Where’s

David? Travels

March

It’s that time of the year again

when Lions Clubs will nominate

their leadership teams for the

following year. Please be

aware to observe the last sen-

tence of Section 5, Article 2, of

the Standard Club Constitution

which reads “Notice of the

meeting shall be published by

regular post or electronic

means or by personal delivery

to each member of this club at

least fourteen (14) calendar

days prior to the date of the

meeting“. Failure to do this will

mean that to hold a Nomination

meeting outside of that time

frame, the meeting will be ille-

gal.

I have seen this happen to one

club and I can assure you that

not to adhere to the constitu-

tional rules can cause all sorts

of problems and it is far from

nice to be caught up in as a

District officer. The same rule

applies for the Election Meeting

which is held in April.

Please cooperate with these

time frames as it will save Cab-

inet Secretary Cheryle Pedler a

lot of stress when it comes time

to submit the PU101 forms to

LCI.

The drought and floods have

caused a lot of heartache and

stress to those who have been

caught up in those disasters

and I thank all clubs and indi-

viduals who have donated

funds to ALF over the time.

Nationally I think Lions donated

in excess of 1.2 million dollars

to the drought appeal. What

has disappointed me though is

that Clubs have not assisted

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Snooky’s Snippets

me with applications for drought

assistance through the ALF

Drought appeal. I was not ex-

pecting too many anyway as

South Australia has not

suffered to the extent that the

Eastern States have.

ALF allocated 100,000 dollars to

the C1and C2 Districts for

drought relief. The combined

committee had to go to PIRSA

and local Councils to try and

identify farmers that we could

help. I would like to thank those

clubs who have assisted me

with a weeks notice to try and

get rid of another round of 60

cartons of Drought relief cakes.

To date I have been able to

place 46 cartons. Zone Chair

Steve Hicks from Red Cliffs has

been very active in this regard.

Thank you, Steve.

The month of February started

of with the Cabinet meeting at

Meningie and I would like to

thank May Virgin and her Menin-

gie Lions club for organising the

venues, the Saturday night meal

at the Cheese factory. It made

for a very enjoyable weekend

and a lot of fun. Following on

Sunday the District GLT provid-

ed a Leadership Development

day where changes to Child

Protection laws were explained

by PDG David Thomas and the

new way of reporting service by

the way of the new MyLion app

was explained by Cabinet Sec-

retary Cheryle Pedler.

For those secretaries who have

not attended a Development day

yet, I urge you all to do so as

from the July 1 you will all need

to know how to use the MyLion

District Governor David Snook OAM and Lioness Pam

2nd Victor Harbor 50th Anniversary

12th Mannum Lions 2 Inductions

15-16 Lucindale Field Days

25th Sunraysia Leos

28th Broken Hill LIons

Important Dates

• Submissions for

April C2 News

Due 25th March

• Club Nominations

March 2019

• Club Elections

March 2019

• Youth of the Year Regional

Finals—Various March (See calendar—back page)

• C2 YOTY District Final

30th March

• State YOTY Final

13th April

• District Handover

20th July

• District Convention

October 11th—13th

app for reporting. You will no

longer be able to use My LCI

for reporting Activities, although

membership and officer report-

ing will stay in this format for

some time longer.. The next

opportunities you will have are

Sunday 7/4/19 at Renmark with

dates for Naracoorte and Aber-

foyle are still to be confirmed

due to the Federal Election

If you have never been to a

Youth of the Year District Final

you can support the Final at

Murray Bridge on the 30th. of

March I have witnessed a num-

ber of these over the years and

to see these young people gain

confidence and improve their

public speaking and general

knowledge skills is absolutely

amazing.

David Snook

District Governor 201C2

New Members Register to LCI in February

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Please continue to send me you photos and information so I can create articles. OR post your event to Facebook and I’ll steal errr swipe it from there If sending files for the Newsletter, please send the original version rather than a .pdf file. Extracting information from a .pdf can be difficult and the quality poor. All I need is a photo and information on who, what why when and where and how. You don’t have to write the article, just send me the information and I’ll take it from there. becfield@bigpond,net,au or give me a call on (M) 0438 334 630 https://www.facebook.com/LionsMD201C2/ Cheers Beccy Field (AKA: Nosey Witch)

