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V6 Roar ~ Issue 20 MARCH 2020

DISTRICT 201 V6 March 2020

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE – WE SERVE

From the DG’s desk …………….

Current developments

As we enter this month, there have been a number of

activities and programs taking place around all the corners

of the district. Critically has been the impact of the

coronavirus that has seen a number of gatherings cancelled

or postponed. The Big Ideas Forum that had been scheduled

for the 15th March 2020 in Seymour suffered this fate.

Enquiries have been directed at District with regards to the

conduct of meetings, running projects and fundraising

activities etc. All we can say is that the alerts by the

Australian governments are updated continuously and it is

imperative to listen and follow guidelines as well from health

experts. More importantly, it is for each individual person to

assess their health conditions and make an informed

decision and choice as to how you will conduct your

movements, health awareness and engagement with the

public.

Clubs will be kept informed as more information is released

by the Newcastle office with regard to the coronavirus.

A total of seven Lions and partners from 201V6 attended

the Melvin Jones Night in Melbourne on the 11th March

2020. It was a very well organised and attended event that

provided an opportunity for networking and catching up with

other Lions from other Districts. I would take this opportunity

to thank the V6 team that attended the event, they

represented us well and I remain grateful for your

dedication.

Clubs across the District have been doing a bit of heavy

lifting with recruiting new members. March is our annual

Membership Drive month and we distributed material to

clubs to aid their membership drive. At the time of writing

this report our membership is at 1 207, we are 43 members

short to be “autonomous”. I am sure most clubs will be

inducting new members shortly who were recruited during

this month.

We still have time to recruit extra hands to help with our

projects. The question is how do we do this? I challenge

each and every one of us in the next two weeks to at least

talk to and bring a friend, work colleague, social club and

sporting club member, your child’s school or Day care

teacher, your customer, business partner or church member

to a meeting or working bee and introduce them to the

“world of service”.

I encourage you in the next couple of months to visit other

service or sporting clubs in your town and talk about the

work that Lions do, unless we change our approach to

membership recruitment, our situation will remain the same.

Let us “Ask One”.

I visited Corryong recently and the Lions Club of Corryong is

appealing for support from Lions members with preparing

meals for the Blaze Aid volunteers. If your club is prepared to

lend a hand in Corryong do not hesitate to contact our Blaze

Aid coordinator.

DG Omeni Ndlovu

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Cabinet Secretary Notes


PU101 – Officer Reporting Form; by now all clubs should have held their Club

Elections. Please ensure that the PU101 Form is completed and returned to me

as soon as possible.

Also, go onto MyLCI and report your Club Officers for the coming Lions year.

Thank you

Please remember to return the MD Convention Returns 3 & 4 – Delegates and the Memorial Service

for inclusion in the service.

Have you completed your registration form to attend the MD Convention in Adelaide 15th – 18th May

2020? The cut off date for registrations is 1st May 2020.

Club Secretaries are asked again, to check the details of each member on MyLCI and make changes

as necessary to bring up to date. (Changes of address; new phone numbers; incorrect date of birth

etc.) Thank you.

From the Last Cabinet Meeting:

The District Governor appointed PDG Lynn Fredericks to head up the Bushfires Recovery Team,

with Paul Shortis coordinating the Blaze Aid Camps cooking meals for the workers; Linda Ryder

taking care of the farmers, hay and other needs.

PCC David Skinner was congratulated on his re-appointed the MD Legal Officer for a further term

of four years. With Lion Ivana Blekic (Mildura) appointed as Deputy Legal Officer

District Treasurer spoke about the International Dues – Clubs need to very aware of the timeline

associated with the fees, taking into account the amount on the invoice is for the exchange

rate at the time of printing. If paying later than the due date, Clubs must take into account the

current exchange rate

MD Council have endorsed the “Lions Code of Conduct” each Club are asked to provide new mem-

bers with a copy of the Code and work towards the implementation of the Code within their

clubs

Club Development Days – Officers Training, this training is open to all members who would like to

attend. It is recommended that each club have an assistant for each position; they are encour-

aged to attend the training also.

Clubs are encouraged to contact their local schools to arrange dates for Vision Screening. Clubs in

Zones 1, 2, 4 & 5 have the camera and equipment for the month of March. Please contact

Alison Kazenwadel to arrange to have screening done in your area.

Clubs are reminded to ensure they have the senior members of their covered on the insurance

policy. Members over the age of 89 need to be listed.

Lion Lee Walkington

Cabinet Secretary


PROSTATE AWARENESS

Encourage men to talk about their health and be proactive in seeking help.



