Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
District Governor—Sally Wilton - District 201 N2 of the International Association of Lions Clubs
MD 201 N2 NEWSLETTER — ISSN—(Online) 1837—5898
Greetings from District Governor Sally
October 2015—Achieving Our Dreams Together
Both Stan and I have had a wonderful time again, visiting energetic Clubs, with enthusiastic members who are achieving amazing goals for the year, A camping weekend over the October long weekend with my Family, reener-gised me for the month and it has certainly been a busy time, A trip to Seymour, in Victoria, to attend the 201V5 Convention, which was a lot of fun, with the Theme of “We are the Custodians of Tomorrow’, and an ANZAC
theme where “Coo-ee” featured, and with great Guest
Speakers, and a Green theme for the Dinner dance, it was a very enjoyable stay with DG Ann Elderidge who did a fantastic job with her Committee.
On our return to Nowra, it was a furious time, finalizing details for the 201N2 Convention to be held in Wollon-gong, but with the hard working Committee, I attended the final Meeting and was proud & ready to have a won-derful time together with all the Lions Members from around the District.
But before I talk any more about Conventions I need to congratulate the Club Presidents and their teams in the many Clubs around the District we have visited, I thank Bundanoon President Elizabeth for a friendly Club visit where we not only had the opportunity to meet with other Community minded Members, from other organisations, but we could see the Community Spirit which flowed, and the pride they all have in Bundanoon. A tremendous memory to treasure, thank you Elizabeth you are doing a phenomenal job in leading a small Club going places. But there have been many other Clubs all achieving remark-able goals working together with good committees.
It was a tremendous visit that both Stan and I enjoyed in Kiama with visiting the Gardens, and their new Catering Van which is quite spectacular, to the very proud time I had with the Mayor of Kiama at the Civic Reception given me and seeing lots of their neighbouring Club Members joining us for the event, I thank President Hil-ton, for a very enjoyable and memorable visit. The Club visits have all been welcoming and supportive and I thank the Members for their support given to the Reading Action program which Dr Yamada has asked all Clubs around the world for the Children’s Dignity Initia-
tive, thank you your support has been tremendous & to date we have sold over 300 Books!.
Since the start of this Lions year I have had the great pleasure to visit the following Lions Clubs. July 2015 - Jervis Bay, Kangaroo Valley, Moss Vale - August 2015 - Macarthur, Helensburgh, Crookwell, Wollongong, Wollongong Lioness.- September 2015 - Canberra City, Canberra Belconnen.
I am continually amazed that no matter the size of the club, the projects and service provided by these Lion and Lioness members is outstanding, Lion Tim and I have been made to feel very welcome by all these Clubs and their members.
They have been very responsive to our International Presidents message and the message of our District Governor.
The Reading Action Program is progressing very well with all clubs purchasing copies of the book. We thank you for this.
Lioness Liaison Lioness Lynn Fawcett accompanied me to the Wollongong Lions and Lioness visit. It was a great opportunity for her to meet our Lioness.
I also attended the ANZI Forum in New Zealand where they had some wonderful informative sessions. It was also great to meet some new friends and renew old friendship.
I am looking forward to the remainder of this Lions year and the Club visits to come.
Yours in Lionism
Sharon Bishop 1st VDG
I again thank 1st VDG Sharon Bishop & 2nd VDG Chris Howard for their assistance with the Club visits together with Lion Tim, and Mary who continue to support the DG Visitations.
There will be a full report on the 201N2 Convention in the next newsletter, but please continue to enjoy the wonderful work that you are all doing in Lions, support each other & we will ACHIEVE OUR DREAMS TOGETHER, for the coming month. Thank you all, DG Sally
1st VDG Sharon Club Visits
Page 2 August 2015 Edition
Welcome to new members
CLUB NEW MEMBER SPONSOR Lions Club of Bateman’s Bay Rosanna C McClifty Jacalyn Harding Lions Club of Canberra Lake Tuggeranong Maree Brown Lesley Charlton Lions Club of Canberra Woden Amalia Pearson Helen Topp Lions Club of Kiama Kim Greentree Wendi Scifleet Todd Jordan Warren Steel Lions Club of Nowra Graeme Albert Kenny Pamela Sheehan Lions Club of Queanbeyan Graham Jackson Wendy Parkinson Lions Club of Woonona Gillian Williams Brian Clark
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 April 2014 N2 e-newsletter was distributed. Enjoy the activities, fun and fellowship of the world’s largest service
organisation. Don’t be afraid to ask questions and suggest new projects.
We look forward to meeting you.
The following members of the N2 Lions family passed away since the May 2015 edition of the N2 E-Newsletter was distributed.
The N2 Lions family thanks them for their friendship & service to their community and Lions, & offers our condolences to their families, friends & colleagues. May their service be an example to us.
Club Name Campbelltown City Lions Susan Coppola
Jervis Bay Lions Alan Grice
Tathra Lions Don Cotterill
Peter Holmes
Ulladulla Milton Lions June Ashby
Past members remembered
Club Visits with
2nd VDG Chris
Suddenly, a quarter of the Lions year has raced past, and what a busy quarter it has been. DG Sally has allowed me the privilege of representing her to ten clubs across the District.
With time out for the ANZI Pacific Forum in New Zealand, where we stole a week of holi-days, I have visited seven of the clubs I have been assigned, on four occasions Mary was able to accompany me.