Rosemary Aiken Alice Springs

Ashlea Begg Alice Springs

Brenda Spratt Alice Springs

Trevor Binding Edwardstown

Peter Wilkinson Edwardstown

Tim Harrison Naracoorte

Debby Harris Robe & District

William Harris Robe & District

Thomas Newton Robe & District

Ian Pile Robe & District

Jill Mortimer Willunga & District

Club Newsletter editors, don’t forget to send your hard copy and digital newsletters to becfield@bigpond.net.au & dpsnook7@gmail.com

Send Hardcopies to Beccy Field 9 Playford St Millicent SA 5280

New Members—Lameroo New Members—Robe

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Heartfelt Thanks from a Drought Affected Family

Dear David, Thank you very much for your efforts arranging IGA Gift Vouchers. All of us here at Karpa Kora Station are most grateful and yes the gift cards do make a difference. When people whom you don’t know are thinking of ways to help it is so very moving, words don’t seem enough. We are a family property running Angus & Angus x cattle and feeding everyday. This dry hit quickly in 2017 and continues on and of course we are optimistic that we must be closer to a better

season. Graeme and I are pleased to have our future working with us; two daugh-ters; Chanel 29 and Emily 27; and her partner Bart and baby Colt 14mths; who has seen little rain but adds so much joy to everyday. Hopeful for an Autumn break and a change of pace. Thank you to the Australian Lions Foundation and everyone in Robe Lions, very much appre-ciated. Kind Regards Catherine Crozier & family Karpa Kora Station Via Pooncarie NSW 2648

Flinders University Club - Books to Bangladesh

Flinders University Lions Club member Nurunnahar Nupur took a semester break trip home to Bangla-desh.

Of course she took home gifts for her family, but she also packed a whopping 15 kg of books which were given to the staff and stu-dents of ‘Shahajpath’ school.

The visit on 7th of February was one of many trips where books were taken to home countries by the Flin-ders University Lions Club’s International mem-bers.

The principal of Shahajpath’ school, Momena Begum, teachers and students ex-pressed their gratitude to the club for this excellent initiative.

The books were sourced from the Blackwood Lions Resource Centre where Flinders University Members volunteer on a regularly rostered basis.

Dave Thomas and his C1 & C2 Drought Relief Committee have been working hard over the last three months distributing food vouchers in Pooncarie, Broken Hill, Karoonda, the Eyre Peninsula and Port Lincoln. This follows on from the ALF grant of $100,000 to C Districts to help drought affected families in our combined C Districts. Like lions club members throughout the world we serve because that is simply what we do, but it is nice to see the impact we are able to give a struggling family .

C2 News

National Police Clearances

National Police Clearances and DCSI Screening and History Checks

(SA based Clubs only) Some confusion still exists across Clubs in our District about what Lions members and non-Lion volunteers need to do when working/volunteering with Vulnerable Persons. This is not surprising given recent changes that have been made by the State Govern-ment. There will be a comprehensive Vulnerable Persons Policy submitted for approval at the Renmark Cabinet meeting in early April 2019. It is also appropriate to note that the Multiple District has just released its updated Child Safety Policy which provides detailed information to Lions when working/volunteering with children, with specific details relative to Youth of the Year and Youth Exchange programs.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Police Clearances These are simply the criminal history (in Australia) of a person. If you are involved in a Lions project working with a vulnerable person who is either aged, infirmed or physical-ly/intellectually handicapped, you and other members of your club should have a National Police Clearance Certificate. The NPC is valid for 3 years and can be used with other organisation’s in most cases. They are free when you provide the Lions District C2 VOAN (Volunteer Organisation Authority Number). You fill out the form on-line, print it and have it authorised by a Police Officer or Justice of the Peace before your Club President or Secretary signs the application.

Department of Communities & Social Inclusion Screenings If you are involved with a Vulnerable Person who is a Child (under 18 years) in a club project or any other contact and do not meet the following exemptions you will require a DCSI Screening Check:

• A parent/guardian of a child volunteering for an activity involving that child

• A volunteer who less than 18 years of age

• A short-term event that takes place over a period of less than 10 consecutive days

• A short-term event or no more than one day in every month

• The activity takes place in the physical presence of the child’s parent/guardian and there is no physical contact with the child

• The activity only involves work that is not for exclusive benefit of children and not provided to any child on an individual basis

• An organisation that provides equipment, food and venues for children’s parties but does not provide any other services.

