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District 201 N2 of the International Association of Lions Clubs

DG Geoff Hobart, District Governor 2011-12

Motto: Dare to Serve

Sending the message about lionism

Page 1 April 2012 Edition, Issue 2 Printed by Weston & Co Publishers P/L 57 Shoalhaven Street Kiama NSW 2533

MD201 N2 Lions Newsletter

April 2012 Edition, Issue 2 ISSN—(Online) 1837—5898

CONTENTS

A Lifetime of Service ………..1

Scanner for Liverpool Hospital.1

Lions Nurses Scholarship….....2

Leos in OzKids in Print………2

Welcome to New Members…..3

Past members remembered…...3

Contact/Meeting Updates….....3

Cabinet Secretary Notes…...…3

Incoming Officer Training...…4

Car Raffle Results………...….4

Community Challenge…….....4

Eye Bank Update………….....4

N2 & MD201 Convention…..5

Men’s Health………………...5

You can save someone’s sight.6

Christmas parcels for troops…8

Gouburn City YotY……...…..8

Lions Youth Haven Update....8

N2 LCIF Information……....10

ALCMF………………….....10

Lioness Report………….......11

Leos Report……………...….11

Lions Products……………....12

Other articles in Online Issue

At the Civic Ceremony conducted by the Liverpool City Coun-

cil on Australia Day 2012, Past District Governor Bob Grimson

(Photo above 2nd from left) of the Lions Club of the City of

Liverpool was named Citizen of the Year.

Mr. Grimson joined the Lions Club of the City of Liverpool in

1965 and later established a Leo Club in Liverpool (junior li-

ons) and the Lions Club of Cabramatta. After receiving his

award he said, “Seeing the satisfaction of people that you’re

helping means a lot to me” Mr. Grimson has been president of

his Club four times, treasurer for more than 20 years and held

nearly every position on the Clubs Board of Directors. He has

also held positions on the Lions District Cabinet including be-

ing its District Governor in 1977. In 2007 under his leadership

the Club competed against the 43,000 Lions Clubs in the world

and was recognised as the second best club in the world.

Born and bred in Liverpool he attended Liverpool Public

School and then Parramatta High School before eventually

starting his own tyre business in Liverpool when he was 18

years old. PDG Bob professed to the audience at the Civic

Ceremony that he had no intention of ever leaving the City that

he loves so much.“I was born in Liverpool over 79 years ago

and have lived here all my life.” He added, “My wife Ruth and

I have lived in our house for more than 47 years. We’ve

reached a decision that’s where we’re going to stay.”

Aptly PDG Bob and his wife live on Lions Avenue opposite

Lions Park in Lurnea, “I thought it was appropriate to join the

Lions Club because of where we lived!”A well earned recogni-

tion for over 45 years of service to the Community through the

Lions movement.

Article & photo supplied by Brian Rope

A Life-time of Service Ultrasound eye scanner for

Liverpool Hospital

An Elles Eye Cubed Ultra Sound eye scanner was donated to

the Liverpool Hospital on the 24th February 2012. The purchase

of this machine was a joint project of the Lions Club of the City

At the handover of the ultrasound eye scanner: (front row) Leanne Gardner, Clinic Nurse Specialist, (back row L-R) Director Lion Brian Rope, Lion Tony

Madsen, A/Professor Anthony Schembri (Hospital General Manager), Dr.

Stephen On, Clinician, Lion Yvonne Ross, Lioness Ruth Grimson, Lion Joy

Goddard, Lion Roy Wright, Lion Ollie Lassen, and PDG Lion Bob Grimson

of Liverpool, NSW/ACT

Save Sight Foundation, and

Liverpool Hospital. Total

cost was $27,500.00, with

$12,000 being sponsored by

each of the Lions Club of

the City of Liverpool and

the NSW/ACT Save Sight

Foundation, the remainder

from the funds of the Hospi-

tal. This Elles Eye Cubed

Ultra Sound machine has

many uses, the least of

which is measuring the

length of the eye for cataract

surgery and for the diagno-

sis of retinal detachments or

tumours even when they are

unable to be seen through

thick layers of blood in the

eyeball.

Article by Brian Rope,

Photo by Marianne Cic-

cione, Liverpool Hospital

Page 2 April 2012 Edition, Issue 2

Official publication of

Lions District 201 N2

Editor: David Robson 6 Hoskings Crescent, Kiama Downs 2533

Phone: 02 4237 5523

Email: [email protected]

Website: http:\\201n2.lions.org.au

The “MD201 N2 Lions Newsletter” relies

on the contributions of Cabinet Officers

and Club members. The stories you provide improve the content

and make interesting reading for other Lions. Every effort is made

to include all stories submitted, but a restriction to 12 pages for the

printed edition may mean some stories appear in the Internet edition

only. To reduce postage costs, the N2 newsletter is distributed at

Cabinet Meetings.

