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LIONS
FAMILY
LINES
Issue 5 – November 2019
The Official
Newsletter
of District 201Q3
DIABETES
One of the
Five
Global
Causes
Diabetes Awareness Chair Lion Yvonne Bradley
is discussing the forthcoming Lap the Map event
with Jim Deignan and diabetic Megan Weegink.
Megan controls her diabetes well with regular
exercise and a healthy diet …
Diabetes Awareness Report Page 7 of this issue.
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CONTENTS
3 Donna’s Notes
4 Membership and Activity Report
5 Secretary Richard’s Report
6 First Vice-District Governor David’s News
7 Diabetes Awareness Report
“Cuddle Bear” Makes a Little Boy Happy
8 Leadership Matters
9 Dalby Vegepods Project Progressive Melvin Jones For Lion Bill Keeley
10 Cake and Mint Portfolio
11 Vision
Leyburn Working Bee
12 Wamuran Lions Out and About
Called to Higher Service
Roma State College Awards Night
13 Australian Lions Children’s Mobility Foundation
14 Pittsworth Fire Poster Competition Results
Worth While Watching
15 Ashgrove The Gap On the Go
16 Lions Youth Exchange
Our Newest Lions Family Members
17 LYEAC Pine Rivers Inc Report
18 Lap the Map
19 Risk Management
20 Risk Management Contd.
21 Children’s Fire Poster Competition 2020
22 Children’s Fire Poster Competition 2020
23 Service Matters
24 Brisbane Bunya Lions Take Water West
25 Youth of the Year
26 Youth of the Year Club Registration Form
27 Convention Photographs
28 Convention Photographs
NEWSLETTER DEADLINE
The deadline for the December edition of the Newsletter will be 20th November
Copy received after the deadline, unless urgent,
may be held over to the following month.
Please email your articles to [email protected]
PLEASE REMEMBER!!
Your contribution of articles to the District Newsletter gives your Club 20 points for each
article received for the Club of the Year.
This and the other criteria for the Club of the Year points can be found on page 47 of the
President’s Manual.
https://201q3.lions.org.au/files/201q3/Presidents'%20Manual%202019-2020.pdf Thank you for complying with the lawful
requirement to provide Photographic Permission Forms with photos of children (those under 18
years of age), and persons with a legal disability.
Articles received without the necessary authority cannot be published.
There is now an updated version of the form
which can be found at -
https://lionsclubs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMAGE-CONSENT-AND-RELEASE-FORM-2018.pdf
I look forward to working closely with you to
achieve a positive outcome for you and your
Club for the remainder of this Lions year.
Please remember “Out and About” … this
document is released twice a month/more
regularly if required. It is released to “Club” and
“Announce” and as it is broadcast widely it is an
extremely efficient avenue for advertising your
functions/fund-raising events to the broader
Lions family. I am happy to assist you with
wording etc. should you wish.
Lion Beverley Bates District Newsletter Editor
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the District Governor, Cabinet Members or Editor.
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An email
“Updated” Club Constitution & By-Laws
In June, District CBL Chair, PDG Norm Alcock
forwarded information (via Cabinet Secretary) to
all Clubs regarding changes made by Lions
Clubs International (LCI) to the
standard/generic Club Constitution & By-Laws.
This necessitated the District CBL Committee
updating the generic Club Constitution & By-
Laws for Q3 District Clubs so that it met the
requirements of the Qld Government’s “Office of
Fair Trading” (OFT) Guidelines and there was no
conflict of interest with the District or Multiple
District Constitutions.
It is important that all Clubs adopt the
“updated” constitution at a special general
meeting and lodge the necessary documents
with the OFT. CBL Norm outlined in his
communication to Clubs, the procedure to
follow. I urge Club Secretaries to ensure that
this has been completed or in the process of
completion.
Once confirmation from the OFT that your new
Constitution has been registered, I request that a
copy of this confirmation is emailed to Norm for
district records.
Annual General Meeting Reminder
The standard Club Constitution states that an
Annual General Meeting (AGM) must be held
within 180 days of the end of the financial year.
All clubs therefore need to have this meeting
completed by 31 December. Under the
Associations Incorporation Act and the
Charitable Collections Act both require the
submission of an Annual Return within one
month of the date of the AGM and pay the
lodgement of an annual return and financial
statement fee. I remind Club Secretaries that it
is your responsibility to ensure that your Club
complies with these administrative obligations,
including the submission of the Club’s Audited
Statement of Accounts. The legislation provides
for significant penalties for those Secretaries
who fail to comply with these requirements.