If you don’t meet these exemptions, to obtain a DCSI screening simply email your re-quest along with your full name and Date of Birth and your Club Name, along with your email details to

• Dave Thomas -davidmargie7@gmail.com or

• Cheryle Pedler cabsec.C2@lions.org.au or

• Judy Glastonbury judyglastonbury@gmail.com. One of these people will then commence the on-line process and you will receive two emails from DCSI advising you how to complete the process. Please direct all other inquiries concerning Police Checks of either type to Dave Thomas via email or mobile 0407 254 710.

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Membership Chairman Grae-me Botting along with Mem-bership Team Members Judy Glastonbury and organiser Keith Field hosted a Forum in Millicent . 30 Lions and Lionesses from Zones 4, 10 and 11 attended the Millicent Den where a general sharing of ideas was held. Clubs who had been success-ful in membership discussed ideas that had worked for them. Clubs that were facing issues were assisted with brainstormed ideas from the group. Everyone had a chance to have a say and the feedback after the forum was very posi-tive This was a first for the District and is likely to be repeated for other areas

On Saturday 2nd March the Victor Harbor and Port Elliot Club celebrated their 50th anniversary of charter. A packed Crown Hotel was the venue and a lovely cele-brations cake (Iced Lions Cake of course) was cut by Lorraine Schetter widow of Charter member Mike, the Clubs oldest Member Ron Bell and Charter Member

Victor Harbor and Port Elliot Celebrate 50 Years

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Membership Forum in Millicent

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Frank Tuckwell OAM. District Governor David and Lioness Pam; Member for Mayo Rebekah Sharkie and local Member for Finnis David Basham were in attendance to celebrate with the club and invited guest including former members.

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Mount Gambier members were excited to begin being involved in formal handovers at each of the 16 schools in the Mount Gam-bier district who were thrilled to receive Buddy Benches. The Buddy Benches are designed to help children who are feeling alone, lost or bullied in the playground. If a child is in need they simply walk over to the Buddy Bench and take a seat. A student or teacher will then take the appropri-ate action to engage with the child on the Buddy Bench and commence a conversation and remove the isolation that child has.

Mount Gambier Lions install Buddy Benches

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It can act as a peaceful area where kids can retreat to, and then begins the conflict reso-lution process. The Buddy Bench gives school children a focal point for better school community and better individual esteem, removing concealed negative feelings. Mount Gambier Lions worked tirelessly over the summer school holidays to prepare the cement base pads and fix the benches in place at all 16 locations. The bench at Allendale East Area School was co-funded by Port MacDonnell Lions. Last month a handover was conducted at Mulga Street

Beachport Breaks a Record

For 34 years the Lions Club of Beachport have cooked hot donuts over the summer season from a van on the foreshore. This year the club cooked and sold over 30, 000 donuts, which is a record for the club. Local papers The Border Watch and The South Eastern Times recorded the feat with photos of holiday makers tucking into the tasty treats. Members and community volunteers man the van from December through to the end of the School Holi-days. Busy times are from Christmas to New Year, and the 2nd week of January when the parks are packed for the VacSwim Program. The Club also hosted their annual Duck Race fund-raiser on the 5th of January.

Primary School Lions Club of Mount Gambier appreciate the financial support for the project provided by the Mount Gambier Community Bank (Bendigo Bank) and the

Australian Lions Foundation whose support allowed the club to complete the far reaching project.

A reminder to all clubs partici-pating to send a copy of the Winners Advisory form to me as well as the next level. I need it to compile and prepare a report for the National Chairman on partici-pation etc. Lions Club of Mount Barker will host the Zones 3, 4 & 5 final. Further specific infor-mation on it will be forthcom-ing. The Zone 13, Riverland final will be held in the Renmark – Paringa Council Chambers, all other details as circulated. No changes to the other fi-nals advised. Two recent updates are of interest. The ability for Lions & Leos to act as judges for the Youth of the Year competi-tion has been approved by the MD Council. The following is the advice received. Please be aware that this does apply this Lionistic year. 1. A Lion/Leo may judge just

once in a Lionistic year, similar to the existing requirement for a non-Lion judge.

2. One Lion/Leo only may be represented on any judging panel.

3. The gender balance of all judging panels is to be maintained.

4. No Lion/Leo is to act as a judge if an entrant is sponsored or represented by that Lion's Club. (Conflict of interest ramifi-cations).

5. Applies to judging at Club, Zone (including multi Zones) and Regional levels only.

6. District, State and National level judging to be inde-pendent of Lions Clubs Members.

7. Lions/Leos as judges, must be appointed from 'outside' the club, zone or region.

8. Lions/Leos as Judges are not to be regarded as the YOTY expert on a judging panel. That role must continue to reside with the YOTY Chairperson, who is to be consulted on the clarification of a rule or procedure.

