NewsLetterNewsLetterNewsLetter201V5 LionsWebsite http://201v5.lions.org.au

Registered by Australia Post – P/P No. 34906900018 Volume 34, Issue 9 – April 2011

Dear Lions, Leos,Lionesses and Friends:

RECENT visits to someof the smaller Clubs inour District have shown that these Clubshave big hearts and are really making apositive contribution to people in need intheir local community.This is the external dimension of my

theme for this year, which is “Lions CareEverywhere”. It is Lions doing good deedsfor others and performing acts of kindnessin the world. There is another dimensionto my theme. That is the internaldimension measured by the extent towhich you care for your own Clubmembers and families and show a genuineinterest in the welfare of your fellow Lions.Both dimensions are equally important.Remember the old saying: “Charity

begins at home”. I have been impressed bythe Clubs that live up to the theme in bothaspects and show love and concern foreach other and then as Lions show thesame concern for those in need in ourcommunity.I overheard one Lion say, “we are kicking

amazing goals” and a Club Presidentremarked, “we are punching above ourweight”. These were from smaller Clubsthat do so much. I salute you.

Diversity of projectsTHE autonomy of our Clubs contributes tothe great diversity of service projects andfund raising activities that we enjoy and tovery different cultures and meeting styleswithin our Clubs.

Is your Club open to new ideas or closed?When did your Lions Club last visit

another Club or invite another Lions Clubto visit you?Are you promoting your Club and its

projects or hiding in the shadows?New members: are they encouraged to

take office or are you recycling experiencedLions?Are you reviewing your projects to ensure

their relevance and ongoing interest to yourmembers or are you sticking to the past.

Apprentices wantedPROSPECTIVE new members: are youwelcoming them warmly and listening totheir aspirations or ignoring them?Our capacity to continue our proud

record of service depends on one thing –membership. Next time your Club is doinga sausage sizzle or BBQ put up a sign thatsays, “ Apprentices Wanted”. Why not?It is one way you may start a

conversation about Lions Clubs, who weare and what we do that may attract a newLion into your Club.A Membership Workshop is being held

on 8th, 9th and 10th of April. Details arein this edition and I encourage you tocheck your diary and participate.The last workshop in Shepparton

received very good feedback from bothnew and experienced Lions. Yes you canattend for one, two or three days.

Scrub-up thosescrappy signsWHEN driving along ahighway or stopping at a

Lions Park, how conscious are you of thequality of our Lions logo and signs? I seemany as I travel around our District. Someare well maintained and others needrepair or replacement. Next time you see asign needing TLC please note it and askthe local Lions Club or send an email.Clean and bright Lions logos look great.Show pride in our Lions badge and logo.This year the number of Clubs investing

in new catering equipment, BBQs, trailersand caravans has amazed me. A vastvariety of shapes, sizes and colours. Send aphoto of Lions in action with a story ofyour latest catering invention and we willpublish the best in the June edition.

Don’t forget your training …WE are getting closer to the dates for thetraining of Incoming Club Officers.Sunday, 15th May in Tatura and Sunday,29th May in Doncaster.It really is essential to attend if you are

taking on a new role in your Club. Pleasebe at one of the sessions. The training ofincoming Cabinet Officers is on Sunday,22nd May.Congratulations to all incoming Club

and District Officers.I know you will give full allegiance to

your current Officers and assist them tofulfil their year.

In Service and FriendshipDG Anthony

L I O N S C L UB S I N T E R N A T I O N A L D I S T R I C T 2 0 1 V 5 I N C . A U S T R A L I A

201V5 ABN 66 147 266 469Inc. No. A0044463B

DISTRICT GOVERNOR: Anthony Stockdale (Diane) PO Box 686 Eltham VIC 3095(H&F)03 9431 2861 (M) 0411 175 003 Email DGV5@lions.org.auCABINET SECRETARY: PDG Neil Brown (Val) 75 Segarta Ct. Ferntree Gully VIC 3156(H&F) 03 9758 3639 (M) 0419 350 102 Email nbrown43@bigpond.comCABINET TREASURER: Desmond Kelaart (Pauline) 18 Meridian Parade Wantirna South VIC 3152(H) 03 9800 5514 (W) 03 9564 3210 (M) 0408 312 953 Email des.kelaart@itwdeltar.com.auNEWSLETTER EDITOR: Norman Robinson (Gail) 48 Tranmere Avenue, Carnegie VIC 3163(H) 03 9568 6786 (F) 03 9569 0180 (M) 0403 265 171 Email: artaz@optusnet.com.au

Are you Registered? 59th National Convention in Launceston Friday, 15th to Monday, 18th April, 2011 – You’ll have a devil of a time!