Catastrophic Bushfires & our V6 District response ……..

Dear Lions,

The Bush Fire recovery team have been very busy working to assist the farmers and residents of the affected areas of

Corryong, Myrtleford, Cudgewa and Walwa-Jingellic to get back on their feet. There has been a number of Lions

Clubs sending members to repair fences and do clean ups. This has been fantastic and there will be much more need-

ed over the coming months in regard to this volunteer activity.

Drinking water is a priority in the fire affected areas as much of the waterways that supply water to the smaller com-

munities have been heavily contaminated and rendered unsuitable for human consumption.

Two new 22,000 ltr. Poly Tanks have been delivered to fulfill the drinking water needs in these areas until the water

supply has been made safe to drink again. The district has also purchased a further 20 - 1000 ltr pods to assist people

with drinking water. My thanks go to Lions Keith Braden and Vyner Smithwick from Jingellic for their fantastic work

delivering these pods to needy locals.

Both Corryong and Jingellic Blaze-aid camps are still in need of volunteers to assist so if your Lions club is intending to

send members please advise Lion Paul Shortis (0407 854 829) so he can direct your members to the most appropri-

ate site. There are many other organisations also working in the Fire affected areas so it’s quite important that we

coordinate the volunteers so as not to duplicate our efforts and also provide the best service.

Clubs wishing to make donations should contact District Treasurer Peter Niall for the best advise.

District Disaster Coordinator—Lynn Fredericks


V6 LIONS DISTRICT - DISASTER RELIEF TEAM

As District Blaze-aid Co-Ordinator my wife & I spent four days travelling around Walwa, Jingellic, Cor-

ryong and Cudgewa asking the locals what assistance they need they all said the same thing there is

enough clothes & food which will probably be out of date before it is all distributed ……...

WHAT THEY NEED IS ASSISTANCE IN PURCHASING FENCING MATERIALS.

I spoke to three businesses in Corryong and they are happy to set up an account in the name of Lions V6 were money could be deposited into there account to assist the farmers in purchasing necessary materi-als. Farmers in these areas who are already struggling due to the drought are now going further into debt as they need to replace burnt out fences to control there stock. Also we are in negotiations to have 25,000 litres of drinking water delivered to farmers in the Walwa Jingellic area as there water has been contaminated by the fires. If any club in the V6 District would like to assist in some way please contact PDG Lynn Fredericks or myself on the above numbers

Yours in Lionism

Paul Shortis

V6 Blazeaid Co-Ordinator

AUSTRALIAN LIONS CHILDHOOD CANCER

RESEARCH FOUNDATION

One other fundraising avenue I started was collecting cans, stubbies and plastic for recycling for cash, with the assistance of PDG Lynn Fredericks who was able to organise an account with D&M Scrap Metal in Corowa we are know able to collect from the Corowa Chocolate & Whisky factory as well as the Yackandandah Cricket, Football and Golf clubs. Blaze-aid at Jingellic have been collecting there recycla-bles to aid us with this endeavour.

The funds raised for ALCCRF during the year is as follows

Donations from Clubs $4966

ALCCRF Raffle $2931

Trivia Nights $2365

Recycling $1470

Stock Items $238

Total $11,970

Yours in Lionism

Paul Shortis

NAME POSITION NUMBER EMAIL

Lynn Fredericks V6 District coordinator 0478 633 791 [email protected]

Neil Stuart Ass. District coordinator 0428 978 511 [email protected]

Linda Ryder Need for Feed 0417 085 234 [email protected]

Paul Shortis Blaze Aid coordinator 0407 854 829 [email protected]


Marie Furze

District Chair for cakes, mints & cookies

0411126937

[email protected]


It’s the time of year again when all our clubs elect their Boards for the coming Lions year and also the time when the District GAT team hold the Club Information days to fully inform all the new and old Lions that have taken up positions on their club boards, even those that want to just learn about Lions.

Presidents, Secretaries, Treasurers and Membership Chairman all required to take a refresher course to be fully equipped to take on their roles for 2020-21. This is most important as there are always changes happening and updates to be aware of. Make sure you are booked into one of the 4 Club Information Days being held at the following venues on the following dates.

I know that some of you will say “Oh not this again” but let me say, “there is always something new you can learn and always new ideas that someone from another club can pass on to you.”

It’s all about sharing ideas and information, not to mention the fact that the day will be a great opportunity to catch up with other Lions from around the District.

So, ask you club secretary to book you in to one of the 4 available days near your club and be there with some other Lions that want to learn what Lions is all about. Remember that it’s not only for incoming of-fice bearers—it’s open to all Lions. See you club secretary or ring the Cab. Secretary for more details.