I also request that a copy of the Club’s Audited
Statement of Accounts be forwarded to the
District Treasurer by 31 December.
The Future of Lioness Clubs
In 2018, the LCI Board of Directors made the
decision to end the sponsorship of any new
Lioness Clubs which meant no new Lioness
Clubs could be formed.
The jacarandas are blooming, exams are
looming – the month of November has come
around quickly. Planning for Community
Christmas events are taking shape, stocks of
Lions’ cakes replenished and the various rosters
for selling Christmas Raffles/Cakes are being
compiled in readiness for the busy weeks ahead
for most of our Clubs across the District.
District Convention 2019
Although the 2019 District Convention in
Caboolture is now behind us, I would like to
take this opportunity to thank the members of
the Q3 Lions family who attended and
contributed to its success. The hardworking
Organising Committee under the leadership of
Convention Chair, Keith Hadley are to be
congratulated on what they achieved. I also
want to acknowledge and thank the two Clubs
who jointly hosted the Convention - Morayfield
& District and Sandstone Point. Good
friendships have been formed as a result of
these two clubs working together through this
experience.
My congratulations to Lions David Orton (DGE),
Steve Hood (VDG1E) and Graeme Emery
(VDG2E) on being elected to their positions for
the 2020-2021 year.
Drought Relief
Many thanks to those Clubs who are raising
funds to support the drought relief. In recent
weeks, District has received donations of $5000
from the following clubs: Woodford, Ipswich
and Redcliffe Central (+ $1000 from the Lioness
Club of Redcliffe Central) – a mighty effort. We
will hear more over coming weeks about what
other Clubs are doing to support. At the
November Cabinet Meeting, we will review how
we are distributing funds to see if we can
expand our support to drought declared
communities.
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The Lioness Bridge program was created to
encourage Lionesses to join their sponsoring
Lions Club as Lions and their years of service as
a Lioness to be recognised.
At the LCI Board of Directors Meeting in April
2019, it was further decided that Lioness Clubs
will no longer be recognised after 30 June 2021.
From that date, Lioness Clubs that decide not to
join LCI will no longer be considered a
sponsored activity of a Lions Club and will lose
all associated benefits. This includes protection
under the LCI’s general liability insurance and
the use of the all registered trademarks of LCI,
including the Lioness logo.
Incentives to become Lions’ members are being
offered to all existing/former Lionesses –
entrance fees waived; half international dues –
for the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2021 only.
Special incentives under the Lioness Bridge
Program are also being offered for existing
Lioness Clubs to become Lions Clubs. These
additional incentives include:
• No minimum number of members
required (typically need 20)
• Charter fee for existing clubs will be
waived
• Years as a Lioness carry over to years of
Lions memberships
At our District Convention during the Lioness
Forum, Lionesses and Sponsoring Lion Clubs
were given the opportunity to discuss the latest
LCI decisions and their reactions and their
future.
We were fortunate to have CC (Council Chair)
Kim Forrest present at the Forum, along with
Rob Oerlemans (Lions Australia Executive
Officer) and Liz Alcock (MD Lioness Chair) and
Wendy Chignell (District Lioness Chair).
Attendees also heard firsthand details of a
proposal put forward by CC Kim as a pathway
forward for the Lioness Clubs – forming a
Specialty District within MD201 with their own
Lion/Lioness District Governor.
This proposal (an innovative idea!) would require
all existing Lioness Clubs and members to
become Lion/Lioness Clubs across Australia.
CC Kim is seeking feedback from Lioness Clubs
to see if this idea is worth taking forward to the
International Board by PIP (Past International
President Barry Palmer).
MD (Multiple District) Directory
The Directory is published each year (both
hard copy and electronically) and is a great
resource to assist our organisation with
communication. It contains a lot of “private”
information about Lions’ members. I cannot
stress strongly enough that this information
should not be shared beyond your Lions’ Club
members and when the directories are no
longer required, they be disposed of in a
manner which will ensure that the information
contained therein is not used for any purpose
other than for which it was originally intended
e.g. telemarketers, scammers etc.