Small Club – Big Heart

Our District YOTY Final was heldat Tatura on 13th March, 2011. Thesix contestants were all brilliantand are pictured at Hilltop GolfClub where the Final was held.They are from L to R: RachaelRobertson from The Knox School,sponsor Blackburn North; KimberleyThek from Mullauna College,sponsor Donvale; Natalie Bridgesfrom Notre Dame Shepparton,sponsor Shepparton Lakes; SusanTravis from MLC Kew, sponsorBoroondara Gardners Creek; TessaVan Der Wert from Tintern, sponsorHeathmont; James Wong fromMelbourne High School, sponsorBrighton.

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Marysville Caravan &Holiday Park is open again.There is still much to do at the park,but we have some cabins and a fewpowered sites. Come and see how the

rebuild of this beautiful town is going.Give Christine or Ken a call 59633247www.marysvillecaravanpark.com.auinfo@marysvillecaravanpark.com.au

I AM annoyed. No, perhaps that is toostrong a word. Let’s just say, I amdisappointed.The reason for my mood stems from

comments I heard at a recent senior Lionstraining course. It happened when we werediscussing the fact that newer Lions areoften not being integrated with the existingolder members of the Club. It is a situationwhich nearly always is mentioned at alllevels of Lions work, but with so manyhigh ranking Lions present, I was anxiousto see the reaction and hopefully to gainsome helpful suggestions.Imagine my thoughts when there was an

immediate answer: “Start a new Club”. Istill find it difficult to believe what I washearing.What a ridiculous solution, made even

more ridiculous when you consider that itcame from a group of senior Lions. Agroup who were so dedicated to the causeof Lionism that their only solution was totake the lazy way out.If you have been a Lion for a few years,

let me ask you this.What was your attitudewhen you first joined your local LionsClub? No doubt you were full ofenthusiasm about the things you could doin your community. You probably felt thatyou were joining a group of men andwomen who not only cared about thecommunity, but were prepared to dosomething about it.

WHAT HAS CHANGED?NEWER members of your Club have thesame potential for drive and enthusiasm,but they bring with them different ideas.Whether you like to admit or not, theworld does not stand still and if we are tocontinue to be a force for good in ourcommunity we cannot serve thatcommunity, based entirely on pastachievements.The solution is to embrace the newer

members and hope that their drive, theirenthusiasm, and their passion will rub offon the rest of the Club, and restore thepride that once was part of our existence.It will be hard work, but the result will be

a respected local Club, with new ideaswhere old and New Lions will both learnthat they have much to gain by workingtogether.Don’t just start a new Club. Rejuvenate

the existing Club by giving truemeaning toWE SERVE.

Harry Taylor

LLiioonn’’ss PPaaww

From The

V5 DISTRICT Final for Lions Youth ofthe Year Quest was held at Tatura on13th March, 2011 at Hill Top Golf Club,with 82 Lions, Partners and Familymembers in attendance.

Overall Winner and Public SpeakingWinner went to Susan Travis sponsoredby the Lions Club of BooroondaraGardiners Creeek Inc.State Final:The State Final was held at

Cranbourne Golf Club on Saturday, 26thof March, 2011 hosted by the Lions Clubof Endeavour Hills (V3). A full reportwill be included in the May Newsletter.National Final is at the MD

Convention in Launceston, 15th – 18thof April.