Regional Lions Leadership Institute

The RLLI was held in Perth in February 2020.

The Institute is for those Lions and Leos who are looking to take on leadership positions at Club or Dis-trict levels for the first time. It focuses on the skills required to build teams and manage people effective-ly. It also builds knowledge of Lions activities outside of club level and includes strategies for making change to move our organisation forward. There are no pre-qualifications required.

The weekend was led by PDG Tim Irvine and his Global Leadership Team. There were 31 participants from across Australia in attendance, including 5 Leo’s or past Leo’s now Lions.

Subjects included the history and structure of the Association, Working in Teams, Public Speaking, LCIF, Conducting effective meetings and growing our clubs.

Most participants presented a trade display of a club project. These included the Blue Tree Project by

Baldivis Leo’s club, chemical drum recycling by Dookie and Lion’s Share Breakfast by Wodonga.

With that number of people there were diverse ideas on how the Association of Lions Clubs looks

moving forward with some wanting to cling to old habits while others want to embrace new ways and

the club needing to consider both.

What is clear is that our Ethics and Purposes make us different to other not for profits and we must

continue to operate in this model, but we also need to modernise to attract younger members if we

want our association to remain relevant.

It is suggested that all clubs look at how they run. Are they appealing to members, old and new?

Would you join your club now?

Lion Marie Furze

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC

Date Club Venue Address

5th April 2020 Corowa Lions club rooms Edward St Corowa

19th April 2020 Tocumwal Lions Community Centre Adams Street Tocumwal

26th April 2020 Kiewa Tangam Lions club rooms Main St Tangambalanga

3rd

May 2020 Cohuna Council Chambers Precinct Market Street Cohuna

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Congratulations to our new Members : ALBURY - Georgina Hill sponsored by Denise Jelbart and John Lythollous sponsored by Don-ald Bensley BARHAM – Tracey Davis sponsored by John Whelan, Christopher Pye sponsored by John Boyd and Jennifer Pye sponsored by John Whelan COBRAM – Xavier Ballard, Jan Dodson, Gloria Filce, Louise Gray, Jevyn Hyde, Robert McCrimmon, Lyn Matthews, Anne Pugliese, Kathleen Renfrew, Amanda Spratt, Margaret Toll, Charles Tomlin, Georgie Tomlin, Bruce Walker and Joy Walker all sponsored by Cheryl Hill, and Gregory Mulgrew sponsored by Robert McPherson COHUNA – HOPE BRANCH CLUB – Malcolm Davey sponsored by Helen Hastie, Tabisile Ndlovu sponsored by Omen Ndlovu and Marion Whateley sponsored by Ian Whateley COHUNA - Charmaine Fallon sponsored by Elizabeth Bates and Leiza Webb sponsored by Lee Walkington COROWA - Kay Bratt, James O’Donovan, Mathew Whisson and Stuart Whisson all spon-sored by Lynn Fredericks LOCKINGTON - Sherryl Fisher sponsored by Margaret Dowie MURCHISON - Natasha Boyle sponsored by Susan O’Mahoney NATHALIA & DISTRICT - Marie Birch sponsored by Elvie Barnes and Jes Tyack sponsored by Michelle Caccianiga ROCHESTER - Malcolm Schmidt sponsored by Russell Chapman RUTHERGLEN - Margaret Lawson sponsored by Robert Zuccala and Peter Slater sponsored by Ngaire Ander TOCUMWAL & DISTRICT - Jo Boake, Marie Farrell, Gerry Lawson, Faith McCallum, Susan Pappas and Julie Stava all sponsored by Sandra Williams WANGARATTA - Pamela Nelson sponsored by Lorraine Ormand WODONGA - Mathew Walding sponsored by Mike Georgiou YACKANDANDAH - Reg Jackson sponsored by Ian Moyle YARRAWONGA - Gavan Foy sponsored by Debbie Van Corler

——————————————————— Sadly, we say goodbye to the following people: Maureen McCann from Berrigan Edek Augustyn, Rodney Bensley, Janice Clarke, Keith Elvin, Leonard Hickling, Ian Hounslow, Kevin Lewis, Shirley Lewis, Mary McGuiness, Edward McKeown, Louise Shields, Mark Shields, Sheila Smith, Stanley Smith and Malcolm Whittle all from Howlong Greg Callanan, Denise Knight, Peter Knight, Lindsay Nixon, Margaret Osborne and William Scammell all from Lavington Michelle Eldridge, Brett Hazelman and Zoe Manning all from Nathalia & District Zac Bull from Quambatook Kevin Bassett and Timothy Skeggs from Rutherglen Adam Dicker and Barry Ward from Strathmerton Jarrod Policha from Upper Kiewa Valley Lydia Billington and Grace Iwanowski from Wodonga Helen Hastie and Ken Hastie have transferred from Tongala Lions Club to Cohuna Club Branch Hope Bernard Campbell and Susanne Campbell have transferred from Thurgoona & District