Until next month
DG Donna
MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVITY
REPORT
These figures are correct as at 3.30pm on 25
October 2019
Our total membership number is 1696 this
month. A gain of four with eleven people
leaving and another fifteen joining us.
Clubs are still slow reporting on MyLion. Some
forty-seven clubs have reported so far this year
an increase of seven since last month
72,266 People served
36 People served per member
612 Service activities
2 Diabetes
35 Environment
3 Childhood Cancer
53 Hunger Relief
31 Vision
488 Other
15,997 Volunteer hours
This year, these figures include only service
activities – not meetings and fund-raisers.
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There’s only one way to start this report, and
that is to congratulate the Lions Clubs of
Sandstone Point and Morayfield and District
for delivering an excellent convention. It was
a great weekend, and for me, one of the
highlights was the speakers. Mary from Are
You Bogged Mate, Judith from Orange Sky,
and David from Foodbank showed what
people can achieve with vision and
passion. They spoke of people with dreams,
and the drive to turn those dreams into
reality. And that was what I took from their
talks – we need ambition to make things
happen. Does your club look for reasons to
do things rather than finding reasons not to
do things? Are you ambitious? Do you grow
year on year?
Three administrative things to mention this
month.
If your club hasn’t yet scheduled its annual
general meeting (AGM) you need to be getting
onto that sooner rather than later. The Office
of Fair Trading (OFT) requires that all
Associations complete their AGM within six
months after the end date of the associations
financial year and submit the return form
within one month of the audit/verified
financial statements being presented at the
association’s annual general meeting. Your
club will have received the annual return of
association and annual return for charity or
sanction from OFT in July. If you haven’t
received them, or can’t find them, you can
lodge online, or contact OFT to get new forms.
The agenda is in the Presidents’ and
Secretaries’ manuals.
A reminder that if you are using photos of
minors or people under a legal disability in
your Facebook page, website, newsletter,
media release… You need to have a consent form signed by a guardian. You will find the
consent form at:
https://lionsclubs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMAGE-
CONSENT-AND-RELEASE-FORM-2018.pdf
What does your club website and Facebook
page look like? If people visit, are they likely to want to not find out more about your club, or
will they see what your club was doing 10 years ago.
Our Internet presence is very much a window
into our club for many people these days, and
it is important that what they see is current, interesting and appealing. There is no hard
and fast rule, but you could argue that the internet page is for enduring information, and
your Facebook page is for current activities.
That is not to say you shouldn’t use your Internet page to provide members with a
calendar of events, but think about the work
involved in maintaining them, and decide what you will use each medium for. And then
there’s Instagram, Twitter and so many others. We work with what we understand,
and what we have time to manage. But don’t get stuck in the past.
A couple of quotes from Ashleigh Brilliant to
close this month (the second from memory, so
the words may not be quite right)
“I’m too busy to have time for anything
important’ and
‘Some people are too busy doing important
things to have fun. Unless you consider
having fun important.
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In this article I would like to highlight my recent club visits and then the opportunity to attend the Lions District Q1 Convention in Southport.
During October my club visits have extended to the outer Brisbane suburbs, Locker Valley, Sunshine Coast and hinterland. I would like to extend a sincere thank you to all clubs for the kindness extended to myself and Cheryl during our visits. I can never over emphasize the need to take the opportunity to visit other clubs. The visits give us the opportunity to see how other clubs operate, examine different meeting formats and membership involvement as well as learn about the diverse range of community focussed projects. “Give it a Go”. Arrange a club visit to a neighbouring Club!
I would like to make a special mention of our visits to the Woodford, Maleny and Blackall Range clubs for their very significant donations to our Lions foundations and drought relief. Thankyou!
My remaining visits are in Brisbane city and surrounds. I look forward to meeting more members of my District Lions Family.
On the weekend past both Cheryl and I had the opportunity to attend our neighbouring District Q1 Convention. I would certainly recommend to our Lion’s members to take the opportunity to attend another convention as it offers a different perspective on convention format, another District’s projects and priorities together with the opportunity to meet many more members of our Lions family.
I would like to highlight a few presentations from the Q1 Convention.
The first was a very animated enjoyable presentation from our Lions 2nd Vice International President, Brian Sheehan accompanied by his wife Lion Lori. Brian concentrated on change within Lions and the need to embrace change, confidence in leadership and our attitude. He also highlighted the need to involve others in our service projects to demonstrate our Lions
service ethos. Finally, Brian reminds us that we often forget to have fun and celebrate our achievements. Brian leaves us with the acronym ‘TEAM’ – Together Everyone Achieves More.