Glenda McLeod

ON Tuesday, 8th February, 2011Whittlesea held its Club Youth ofthe Year Quest. We’vereintroduced the Youth of the Yearto our Club after about 20 years ofnot running the program.We had four participants all

from Whittlesea SecondaryCollege: Rhiannon Williams,Karina Patten, Brittany McCarthyand Matthew Roberts, they allperformed the private interviewson Saturday, 5th February andthen we held our public speakingsection at our Dinner Meeting onthe following Tuesday.Our Club Members and myself

were so proud of all four participantsin putting so much effort andenthusiasm into their presentations.They’re all winners in our eyes!Brittany McCarthy was awarded

as both the Public SpeakingWinner and the Overall Winner.She went on to the Zone Final at the

Knox Tavern in Wantirna South.We wish Brittany and the other Club

contestants all the very best – they are allwinners!

Our three judges were: Dawn Kidgell,Lorraine Quattrocchi and MerrynBonafedei.

Lauren QuattrocchiYouth of the Year Club ChairmanLions Club of Whittlesea

YOTY the catalyst for coup in Whittlesea

YOTY District Final – Top Show!

Picture shows District Chairman Dr. MalcolmCampbell, Susan Travis and DG AnthonyStockdale.

Pictured are all four participants (L to R): RhiannonWilliams, Karina Patten, Brittany McCarthy andMatthew Roberts.

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SATURDAY, 5th March saw the culmination of communityconsultation meeting in Hookey Park Mooroolbark thatallowed the community to express their views, and havethe Shire of Yarra Ranges Officers explain in detail theexciting transformation that is being planned forMooroolbark. This was done in conjunction with the LionsClub of Mooroolbark who provided a Sausage Sizzle intheir new mobile BBQ Trailer. The icing on the cake!

Box Hill YOTYThe Zone 7 Finals were held at the Box Hill Lions ClubHall.Contestants from left Lingyun Li, Mitchell Pincus from

Box Hill who won the public speaker award with RachaelRobertson overall winner of YOTY, Mathew Catarinich,and Ancesh Tiwary.The afternoon was a great success thanks to the

Vermont Lions Ladies for the catering.

DANDENONG Luncheon Lions Club donated 28.5 million rupiah ($3,300) tothe Lions Club of Medan Deli. The funds are distributed to feed, shelter andeducate children in orphanages in the Medan area in Indonesia.President Chandra thanks Lion Barkee Savhl (new member of Dandenong

Luncheon) for making this joint project possible by assisting in raising the funds.This is an ongoing project.

JOANNA Hewes and Rebecca Baynard-Smith are the new winners for the EricPerkins Scholarships for 2011 being handed out by Cr Ben Stennett – Mayor.Ryan Gale’s mother standing in for him, Shanzad Billimora, Andrew Wood,

Madeline Elliott, Joanna Hewes, Rebecca Baynard-Smith, Youth Chairman ToniMcDowell and Mayor Ben Stennett.

Dandenong Luncheon assisting in Indonesia

Perkins Scholarships to worthy recipients

Community ConsultationSausage Sizzle Community ConsultationSausage Sizzle

Youth of the Year Quest in Zone 6 was held on Friday,18th February at the Dorset Hotel. Over 60 guestswatched and listened intently as Tintern School’s TessaVan Der Wert was announced the winner (she is on theright of picture).Other contestants: Alison White Mooroolbark College;

Luke Thorn Wantirna College; and Byron Talbet WesleyCollege.

YOTY at Zone 6YOTY at Zone 6

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From the Cab. Sec. InformationAll correspondence should be addressed to: Cabinet Secretary, PDG Neil Brown, 75 Segarta Circuit Ferntree Gully VIC 3156 (H&F) 03 9758 3639

DG Anthony StockdaleITINERARYAPRIL2 Cord Blood Foundation6 Montrose & District13-19 MD Convention, Launceston20 Oakleigh24 Licola BoardMAY 3 Port Phillip7 Cord Blood Foundation9 Executive Meeting18 Lysterfield Business22 Fourth Cabinet Meeting29 Licola Board

Lions – By the time you receive this DistrictNewsletter all Clubs should have held (or areabout to hold) Elections for their 2011-2012Board of Directors. If you have been electedto the position of Club President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer or MembershipChairman it is important that you attend oneof the Incoming Club Officer Training Days tobe held in May, as requirements keep changingat International, Multiple District and Districtlevel, the dates are:

Sunday, 15th May in Tatura and Sunday, 29thMay in Doncaster East there will be informa-tion sent to all Clubs in the near future.

