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201W1

DISTRICT NEWSLETTER

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HUMANITARIAN SERVICE, DISASTER RELIEF, MEDICAL RESEARCH, SIGHT & THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF YOUTH WE SERVE JANUARY 2016

A Colour Copy of this Newsletter can be requested through your Club Secretary.

Alternatively can be accessed Electronically through our website. http://201w1.lions.org.au/dg%20newsletters

Official Publication of Lions District 201W1

EDITOR RICHARD TUNMER PO Box 2524 Malaga WA 6944

(M) 0415 089 938(H) (08) 9209 1358 email : richardjill@bigpond.com.

DISTRICT NEWSLETTER Published First Week of Every Month

COPY DEADLINE 25th of the preceding month

WEST LION April Edition 2016

COPY DEADLINE March 1 2016

“DGs Despatch”

Hello and welcome to the New Year. I trust all of you had a relaxing time and enjoyed the company of family and friends. As I am writing this piece just before Christmas to meet the deadline you never know what will happen over the break. My wish is that we do not have any major disasters similar to those recently experienced in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and other areas around Australia. Appeals have been started to assist with the relief work needed and if your club can assist with a donation to the Australian Lions Foundation it will be appreciated.

I recently had cause to call on the assistance of the Australian Lions Foundation to assist the family of a badly injured young man, who was here on a working holiday, from Lancashire in England. Mark suffered a severe brain injury in a motorcycle mishap and now finds himself in Royal Perth hospital for an extended stay as he recovers. We were able to secure a compassionate grant to help the family with their expenses as they all came to Australia to be with their son and brother. It has been a rewarding experience helping at this time and the circumstances the family find themselves in is heartbreaking. These grants have been made possible by a very generous donation from Dick Smith, who gave the Australian Lions Foundation $1 000 000 in 2013 for such compassionate grants.

As the months pass we move closer to our Centennial

Year in 2017. Thank you to the

clubs who have pledged funds

to the 100 years and 100

stories of service promotion

and may you all find it

rewarding for your club and

community. Do not forget to

keep reporting your clubs

activities on the MyLCI site

every month so that

we can show the world the value of our great organization.

News was circulated recently about the trailer that is being built by the Lions Eye Institute to be used in the Outback Vision Program. Professor Angus Turner is driving this project and with help of Lions and also many generous corporate donors, this facility will be able to take state of the art eye care to remote parts of our state. A great promotion for Lions and the service we provide.

The Lions “Children of Courage” function is again being held on the 3rd of April this year. If your club is sponsoring a child some information will be coming to your club soon regarding the attendance of members. This is a great project but unfortunately it has got to the stage that so many people want to attend that the facilities at the Pan Pacific cannot hold everybody. I hope you will understand this day is about the children and their families. Pan Pacific is extremely generous in their support but they can only cater for specific numbers for safety and other reasons.

The Children's Razzmatazz Shows are also on again in May. Put the 18th of May in your diary and if you want to come along to the Perth Convention Center on the day and assist and find what the project is all about, you are welcome. More information will be sent out closer to the day.

Early this year Immediate Past District Governor Ivan Sturgess will be hosting a meeting to elect a 2nd Vice District Governor. There were no candidates nominated at the recent convention so a meeting will be held and eligible Lions will be able to nominate. Keep an eye out for an invitation soon and if you need more information ask one of the team and we can give it to you.

Until next month

Regards

District Governor Colin Heap

“Building Lives Through Service”

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LIONS HEARING FOUNDATION The Lions Hearing Foundation are pleased to announce that the inaugural award of the Arthur and Lorna Dodd Award has been presented to Lion Lorna Dodd.

It was agreed by all Board members to present this award to Lion Lorna for her dedication to the Foundation.

Lorna was a Lions Lady from 1973 when her husband, the late Arthur, joined Manning Lions Club. As was expected she was a very busy Lions Lady and supported the Club with enthusiasm. Lion Arthur died in 1993 and she joined the Club in 1994 when lady members were accepted.

As she had been associated with the Board since 1980 when Arthur joined, she was elected to join in 1995 and has been a member since and rarely misses a meeting.