I thank all the clubs visited for their very kind welcomes and generous hospitality towards me and Mary when she was able to be with me, we look forward to visiting the other clubs in my visit program although these visits are at a much more leisurely pace with the last planned for February.
From my own perspective, I have greatly enjoyed the opportunity to visit other clubs, I have been in awe of the great projects Lions are undertaking in their communities and in support of the wider world , I have continued my learning about Lions by seeing the diverse ways in which clubs do Lions from the quite formal to the very relaxed, it is a measure of the esteem that Lions are held in their com-munities that shire and town councils have offered civic receptions for the DG represen-tative to express their appreciation for their local Lions clubs.
It has been an honour to be asked to induct four new Lions and to recognise Lions by presenting Lions awards at four clubs.
Thank you to the Lions of N2 for the honour you have bestowed on me by electing me to the post of 2nd VDG and thanks to DG Sally for allowing me to represent her through club visits.
Chris Howard 2nd VDG.
Change of Email Address
for Cabinet Officer
Please Note: District Chairperson for Lions Organ Donor & Prostate Cancer Awareness-Lions Spinal Cord Fellowship- Lions Childhood Cancer Research
Foundation & Diabetes Awareness Lion Pauline Dinning has a new Email Address [email protected].
Official publication of Lions District
201 N2
Editor: Jim
Armstrong
P O Box 74, Moss Vale 2577
Phone: 02 4868 1714—04 1478 4421 Email: [email protected]
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 in-teresting reading for other Lions.
Please email articles as text or Word documents, with photos attached to the emails.
E-newsletter Deadlines for 2015-16 20th Day of each month
NEXT EDITION:
Distributed in November 2015, the printed and Internet editions of the N2 Newsletter are being lodged with the NSW State Li-
brary, the access codes being: ISSN—(Print) 1837—588X
ISSN—(Online) 1837—5898
All photos in this edition are copyright of Lions District 201N2, unless otherwise
credited.
Page 3 August 2015 Edition
1st VDG Sharon’s Visit to Kangaroo Valley
& Moss Vale Clubs
1st VDG Sharon with Lions Presidents:
Jim Armstrong (Moss Vale) &
Helen Mairinger (Kangaroo Valley)
1st VDG Sharon Pictured Inducting Lion Meg Rodden & Meg’s Sponsor
Son Sam Rodden
IPDG Lorraine presenting Kangaroo Valley Club Treasurer Lion Jill Turnbull a Melvin Jones Fellow
Award
Page 4 August 2015 Edition
Be recognized as a...
Centennial Sponsor
Sponsor a new member and be immediately recognized as a Centennial
Sponsor to receive a Limited Edition pin and certificate.
The Awards program begins on April 1, 2015
and ends on June 30, 2018
LEO & YOUTH OUTREACH
NEWS
Hello again to all the Leos, Leo Advisers, Lions and everyone else that is interested in the great Leo movement., it was great to see all of our friends at the District Convention where we had our Leo Forum and Leo of the Year Quest on the Saturday and this year we were fortunate in having the National Leo of the Year, Katarina Blekic attending with the National Leo Chairperson, Martin Peebles, I was really happy to see Leos from four clubs at the convention so that they could meet and hear from these two visitors.
Three Leos, Alicia Jeffrey (Ambervale High School), Laila Bradshaw and Taya Evans (Monaro High School), competed in the Leo of the Year District Quest which included a five minute prepared speech on a topic of their own choosing, and an interview with the Judges, about their community service, leadership and Leo Club involvement. A big thank you to the three judges, Lion Marty Peebles, PDG Lorraine Mairinger and Janet Green, who gave up so much time to do the judging, I really appreciated it.
Alicia spoke very eloquently about the way that the Leo/Lion movement had affected her life, Taya drew upon the recent tragedy in her home town of Nimmitabel to highlight the need for awareness and treatment of mental health issues in rural and regional areas, Laila gave an impassioned about gender diversity, prompting the audience to consider the ramifications of an issue which was largely unfamiliar to them, Laila's clear and concise speech and articulate delivery saw her awarded the prize for best public speaker, Taya's leadership credentials and community involvement along with her presentation manner in the interview won her the overall award, as District 201N2's Leo of the year Taya will compete in the state Leo of the Year final in early 2016, the convention emphasized districts' continuing commitment to youth projects.
I am still working on the District Youth/Leo Camp and will send out the information as soon as I have it organized, this is sponsored by the District and was very popular two years ago when we ran it.
If anyone would like more information on any of the above activities or with anything to do with the Leo movement please feel free to contact me on [email protected] Lion Jenny Cee Leo & Youth Outreach Chairperson
Page 6 August 2015 Edition
Pambula-Merimbula Lions Club
50 Years of Service 1965 – 2015
Our members cordially invite you to our 50th Anniversary
celebratory dinner
When: 14th November, 2015 6.30pm for 7.00pm Where: Club Sapphire, 119 Main St., Merimbula. Cost: $38.00 per person for three courses. RSVP: by 30th October to Secretary on 02 6495 0494 or Email: [email protected]
Invitation
Lion Mints & Fudge - N2 Chairman: Lion John Penney P: 02 4283 1109
Page 7 August 2015 Edition
Lions Cakes & Puddings - N2 Chairman: Lion June Field.
(H) 02 6226 6006 - (M)0438 630 116 (E) [email protected]