9. It is not expected that Lions/Leos as judges are a compulsory requirement. It is optional. Judging panels at these three levels may continue to comprise wholly of non Lions/Leos.

Youth of the Year News

C2 News

10. To be implemented from 1st July 2019 for the 2019-2020 Lions Year.

NAB have again linked with Lions to sponsor the Lions Youth of the Year program. Lions Australia Executive Officer Rob Oerlemans has advised he has received notifi-cation from the NAB Head Office who have confirmed the continuation of sponsorship of the Youth of the Year Program for the current round and a desire to discuss future oppor-tunities. Clubs are encouraged to approach NAB staff to partici-pate in the various finals as they are very willing to assist. Wilf Nitschke C2 YotY program Coordinator

Youth of the Year Club Finals

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Zones 3, 4 & 5 – Host Club—Mount Barker Further details TBA

Zones 6, 7 & 8 – Host club – Lions Club of McLaren District Date – Saturday 16th March Venue – McLaren Flat Community Club, Kangarilla Road, McLaren Flat Contact – Kay Hearn Ph – 0883237924 Mob – 0402408849 Email – bandk392@bigpond.com Mail – 105/91 Main Road McLaren Vale SA 5171

Zones 10 & 11 –Host club – Lions Club of Kalangadoo & Dis-trict Date – Sunday 17th March 2019 Venue – Kalangadoo Institute, George Street & Eliza Street Contact – Alex Guenther Ph - 08 8739 3132 Email - kalangadoolions@gmail.com Mail - PO Box 7 Kalangadoo SA 5278

Zone 13 – Host club – Lions Club of Renmark Date – Sunday 17th March 2019 Venue – Renmark - Paringa Council Chambers Contact – Allan Maddocks Ph - 08 8586 6348 Mob - 0403947896 Email – allsanmaddocks@bigpond.com Mail - PO Box 83 Renmark SA 5341

Zone 14 – Host club – Lions Club of Red Cliff Date – Saturday 2nd March 2019 Venue – Red Cliffs Club Contact – Steve Hicks Mob – 0428503981 Email - cliffside44@aapt.net.au Mail - PO Box 186 Red Cliffs VIC 3496

Darwin regional – tbc

C2 District Final – Lions Club of Murray Bridge Date – Saturday 30th March 2019 Venue – White Park Community Club Rooms Contact – Anne Hughes Ph - 08-85321133 Mob - 0418819327 Email - alhugh37@gmail.com Mail - 2 Edith Mary Drive, Murray Bridge SA 5253 3 Candidates advance from the C2 District final to the C States final. Winners advisory forms to Program State Chairman PDG Ken Bradford, contact details below and to me as well please.

C States Final – Lions Club of Berri Date – Saturday 13th April 2019 Venue – Berri Barmera Town Hall, 19 Wilson Street Contact – PDG Ken Bradford Mob - 0428961069 Email - lionkennyk@westnet.com.au Mail - PO Box 1015, Clare SA 5453

Down Memory Lane

C2 News

TIMELINE: Retrieved from “Look Forward With Pride – 50 Years of Lions in Austral-ia”. To Destroy, So We May Build. Bordertown, South Australia is only a small town, but in the mid-1970s the Lions Club had both a high and active membership. In those days the town could count 53 Lions in its population of 2,000, some of whom no doubt re-membered their one-time church minister, Clem Hawke, and his young son, Robert, born in Bordertown in 1929. Four and a half decade later, with their most famous prod-uct a household name, albeit with his years of greatest in-fluence yet to come, Border-town was still producing doers….. The Club’s unorthodox and energetic activities were re-ported in an article in the April 1975 issue of ‘The Lion’.

equipment, give cash donations to the local hospital and provide library books to the Bordertown High School and primary schools of Bordertown, Mundulla and Wolseley. Although it was only a small club, 250 people attended Bordertown’s changeover dinner in July 1974, with visitors from three States Incoming Bordertown President Keith Yoing told members and guests that although no demolition jobs were coming up, there was no shortage of orthodox projects in the offering.” The changes that Lions made to Bordertown would contin-ue, but in the future they would not be achieved by tearing down selected sec-tions of the town.’”