——————————————————————- On behalf of District Governor Omen Ndlovu, Lions and partners of Lions District 201V6, our deepest sympathy to the families of the following Lions who have passed away : Rosemary Smith formerly of Benalla Frank Tappe formerly of East Loddon Brian Doherty formerly of Lockhart Ron Main formerly of Lockington Rex Wellington formerly of Numurkah John Lockwood formerly of Rushworth & District Yours in Lionism, Judy McKerrow District 201V6 Welfare Officer

CLUB WELFARE


AROUND THE CLUBS ALBURY LIONS

236 Not Out!

Acting on behalf of DG Omen, PCC

Andy recently presented a Fifty Year

Chevron to Life Member Lion John

Martin looking on from L to R are Li-

ons Ian Haberecht - 51 years service,

Leo Nelson - 60 years and Graeme

Howard - 45 years. Add to that John’s

50 and Andy’s 30 and we have a total

of 236 years of service to the commu-

nity.

John is no longer active but still has a keen interest in Lions and looks forward to receiving his Club

bulletin, V6 Roar and Lion Magazine.

Barham Koondrook Lions has been running Bingo continuously for around 38 years. Held rain or shine every Wednesday night

(except over the couple of days between Christmas/New Year Back when first started in 1982, a typical Bingo Night attracted well over 70 players. Run in the old “Supper Room” that was demolished in 2000 to make way for the Community Centre, the crowd then was such that the Lions Club needed two “checkers”, one at each end of the hall. In those days, a cage that held numbered ping pong balls was used, with the first electronic board not introduced till around the early “nineties”. That first board turned up close to three million bingo numbers before it finally gave up the ghost a couple of years back. It was replaced by our “new” (actually a good second-hand machine, as we could not afford a brand newie) digital electronic board. These days things are not quite so lucrative. We average around 25 players, with the numbers very de-pendant on the weather, time of year and the level of the jackpots. We have two jackpots, one on the 20th game, just before we break for supper, which starts at $20.00 and goes up by $20 per week. At the start of a jackpot run, you must call “bingo” in fifty calls or less, but this number goes up by one call each week until it goes off. The second is our “wildcard” jackpot. The first number drawn for the night that is under thirty becomes the “game” on which the jackpot operates. The money starts at $20.00 minimum, then jackpots each week by $20 per week until it either goes off or reaches $1,000.00. To win, the “bingo” the call must be fifty calls or under until it reaches the $1,000.00 level. After that, the amount stays the same, but the number of calls increases by one each week until it goes off. Generally, we pay out either $10.00 or $15.00 per game, depending on the money paid in for tickets. By law we must return 50%of the takings, but we usually return a much higher proportion than that to ensure that our minimum prize is $10 per game. Our final game for the night has a prize value of $80.00 We also run a raffle each night. Surprisingly enough, the players often bring in prizes for the raffle table and draws of a dozen or more prizes are common. Our club provides supper, but the food is usually sup-plemented by goodies brought in by the players.

BARHAM KOONDROOK LIONS


AROUND THE CLUBS

BENALLA LIONS

The money that Bingo has brought in over the years has amounted to several hundred thousand dollars, most of which is channelled back into the community through various

Lions Club projects. The most notable achievements were the restoration of the School of Arts and the major funding of the Riverside Reception Room, when Council built the Community Centre in 2001. We chipped in over $100,000.00 for that project. The price of a single game’s “ticket” was 20 cents when Bingo first started. Remarkably, it still only costs the same thirty-eight years later. We have discussed putting the cost up, but so far have not done so. We figure that most players will still spend the same amount each night, and just buy fewer tickets. The club has a roster to ensure that the workload is split fairly. A typical night will have five members pre-sent, of which two are usually “veteran” members familiar with the rather complicated bookwork necessary to keep the bureaucrats happy. One of our problems is ensuring that we have at least two “callers” on hand. It can be quite stressful calling up to 75 numbers without making any mistakes (I might add that if you do, there is a very vocal reminder from the players that you have stuffed up) A normal night will see a caller do five games, then hand over the mike to the next caller. Works well for us. Bingo provides the main source of income for our Lions Club, and without it we would not be in a position to contribute so much into Lions generally, but our community in particular. I will not put a specific figure on it, because it can vary so much, but it brings in at least $10K per annum, after costs. So, if you are of a mind to kick off a “bingo” night at your club, it can be a good source of funds, BUT you aren’t ever going to make a fortune at it, and the commitment of member’s time may be an issue for your club.