The second presentation of note came from a 19y/o young CEO, Scott Millar. Scott is a very polished and inspirational entrepreneur. At his young age Scott has built up a business and now travels within the state, nationally and internationally promoting his organization. Scott is the CEO of BOP Industries an industry concentrating on the education of our young achievers. Scott left me with a couple of quotes.
“Great things never come within our comfort zone”. To achieve and extend our reach we need to travel beyond our own comfort zones.
“In today’s world purpose is the new profit”. What we gain in life is enhanced by having a distinct purpose.
Lastly Scott highlighted the need to embrace ‘Reverse Mentoring’. We always dwell on the need to mentor our younger generation, as it is a necessary component of our education in life and employment. What Scott highlights is the need for our younger generation to mentor in reverse, mentor our supervisors and the more mature generation. This form of mentoring leads to a greater awareness of the needs and attitudes of the upcoming generation. ‘Mentoring’ is a bi-directional process.
I would recommend you visit the BOP website: https://www.bopindustries.com/ for more information on BOP’s range of services. Finally, I would like to make mention of a project of the Lions Club of Robina. The club is raising up to $238,000 to provide and outfit a mobile dialysis bus for Queensland. The bus known as the ‘Big Red Kidney Bus will travel throughout the state primarily to holiday sites. This will afford dialysis patients the opportunity to travel away from their homes and local dialysis facilities. Dialysis patients often need to attend their dialysis facility local to them four or so times a week. If a patient wishes to travel for a holiday or meet family further afield the services are often not available for ad-hoc bookings. The bus will allow dialysis patients to book ahead and use the service when it is located further afield. A fantastic project. This is a Queensland project as there are similar busses in the southern states. For more information please look up ‘Big Red Kidney Bus’ a project of the Robina Lions Club.
That’s it for now!
Yours in Lionism
David
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DIABETES AWARENESS
My name is Lion Yvonne Bradley from the
Crow’s Nest Club. District Governor Donna
has done me the honour of appointing me as
your new Diabetes Awareness Chair on
Cabinet.
I am offering my support to Clubs in our
district with their plans to organize events to
promote Diabetes awareness and research,
particularly with the oncoming Lap the Map
event to be held on or near 17th November
2019.
At the recent District Convention, I had a
display stand with information brochures
and offered diabetes testing. I spoke with
many members and was impressed with the
ideas many Clubs are planning for Lap the
Map. For instance, Caloundra Club are
holding a Charity Golf Day on the 17th
November and will combine the Diabetes
awareness on the day. Highfields Club have
organized guest speakers for their meeting
night on the 12th of November. Some Clubs
are donating their profits from their
November fundraisers.
Our Club at Crow’s Nest will hold a function
on 17th November to support the ‘Lap the
Map’. We are combining with the Highfields
Club and are organizing a choice of two walks
of varying difficulties starting at our Lions
Park Bullocky’s Rest. One is a challenging
scenic walk along the beautiful Crow’s Nest
Creek in the National Park. Those less
adventurous or young families will be given
an easier walk in the town centre. We will
have an information display, free diabetes
testing, a sausage sizzle, games and
certificates for people who complete the walk.
Various fitness clubs are invited to
participate.
For resources, I would encourage Clubs to
speak to their local pharmacy and ask if they
can lend your Club a couple of diabetes
testing kits or offer a willing staff member to
attend your function to test people in the
community on the day. All brochures and
pamphlets can be ordered from Kathleen
Cook, Direct Marketing Officer at
www.diabetesqld.org.au
Your local medical centre should have
brochures on diabetes.
If every Club does something small, it all adds
up to a huge impact. Please encourage your
members to learn about diabetes and talk
about it with their families, friends and
colleagues. The power of networking will help
people to know how easy it is to check at the
doctor or chemist – JUST ASK!
By networking we can bring awareness of how
debilitating diabetes can be. However, it can be
prevented with a healthy lifestyle. Prevention is
always better than cure.
Lion Yvonne Bradley
Diabetes Awareness Chair
“CUDDLE BEAR” MAKES A
LITTLE BOY HAPPY
A beautiful gesture reaches a long way!