It is also important that Club Secretariesreturn the PU101 Club Officer ReportingForm to me by the 15th April to make surethat the up-to-date information is put in theMD Directory.

Cabinet SecretaryPDG Neil Brown

When DG Anthonyvisited the LionsClub of Lilydale threemembers receivedDG Pins. Picturedare Wilma Bethune,Gerard Langridgeand MaureenRowland.

The Lions Club of VioletTown cater for the

Town’s famous Marketon the second Saturdayof the month. The Club’swhizz bang BBQ Trailerwas put to the test last

month with a biggerthan expected crowdenjoying the variety of200 stalls. Pictured are

President Christine Brell,Tony Brell and Lion Pat

Storer in his PoliceUniform – someone has

to keep watch!

Around the Clubs with DG AnthonyThree Lions fromEildon received DGPins, Maria Stow,Chas Williams andChristine Savagepictured here withClub PresidentMike Sundstrom inthe background.

Three Lions fromToolamba received

DG pins on theofficial visit. From Lto R: Keith Bryant,President Heike DeTemple, DG, Jess

White who receivedthe pin for her father Vin, and John Morritt.

NEW MEMBERS:ON behalf of District Governor Anthony Stockdale and the Lions of District 201V5 we welcomethe following New Lions into our District.CLUB NEW MEMBER SPONSORSpringvale Lion Peter Davis Lion Lou OnleyPark Orchards Lion Paul Stewart Lion Peter WilsonPark Orchards Lion Terry Grimwade Lion Michael O’CallaghanPark Orchards Lion Jim McDonald Lion Michael O’CallaghanEmerald Lion Terry Swalwell Lion Alan WardCroydon Lion Judith Henry Lion Colin RobertsonCroydon Lion Sheryl Cook Lion Graham Mackay

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for the May 2011 issue. It is preferred that articles be typed and submitted for publication and by email.

Please send photos and Newspaper clippings withyour article and scanned images should be of

high quality (300 DPI).

Lions Club of Mooroopna inducted two new Lions – pictured is new LionRobin McDougall with sponsor Denis Patterson, President Uwe DeTemple, DG, new Lion Stuart Young and sponsor Allan Parker. TheMooroopna Club deserves congratulations for setting up the newMooroopna Farmers Market it is held at Ferrari Park on the third Sundaymorning of the month. It is well worth visiting!

Eildon Lions Club has earned a great reputation for the quality of itscatering, so on the DG’s official visit members gathered in front of one ofthe Clubs vans for a promotional photo.

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DEAR FRIENDS,I’m sorry for a group communication,

but don’t have time to contact you allindividually.Thank goodness the predicted death toll

from the Earth Quake has dropped to morelike 200 than the 400 that they thought hadperished.So far there are 150 people in a make shift

mortuary at Burnham Military Camp. AsID is confirmed (very difficult because ofsuch extensive injuries), deceased peopleare being brought to five of theChristchurch Funeral Homes mortuariesfor embalming. (ours is one of them). Wehave 45 funeral personnel from all over NZassisting. They are based at LincolnUniversity campus buildings.This has taken a huge amountof pressure off us all, as weknow a number of the peoplethat have perished, and haveour usual day to day otherresponsibilities.Next of kin families are

contacting the Funeral Homeof their choice and thentransport is arranged for them.It is hard to describe the situation here.

There is so much devastation. We have nowendured over 6,000 after shocks sinceSeptember 2010. There has been anotheraftershock this morning (of about 3) we arenow experts on measuring these! It is theones over 5 that really rattle us! The Quakelast Tuesday was 6.2 but was only 4km deepand only 10km from the city centre. That’swhy so much damage. The Septemberquake was 7.2 but was 30km from the cityand about 40km deep.We have lost so may beautiful and historic

buildings. The face of Christchurch haschanged forever. We have two buildings withlots of people still in/under them. The CTVbuilding collapsed like a pack of cards(despite rubber blocks in foundations) therehas been a fire there and over 50 peopleremain under that including a lot of youngJapanese students from an English languageschool. I know Jo Giles who is still there. Joand I stood for the City Council three yearsago. Her elderly mother is distraught.