Newsletter Deadlines for 2012-13 editions:

12/08/2012 Cabinet Meeting: Deadline 13/07/2012




The printed and Internet editions of the N2 Newsletter are being

lodged with the NSW State Library, the access codes being:

ISSN—(Print) 1837—588X

ISSN—(Online) 1837—5898

All photos in this edition are copyright of David Robson, unless

otherwise credited.

Scholarship for Nurse working with local Indige-

nous families

At DG Geoff Hobart’s visit to the Liverpool Lions Club, Hox-

ton Park Child and Family Nurse Raylee Colusso, who works

closely with local Indigenous families, received a Lions Nurses

Scholarship Fund award to study a Master of Indigenous

Health at Wollongong University.

Based at Hoxton Park Community Health Centre, Raylee is

part of a team that provides a sustained home visiting service

to families with Aboriginal babies living in Liverpool, Fair-

field and Bankstown.

Raylee began her nursing training at Liverpool Hospital in

1983 and later continued nursing studies in Midwifery and

Child and Family Health.

She said the scholarship for $5000 will help her fulfil her goal

of attending university.

“I completed my studies before the training for nurses trans-

ferred to university, which means, when I begin my Masters of

Indigenous Health, I’ll be a first time university student,” Ms

Colusso said.

“I’m extremely pleased to have been granted the Lions Nurses

Scholarship and I know that the course will provide me with

knowledge and skills to help continue to address Indigenous

community health, community development, and cultural is-

sues around Indigenous health,” she said.

Raylee is a founding employee of the Cannalgalleon sustained

home visiting program that commenced in 2009. Cannalgal-

leon means ”Her tribe” and through the program, Raylee has

worked with over 62 local families.

“I know the Cannalgalleon team and our Aboriginal clients

will benefit from the knowledge I gain by completing the Mas-

ters course and it will help us to meet the complex challenges

of Aboriginal Health. My ultimate goal is to help improve out-

comes for families with Aboriginal babies, aiming to close the

life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous

Australians,” Ms Colusso said.

Article & photo supplied by Helen Rae

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Lions Nurses Scholarship

Fund Award

L-R Lion Lee Dunn & Lioness Helen Rae of the Lions Nurses Scholarship Fund presenting the Award to Raylee Colusso.

At the last combined Zones 7 & 8 meeting, we were informed about

some websites that are recommended for youth. One of these is

“OzKids in Print”.

If you have teenage / young adult children, or grandchildren then I

highly recommend suggesting that they are encouraged to have a

look at this website. It is www.ozkids.com.au and they publish the

quarterly magazine “OzKids in Print”, which is written for youth by

youth.

If you have a look at the page, then you will see that the most recent

magazine can be downloaded, however be warned that it is about

8MB in size. Despite this it is well worth downloading and having a

look, I recommend that all Lions have a look at the magazine – es-

pecially those with any interest in youth activities. The attached file

is from page 10 of the March magazine. There are several refer-

ences to Lions within the March edition.

I would highly recommend that ad-

verts about any Lions Youth project

be placed in the next edition, espe-

cially the Lions Peace Poster Contest

and the Lions Youth of the Year

Quest.

If you, or your family, have a look at

this magazine then I would be most

interested in hearing your opinion(s)

of it.

Happy reading!

Tony Kennedy

Canberra Belconnen Lions

LEOs in OzKids in Print

http://www.ozkids.com.au

Contact / Meeting Updates

Past members remembered

The following members of the N2 Lions family passed away

since the November 2011 Edition of this newsletter. The N2

Lions family thanks them for their friendship and service to

their community and Lions, and offers our condolences to their

families, friends and colleagues. May their service be an exam-

ple to us.

Club Name Canberra Belconnen Lions Colin Fereday OAM

Corrimal Lions Noel Field

Tahmoor Lions Robert Beveridge

Welcome to new members

Club New member Sponsor Austinmer Thirroul Nick Claydon Michael Hallatt

Bowning & District Sally Godding June Field

Elizabeth Johnston June Field

Tom Johnston June Field

Bundanoon Lesley Ryan Andrew Rocca

Canberra Lake Tuggeranong

Lyn Mitchell Helen Smith

Canberra Valley Paul Boswell

Wendy Veenstra

Canberra Woden Gavin Mingay

Fairfield Maria Monteleone Antonio Fornasier

Basim Shamaon Oscar Castaneda

Jindabyne Kim Connell Wendy Hukins

Joanne McDonald Ray McDonald

Kangaroo Valley Karen Mennie Lorraine Mairinger

Kiama Mal Bedford Jerry Granger-Holcombe

Hilton Bloomfield Peter Scifleet

Marulan Helen Olsen Marjorie Izzard

Moruya Ken Toovey Charles Black

Murrumbateman Linda Bensley Amanda Hartley

Narooma & District Robyn Holland Mandy Anderson

Nowra John Stefanello John Price

Oak Flats Nicholas Williams Ron Gorman

Sanctuary Point Robert Love Carol Dawson

Tahmoor Karl Klein

Jai Rowell

Ulladulla Milton Keith Bourke Allan McDonald

Elizabeth O’Connell Allan McDonald

Woonona Diana Epton John McQuiggin

Laurence Marning Owen Hodgson

Joanne Vanderstok Owen Hodgson

Yass Cherie Hobart DG Geoff Hobart

Shoalhaven Lioness Iris O’Neill Kay Hardy

Lions 1,693 (as per 10/04/2012 WMMR)