Recently, little Caleb, who is four months old,
flew into Brisbane to the Mater Children’s
Hospital to have an operation there.
Just before his surgery he was presented with
one of the handmade teddy bears, which are
crafted by the members of the Bardon Lioness
Club.
The Cuddle Bear Project has been operational
for a number of years with the handmade
bears donated to Children's Hospitals/Homes.
Little Caleb with his “Cuddle Bear”
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DALBY VEGEPODS PROJECT
Students at seven Dalby Schools and
Kindergartens are learning about the health
benefits of growing their own fruit, vegetables
and herbs thanks to a Dalby Lions Club
Project sponsored by CS Energy.
Agriculture may be a key industry in the
Western Downs but many local children do
not have the opportunity to grow fresh
produce. The Dalby Lions Club decided to do
something about this by providing Vegepod
vegetable garden kits to participating schools
and kindergartens.
To help cover the cost of the program the Club
successfully applied for $4700 in sponsorship
from Round 1 of CS Energy’s Community
Sponsorships Program.
Dalby Lions Club Treasurer Peter Brown said
the Club initiated the program to educate
children about growing food and increase
awareness of diseases such as Type 2
Diabetes that are linked to poor nutrition.
“We hope this program inspires children to
make healthier eating choices to set them up with good health habits for life,” Mr Brown
said.
“By growing and harvesting their own fruit and vegetables, they are learning about where
their food comes from and how great-tasting
freshly grown food can be.”
CS Energy head of Corporate Affairs, Nev Conway, congratulated the Dalby Lions Club
on the success of the program.
“The Dalby Lions Club Vegepods Project is a
great example of a project that will have a long-
lasting benefit for the local community,” Mr
Conway said.
“I encourage other community groups with
projects that will deliver similar benefits to
apply for the latest round of our community
sponsorships.”
Lion Peter Brown
PROGRESSIVE MELVIN JONES
FOR LION BILL KEELEY
When Pittsworth Lions Club hosted the official
visit of Vice-District Governor Steve Hood, he
presented Lion Bill Keeley with a Progressive
Melvin Jones Fellowship, given by the Club to
mark Bill’s dedication and commitment to his
Club and his community for nearly forty years.
Bill’s sister Faye was a guest to share in the
celebration.
Lion Wilma Proudlock
Secretary
VDG Steve Hood, Lion Bill Keeley and Club
President Lion Mim Shipley
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VISION
It was great to see all the Lions, Lionesses
and Leos who were able to visit the ‘Vision’
display at our Convention. Thank you also
to those who took the opportunity to visit
the nearby Recycle For Sight Centre and see
exactly what happens to the thousands of
eyeglasses which are processed through the
Caboolture Centre each year. A big thank
you to Lion Graeme Emery who not only
conducted the tours but also drove the bus
to and from the Centre.
There are great Vision Projects which Clubs
can support. Keep up the fantastic support
for the Recycle For Sight Project. A
reminder to Clubs to include their Club
name on boxes etc sent to the Centres. I
would particularly like Clubs who are not
currently ‘Participating Clubs’ for Lions Eye
Health Program (LEHP) to consider this
Program. Simple Vision Projects can be run
by Clubs which do not cost a great deal and
do not take long to undertake but have real
potential to improve the lives of others.
Participating clubs ($4 a member) get
access to great resources which can be
distributed throughout your community.
Please call me (0437 088 868) if you have
any questions or need advice on any of
these matters or send me an email
Lastly, I wish to take this opportunity to
thank Lion Peter Wilkes (201Q3
Representative and Secretary of the Qld
White Cane Committee) and Chairman of
the Committee Lion Jamie Sims for the
organisation and conduct of the recent 50th
anniversary of the White Cane Dinner which
I recently attended with other members of
the District including DG Donna. Well done.
Best Wishes
Kev
(Kevin Hedges-District Chair-Vision)
LEYBURN WORKING BEE
Lion Wilma Proudlock assisting with the
preparation of meals for the workers
Steaks and Sausages Anyone?
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WAMURAN LIONS
OUT AND ABOUT
On Saturday evening 19th October, our club
members supplied over two hundred
hamburgers and eighty to one hundred snags
to people attending Murphy’s Pigs at
Woodford Community Hall.