Yesterday I heard of a young man whohas lost his wife, his home and his business(words can not describe what this youngman must be going through).Five of our Lions Club members in the

Club I belong to have lost their homes, totalwrite offs. One member has a large wheelybin full of all their china and crystal allsmashed to bits and he is keeping it for theinsurance company. One member’sgranddaughter was driving in the inner cityat the time of the quake, and a man in a carfailed to give way to her at an intersection.He drove around that corner, and his carhas hit by falling masonery off a building,completely squashing the man and the car.This poor girl is completely traumatised.

On a more positive note, thehelp and support of everyone isincredible. All of you have beenin touch with great support. Wehave 400 hundred rescuesquads from all over the worldhere and Australian Police.They have all been applaudedand clapped as they arrived atthe airport. There is still 50% of

the city without power and water. Dairycompanies have been delivering large tanksof water. On Saturday I helped my businesspartner John empty their house in St.Albans (to be demolished).I must stop rambling on. Hope I have not

missed anything important. The mainthing is that our families and we are okayand safe but somewhat shaken up. I was inthe shower when this quake hit. I wasthrown around quite badly but fortunatelymy shower is not large. There is not muchto hang onto in there and I was covered insoap so even the more slippery. Theexperience felt more like that I was in awashing machine! The only damage here atthe Funeral Home was one broken vase. Weare starting to get surface crackseverywhere after so much shaking though(not structural).Thank you all again for your support,

love and best wishes, all really appreciated,especially at this time.

Sincerely, and fond regards to you all.Peter Yearbury

A Friends Group couldappeal to you …FRIENDS of Laleia Inc. (City of Bayside)and Friends of Manatuto Inc. (City ofKingston) are two groups that are run byFriends Groups to assist their specific areasin East Timor. They are very active groupsthat have carried out major projectsduring the last few years and continue todo so.Joining your local Council’s Friends

Group is a great opportunity to assist ournear neighbours to the north of Australiawho played such an important role for ourtroops during WWII.Taken on, as a Club project would earn

project hours for your Club.Friends Groups are small in number, 12

or so main members but have the capacitywith others to raise many thousands ofdollars per year. The Manatuto group hasbuilt a kindergarten at a cost of over$30,000 and is currently paying twoteachers for two years to teach over 50enrolments. The Laleia group has built acommunity Education and LearningCentre and provided six computers forstudents who attend to learn aboutcomputers. The same group has funded10-12 week visits from EastTimor to Bayside.Many Lions

from ourDistrict havehad involvementin East Timor: BillBennett from Vermont South and RobOwers, Colin King and Roger Budd fromWheelers Hill who have been attendingFriends of Vermase meetings in the City ofMonash. PDG Derek Challis often does theguest speaking round.In March, Kevin Bailey the Honorary

Consul in Victoria for East Timor wasinducted at the Lions Club of Moorabbinand was present with his wife Grace. Kevindoubled as the guest speaker – the subjectof course – East Timor. Moorabbin Lionshave shown interest and the Friends ofManatuto were represented at the meetingby their President Lynn Duguid. Lions in Australia generally rely on ALF

and LCIF and completely miss thewonderful hands-on involvementprovided by Friends Groups. Sendingvolunteers to Laleia and other areas for aprescribed length of time (say threemonths) is exciting and makes an immensecontribution where costs can often beborne by the Federal Government throughAusaid funding.Many Lions may gain much satisfaction

through this kind of work, often theseprojects fall outside the realm of LCIF.Contact Tony Carr PDG for furtherinformation.

From Operation Friendship GuestPeter Yearbury in Christchurch:

We have now endured over 6,000 after shocks since

September 2010. There has been another aftershock

this morning (of about 3) we are now experts on

measuring these! It is the ones over 5 that

really rattle us!