BARHAM KOONDROOK LIONS cont:

Benalla Phone Books The Benalla Lions Club members were very busy this past week getting fit by treading the footpaths around Benalla distributing phonebooks, a total of 4920. The photo shows Mike Kyval, who co-ordinated the project assisted by Loch Lidgerwood preparing for the morning round.

Benalla Bowls Night The Benalla Lions Club held their 7th annual Bowls Night Challenge with the Benalla Rotary Club at Moira House on Thursday 20th February. The evening began with a BBQ tea before 6 teams from each Club took to the rinks to play 8 ends. District Governor Omeni and Lions Lady Tabi joined us for the even-ing of fun. Unfortunately, Lions did not win on this occasion going down by 6 points. We will have to have some practise and coaching in preparation for next years challenge.

The photos show the group of Lions and Lions Ladies. District Governor Omeni and Lion Lester Watt presenting the plaque to Rotarian Kelly McNamara.


AROUND THE CLUBS

A Fundraising Launch in the form of

a dinner for HOPE Lions Club

Branch was held on Saturday 22

February 2020. DG Omen inducted

3 new members into Lions on the

night – Lions Malcolm Davey (Club

President), Marion Whatley and

Tabi Ndlovu (Treasurer).

Guests included Zones 4 & 5 Chair-

persons Ian Whatley and Neil Stu-

art, Cab Secretary Lee Walkington,

club liaison officer PDG Norm Walk-

ington, ALCCRF Chairperson Paul

Shortis and representatives

from Nathalia and Tongala Li-

ons Clubs along with many

“Friends of Lions”. A great night

enjoyed by all. We thank you all

for your support.

3 NEW Lions, Malcolm Davey (Club President), Marion Whatley

and Tabi Ndlovu (Treasurer).

We are HOPE Lions – Health, Opportunities, Participation, Education.

We are the new club branch in District 201 V6. Our sponsoring club is Cohuna and our Liaison Officer is PDG Norm Walkington.

We have started this online club in the hope of gaining new and younger members to join our organisa-tion and grow our Lions District.

We are a “Specialty club” and our focus will be on health issues and addressing global causes in the spirit of Service to the Community.

We are not board structured nor will we hold regular dinner meetings. All members are to have an equal input into club activities.

We will hold meetings and social gatherings at MINIMUM 4 times per year at a place central to our mem-bership base. It is planned to hold our AGM at the District Convention in October each year. We plan to be working within our District attending events, Zone meetings, making club visits and promoting Lions where we can.

Our club will, if requested, be willing to help other clubs when they need extra manpower to run an event.

H.O.P.E. LIONS CLUB BRANCH


AROUND THE CLUBS H.O.P.E. LIONS CLUB BRANCH cont:

Our Administration will be mainly electronic and communication will be by, phone, text, email, Skype or Face book.

Our postal address - 1966 Curr Road, Kyvalley 3621.

Our email address -

Our phone contacts -

President – Malcolm Davey 0417 599 308

Secretary – Helen Hastie 0428 590 348

Treasurer – Tabisle Ndlovu 0448 452 034

We are hoping that all clubs in District 201 V6 will be supportive of us as we feel that we need to try some-thing different to attract new members to Lions.

We hope that perhaps other clubs may look at forming a Club Branch also to help with membership growth.

It matters not HOW we do it.... it’s the fact “WE SERVE” that matters.

HOPE FOR HUMANITY

LAVINGTON LIONS

ESSENTIAL FENCE POST DRIVER DONATED TO BLAZEAID

Blaze-aid volunteers at Jingellic have received a donation of a new fence post driver valued at $2000

from Lavington Lions Club.

President Malcolm Scott handed it over to Camp Organiser Eugene on site and the group were over-

whelmed.

This is one item of equipment that will mean more essential fencing can be done with less back breaking

effort.

Beaming smiles were all the go.

Volunteers from Lavington Lions

Club will also be cooking for the vol-

unteers for a week in March. Anoth-

er example of Lions service to the

community.

Pictured, President Malcolm Scott

handing the driver to Blaze-aid

camp coordinator Eugene


AROUND THE CLUBS COROWA LIONS

Corowa Lions again hold a successful Youth of the Year Quest. Much of the leg work was again carried

out by Lion Chris Johnston aided by Lion PDG Lionel Gillman and other Corowa Lions.