Lioness’ 106 ( as per Apr 2012 Lioness Report)

Leos 231 (as per Apr 2012 Leos Report)

N2 total members 2,030

District 201 N2 covers southeast

NSW and the ACT, comprising

Lions, Lioness & LEOs Clubs in

south-western Sydney, down the

Hume Highway to Bowning,

ACT, Snowy Mountains, Far

South Coast, Eurobodalla,

Shoalhaven, and Illawarra.

Welcome to the following new members who joined from Feb-

ruary to 10th April 2012. Enjoy the activities, fun and fellow-

ship of the world’s largest service organisation. Don’t be afraid

to ask questions and suggest new projects.

We look forward to meeting you.


The underlined contact or meeting details below have been

changed, added, or deleted when compared to the original

2010-11 N2 Cabinet and Club directories distributed by email:

Clubs:

Bomaderry Lions: Email: [email protected]

Campbelltown City Lions:


Minnamurra Lions: Email: [email protected]

Cabinet Secretary Notes

Have you heard the news?

WMMR and LeoMMR, the

online membership and service

activity reporting systems, are

being updated to better serve

you. The new website is called

“My LCI”. The updates will be

phased in gradually. In June

2012, club officers will see:

Single site for Lions and

Leos – Lions officers and Leo officers will use the same

site.

Your Home Page – a home page that includes a snapshot

of information tailored to your club.

Your Tasks – we know you have a lot to do, so we’ve

organized a “to do” list for you.

Officer mailing address – update the mailing address

used for your officer correspondence.

Club Statements going “green” – option to suppress the

printing of monthly club statements.

More information can be found on the WMMR log in web-

page at:

https://www7.lionsclubs.org/LogIn.aspx

In August 2012 new features will be introduced for region,

zone and district officers.

Sincerely yours,

Joe Schrepfer, Information Systems Department

Lions Clubs International


WMMR: What’s new ‘My LCI’


Since becoming your District Gover-nor, I have had the great pleasure of

visiting 65 Lions, 6 Lioness and 6

Leo Clubs. In fact I have now visited

every Club in the District and have

been invited to visit many of them a

second time around, for more infor-

mal functions or to be a part of spe-

cial projects they are undertaking. I

have found the District Governor be-

ing part of a Club’s activities, espe-

cially in regional areas often encour-

ages reporting in the local press and

community radio stations.

I made the decision to place my busi-

ness working with Commonwealth

Government agencies on hold so that I

could spend as much time as possible

with the Clubs of N2. Many of those

Clubs hosted Lion Cherie and I which

allowed us to meet many of the Lions

family at breakfasts and morning cof-

fee away from the usual official visit

evening. We now have many more

friends than I ever expected through

these visits. We have had the great

honour to see firsthand the many pro-

jects the Clubs are undertaking to

make the communities in which they

live and serve that much stronger.

Every club is undertaking diverse pro-

jects, some in partnership with local

government and other associations,

some alone – but all are seen as Lions

making their community a better

place to be.

On Friday 23 March 2012, I had dinner with those attending the

District’s Youth Camp at Berry. The camp, fully funded by the

District was attended by 16 young people, who over three days

were involved in a series of activities designed for fun and in-

creasing the comfort zone of those attending. Our Youth Camp

Chairperson, Lion Dave King organised this activity, one which

will be remembered by the 16 teenagers who went along.

On Saturday 24 March, I attended the District Final of Youth of

the Year. The six

finalists (photo

to right with DG

Geoff) are great

examples of the

quality of the

young people in

our communi-

ties. Sponsored

by the Macarthur

Lions Club, sup-

ported of all

Clubs in Zone 13 and arranged by our Chairperson, Brian

Thompson, the evening was enjoyed by all who went along. By

the end of the evening, I was pleased I was neither a contestant


District Governor’s

Message

nor a judge.

On Sunday 25 March 2012, I attended a meeting of the ACT/

NSW Save Sight and Public Health Care Foundations in Syd-

ney. This was another opportunity to see the work of our Foun-

dations up close and I am pleased with the decisions being

made by the Board of Directors to promote the Foundations in

the community and to ensure the best possible outcomes for

Lions of the ACT and NSW.

Membership:

District 201N2 started the year with 65 Lions Clubs 6 Lioness

Clubs and 7 Leo Clubs. Of the 65 Clubs there are still 9 Clubs

with Male Members only. Female Members make up 24.75 %

of our total membership.