Dili

East Timor

West Timor

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Important date for your Diary:Working Bee: Sunday May 29 toSunday June 5 DON’T forget to tell your partners thatyou are coming up to the Working B, infact bring them with you. There’s lots ofjobs to do, including more work oncurtain making (bring your sewingmachines and overlockers please).Although we put in a lot of work on

these working bees, it is also such a greatopportunity for social interaction that weshould be selling it on Holiday Auctions! Licola is always going to be “a work in

progress” but at the moment it looks reallygreen and magnificent. We look forward to seeing you up there

but don’t forget to contact Adam 5148 8791or CEO Peter McShane 0402 851 745, tobook your accommodation early.

Reports Camp leaders CHILDREN who attended the Christmascamps had a great time however the onecomplaint we received was the shortage ofvolunteers available to support thechildren. We do have a responsibility tomaintain a specific adult/child ratio and itwould be a shame to have to refuse a childbecause of lack of leaders, or to have avolunteer leader who can’t get a breakfrom their responsibilities. Clubs, could you please pass this message

on. Contact Adam on 5148 8791 if you’dlike to be included on the volunteerdatabase.

Marketing/PromotionLICOLA is developing a DVD for Clubsand schools to be able to appreciate justwhat great facilities are available at Licola,the latest review looks really good and wehope to have copies available in the verynear future.

New Outdoor Games andEquipment WEwere recently successful in obtaining agrant from the Eliza Twaddle Trust,administered by the Lions Club of ForestHill, for funds to construct more new“Giant Games” at Licola. This is fantasticnews and will enable everybody whocomes up to share these. It is amazing tosee just who plays chess (no age limit) orsnakes and ladders. Soon to come: “giant10 pin bowling”. The opportunities areonly limited by your imagination.

Contact Camp Managers, Adam andCherry, on 5148 8791 or visit the websitewww.licola.org.au

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The President and Members of the Lions Club of Box Hill Inc.invite Lions and Partners to

A Night In Indiato be held Saturday, 7th May, 2011 7pm for 7.30pmin the Box Hill Lions Club Hall1230 Riversdale Road, Box Hill South, 3128• Three-Course Indian Buffet Dinner will be Served • BYO Drinks• If you wish, please dress as per the Night’s Indian Theme• Prizes to be given to the best dressed Lady and GentlemanCost $25.00 per headRSVP 1st May, 2011 Telephone: 9888 5871 – 0403 243 062

THE following is a synopsis of theactivities of the Lions Club of Lyndhurst& District.Since its formation, the Lions Club of

Lyndhurst & District 201V5 in 2009, theClub has grown slowly but steadily. Likeany newborn child, its crawling stages areover and now the Club is trying to walkwith a few occasional falls in between.During its first year the Club collectednearly 10,000 dollars through its first fund-raiser under the Presidency of Past CouncilChairman Lion Malik Zaveer. All fundscollected were distributed this year underthe Presidency of Lion Ajith Amarasekera.The funds have been distributed as

follows:• $5000 to support the building ofskate/bmx facility in Marysville donatedto the Lions Club of Marysville &District.

• $2500 donated to the TLC for Kids.• $250 to support a sick child sufferingfrom cancer in Sri Lanka.Further more, our ever-so-generous and

always giving personality Lion JohnTurner donated $3000 as financial aidsupport to “Singha Sal Sevana Orphanage”in Sri Lanka, managed by the Lions Clubof Colombo Sommerset District 306B.The members are busy with organising a

project “Autumn Breeze” with Mirage aleading band from Sri Lanka, a Gala DinnerDance to be held on the 28th May, 2011 atthe Springvale Town Hall. This project is ajoint venture together with TaarqeelEntertainments. Further information willsoon follow.

Cuthbert Don Paul, SecretaryLions Club of Lyndhurst & DistrictMobile: 0403 719 491

Lyndhurst growing steadily

THE Lions Club of Tatura joined with the LionsClub of Alexandra for a fishing weekend at theholiday camp of Ron and Marion Hedgers inAlexandra, great weekend had by all, but only afew fish caught, biggest one by Tatura LionsMember Peter Ibbott.

Top right: Peter Ibbott with his big Brown Trout.