One of our members also had her coffee van
there to keep the caffeine and tea drinkers
contented. The evening went off with a rush
of patrons, but the team worked like a well-
oiled machine and the customers were fed
quickly. We received lots of compliments on
the tasty burgers and the quick service.
Well done to our members for a very
successful night. Thank You.
Lion Lisa Gourley
President.
PDG Barry Bolton … Lions Club of Redcliffe
Lion Neville Smee … Lions Club of Redcliffe
Kippa-Ring
Called
To
Higher
Service
ROMA STATE COLLEGE
AWARDS NIGHT
Leo Chelsea James, the winner of the Inaugural
“Lion Annette Knowles Memorial Leo Kindness
Award”, with Past District Governor David
Knowles.
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FIRE POSTER COMPETITION
The Fire Poster competition is for Grade 4
students, helping them to be aware of Fire
Safety in the home. This year, Pittsworth Lion
Stephen Johnson, and Matthew Wright, a
Pittsworth member of the Queensland Fire
and Rescue Service, visited five local Primary
Schools – Pittsworth, St. Stephen’s in
Pittsworth, Brookstead, Southbrook and
Bunkers’ Hill – to talk to the children about
fire safety. Over the next month or so, the
children produced posters illustrating what
they had learnt.
Brookstead, a school with less than twenty
students, produced the Queensland runner-
up for the competition, Parker Wilson while
two boys from Bunker’s Hill, Jarryd Dolan
and Drew Shuttleworth, were second and
third in the Toowoomba Region.
Lion Steve and Matthew were able to present
the awards to the students at school
assemblies.
Our congratulations go to the winners, our
thanks to the school staff members who
supported the project and to Matthew for his
willingness to be involved.
Lion Wilma Proudlock
Secretary
Parker Wilson with her winning poster, receives her
award from Lion Stephen Johnson.
Jarryd Dolan Jarryd Dolan and Drew Shuttleworth,
with Lion Stephen and Matthew Wright, show their
awards and their winning posters
Worth While Watching
Worth World
While on the Wide
Watching Web
Want to know about using Social Media to
promote your club and activities – see
https://www.lionsclubs.org/en/resources-
for-members/social-media
Did you know the Lion Magazine is available
electronically -
https://lionsclubs.org.au/the-latest-lion-
magazine-digital-edition/
Club and Cabinet manuals, constitutions
and other resources are at your fingertips, if
your fingertips are at -
https://201q3.lions.org.au/resources
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ASHGROVE THE GAP
ON THE GO
The Ashgrove/The Gap Lions have been
extremely busy this month with several
projects on the go.
First, we conducted the Bunnings Queens Birthday Holiday Bar B Q at Keperra. This
was one of the busiest days for us with sixteen members, participating in various shifts, to
feed lots of hungry local residents. Thank you
to all local residents who bought breakfast, lunch or afternoon tea snacks with one of our
sausages.
Second, we provided our Tucker Box Trailer
to feed all the participants at the SOWN 25th Anniversary planting of 2500 trees and
scrubs along the creek beside Wittonga Park. More than one hundred and fifty community
like-minded people helped plant the trees including our young Leos, Lions club
members, local kids and parents, and local community organisations. Congratulations to
John Abbott of SOWN who organised this
event.
Third, On Saturday 19th October we provided our Bar B Q and club members to assist Hear
and Say with their Annual Fundraising for the charity. This was well attended and supported
by Billy’s Meats who donated their famous sausages for the occasion.
Our club will be selling Lions tasty Christmas Cakes, and Plum Puddings, at various outlets
including the Princess Alexandra and Wesley Hospitals. All monies raised will be donated to
the Wesley Hospital Kim Walters Foundation and The Lions Medical Research Foundation.
The Daffodil Day Cancer Council Appeal raised in conjunction with other clubs in the
Q3 District in excess of $89,000. Ashgrove/The Gap Lions Club raised in
excess of $6,500. We would like to thank everyone who purchased a bunch of Daffodils
to support this worthy cause.
Our Annual Garage Sale was held in
conjunction with the P and C of the Hilder Road State School. This was a resounding
success and hopefully it will become a bigger and better event for our community in the
future. Thank you to the P and C for joining with us to make this such a successful day.
Over the next few weeks you will see us out
and about in our local shopping centres and at Dan Murphy’s offering Trifecta Tickets for
our Melbourne Cup Trifecta. A first prize for
the winner will be $1000. You could be the lucky winner for only a small punt of $2.
