D G 410 D NEWSLETTER

OCTOBER 2016

From the pen of DG Zwaai…..

October 2016 Dearest Lions

With the District Convention done and dusted, I trust that nobody lost their livers “by die Dam”. It was fun, which Lions should partake in! Maybe we should make t-shirts with the logo, “I lost my liver in Swellendam”, and sell it in order to raise funds… The month of November is upon us. It is also the month in which our Lions have to pay extra care to those suffering from diabetes, it being Lions Diabetes Awareness Month, culminating on 14 November 2016. There are fellow Lions with diabetes amongst us, but even it does not deter them from serving others with similar conditions or even in worse situations. We should all stand back and give a big hand to our fellow Lions for their selfless actions to-ward others! By the way, don’t forget about our youth. They are the future leaders. Most of us are “oldies” per the average age PDG Bokkie let us have last year. But… never let the “oldies” get hold of you. For those who are not so fit, here is an exercise regime for us: “Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room on each side. With a 5-kg potato bag in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, and then relax. Each day you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 10-kg potato bags. Then try 50-kg potato bags and eventu-ally try to get to where you can lift a 100-kg potato bag in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. (I'm at this level).

After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each bag”.

Have an excellent month!!!

Lions regards

Zwaai Krüger

“There is no strength without passion”

TO the East London Clubs -o-o-o-o– from New Zealand

Thank you very much for hospitality and communi-cation. I have shared with local Cambridge Club. Iris and Mike are loved by us all and convened a

magic trip through South Africa. Lucy.

Port Rex Lions Club - We Serve in District 410D

As part of our "more service, less meetings" ap-proach, we spent our second Monday in October taking an evening drive , handing out sandwiches and warm scarves to the homeless on the East Lon-don streets. A very rewarding and humbling expe-rience indeed. This is our second outing of this nature and we will be doing more in the future.

A group of Lions made one of their regu-lar visits to the children's wards at Frere

Hospital during October, handing out gifts and toiletries.

Our club's "more service, less meetings" approach has opened up many more opportunities for service and members who are participating are having much more fun. Our Second Monday Service for October had us host-ing children and staff from Sun-shine Children's Home. They were treated to giant burgers af-ter which we played some Bingo, to the delight of all involved. Each child left with some good-

ies to use and en-joy later. Our Li-ons enjoyed the visit as much as our guests!

Gonubie Lions - We Serve in District 410D

ART EXHIBITION

The opening night of the Gonubie Lions Art Exhibition held at our local shopping centre, Kings Mall, on Friday 7 October, was well attended and thoroughly enjoyed by all attendees. There was an impressive display of work from 40 artists in various me-diums including, oils, water colours, charcoal etchings and pewter work.

This event which ran for a whole week was organised to raise much needed funds for the Carel du Toit Centre which assists pre-school deaf children with the natural acquisition of lan-guage and speech, through the maximum use of technology

and the provision of parental guidance and support, so that they can speak and participate in the hearing world.

MC CLELLANDS ADULT CENTRE FOR INTELLECTUALLY IMPAIRED COASTAL WALK

Gonubie Lions sponsored snacks for the residents of Mc Clellands who enjoyed a super morning coastal walk under cloudy skies on Friday 14 October. After the walk residents were given fruit, chips and cool drink before being transported back to their residence.

Port Alfred Lions - en route to District 410D Conference

On our way to mid year Conference in Swellendam, we

met a team from the Sasol solar challenge .

Pictured left: Gail Turner, Francois de Klerk, Norman

Elliott, Lorenda de Klerk, engineer of the car, Ilana de

Klerk, Tessa Chunnett, Ivo Chunnett, Mike Newlands

Below: Club members at Mid Year Conference in Swellen-

dam ready for parade, Francois de Klerk, Nico Muller, Mike

Newlands, photo bommer, Ivo Chunnett, Norman Elliott ,

Ilana de Klerk, Lorenda de Klerk, Gail Turner

Below: First stop, Port Elizabeth

Gail Turner , Tessa Chunnett , Ivo Chunnett, Norman Elliott,

Lorenda de Klerk, Mike Newlands, Francois de Klerk, Ilana

de Klerk

Overheard at Conference - I never knew one could stop and

shop at soo….. many places en route between Port Alfred &

Swellendam!!! Obviously the ladies were making the most of

their trip.

Sedgefield Lions marshaling the wonderful Karoo to Coast annual event – well done once again Knysna and Uniondale Lions!

Conference District 410D hosted by Swellendam Lions

The beginning of October saw the District Conference being hosted by the Lions of Swellendam—a wonderful at-

tendance of Lions from District 410D and visitors from 410A - the 2017 organising committee of Multiple District

Convention and DG Lance & Lion Rosemarie (410A). Friday evening was

registration, meet & greet at the Swellendam Club House—some of the Li-

ons and ladies enjoying

meeting friends and

catching upon all the hap-

penings.