Right: Ron and Marion have time out after allthe cooking for the group.

Dinner table prepared for a pride of hungry Lions.

Tatura and Alexandra – sounds a bit fishy!Tatura and Alexandra – sounds a bit fishy!

THE Box Hill Lions Club hosted an Australia Day breakfast in their Club Rooms for themselvesand the Lions Club of Mitcham.Mitcham Lions had their twinning Club Tuusulajarvie from Finland and their friends visiting

Melbourne for the Australia Open. Box Hill Lions have always supported Mitcham Lions whentheir visitors have come to Melbourne and so it was decided to celebrate our National Day inthis way. Thanks must go to Box Hill Lions for their support.

Pam Dewar

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201 V5BriefsLeo Club’s Trivia Night a greatsuccessTHE Trivia Night in aid of the FloodVictims organised by the Monash SouthEast Leos on the 18th of February was acomplete success thanks to the support ofother Clubs in the District, namelyWaverley, Clarinda, Forest Hill andSandringham who joined with membersof South East Business to support theworthy cause.The grand total of $1048 was raised

thanks to these Lions and furthersponsorship by Travel Talk Melbourne andStarline along with donations from LionBob Hovenden and Lion Lauri Hilakarifrom Warrandyte Lions Club.All reports indicate an enjoyable evening

and a job well done by the Leos with theWaverley Waves named victors on thenight.Thanks to all who supported the cause

and our very dedicated Leo Club.

Lion Ziska Ludowyke

Forest Hill Lion tops at TobinsJAMES MacLeod, a member of the LionsClub of Forest Hill was recentlyappointed Managing Director of TobinBrothers Funerals. He succeeds MartinTobin as the fourth person and first non-Tobin family member to occupy thisposition in the company.Well done James we wish you well in

your new role.

Don Owen LeadershipEncouragement AwardTHE Annual Award to encourage andrecognise future leaders will be madeavailable to recipients who are deemedworthy by a selection panel who fit theeligibility criteria. The Awards shall bepresented at the 2011 District ChangeoverFunction to recognise recipients from theyear 2010/11.The Awards are for two Categories, viz:

Member Clubs level, and District level.Lions chosen as a nominee for an Award

shall demonstrate leadership throughinitiative and dedication at either of thetwo aforementioned levels.To be nominated for an Award,

nominees shall be put forward by MemberClubs Boards and District personnel, toPDG Sue Owen no later than 30th of June.

ANZI-Pacific Forum9–11 September, 2011Come, join us at Jupiters Hotel on theGold Coast for an entertaining andinteresting weekend – then take anoth-er day or two or three, to enjoy all thatthe Gold Coast has to offer.This is definitely not like a Convention– no business matters will be debatedand the entire program is designed togive useful information on a wide variety of topics.

For full details of the Forums go to lionsanzipacificforum.com.

There will also be a Forum store and dis-play booths located within the forum venue.

Healesville Lions Club turns thebig 50 this year on the 14th

August with a super celebrationlunch at the RACV Country Club.It’s bound to be another special

party of the year.Great lunch at $35.00 per head.Can you help? Please let all our

Lions friends know it is on the horizon.

Lion Elaine Dossor

Now, there’s a doer …LION Helen Morritt has a remarkablerecord in community service and was caughtup to this year and presented withToolamba’s Australia Day 20l1Citizen of the Year Award, a fineachievement. But not to be won-dered at considering the following:Helen Morritt is a Toolamba

Lions Club member since 2004has been President for threeterms and Secretary for a term. She is also amember of the Toolamba Hall Committeeand current Secretary. She has been theTreasurer of Shepparton Relay for LifeCommittee for the past nine years and verymuch involved in the organising the event.Helen has been a member of MooroopnaHockey Club and Treasurer for six yearsand a supporter of the Safety HouseProgram holding the position of President.