Join the Serenata Singers at the Gap Uniting
Church for an evening of great musical entertainment on Saturday 2 November.
Supper is provided by Ashgrove/The Gap
Lions Club in conjunction with the singers. Entry for Adults is $25,
Pensioners/Concession $20, Children $10. Tickets are available at the door.
Susie Green
Ashgrove The Gap Lions at the Bar-B-Q they
provided to assist “Hear and Say” with their
Annual Fundraising event.
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District 201Q3 Youth Exchange Chair
07 53609520
0412 097670
OUR NEWEST LIONS FAMILY MEMBERS
A big welcome to the following new Lions who recently joined us. We all hope you enjoy your Lions experience.
Beerwah Graeme Wild
Blackall Range Debra MacManus
Bracken Ridge Central Brooke Dutton
Richard Wray
Dalby Rebecca Knight
Ann Shepherd
Gordon Shepherd
Lake Currimundi Kawana Henk Van Bommel
Mooloolah Valley Ann Watson
Russell Watson
Samford Nikki Boyd
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RISK MANAGEMENT
from Pro Bono News [email protected]
Incidents of corruption and fraud in charities are among some of the most common
compliance-breaches reported to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission,
data shows.
The charity watchdog is using Charity Fraud Awareness Week to urge charities to protect
themselves.
Oliver May is an expert in NFP corruption and fraud. He told Pro Bono News that similarly
to organisations in the public and private sectors, payroll and remuneration fraud,
corruption, conflicts of interest and bribery, commonly affect charities.
But unlike the private and public sectors, charities are less likely to invest in measures to
stop fraud happening in the first place.
“Charities have a particular type of vulnerability that comes from a culture of trust,” May
said.
He said to tackle the problem, the sector needs to look at their internal structure and take a
holistic view of the issue.
What are your risks?
May said that the starting point for all charities is to look at how and where fraud might
happen, and how you might be able to nip it in the bud.
“You need to be thinking about the kinds of activities your charity does, and where it does
them. From there, think about how the fraud risks might materialise in that context,” May
said.
Awareness is key
Making sure everyone in the organisation knows what fraud looks like, and how they can
report it, is a massive part of stopping it spreading in your organisation.
“A policy that spells out what fraud is so people can identify it, who they should report it to,
how will the charity respond and why it is bad for the mission of the charity is all really
important,” May said.
He said talking about fraud within your organisation and to other charities was an effective
way to stamp out the issue on a bigger scale.
“Fraud, like all forms of corruption and abuse, grows in darkness. So, you need to be talking
to other charities about this issue because sunlight is the best disinfectant,” he said.
“We need to be really open about these risks so that we can share information about how to
get better at dealing with them.”
Double, and then triple check
Jessica Horey, ACNC acting director of compliance, said there should be various checks and
balances in place so that nothing suspicious is able to slip through the cracks.
This includes making sure all accounts are signed off twice and investigating invoices that
don’t look quite right.
“We were told a story where a charity was sent an invoice from their CEO’s email, but when
they did a bit of digging, they realised that the CEO was on a plane so it couldn’t possibly
have come from him,” Horey told Pro Bono News.
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“Even if it looks legitimate, it’s always worth checking twice.”
More than one person on the job.
For smaller or even medium sized charities, one-person-run departments are commonplace.
But Horey said having at least one other person who knows how to do the job is important –
especially when it comes to the person in charge of finances.
“Often there’ll be one person doing the finance, and they’ll have done that job for a long time, but it’s really important to actually have someone else who knows what’s going on so they can
check up on them,” she said.
What if it’s not your fault?
A lot of the time, fraud happens within the four walls of a charity’s building. But there are
instances where scammers take advantage of the public’s trusting nature for their own financial
benefits.
Scammers may pose as a representative for a really well-known charity or create a fake
organisation to trick people into giving them money.
In the 2018 financial year the ACCC’s Scam watch received 996 reports of fake charity scams,
with reported losses of $300,395 across the year.
Unfortunately, this is a widespread problem that a single charity will not be able to fix, but May
said there are steps you can take to notify your donors about the problem as soon as possible.
“When charities discover that their name is being abused by scammers, they can make a note
on their websites, issue a release or contact their subscribers so they get the word out,” he
said.
Is there anything else you can do?