This year, the District began the year with 1,718 Lions and cur-

rently has 1,696, a net loss of 22. I am pleased to note the Dis-

trict has had net gains every month since October 2011, which

is encouraging.

The District Governor Team made a conscious effort this year

to concentrate on improving the membership retention rates and

this has been successful. However, in the same period, the

number of new members inducted has fallen when compared to

last year. During my official visits, I have inducted 37 of the

120 new Lions who joined our Association and 46 new Leos.

There is little doubt in my mind our District will continue to

grow, despite the loss of 145 members so far. Our International

President takes every opportunity to speak about what he calls

“My Club, My Family”. By passing this message to the Clubs

of our District, we have taken significant steps to improve our

membership retention rates.

To date, District N2 has received 46 membership enquiries

through our National Office, which certainly indicates that our

advertising campaign is working. However, these enquiries are

less than for the same period last year and most come from

prospective members living in Canberra, Sydney and Wollon-

gong. Only one enquiry has come from a regional community.

Perhaps there is now a need to consider a new approach, one

which will again raise the interest of prospective members,

especially those in regional areas. Those enquiries received

were referred to the District Global Membership Coordinator

and I am pleased 5 of the enquirers have been inducted into

Lions’ membership.

International President’s Special Project:

A number of Clubs in the District have actively participating in

this special project and District 201N2 has been responsible for

planted more than 2,000 trees. Among those outstanding Club

efforts are Wollongong which planted 1,200 trees in partner-

ship with the local government and Yass which planted 500

trees on a number of grazing properties.

GMT/GLT:

With the ongoing support of the 1st and 2nd Vice District Gover-

nors, the District has implemented the new GMT/GMT struc-

ture. As reported previously, two coordinators have been ap-

pointed for three years and committees created to provide sup-

port to the Clubs of membership and leadership. Whilst sepa-

rate, these teams will work together to improve retention rates

as a priority.

An assessment of the District and its Clubs has been started,

with a final report, including conclusions and recommendations

scheduled to be presented to the District Cabinet meeting in

(Continued on page 5)

L-R Bundanoon Lions Presi-dent Les Johnson receiving DG

Geoff Hobart’s bannerette on

his official visit.

L-R DG Geoff Hobart present-

ing his bannerette to Gunning

Lions President Margaret

McPherson on his official visit.


April. I look forward to your District officers discussing and

recommending action on this important initiative at their meet-

ing in late April.

Leos:

A considerable amount of work has been undertaken to raise

the profile of Leos in the District and I must mention the work

being done by our Chairperson, Jenny Cee. At the beginning of

this Lions year, two of the 7 Leos clubs are not effectively

functioning. Work undertaken by our District Leo Chairperson

has more than doubled the membership of one Club and work

has just begun on a similar program on the second. Improving

these Clubs is being undertaken with the complete support of

their sponsor Lions Clubs. In the meantime, those Leos are

assisting in projects of their sponsoring Clubs. The District

continues to promote ‘Remote’ Leos who are a significant re-

source, especially for Clubs in small rural communities.

Four Lions Clubs have taken up the challenge to form new Leo

Clubs in their local high schools.

Lioness:

The six Lioness Clubs of the District continue to be an impor-

tant part of the

Lions’ family,

filling a vital

role in their

work in the

community.

Supported by

their sponsor

Club, I am

amazed at the

varying projects

undertaken by

these women,

supporting their community and those most in need of help.

Our Lioness Chairperson, Lioness Kay Hardy has done a great

job this year promoting, encouraging and supporting our six

Lioness Clubs.

Lion Cherie:

I am proud to let you know

my wife; Cherie was in-

ducted into the Lions Club

of Yass in early February.

She made the decision to

become a member of our

organisation following our

visits to many of the Clubs

of the District. Their activi-

ties convinced her she

needed to be part of our

association so that she can


do her part in making our communities stronger.

Conclusion:

District N2 appears in a strong position to meet the future, al-

though down on membership, stronger than it was in July 2011.

Planned training and encouraging membership and retention

will place the District in a position to become stronger by sup-

porting our Clubs through the GLT and GMT function. The

Clubs generally are strong and where there are issues, the GLT

and GMT teams are meeting and seeking avenues to strengthen

membership and retention and improving leadership skills

through their support and encouragement.

Lion Geoff Hobart

District Governor 2011-2012

Photos supplied by DG Geoff Hobart

DG Geoff Hobart with members of the Ambarvale Leos Club.

DG Geoff Hobart receiving the Eden Lioness Club’s bannerette from President Lioness Sandra Symonds,

during his official visit.

L-R Lion Cherie and DG Geoff following her induction as a Lion and receiving

custody of the Yass Club’s Mascot.

Who needs to know my Donation decision.

The people close to you –your next of kin—need to know your

donation decision today.

In the event of your death, they will be asked to confirm your

donation wishes.