Conference District 410D hosted by Swellendam Lions

Saturday the serious part of Conference, a great guest speaker Marius Steyn (right)

informing the Lions about the organ bank and promoting organ donors, a parade in

the streets of Swellendam,

PDG Russel man-

aged to collect

R 50,000 for LCIF

(in IPDG Bokkie's

absence), PDG Her-

man introduced the

team building exer-

cise — plenty of

ideas

being

shared...

Conference District 410D hosted by Swellendam Lions

District person's promoted their portfolios and the Peace Poster entries were displayed for all to see—judging will be

done later in October and news of winner will be in next months newsletter. Awards for 2015/16 were presented.

Saturday evening was another fun evening held at the Swellengrebel Hotel with

Skits –congratulations to Sedgefield for winning,

food, dancing and fellowship. A

great thanks to the Lions and

ladies from Swellendam for a

well organised and fun-filled

weekend.

Right: Lions from District 410A promoting the

MD Convention in April 2017 in Cape Town—

START saving NOW as it is going to be a 100

year celebration of Lions worldwide and 60

years in South Africa — a Convention not to be

missed .

Uitenhage Lions Club - We Serve in District 410D

Request for donation of wheelchairs and walkers – To those in need

The Uitenhage Lions Club wishes to thank Andre Grundling of Grundling Orthopaedic Services Inc, Uitenhage for his donation of two brand new wheelchairs which will serve the local Community.

In this respect the Club had received a request for a wheelchair from the De Lange family of Uitenhage.

Mrs. De Lange was recently admitted into the Uitenhage Provincial Hospital where she had a lengthy stay in the care of the Intensive Care Unit, as a long standing heart condition. Her husband also con-firmed that she had recently also suffered a stroke.

The family had applied to the relevant offi-cials within the Department of Health, how-ever obtaining a wheelchair from the State can take several years. Her husband, who is in his middle 60’s, informed us that he has to physically carry and assist her with all her needs.

He expressed his sincere appreciation to the Uitenhage Lions Club for donating the family a wheelchair. This will greatly improve her quality of life and provide the family an opportunity to be more involved in routine day to day activities.

Lions to aid of Service Centre

The Uitenhage Lions assisted to braai and prepare food that was donated to the “Despatch Diens Sentrum”

Swellendam Lions Club - We Serve in District 410D

Die Sasol Solar Challenge

Die karretjies het by Swellen-

dam Skougronde gestop op 30 September 2016. Die Lions

Swellendam het vir ongeveer 300 mense kos voorberei.

Die volgende per-sone het toekennings gekry: Herman Smit (20 jaar), Barry Saaiman (10 jaar) en Millie Swartz (25 jaar).

Die balkies is oorhandig by die Algemene Vergadering op 3 Oktober 2016.

Klub 100

Die Klub 100 Trekking het Vrydagaand 7

Oktober 2016 om 18h00 by Groentemark plaasgevind. Die trekking is gedoen deur

Lion George Cardoso van Groentemark en 'n kliënt.

SWELLENDAM LIONS SPEEL BINGO

Die Lions het Saterdagmid-dag 8 Oktober 2016 by Huis A A Tomlinson Bingo gespeel. Daar is vele pryse gewen en verversings ge-niet. . Die Bingo is aange-bied deur Lion Eduard Koch

en Lion dame Elana Koch.

Die eerste prys is gewen deur Mev Jacoba Linda

Sedgefield Lions Club - We Serve in District 410D

A fire in the informal settlement sec-tion of Smutsville raised 13 homes to the ground. Our Lions were on hand with food parcels and support. Lion President Eric Watson with commu-nity worker Annie Brinkhuizen and one of the many whose houses burnt down. Seen here handing out clothes and food parcels.

MELODRAMA!!!!!!!

I cannot emphasize enough how much time and dedication goes into this production. Di-rector and cast made up of Lions were Bev Fowler, Gerda van der Westhuizen, Johan du Toit and Gordon Pearce. Well done and thank

you!!

FUN

FUN

FUN

FUN

FUN

Ongoing project – donations received by Babies In Need with Lion Christo at his hard-ware Store.

Support at the CANSA walk

Left: Lion Gerda and friend

Below: Van der Walt family

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Lion Gloria Searle

Newsletter Editor

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Sedgefield Lions Clubs - We Serve in District 410D

A fun and truly fabulous Heritage day on the 24 September. It turned out to be a great day for the Sedgefield community too – many businesses got into the spirit of the “braai competition” and some incredible potjies, braai spoils and “ambiance” were the order of the day. This will definitely be on our annual fund raising programme! Well done the van der Walts and team Sedgefield Lions!!

Right: Heritage day Braai Competition – Lion Christo Boshoff cooking up a storm for our food sales

As part of our Heritage day “happenings” – we also had a fundraiser for the “Cupcakes 4 Kids with Cancer” drive. This is the second time Sedgefield Lions have hosted this party, it is always well re-ceived and well supported

And the winners are… Yip you got it ...An all girls team!!!!

First place winners received

this incredible braai.