The ACNC has a Governance Toolkit available for free on its website with resources to help
charities manage risks including financial abuse, cybersecurity and working with partners.
Maggie Coggan Garry J Bates, JP (Qual)
Risk Management Consultant
Maggie Coggan | Journalist | Pro Bono News Insurance and Risk Management Committee
MD 201 MD 201
Above: A good season - before the crippling drought
Right: A Sunburnt country - The devastating result
of the drought seen here –
Congratulations Lions – Service to the
Community – Lions doing what Lions do best.
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SERVICE MATTERS
No matter how we do it, what we do as Lions does Matter. Our Service to our community
matters. It is why we are Lions. So, when I say that we have reported 547 Service related
projects for the first three months on our Lions 2019-2020 year – Congratulations. And that
report is from ONLY 46 clubs – with 74 activity clubs in our Q3 District something is missing.
Why are nearly 30 clubs not reporting? Are they NOT doing anything? Information received
indicates that clubs are doing great activities in their communities. So, REPORT IT!!
So why are they NOT reporting what they do on MY Lion? Once you have a go at reporting on
MY LION, it is not hard – like any computer program, after a few goes it all works well. If the
issue is that it is too much work for the Secretary – then the option is for a Service Chair to
be appointed and listed under the officers’ tab on My LCI (the President or Secretary can do
that). So, do IT!! In case you are wondering, only 44 % of clubs have listed a Service Chair
for their club on MyLCI. So easy yet we fail to do it. How about we have a go???
LAP THE MAP – Sunday 17 November 2019 – an opportunity for clubs and zones to hold a
simple walk activity in their areas to highlight exercise to help with management of Diabetes.
All that has been asked is to:
• Conduct an event.
• Collect information on who walks, how far and how many.
• Report that information to a central number at conclusion of event.
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Lions National, they will collate the information re walkers and distance, and have it
reported that night on the news – this is what Lions have done to promote Diabetes
awareness.
Finally, I am dismayed at the reports that Q3 clubs have contacted National Office in
Newcastle to say they have not heard about this National Lap the Map Project. Zone
Chairs have been encouraged since July, to talk to clubs re a Zone activity. Clubs
have been sent information on two occasions seeking their support and asking clubs
to discuss what they can do with their Zone Chair. If you want to do something, THEN
DO IT! Then tell people that you have done it!
Service is our Business. It is why we are LIONS. Let’s get together and make a
Difference.
Lion Rodd Chignell
District Service Team.
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BRISBANE BUNYA LIONS
TAKE WATER WEST
Brisbane Bunya Lions will send another
26,000 litres of water to farmers on the
Darling Downs this month as the drought
continues to drain tanks in many parts of
the country.
The Lions Club is using water carriers from
the affected areas who source water from the
Toowoomba region to provide farming
families with drinking water.
Club President Lion John Whittlock said
while farmers were using bore water for
stock, it was too dirty for household use.
Lion John said farmers and their families
were deeply touched by donations of water.
He recalled the emotional reaction to one
farmer’s child when she was handed a ten
litre bottle of water on a previous trip.
“The tears just rolled down her face” he said.
“Is this real water?” she asked.
The Club has already sent 66,000 litres to
farmers in recent months.
“That’s just a drop in the ocean for them,”
he said.
People were also donating ten litre
containers of water, but Lion John said cash
donations were better as that money could
be injected into drought affected areas.
The next delivery will be the Leyburn area
on October 26.
Not only will they deliver water, the twelve to
fourteen Lions making the trip will fence an
area around a farmhouse to protect the
garden from hungry wildlife.
He said all donations went to helping
farmers, and none was spent on
administration.
Lions members paid their own expenses,
such as fuel and accommodation, when
delivering the aid.
They tried to spend as much money as
possible in the affected communities to give
local businesses a boost.
The Club is working with the Lions Clubs of
Clifton, Pittsworth, Millmerran and Oakey to
identify farmers in need and deliver aid.
Lion John Liddle
Top: Brisbane Bunya Lions working on a fence at a property in the Leyburn area. Over 750 metres
of fencing was done.
Lower: More than sausages - The Banner is out
letting all see they are there assisting the
community.
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Sincere thanks to Cabinet Secretary
Richard Williams, Lion Lindsay Proudlock
and Past District Governor Bob
Goldsworthy for the photographs.
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