In Australia, family consent is always sought before donation

can proceed—even if you are registered on the Donor Register.

The most important thing that helps a family’s decision is

knowing the wishes of their loved one.

Families that have discussed and know each other’s donation

decisions are much more likely to uphold those decisions.

Some interesting statistics are that,

* More Australians are discussing organ and tissue dona-

tion wishes, up 9% over the past 12 months.

* However 40% of Australians still do not know donation

wishes of their loved ones.

* 1 in 3 Australians are unsure about how to start the con-

versation with their family.

* Family consent rates remain less than 60%

* 48% of men are unaware of the organ and tissue dona-

tion wishes of family members.

* 56% Young adults aged 18—29 years are unaware of the

organ and tissue donation wishes of family members.

* 57% Australians over 65 years are unaware of the organ

and tissue donation wishes of family members.

Lions these figures are a great improvement, however, I’m

sure you will agree we can do better.

Encourage our families and friends to,

Discover –Decide -- Discuss

Ken McLeish.

District Chairman N 2.

15th April 2012

ORGAN DONATION:

Your Decision


2012-13 Incoming Club

Officer Training Dates

Please advise the 2012-13 incoming President, Secretary, Treas-

urer, Membership Chairperson, and any other interested mem-

bers, of the following dates, locations, and venues.

Date Location Venue

19/05/2012 Wollongong Berkeley Sports & Social Club

20/05/2012 Ingleburn Ingleburn RSL Club

26/05/2012 Ulladulla Ulladulla High School

27/05/2012 Bermagui Bermagui Community Hall

2/06/2012 Goulburn Goulburn Workers Club

3/06/2012 Canberra Burns Club, Kambah

Please contact David Robson, N2 Training Chairperson, to book

in for the training:


Mobile: 0427 008 579

NSW ACT Foundations

COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

Last year an N2 contestant won the Charity Award for the high-

est dollars raised. This was a great effort and earned the club

who supported her a bonus of “$3,000.00 as well as the heartfelt

thanks of the Lions NSW/ACT Save Sight and Public Health

Care Foundations and Lions Club generally who may benefit

through grants from those Foundations.

At the present time we in N2 have only mustered one candidate

sponsored by the Lions Club in N2 Zone 12. This could be, if

we tried one entrant from each Leos Club, they have a special

section of the Challenge, as well as each of the Zones or individ-

ual clubs.

As our Challenge Chairman, PDG Phil Bowser would say You

don’t have to be a rocket scientist to participate, you just need

some fundraising ideas and put them into practice. You don’t

even have to be young a beautiful, although your winner was

both and raised over $30,000 last year.”

It is interesting that the overall winner, a retired farmed aged

over 70 years, who only raised one fifth of the amount of money

of the Charity winner and yet his dedication to the Lions cause

was over whelming. He used his prize money to purchase a

NSW ACT Foundations Car

Raffle Results

The Lions NSW ACT Save Sight and Public Health Care Foun-

dation raffle was drawn on Sunday 25th March and the winners

are as follows:

Winner Location Prize

1st prize Kay Goddard Yagoona Car

2nd prize Bruce Ryan Yass Glasses Frames

3rd prize Peter Palij Queanbeyan TV

4th prize Kason Adams Watch

Congratulations to the winners and those who supported the

foundation by selling and buying raffle tickets.

Ken McLeish, Foundation Director

chain saw to cut firewood to raffle and raise money for this

years challenge. This shows the dedication of some people.

There is still several months to go, the Challenge close on the

30th June and the winners will be announced at the Foundation

Meeting at the Bankstown Sports Club in August, 2012.

Please! Give this a go, it is easy, it is fund, it is rewarding and of

course you are helping YOUR COMMUNITY though YOUR

FOUNDATIONS.

Speak to Lions Jim Field, Ken McLeish or Brian Rope, Your

Foundation Directors,

or go to www.lionssavesightfoundation.org then click ON

“Community Challenge and download a manual”

You never know, you could win in fact every entrant is a Win-

ner.

Article supplied by Brian Rope.


Lions Eye Bank update

The very good news is that Corneal Transplants have increased

by 40% recently. The total number of Eye Donors for the Lions

Eye Bank in 2011 were 381, resulting in 585 Corneal Trans-

plants during 2011.

All of those 585 people are now able to see properly again

thanks to the following.

First the Donors and their Families , the Staff at the Hospitals for

notifying the coordinators who have to then talk to the deceased

family to get permission, then collect the eyes, They then have to

checked that they are suitable, then the surgeons perform the

operation and the nurses help. It is a massive team effort from

everyone involved

Also the Researchers who keep finding new, better, safer ways

to make it all happen.

The Corneas can now be collected up to twenty four hours after

death, kept a lot longer, so as a consequence more Corneas are

becoming available

If the current trend continues there will not be any waiting pe-

riod for Cornea operations because of a shortage of Corneas.