Helen has been very involved with ParentsClub and School Councils in Mooroopnaand Seymour. Has been a very activemember of the Crest Club of Sheppartonand it’s National Board holding the position

of National Supply House andNational President of Australiaand presented with a LifeMembership in 1996. Beforemoving to this area Helen hasbeen involved with Apex-y-Annes (Apex Clubs) and the

Seymour Cemetery Trust for many years.While in Seymour it was her tireless workthat brought about the Seymour Play GroupInc.Her tireless contribution and willingness

to always be available for any communityproject and her friendliness with membersis one of the many characteristics. Herfriends describe Helen as a quite achieverwhile still being very family orientated.

Joint meeting plus twin

Lions Clubs Post Office Boxes

Clubs are advised to use their PostOffice Boxes for all postal mail. Whenthere is a change in Club Officers, theaddress changes and relevant peopleare not always advised, so please usethe Club's PO Box!

If you haven't got one, please makehaste to secure one.

Another fiftieth – it’sHealesville’s

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A WELCOME TO ALL LIONS

FOR A FREE WEEKEND WORKSHOP IN BLACKBURN SOUTH

LCI PRESENTERS COVERING GUIDING LIONS, EXTENSION, CLUB CARE,

CLUB GROWTH

• Become a Certified Guiding Lion • Learn how to prepare your club for new members • Learn new techniques to attract new members • Be an effective mentor to other Lions • Participate in an extension field exercise

When is it? April 9th

, 10th

, and 11th

from 10am till 4pm Where is it? Eley Road Community Centre 87 Eley Road, Blackburn South. 3130 (Melways Map: 61 Ref: D4)

To find out more phone Neil Brown 9758 3639 Alan Fluck 9850 6999 Lou Onley 9800 4292

Morning Tea, Lunch & Afternoon Tea will be provided

PLEASE RSVP By: Monday 4th

April 2011

Participate in any section on any day Let us know what you would like to do

BE ACTIVE BE PREPARED BE INVOLVED

ENCOURAGING Youth Each year since1988 Lions Clubs around the worldproudly sponsor the Lions ClubsInternational Peace Poster Contest inlocal schools and youth groups,encouraging young people ages 11-13 toartistically express their visions of peace.Promoting the Arts Participants use a

variety of mediums including charcoal,crayon, pencil and paint to express a newtheme developed each year tospark their imagination. Theworks created are unique andexpress the young artist's lifeexperience and culture.

Spreading Peace and InternationalUnderstandingEach year consists of an original theme

incorporating peace. Twenty fourinternational finalists are selected torepresent the work of more than 350,000young participants from around 75countries worldwide. Since 1988 morethan 3.6 million children haveparticipated.

“Children Know Peace” is the theme ofthe 2011-12 Peace Poster Contest. LionsClubs can sponsor the program in theircommunity for children in local schools ororganised youth groups. Students ages 11 -

13 on November 15th are eligible toparticipate. Through the contest studentsare encouraged to visually depict theirinterpretation of the contest's theme.

Lions Clubs may purchase a contest kitfrom Club Supplies at Newcastle Office

See separate detail on ‘Kits’ A kit mustbe purchased for each contest and must besponsored by a Lions Club.

Judging Each poster is judgedon originality, artistic merit andexpression of the themePosters advance through

several judging levels; local,district, multiple district andinternational. At the international level,judges from the art, peace, youth andmedia communities select one grand prizewinner and 23 merit award winners.Awards One international grand prizewinner will receive a trip to a special awardceremony with the sponsoring Clubpresident and two family members toLions with United Nations day in NewYork City where the winning artist will bepresented with an engraved plaque and acash prize of US$5,000.Each 23 merit award winners receives a

certificate of achievement and US$500

Peace Poster: Competition Summary

FIRSTLY, Two new members for the LionsClub of Wantirna are Upendra and Marianne,shown here with PDG David Jones. Secondly, my visit to Sri Lanka and the

meeting with the Lions Club of Batticaloa; theLions Club of Wantirna has given teneducational scholarships to students inBatticaloa who have been orphaned duringthe last Tsunami. This project was started sixyears ago. Siva visited the Club and initiallypresented the scholarships. Now during thesixth year wanted to see that all the childrenhave performed well, and two of them havealready entered the university. Due to the exitof these two, two new students have beentaken to make up the total of ten. We hadindividual talks with the students and theircarers.

Siva Sivagnanam

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