In the six years I have been on the Board, Lorna has always been positive and constructive at meetings and is a well respected member of the Lions Hearing Foundation.

The photograph shows the presentation with L to R District Governor 201W1 Colin Heap, Chairman, Lion Chris Smelt, Lorna

Dodd and District Governor 201W2 Allan Cooper.

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BROOME

Christmas party for 32 Lions, Lionesses & guests.

CITY OF PERTH HOST

Annual social fundraiser Luncheon for 200 lions & guests

DALWALLINUE & DISTRICTS

Wishing Tree with 150 gifts donated for disadvantaged children

THREE SPRINGS

Donation of Christmas gifts to aged residents of Morgan House

EXEMPLARY SERVICE AWARDS

DUNCRAIG LIONS CLUB

Exemplary Service Awards Chairperson Jill Middlemass with Dr Kishore Sieunarine.

“AAA” AWARD SURPRISE FOR DOCTOR AT

DUNCRAIG LIONS CLUB A very surprised and humble Doctor Kishore Sieunarine was given an Exemplary Service Award by Duncraig Lions at their Christmas windup meeting on 8th December 2015.

He is a vascular surgeon who gives his time free of charge testing for Abdominal Aortic Aneurisms, or AAA as the condition is commonly referred to. This is done by an ultrasound procedure which is non invasive and takes only a few minutes. If an aneurism is left untreated one in three will rupture, causing death in more than 82% of cases. People at risk are males, smokers, the over 55’s, those with high blood pressure and those with a family history of aneurysms.

Dr Kishore Sieunarine has been screening for abdominal aneurysms for more than 25 years. Over those years he has held many clinics for Lions Clubs around West Australia. Just to mention some clubs he has visited are Dongara-Denison, Jurien Bay and Ocean Reef not to mention this club Duncraig. At your club session at Gibson Park Community Centre 182 members of the public were scanned. This, in itself, is a magnificent achievement and it was voted as a project worth doing for the benefit of the Community.

The Doctor has run scanning for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms for other groups of people. He ran a clinic for a nursing group in Kalamunda recently.

No doubt that over the years the testing performed by Dr Kishore Sieunarine has saved

many lives. We thank him for his valuable expertise and may he be giving his much

needed assistance to the community of West Australia for many years to come.

BENCUBBIN & DISTRICTS

$500 donation to Esperance bushfire appeal.

CANNING CITY

Start up meeting for Branch Club

CARNARVON

Christmas luncheon for 50 seniors.

DONGARA DENNISON

Lion train for children

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Aneurism Screening Clinic

HANNANS GOLDFIELD

The last event for the year. Christmas Carols in the Park. A fantastic evening enjoying the atmosphere and music while we sold Cool Drinks. Win Win. We needed a laid back event after the hustle and bustle of our giant Garage sale in the morning.

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NORTH BEACH

BBQ fundraisers at various commercial

STIRLING

Ongoing recycle project

WHITFORD

Provided breakfast for the Joondalup dog

training club

BALLAJURA LIONS CLUB

FLOREAT

Carols by Candlelight.

Ron Vincent Memorial Prize: Each year the Ballajura Lions Club present $500 each to a student at Ballajura Primary School, South Ballajura Primary School and Illawarra Primary School to commemorate Ron Vincent’s service to the Club.

The Ballajura Primary School’s graduation at the Bridgeleigh Reception Centre on the evening of 16th December 2015 Cindy Lam was a very happy recipient of the annual Encouragement Ron Vincent Award.

The Ballajura Lions Club and the School wish her all the very best for her future endeavors as she moves from Primary School into High School in 2016.

L to R we have PDG Eric Smith, Paul Titheradge & Suzanne Dore assisting at the Ballajura/Malaga Rotary Christmas lunch held at the South Ballajura Community Centre.

This annual event held mid December caters for over 100 seniors .

Ballajura Lions in conjunction with Ballajura/Malaga Rotary will be holding a Christmas in July Lunch for senior citizens this year. We do a number of projects with Rotary and have a very close working relationship with them. The annual Ballajura Community Fair in August being the biggest event.