The event is open to Year 12 students and consists of competitive public speaking and interviews judged

by local business leaders.

This year the Judges were Mr. Brian O’Shea, Mr. Craig Waldron and NAB Corowa branch manager Ms.

Dianne McMahon.

The contestants pictured below, are Jacob Read, Ellen Lavis, Lachlan Dolan, Blake Pavey and Damir

O’Keefe, all from the Corowa High School.

Following the afternoon interviews and an

entertaining dinner, attended by over 60

guests, family and Lions the judges ar-

rived at the difficult decision and awarded

Ellen Lavis as the overall winner and

Jacob Read as the best Public speaker.

Chairman, Mr Chris Johnston thanked all

those that attended the evening and con-

gratulated all the contestants for their ef-

forts. He also extended a special thanks to

the judges and the National Australia

Bank for their on going support.

Pictured left are the overall winner Mss Ellen Lavis

and Public Speaker Mr. Jacob Read.

Below are the 2020 Judges:

Mr. Craig Waldron, Corowa IGA , Ms. Dianne

McMahon, NAB Corowa and Mr. Brian O’Shea, Paul

& Scollard Corowa


AROUND THE CLUBS TOCUMWAL LIONS

Tocumwal Lions Club participated in Lions Awareness Day with a information stand at the Foreshore Mar-

ket on Saturday March 7. President Sandra Williams and Keith Kennedy along with other Club members

handed out brochures to the public.

Tocumwal Lions Club hosted the zone final of the Lions Youth of the Year com-petition on Sunday March 1. Over thirty people attended to hear the two contest-ants speak. Lucy Bourchier represent-ed Tocumwal Lions Club and Ab-bey Marshall represented Finley Lions Club. The students presented a prepared speech on a topic of their choosing and answered two impromptu ques-tions: "What services do you feel would benefit mental issues?" and "What are your thoughts on inclusion within schools?" After much deliberation judges Syd Dudley, Ann Beveridge and Rebecca

Smithers announced Lucy Bourchier the winner with her speech on Pill Testing. Lucy will now attend the District Final at Numurkah on April 5.

TUNGAMAH LIONS

Tungamah Lions continue to be incredibly busy as they responded to the need to support those people in

our area ravaged by bushfires. Among other things, the club ran an enormous raffle to raise funds to as-

sist. With thanks to many businesses, individuals and clubs who donated prizes and the people who sold

raffle tickets, the club was able to raise the incredible total of more than $8,100, all of which will get to the

people who have been affected. This included some very generous donations and we wish to thank all

those who helped out in any way. Tickets were even sold overseas, with four of the prizes going to the

USA, but those winners have requested their prizes be redrawn which they were. The fourth was Tristan

Harrison, and he will be home to claim his prize. The night of the drawing was a huge one, with a large

crowd at the pub to witness the drawing.

Teams have been going to Jingellic at their own expense to cook for the Blaze Aid volunteers who are

carrying out fencing in these areas. There

is just so much devastation, and it should

be noted those doing the fencing are doing

so at their own expense, although materi-

als are paid for. Lots of fun going up as

Lions Roger and Carolyn take up the big

pot of goodies for the evening meal.

Lion Neil Lonie also took a load of hay to Corryong for farmers burnt out, or rather for their stock. He had Lions Michelle and Neil riding shotgun as well. Great effort Neil.

Catering at Jingellic Blaze-Aid Camp


AROUND THE CLUBS TUNGAMAH LIONS cont:

Next month, we are helping our neighbouring club Dookie in their Royal

Children’s Hospital activities, especially the big day at Dookie on Saturday,

14th March at the Dookie Showgrounds, as well as doing some cooking at

the Yarrawonga Foreshore Car Show. Dookie is only a small club and it is

good to join together.

We are also looking forward to Good Friday and helping the Social Club in

any way for their huge day. We are always very proud of what Greg and

his team do for the kids.

Nominations and elections are coming up for July, and these will occur

during the month of March. This is going to be interesting as the Harrisons

will be vacating the top table and the baton passed to a new team.

Membership Chevrons were recently presented to club members, with Carol Dickinson receiving a 10 year

chevron, Robyn Harrison 15 years, Elizabeth Bear 30 years and John Haring 40 years. All were thrilled to

receive their awards from Lions International.

We are joining with the Leos on Sunday, 22nd as they hold their Carp Muster. They are incorporating Aus-

tralia’s biggest bbq on the day with proceeds this year going to Children’s Cancer Research. Great ad-

vances have been made over the past ten years to bring down the death rate of children suffering from

cancer.