“In the previous five years, the Bordertown Lions had torn down a shop, five houses, a nurse’s quarters and a two-storey bank! While Lions have carried out demolition projects before and since, projects of this nature are usually one-off. The efforts of the Bordertown Lions must constitute some sort of record, and would, presumably, have made a sig-nificant difference in the layout of their town. Bordertown’s demolition pro-jects were a means to a number of well-justified ends. The projects enabled the club to buy land for the establish-ment of a retirement village at Bordertown.” However, that was just the beginning. According to “The Lion” article: “the funds raised from the serial demolitions allowed them to endow a unit at the village, provide a diathermy machine and other

(If any Club has a similar story from the past, please send details to PDG Bob Korotcoff at bobkorotcoff1@bigpond.com)

The combined Darwin Lions Clubs are winding up ready to host the 2019 Lions Beer Can Regatta. Start making plans now and maybe if you are planning to build a boat you might need to start making the raw materials available. You can

Darwin Lions Beer Can Regatta

ask for donations or work on other methods of creating the necessary material.. If you are still not sure how to build a can boat masterpiece! Check out the link and get your construction going soon.

REMEMBER only around 4 months to go See you at the Beer Can Regatta on the 14th July #BeerCanRegatta2019

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Mt Gambier Lionesses Host Breakaway

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The Lioness Club of Mount Gambier hosted 70 Lioness-es from clubs throughout the V Districts and C2 in the Beautiful Blue Lake City for the 30th Lioness Breakaway The Program was informative and entertaining., with attendees heading home after sharing fun and fellow-ship. Friday night was the formal opening with welcomes followed by an evening of skits performed by each of the clubs. The skits were hilarious with clubs dressing up and having a great time. DG David was wrapped in cotton wool lest he fell off his chair laughing Saturday mornings guest speakers were enthralling. Lion Marilyn Millar OAM took Lionesses through the journey of the development of the Skin Cancer Screening Unit. She was followed by

local Lawyer Bill Degaris, who talked about some of the more career with an enter-taining and often humorous journey of ‘Murder, Mystery and Mayhem’. The final guest for the morn-ing was Lioness Chiaki Owen who introduced a small selec-tion her Kimono collection and showed the amazing intricacy of how the garment is put together, by removing all the multiple layers on the mannequin. After lunch Lionesses headed of see some of Mount Gambier’s hidden secrets, a winery with a maze, the Limestone quarry, and the famous Lakes. After a lovely meal a celebra-tion cake was cut before Lion-esses were entertained by a James Morrison Jazz Acade-my trio. It was a huge day for all. On Sunday morning the MD

Team members updated the Lionesses on National affairs before local phenom-enal photographer Ockert la Roux captivated the Lion-esses with a presentation on the history of the Lakes, the caves and the volca-noes in the region; then touched on the magical glowing mushrooms and caves art that we have in the region Lioness Jan Dohnt ex-plained her passion for the Days for Girls program and how it works, before every-one headed to the beautiful gardens of Umpherston Cave for a moving memorial service with bagpipes accompani-ment followed by a farewell BBQ lunch. It was a lovely weekend and it is hoped that a host club for the 31st Breakaway can be found.

The first round of District Gov-ernor Elect training was held for all incoming District Governors in the windy city of Chicago. District Governor Elect Tom Kimber headed to Chicago during the coldest blast of weather they have experi-enced in a long time. The incoming Governors for 2019 are pictured all together here at the conclusion of the training. DG Elect Tom took time to sample the traditional fare of Chicago during the snow evenings, but it was all leaning and training during the days. Further training will occur prior to his installation in Milan

District Governor Elect Tom Attends Training in Chicago

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Lions Mints Update

Convention Updates

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District Convention 2019—Crater City Capers

District Governor Elect Tom Kimber and the Lions Club of Mount Gambier invite Lions from throughout the District to the beautiful city of Mount Gambier for the 2019 Convention. We look forward to delighting you from October 11-13. It’s only 7 months away, and October is the start of the tourist season in the Lime-stone Coast. It might be a great idea if you are planning to travel to book your accom-modation soon. From stylish apartments, cosy B&Bs, five caravan parks, backpacker hostels, 21 motels and seven hotels you are sure to find some-thing to meet your needs, ranging from economical budget accommodation right through to luxury accommo-dation.