Below right is a photo of the guests.

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We work in the field of hearing conservation and help the hearing impaired and deaf people in particular those who could not otherwise afford what is required.

With the mutual support and cooperation of the Ear Science |institute Australia (ESIA), we assist the expansion and development of audiological and medical services in respect of both treatment and prevention for the hearing impaired persons at the Lions Hearing Clinics.

We are happy to receive donations of funds and used hearing aids.

NAME SPONSOR CLUB

AARON CATO CHRIS GWILYM Canning City

EDWARD EVANS CHRIS GWILYM Canning City

JON CRAWFORD CHRIS GWILYM Canning City

BERYL HOWARTH KEVIN HOWARTH Canning City

SUE KING SAM ONNA Kalamunda

ALAN WALKER JOHN MIRO Ocean Reef

CHIRON AESIR PHILIP COUPER Whitford

JUDITH BOWRA PHILIP COUPER Whitford

PETER BOWRA PHILIP COUPER Whitford

RUBY YANDAN PHILIP COUPER Whitford

DECEMBER 2015

WELCOME

New

Members

PO Box 159 GREENWOOD WA 6924 DONATIONS 4 Avignon Vista, Yalyalup WA 6280 SCREENING BUS BOOKINGS— lionshf@gmail.com

EDITORS CORNER

I would like to ask all our clubs to consider appointing Public Relations Officer, if you do not have one, and to ask them to please contact me so we can set up lines of communications.

Thank you to all clubs and District Officers for your contributions to the January Newsletter. Please send through photos & articles for the February edition.

A newsletter will be circulated in Digital Format which allows for a lot more content and picture clarity with no big files to download.

All the very best for a happy and prosperous New Year.

TRAVELLING GAVEL

Left DG Elect Michael Wolf from the Ballajura Lions Club handing the traveling gavel to Lion Matt Graham from the Duncraig Lions Club.

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The Australian Lions Foundation was formed by Lions with the sole purpose of assisting people in time of need . As a group committed to serving the community, Lions and the Foundation continue to fulfil this need in Australia and Papua New guinea. Providing financial assistance and support in cases of national disaster, emergency and community welfare projects and encouraging international understanding and cooperation by relief projects in developing countries. The Foundation also delivers an Awards programme for the following awards—Ian M Stockdale—James D Richardson—William Tresise—Community Service. More details : http://www.lionsclubs.org.au/alf/index.html

DUNCRAIG LIONS CLUB

CHRISTMAS PARTY

Above Lions & guest at annual Christmas Party. Ballajura Lions raided Duncraig to hand over the travelling gavel.

Left Jill Middlemass Exemplary Services Chairperson carrying out a presenting at the Duncraig Lions Club to Dr Kishore Sieunarine.

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STIRLING & DISTRICTS LIONS CLUB

Santa on the way to Covered Bridge Stirling to link up with Stirling & Districts Lions—courtesy Stirling Rawdon Fire Department. The Stirling & District Lions Club provided FREE hot chocolate for everyone on the day between 11am & 1pm.

The Stirling and District Lions Club awarded Dave Potts (right) a Lifetime Membership at their annual Christmas dinner. Dave is a long time member who has not only been a driving force in our club but outstanding member of the Stirling community. We are not only proud to call him a fellow Lion but also our friend.

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EXEMPLARY SERVICE AWARDS This prestigious Award is designed to acknowledge and recognise members of the community who are not Lions

who serve their communities.

The object of the award is to nurture and promote the principles of good citizenship by due recognition of

Service to Others.

To those who through practice and example to others, promote the principles of Good Citizenship.

To those who in promoting these principles foster and encourage mutual understanding among the various segments in our community.

Importantly, to those who through personal sacrifice on their part and through care and devotion give service to the Needs of Others.

There is no cost to individual clubs and a beautiful wooden shield is presented to the recipient.

If your club is interested in nominating a member of your community please contact Jill Middlemass 9342 0999

LIONS & LIONS CLUBS IN ACTION

Carnarvon Lions selling Christmas Cakes.

Lions Club of Victoria Park bundling newspapers.