I am very proud and humble to be Chairman of your Lions Save

Sight & Health Care Foundations, from where the $100,000-00

is given to the Lions Eye Bank each year to help things happen,

but without the continuing support of all of you, nothing would

happen, A very big Thank You.

It must make all of you feel good to be a Lion, Lioness and Leo,

when through your efforts, Thousands of people can see because

of a Corneal Transplant.

Regards,

Jim Field OAM

Chairman & District 201 N2 Director

Lions Clubs NSW-ACT Save Sight & Health Care Limited

as trustee for

Lions NSW-ACT Save Sight Foundation

Lions Clubs NSW-ACT Public Health Care Foundation

"Springfield" 280 Cooks Hill Road

Yass NSW 2582

Ph (02) 62266006 Fax (02) 62266776 M 0428 486330

Email:< [email protected]>

http://www.lionssavesightfoundation.org

mailto:[email protected]


Bail Up

Is it Ben Hall and his men, John Dunn and Johnny Gilbert, or

Captain Thunderbolt come down from

Tenterfield, or even Ned Kelly from down Victoria way.

You will never know unless you attend the 2012 201N2 Convention to be held in the first inland city

GOULBURN

COME ONE

COME ALL

Calling all Bushrangers, Members of the Constabulary,

Squatters, and Common Farmers

Bring your

Ladies of the Night, Squatter’s Wives, Farmer’s Wives and

Bushranger’s Molls

To the 201N2 2012 Convention in Goulburn Town

From October 19 to October 21, 2012

More information and Registration Forms will be out soon


MD201 Perth Convention

Lions Clubs NSW-ACT Save Sight & Health Care Limited

NOTICE OF 36th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Saturday 5th May 2012

At Burswood Resort, Perth WA

Commencing at 12:15pm

BUSINESS

1. To receive and consider the Financial Statements and the

Annual Report of the Directors and of the Auditors for the

year ended 31 December 2011.

2. To appoint Auditors for the year ended 31 December 2012

3. To receive the annual report of the Secretary on the general

review of the work of the Foundations during the year

ended 31 December 2011.

4. To transact any other business that may be brought before

the meeting in accordance with the company’s constitu-

tion.

By order of the Board

PDG Ruth Small

Honorary Secretary

31st March 2012

As we draw close to the end of another Lions Year, please remem-

ber to continue encouraging our male friends to visit their Doctor

for a PSA test.

A recent European Research Study, screening some 162,000

males, investigating the effectiveness of the PSA, or blood test,

has reaffirmed previous findings that PSA testing reduces deaths

from prostate cancer by more than 20%. All this from a simple

blood test. Have you had a test????

Perhaps, as our year is fast coming to the end, your club may con-

sider a donation to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.

This Foundation is supported greatly by Lions and is continually

investigating research into this terrible disease. Remember app

3,000 men die each year from Prostate Cancer.

For more Information please go to the web site, pcfa.org.au

Again, a big Thank You for your continued support.

Ken McLeish.

District N2 Chairman.

Men’s Health




our leaders. An informal chat was held at Lion David Flynn’s

residence. Lion David, Chairman of the Lions 201 ASD Pro-

ject, outlined the programme in detail to Senator McLucas.

Lions in attendance agreed that people with a disability and

their families have a powerful ally in Senator McLucas as she

has dedicated her public service career to disability issues.

She thanked and congratulated Lions for their decision to

bring ASD issues to the forefront. The Senator also suggested

that the proposed National Disabilities Insurance Scheme will

address wide ranging ASD issues.

Lions in the meantime will continue to advocate with govern-

ments for increased funding for early intervention preschool

intensive ASD-specific education and therapy. We are hope-

ful that the NDIS will meet the hopes and needs of children

who are impacted by Autism [ASD].

Article & photo supplied by David Flynn

Nurse’s scholarships


Lions advocating for

children with Autism

Thursday 29th March 2012. The Lions MD 201 Preschool

Autism Spectrum Disorders Education and Therapy Project

Committee hosted a visit to Peakhurst Heights in Sydney by

Senator the Hon Jan McLucas.

Senator McLucas is the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities

and Carers and has recently been appointed to the post of Par-

liamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister. The meeting was

attended by Daryl Melham MP the Federal Member for Banks.

Senator McLucas has been overwhelmed by the influx of letters

from Lions Clubs around Australia following the unanimous

decision at the 2011 MD 201 Convention in Launceston to sup-

port the Project. Senator McLucas asked that Lions keep up the

good work as it keeps the issue of ASD firmly in the minds of

I am pleased to report that the MD201 Category B project

‘Preschool Autism Spectrum Disorders Therapy Project’ is

still progressing with vigour since its inception 1st July, 2011.

To date the following has been achieved:

The Committee managing the Project is still meeting

regularly. Sub-committees continue to operate to good

effect. The Committee communicates extensively by e-

mail and through the Lugarno Lions Club Inc. website

www.lugarnolions.org.au.