Consult the City of Mount Gambier Accommodation Guide for a full list of options available. In planning your accommoda-tion take note that our venue will be Casadio Park which is nestled on the southern slope of the Blue Lake. Our Sunday brunch and memorial service will be held in our memorial park adjacent to the Valley Lakes. While Mount Gambier is a city, you are never more than 5 minutes from anywhere, so no matter which accommo-dation you choose, you won’t be far away. We are planning shuttle busses for evening functions so that you can enjoy a drink. A website will be up and run-ning shortly and we will contin-ually update you as we finalise our plans and lock in costs. Why not stay another day in the Limestone Coast? The area is not a tourist destination

for nothing. There is so much to offer the traveller. Are you are a golfer? There are 2 courses available, Lawn bow-ler? There are 2 clubs availa-ble. 10 Pin Bowling, cinema, shopping, Jazz Club, caves to explore, wineries, coffee and cafes to delight;. and so much more. Travel north to the Coonawarra Wine Region or the heritage listed Naracoorte Caves. It is a short drive to Port Macdonell home of the Southern Rock Lobster Fleet which will be in season during your visit.. Visit the Beaches of Beachport and Robe or explore the history of the volcanoes in our region at The Main Corner Complex in the middle of Mt Gambier.. Contact Convention Secretary Beccy Field for more information. 0438 334 630 becfield@bigpond.net.au

Multiple District Convention Geelong

The Multiple District Conven-tion for this year is being held in Geelong Victoria. The Convention will take place over 3 days. Saturday 4th May to Monday 6th May. The convention centre will be The Arena in North Geelong It is now time to start making your accommodation plans and filling in your registrations. Information can be found at the following link http://www.md201conventiongeelong.com/index.html If you are planning to attend the Convention, you are cordially invited to attend the C Districts Social Function on the Friday evening at the Geelong Bowls Club.. It is a great way to catch up with fellow Lions from throughout our Districts.

International Convention Milan

The International Convention this year will be taking place in Milan, Italy, from 5th to 9th July. If you have never attended an International Convention, we would highly recommend that you take the opportunity to attend one at some stage in your Lions service. The shear size and complexity of an International Convention has to be seen to be believed. Regis-trations are still open and ac-commodation venues still have places available. The format of an International Convention is very different from any District or Multiple District Convention and the calibre of speakers and entertainment is often exceptional. You can review what is happen-ing at the convention at the following website. https://lcicon.lionsclubs.org/

Upcoming Events

March 2019 LCI Calendar of Events

Blackwood Lions Bargain Centre—Open Every Sat 8.30am-12.30pm Goolwa Lions Bookshop Open Thu & Fri: 10am to 4pm. Sat: 9am to 1pm Hallet Cove ‘Books n Things’ 36 Quailo Ave Hallet Cove—Thu 9.30am—12.30pm and Sat 9am-12.30pm Millicent Lioness Bookshop: Davenport St. Fri 10-4 and Sat 10-12 Noon Noarlunga-Morphett Vale Lions Garage Sale, Lindsay Road, Lonsdale – Every 3rd Sat/month 9am.- 12.30 p.m. Robe ‘Second Chance’ Op Shop. Tue– Fri 10am –3pm Sat 10am-2pm

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District Calendar of Events Please contact District Newsletter Editor to have your event added to the Calendar

March 2019 2nd Lions Australia Awareness Day 2nd YOTY Final—Zone 14 Redcliff 15th-16th Lucindale Field Days 16th YOTY Final Zone 6,7&8—McLaren Flat 16th—18th FDI (Faculty Development Institute) - Melbourne 17th YOTY Final Zone 10&11—Kalangadoo 17th YOTY Final Zone13 Renmark 22nd Lions Quest One Day Teacher Accreditation 30th YOTY C2 District Final—

April 2019 6th Cabinet Meetings Renmark 12th—14th ELLI (Emerging Lions Leadership Institute)—Sydney 12th—14th Yakka Park Music Festival—Lucindale 13th YOTY C States Final—Berri 21st Kingston Seaside Market & Maria Creek Classic Duck Race (Easter Sunday)

May 2019 4th –6th MD Convention Geelong 7th Community New Voices Forum—Geelong Club Officer Training Seminars

June 2019 Lions Mad Minute

July 2019 14th Lions of Darwin Beer Can Regatta 20th District Handover Dinner—Beachport

August 2019

September 2019 22nd—Lions Hearing Dogs Open Day—Verdun

October 2019 Seniors Month

November 2019 December 2019

January 2020 February 2020

Eye Donor Awareness Month

March 9 41st Annual Lions Day with the United Nations (New York City, USA)

March 31 Last day for regular convention registration fees