmer, fantastic

entertainment with a country music cabaret

and The Bushwackers appearing at the

Denim and Lace Shindig, plus a partner’s

tour with a difference.

So do yourself a favour register now to

avoid disappointment!

2013-14

LCI President’s Theme activities:

N2 Clubs participating: 44

N2 Club Activities: 205

Hours: 7,644

Funds raised: US$82,802

Funds donated: US$48,181

LCI Campaigns:

Engaging our Youth:

N2 Clubs participating: 11

N2 Club Activities: 51

Hours: 2,714

Funds raised: US$17,215

Funds donated: US$9,785

Protecting our Environment

N2 Clubs participating: 7

N2 Club Activities: 15

Hours: 889

Trees planted: 4,000

Funds raised: US$5,602

Funds donated: US$1,720

Relieving the Hunger:

N2 Clubs participating: 4

N2 Club Activities: 4

Hours: 401

People served: 300

Sharing the Vision:

N2 Clubs participating: 5

N2 Club Activities: 9

Hours: 433

Funds raised: US$1,613

N2 Service Activity Totals:

LCI service categories: 10

N2 Clubs participating: > 58 per

category

N2 Club Activities: 2,298

Lions Hours: 82,084

People served: 23,333

Club Twinning 2

Hearing Aids Collected 0

Eyeglasses collected: 4,849

Trees planted: 7,266

Funds raised: US$4,091,666

Funds donated: US$454,473

The ‘Fundraising’ Service category in

the above 10 LCI service categories had

56 N2 Clubs report on their club’s fund-

raising activities.

The ‘Meetings / Administrative’ Service

category in the 10 LCI service categories

above had 39 N2 Clubs report on:

Club visitations

Conventions & other events

Meetings

Other administrative duties

Training

Source: MyLCI database, 20/02/2014

N2 Club

Activities

Message from LCIF Chairperson, January

2014: Lions Projects Save Sight, Support

Youth with LCIF: There’s no better way to

start the year than by saving sight and support-

ing youth. This January, members of the Lions

Quest and SightFirst advisory committees

came together to discuss new Lions projects

for these programs. I am always impressed by

the commitment and dedication Lions show in

their project ideas towards helping their com-

munities through LCIF grants.

The cornerstone of Lions’ service is saving sight, and there are some exciting

new SightFirst projects that will be implemented in the coming year. Lions and the

African Institute of Tropical Ophthalmology in Mali will train ophthalmic surgeons

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The “ASK

ME about

the LIONS”

badge was

an idea of

the Oak

Flats Lions

Club’s new

membership

chairperson,

Lion Amber McGrath, and new President,

Lion Kelley Ryan.

We keep 10 badges in our BBQ trailer to

wear at all events, great response so far.

To order this badge contact:

Secretary John Joyce

Email: oakflats.lc@hotmail.com

Mob: 0411 231 944

and nurses, as well as assistant optometrists, over the course of five years. In India,

diabetic retinopathy will be treated through an infrastructure development grant that

enables the Lions Eye Hospital, Nidadavole, to provide diagnostic and treatment

services.

In addition to these life-changing SightFirst grants, Lions Quest grants were

awarded. In Virginia, USA, Lions achieved great success with a community partner-

ship grant in 2012, implementing Lions Quest in local schools. Through a new

grant, Lions will expand the program’s social and emotional learning methods to

new school districts. Students in 22 elementary schools in that region are already

learning positive life skills through trained school counselor-taught Lions Quest

classes. Now even more children will have the chance to do so, thanks to Lions’

outreach and efforts.

Lions also support youth through measles-related activities. World Immunization

Week in April presents an opportunity for projects that raise awareness of measles

and the importance of vaccinations. You can learn more about this event below.

There are so many projects of all sizes being completed around the world through

Lions and LCIF. As a Foundation, we have supported more than 11,000 grants

worldwide since 1968! I encourage you to keep up the good work. In our global

community, we have the power to make a difference, no matter the size of the pro-

ject.

Wayne A. Madden, Chairperson, Lions Clubs International Foundation

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Passionate ambassador to LCIF:

Lions’ long history of improving vision is

what helped William Wildhack (photo to

right) decide to become a Lion 20 years

ago. “What attracted me to Lions is the

emphasis on sight and what we as Lions

do for those in need. Without corrective

lenses, I am about 20/1000. Eye sight has

always been very important to me, probably because mine isn’t so good,” Wildhack

explained.

Wildhack, an attorney and IRS agent, understands just how important combating

vision loss is, as well as how treatable it is for the majority of the world’s people

with sight problems. It is this understanding that prompted Wildhack to first become

a Melvin Jones Fellow (MJF) with a US$1,000 donation, and then a Progressive

Melvin Jones Fellow (PMJF), with subsequent US$1,000 donations. “I became a

PMJF because I know that every minute of every day, someone goes blind, and 80

percent of all blindness is preventable. The need is great, and one way I can help is

through LCIF.” Wildhack serves as a passionate ambassador for Lions clubs and

LCIF in his community; he has even persuaded several non-Lions to become Melvin

Jones Fellows.

Wildhack’s club (Arlington Host Lions Club, District 24-A, Virginia, USA) be-

came very involved with supporting SightFirst with the first fundraising campaign,

and continued raising funds for Campaign SightFirst II (CSFII). “Through CSFII,

we raised funds by meeting with individuals or other groups face to face, through

local cable TV, speaking to Lions clubs, other groups and especially my clients,”

said Wildhack. And for Wildhack, the rewards of supporting LCIF and Sightfirst

keep paying off: “It feels really good to know that by raising US$57,000 for Sight-

First, our Lions club saved more than 9,500 individuals from blindness. In fact, I

still get choked up when I read or hear updates about the individuals reached

through our SightFirst program.”

Sources: http://www.lcif.org/EN/about-us/leadership/chairpersons-message.php

http://www.lcif.org/EN/our-impact/donor-stories/index.php

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MELVIN JONES FELLOWSHIPS

When purchasing a Melvin Jones Fellowship (MJF) of a Progressive Melvin Jones

Felowship (PMJF) send your donation in Australian dollars (equivalent to

US$1,000), together with a completed Melvin Jones Fellowship application form, to

your N2 Cabinet Treasurer:

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Make cheques payable to “Lions Clubs

International Foundation” and post to

N2 Cabinet Treasurer

Lion Danny Howard

GPO Box 963

Canberra ACT 2601

PMJFs are for those who have already re-

ceived their initial ‘Foundation’ Melvin

Jones Fellowship’. PMJFs can be pur-

chased for US$1,000 for each additional

fellowship and the recipient receives a new

Lapel Pin for each PMJF, but no additional

plaque is awarded.

For more info about LCIF donations,

MJFs, or PMJFs, please contact:

N2 LCIF Coordinator Lion Peter Scifleet

Email: peters@ringway.com

Mob: 0414 973 388

Lion Mints & Fudge

N2 Chairman: Lion John Penney

P: 02 4283 1109

E: mrjp@westnet.com.au

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N2 Chairman: Lion

Colin Woodley

Ph: 02 4268 6968

Mob: 0438 682 968

Email:

colinwoodley3@gmail.com