Proforma letters for Lions Clubs to use in making repre-

sentations to members of parliament and local govern-

ment/shire representatives have been sent out through

Lions Customer Services to each Lions Club in Lions

201. The proforma letters are still available on the Lions

Club of Lugarno Inc`s website http://

www.lugarnolions.org.au/pre-school-autism/letter-

proformas.html.

The Project Committee continues to thank District Gover-

nors for continuing to remind District Clubs to send on

the proforma advocacy letters to governments and coun-

cil/shire representatives.

The Federal Government is now well aware of the Lions

201 ASD Project. A meeting with Senator the Hon Jan

McLucas, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and

Carers and our Committee is firmly on the agenda.

A Committee meeting with the Minister for Disability

Services in NSW is scheduled for this March.

Articles about ASD have been forwarded regularly to the

Lion Australia Papua and New Guinea and the Sydney

201N5 Lion News. Articles are still being prepared for

Lions` publications courtesy of the Sylvanvale Founda-

tion in Sydney which runs early intervention preschool

ASD classes.

Information e-mails have been sent out to Lions through

Lions 201Customer Services.

Increasingly Lions across Australia are approaching

Lugarno Lions for Project information either by telephone (Continued on page 11)

Lions MD201 Autism

Project

The photo shows Senator McLucas surrounded by (from left to right); Lion

Daryl Melham MP, Lion Richard Goodfellow, Lion Terry Lynch, Senator

McLucas, Lion Robert Walker, Lion David Flynn (Project Chairman) and PDG

Elvio Munzone

http://www.lugarnolions.org.au

http://www.lugarnolions.org.au/pre-school-autism/letter-proformas.html



Lion Jenny Tew: ‘People of

Australia’ Ambassador

“On 18th January

2012 Prime Minis-

ter Julia Gillard on

behalf of the Multi-

cultural Council of

Australia acknowl-

edged Lions Jenny

Tew as a ‘People of

Australia’ Ambas-

sador.

Jenny is one of 40 national ambassadors who have been rec-

ognized for their outstanding work in building strong and

cohesive local communities. These local champions have

been independently selected as the new People of Australia

ambassadors following public nomination.

In 1981 Jenny Siv Phan Tew moved to Australia with her


mother and two siblings and in two months secured a job as a

healthcare interpreter. She was 26 years old.

The decision to come to Australia was made following her fa-

ther’s death in Cambodia. Fortunately he had encouraged her to

learn English and to embrace the best education he could pro-

vide.

Life was very different, she said. “I came here in September and

it was cold compared to Cambodia and the sky was very cloudy.

I somehow felt sad and lonely and I had no friends at the time.”

Jenny worked hard to change that be establishing two successful

businesses and becoming an integral member of the Western

Sydney multicultural community, helped by her fluency in six

languages.

The Government’s multicultural policy, The People of Austra-

lia, recognizes the breadth of our diversity and builds on our

strong commitment to Multiculturalism in Australia.

As a new ‘People of Australia’ Ambassador Jenny and the other

ambassadors now have an new platform to promote their good

work and share their ideas and initiatives that can help inspire

others. They will also be able to provide to government and the

Australian Multicultural Council which will assist and

strengthen the government’s multicultural policy.” Source: Text

& photo, MD201 Lion magazine online 27/01/2012

Years of supporting the community as president of the

Cabramatta-Canley Vale Lions Club has made Jenny Tew one

of 40 ‘People of Australia’ ambassadors. Other locals given the

top honour include Fairfield Migrant Resource Centre manager

Ricci Bartels, community settlement officer Carmen Lazar,

Fairfield councillor Sam Yousif, and Tien Manh Nguyen, who

founded the Council of Vietnamese Refugees Supporting Or-

ganisations in Australia.

Mrs Tew helped form two junior Leos clubs, at Cabramatta and

Canley Vale high schools. The junior clubs that are for the

youth of Lions club raised more than $10,000 for victims of

Queensland’s 2011 floods.

“I am happy to be given this opportunity to play a small part in

assisting the government and the Australian Multicultural Coun-

cil to strengthen our multicultural policy,” Mrs Tew said.

The People of Australia ambassadors are part of the federal

government’s The People of Australia multicultural policy,

which was announced last year to recognise a culturally diverse

nation and strengthen social cohesion.

As a ‘People of Australia’ Ambassador Lion Jenny Tew has

been a guest at a number of events to promote multiculturalism.

Sydney Adventist College—Harmony Day 2012: “A day to

commemorate all Australians being a welcome part of our

country, regardless of their background. It’s time to reflect

on where Australia has come from, recognising the tradi-

tional owners of this land. It’s all about community partici-

pation, inclusiveness and respect—celebrating the different

cultures that make Australia a great place to live.” Source:

www.sac.nsw.edu.au/news-and-events

Hornsby ‘One World Multicultural Festival’: Lion Jenny

made a statement that demonstrates the diversity of Austra-

lia’s people, “There are 246 different nationalities living in

Australia with 206 languages.” Source: The Bush Telegraph

Weekly, 5/04/2012, page 4.


or e-mail. Packages of information are being sent out by

e-mail to interested Lions. Telephone conversations with

individual Lions have proved to be particularly effective.