We have several social events planned over the next few months. Many of us are supporting the Katama-

tite Lions with their barefoot bowls night on the 4th March. Gives us good practice for the Barefoot Bowls

day we are having with the Bowls Club on Sunday, 29th March. Hopefully the start of an annual event with

our great Bowls Club. High tea is coming up at the Senior

Cits in the very near future just keep us on our toes.

A trip to Yackandandah Lions is being planned and this will be a great time. Bonds with other Lions are so important and does lead to great friendships.

Above Catering at Jingellic Blaze-Aid camp

Left; There’s always a stirrer!

John Haring gets medal for 40 years


AROUND THE CLUBS WALWA JINGELLIC LIONS

Talmalmo after the devastating bushfires

we have recently experienced.

The tank from Polytank of Corowa arrived

on 14th February. (Brad Brown).

The pods were organised by Walwa-

Jingellic Lion Keith Breaden from a friend

who works at a winery. (Toby Wanklyn)

So far we have had 22 pods delivered

(free of charge by Hume Transport Albu-

ry......Glen Eliot). Keith has delivered 8 of

these to Cudgewa as they had a tank of

water but no pods. (7th February)

The tanker of water was delivered on 20th

February. This came from Big Springs of

Mangoplah. 25,000 was delivered (22,000

into the tank and the remainder was used

to fill up some of the pods)

This has been a godsend as many of our neighbours pump their domestic water supply from the Murray

River, and because of the rain, the river is running filthy with ash and burnt soil.....washed down from the

burnt ground. We have recently had more significant rain, and the problem has become worse. So many

people were running out of clean water.

Our thanks to all the Lions Clubs from 201 V6 who have given their time, generosity of Food and cooking

such beautiful meals. The Blaze-aid camp at Jingellic has had some amazing volunteers and now they

are returning to help. Special thanks to Paul Shortis and PDG Lynn Fredricks for your continued support

and organizing the roster and Water for our Community. We now have had rain and the grass is growing,

also the fencing is going up everywhere. Our Club has just erected the Marquee for the Towong Cup

which was a huge success and next week will go to Cudgewa for a Wedding.

Our Club wishes to thank our District of 201 V6 Foundation for the generous Donation of $2500 which

has been passed on to the recipient. Fortunately, only two Dwellings and one Home were lost in these

Fires.

Its times like this it makes you proud to be a Lion.

A local family receives 2 x 1000 ltrs drinking water

in pods supplied by local Lions Pods waiting to be filled with fresh water


AROUND THE CLUBS WALWA JINGELLIC LIONS cont

YARRAWONGA LIONS

We are as busy as ever doing what we do best working in the community. Our weekly BBQ is always in

demand which assists local groups obtain funds and is also a way of promoting themselves.

We hosted the finals of the Childhood Cancer Trivia challenge which was a good night with lots of fun.

The following day was the District Cabinet meeting and our Club catered with homemade baking, freshly

made sandwiches and fresh fruit. I don’t believe anyone went hungry.

The Pat Cash Tennis Tournament was hosted in Yarrawonga and we were asked to man the Kiosk. What a wonderful event. There were over 200 entrants aged 10 – 18 plus their families and friends, so plenty of food was required. Three long days of set up, selling and clean-up but well worth the effort.

Our Turban Angels are busy planning their pilgrimage to the Multiple District Convention in Adelaide.

About 6 Angles are going to display their products, show how they are made, fly the flag and spread the

word on this amazing project. They meet every Tuesday at the Clubrooms so if you are in Yarrawonga on

a Tuesday pop in and see them. If you have any stretchy fabric bring it along.

We have welcomed a new member Gavan Foy to our Club who is finding his way around quickly always eager to join in.

We held our annual Youth of the Year Tuesday night the 3rd of March at our Clubrooms at the Show-grounds, and what a lovely event it was. See the article on the next page….

Right: Filling the pods straight from the

tanker.

Below: Loading a pod ready to be filled

with clean drinking water.

Right: 22,500 ltr stands on Lion, Vyner

Smithwicks property ready to be filled.

The tanks were purchased by funds from

the Lions Clubs International Foundation

and supplied by Riverina Poly Tanks Coro-


AROUND THE CLUBS YARRAWONGA LIONS cont.

This year three students participated in a very even competition.

Brody Benjamin from Sacred Heart

Gabby Murray from Yarrawonga P-12

Zali Peters from Yarrawonga P-12

Our Catering committee catered with a dinner of design your own hamburgers which were very well re-

ceived by contestants, family members, judges and Lions.