The Bencubbins & Districts Lions Christmas Party was held tonight at President Hugh and First Lady Dea's house!! What a

Duncraig members are attending seven local Primary Schools this week to present awards donated by the Club. Lion Helen Montgomery (blue shirt) with Cr. Fishwick from the City of Joondalup at the Davallia Primary School.

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LIONS & LION CLUBS IN ACTION

John selling Christmas cakes with a customer on his shoulder tasting one of the mini cakes.

Members of Whitfords Lions Club at Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City, in the Central Mall near Santa, selling Christmas Cakes and Puddings during December.

Proceeds will support worthy causes such as the Lions Eye Institute and Assistance Dogs.

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Please direct all enquiries to:

PDG Neil F Saunders Lions Cancer Institute

PO Box 2195 MANDURAH DC, WA 6210 (H) 08 9583 3226 (M) 0418 947 345

Lions Memorial Grove of Trees Replanted At the Multiple District Convention held in Tamworth in 1991, the 22 District Governors of the day planted a Gum Tree each in a memorial grove on the banks of the Peel River in the Memorial Service as a remembrance to the Lions and members of the Lions family who had passed away in their District over the past year.

The 20 trees that survived had reached 30 or 40 feet high and were thriving in their natural habitat. Unfortunately the area where the trees were planted was gazetted for the construction of a huge children’s play park. The architects, not being aware of the significance of this grove of trees simply looked on them as trees to be removed. By the time the decision to remove the trees was brought to our attention it was too late to do anything about it. However following a meeting between the 3 Tamworth Lions Clubs and a representative of Australian Lionsonoz, the Tamworth Regional Council agreed to replant a grove of trees to provide the same significance the original grove held, and reinstall the original plaque, identifying the site.

On Saturday 28th November 2015, 4 Tamworth Lions, 5 South Tamworth Lions, 3 Tamworth Peel Valley Lions and 1 Lion from Australian Lionsonoz cleaned out holes previously dug by an auger and planted the first 17 American Ash, Fraxinus Pennsylvanica, in the new grove. The remaining 5 trees will be added later. The type of trees selected were chosen because they give good shade without the danger of falling branches, as Australian Gums are prone to do.

The new grove will enhance the playground area, which is reputed to be one of the best of its kind in the state.

Lions of South Tamworth, Tamworth and

Australian Lionsonoz planting one of the 17

American Ash Trees in the new Children’s

playground, as a replacement for the Lions

memorial Grove of Trees.

PDG Lion Warren White.

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RECRUITMENT WHEEL PETROL VOUCHERS

1. Use a Prospect Sheet, one to each person, have them write their name on top so you know who to go back to for details

2. Call out one category at a time from Recruitment Wheel, give examples where appropriate, and have members write the names down. Do not worry if the details are unavailable at this stage - just the name will do. "Tom the butcher" is better than nothing .

3. When all segments have been finished, collect the sheets and have them collated into a single list.

There will probably be many duplications - remove them. Include the name of the Lion who nominated them

4. Collect the rest of the details for the collated list - addresses and phone numbers etc. Have a team of members contact the prospects, invite them to an information meeting.

6. Follow up the phone invitations with a written invitation

7. Run a good information meeting along the workshop guidelines and you will collect some new members. Remember, think of these people as guests you are inviting into your own home, and treat them accordingly.

Use only willing and confident Lions to do the telephoning and / or calling. Some people are not comfortable doing so,

don't force them! The new member sponsor will normally be the Lion whose name appears on your collated list.

NAME POSITION / OCCUPATION / COMMENTS ADDRESS PHONE /

MOBILE INTRODUCED

BY

...........LIONS CLUB

FREE ENTRY FORM

$100 FUEL VOUCHER

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE

ABOUT LIONS Tick if yes

Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss

Full Name

_________________________

Residential Address:_________________

_________________________________

Daytime Phone No.__________________

Prize drawn 6.50 pm Tuesday 7th February

At the Lions Information Night – (Address)

Entries for all those attending go into the Draw

For more information and ideas on recruiting new members please contact PDG Barry Middleton out GMT Chairperson. He will be only to happy to hear from you.

PROSPECT SHEET