Zali Peters is Yarrawonga Lions representative for 2020 – Congratulations and well done. Congratulations

and thanks go to all the contestants for their time and effort in preparing for this event.

Thanks also to our three judges Robyn Tarbit, Mick Dove and Shaun Quinn for a job well done. A very special thankyou to Lion Doug Wilson for organising the event and chairing the evening and to Lion Denis Griffiths our ever-trusted timekeeper.

CLUB INFORMATION DAYS

ARE FAST APPROACHING!

ARE YOU TAKING UP A NEW POSITION ON YOUR

CLUB BOARD?

THEN, YOU MUST BE FULLY INFORMED AND UP TO DATE.

CONTACT YOUR CLUB SECRETARY NOW

AND BOOK A POSITION

THE DATES ARE, 5th, 19th, 26th April & 3rd May

See page 8 for more details


AROUND THE CLUBS

TUNGAMAH LEOS CLUB CARP MUSTER

SUNDAY, 22nd March, 2020

BOOSEY CREEK AT LIONS PARK.

11 A.M. START FINISHES 3 P.M.

PRIZES FOR MOST CARP AND BIGGEST CARP

$10 ENTRY FOR ADULTS

$5 ENTRY FOR STUDENTS

INCLUDES BBQ LUNCH.

SOFT DRINKS FOR SALE.

AREA COVERS FROM RAILWAY BRIDGE TO ROCK WALL.

ALL PROCEEDS TO CHILDREN’S CANCER RESEARCH

INQUIRIES LES ON 0417 301 797.


We continue to cook breakfast for the Combined Churches Ladies Breakfast. At the February breakfast,

we go the opportunity to tell them all about our trip and how we used the funds they provided to us. Of

course we have had the Markets each month which are good. The funds raised at the Markets allows us

to keep helping in our Community

This year we cooked for the Bridge to Bridge event, this year it was in APEX Park, we had the usual prob-

lems with power, but Adam Nicholson (Adam’s Mobile Welding) came to our rescue with a big genera-

tor at no cost, just some donuts and chips.

Coming up we have a day cooking for the “Great Air Race” at Serpentine. This is in conjunction with East Loddon and Pyramid Hill Lions and will be a big day. On Friday 28th February we held our Club Final for the LEO of the Year with 8 members participating.

Thanks to Lions Anne and Terri for coming along and supporting us. Our winner was Cohan Webb,

thanks to Lions Norm and Anne for being the judges.

We inducted a new member into our Club, Rivers Webb, he is the third member of his family to join LEOS

We also welcomed Leiza Webb into the Lions Family making her the sixth member of the extended Webb

family to join LEOS/Lions.

It was good to catch up with Sara, who called in for a surprise visit.


On the Sunday night we meet with the Principal,

Steve and a few of the kids and their parents. The

local Lions club members came along and cooked us

a BBQ tea.

Monday morning we had breakfast again supplied by

the Lions Club with the children , parents and

teachers.

Then we presented them with our backpacks and

gifts. We had a box of gifts supplied by the

Gannawarra Toy Run, which was a great treat for

many of them.

One little girls had lost her home and all her

possessions, so it was really good to be able to

provide her with something new.

We also presented them each with a Lions Trauma

Bear, these were a big hit.

We took up new garden beds and plants and had a

great time putting them together with the students.

We plan to go back up soon and see how they are

getting on.

We also got to visit the Blaze Aid camp at Jingellic

and hear from their Group Leader how they were

helping the farmers with fencing.

This was a fantastic trip.


TUNGAMAH LEOS;

Tungamah Leos, fresh from Camp Leo have been pretty busy lately. They shared a project with the Lions when

they catered for the Night Vision Evening out at Ford’s. As you may know, we have four members from the Ford

family as members, and three of them are accomplished shooters in the sport of clay target shooting.

Leos also supported the Lap the Map night, with taking part in the walk. It is always great to see and we were

able to have a look at the bookmarks Aydan is making to promote Leos. These will be sold for 50 cents each,

with proceeds going to a Lions Project.

The most exciting thing ahead for the Leos will be the visit from the District Governor Omen on Wednesday, 4th

December. Omen will be much anticipated, and it will be great to meet him. Dylan Sidebottom will also be along

to speak on his Kokoda Walk. Dylan recently spoke to the Lions about this, and he is a powerful speaker.

Early next year, we have Leo of the Year occurring, and this will give all members a chance to compete at the

club level.

HARRO

DISTRICT LEOS HAVE A BUSY MONTH

THE WAG AT THE END

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