Government representatives at each level of government

are being sent Project information with very encouraging

levels of response.

Growing support for the Project has been received from

ASD groups. They see us a strong ally in the early inter-

vention ASD cause. Our Project has given ASD groups

great encouragement.

The Committee is now actively engaged with the West-

pac Banking Corporation. This follows an offer from

Westpac of access to its intellectual resources. This ac-

cess is already proving highly valuable. If the Project

continues beyond 30th June I will provide specific details

of the terms of engagement with Westpac.

We are pleased to announce that the Friends of Autism, a

Western Australian ASD group, will operate an informa-

tion stall at the Perth Convention. We are hoping that

Council Members will visit the stall to discuss ASD is-

sues.

Our Committee is finding that Lions want to do more to

help children with ASD. Donations and fund raising for

ASD groups is gaining pace. For example Domino`s

Pizza is helping one Club by giving a dollar per pizza

sold towards local area ASD preschools.

As Council is aware the Committee is seeking to extend and

expand the Project for a further two years. It would be pity

for the Project to cease on 30th June, 2012. The Committee

is looking forward to receiving Council support at the Perth

Convention.

We thank the Lions 201Multiple District Council for the

support given to this important Project.

We can make a difference and we will.

David Flynn, Project Chairman

(Continued from page 10)


This is the

Lions Club of

Marulan &

Districts Inc’s

second year

of sending

Christmas

parcels to the

Troops Over-

seas. Last

year 20 par-

cels were sent

but this year

due to the local community’s generosity there were over 30

parcels packaged to send.

The Club collected a variety of goods - toiletries, biscuits, noo-

dles, lollies, books and magazines, scarves, socks and gloves as

well as some special treats for the sniffer dogs.

A group of Lions members spent an enjoyable few hours sort-

ing, packing, weighing and addressing the parcels and then de-

livered them all to the Marulan Post Office.

We know that our troops will have some fun when opening their

Christmas parcels. They will be going to soldiers, sailors, air

personnel both male and female and some for the canine troops

and their handlers.

Article & photo supplied by Rosemary Chapman

We must all take heart from the caliber of the young people

who put themselves forward as it is evident that Goulburn

and Australia can look forward to some fine citizens in the

future.

The winner of the evening was Angela Moran winning the

Public speaking and

Overall competitions

(Photo to right receiv-

ing her awards from

President Bob

Collins). She will

move forward to fur-

ther competition in

Yass in early March.

Caitlin Flint and Dan-

ielle Yeadon-Allport

both gave very strong

performances and are

congratulated on their

achievements (Photo

to right L-R with

their awards).

Congratulations go to

the Lions Club of

Goulburn City for this

wonderful initiative

and to the National

Australia Bank for

their sponsorship of

this enormously

worthwhile quest for

the Youth of the Year.”

Goulburn City Lions have enjoyed and greatly appreciated

the support and the sponsorship of this event by the National

Australia Bank . The participating High Schools are once

again thanked for their support.

The event gives the “achievers” from the High Schools the

chance to participate and hopefully go on to the Australian

Title and a trip overseas.

Article & photos supplied by:

Des Rowley, Goulburn City Lions Bulletin Editor

Christmas parcels for our

troops overseas


L-R Lions Maureen Symmonds, Georgina Simpson, Robert

James, Marjorie Izzard, Pat James, & Rosemary Chapman

with all the Christmas parcels for overseas troops.

Goulburn City

Youth of the Year

SOME GREAT NEWS, THERE IS HOPE FOR OUR FU-

TURE.

One of the best attendances at Youth of the Year for many

years were privileged to witness top performances from three

young ladies representing three of our High Schools.

Chairperson of the judges Mrs. Jean Lloyd (assisted by Mr.

Michael Cooper (Manager NAB Goulburn), and Miss Margaret

Harris from Sydney) stated “What a privilege to once again be

a judge at the Lions Youth of the Year on Tuesday night last.

Three very diverse personalities entertained the Lions members,

their parents and of course the judges. “Hope, Ambition and

Happiness” were the topics of their speeches and each could

possibly have delivered any one of them. The courage shown

by the young women was great as they gave their impromptu

speeches, indeed a challenging feat, not envied by anyone pre-

sent. Each was a credit to their families and their school.

The three Goulburn High Schools were represented, which was

great to see, and all contestants deserve congratulations for their

efforts. Private interviews were held on the Sunday before at

which the judges were able to speak to the contestants and mar-

vel at all they have already accomplished, and learn more about

their plans for the future. Each is giving a lot to Goulburn with

their community involvement being varied and very meaning-

ful.

Lions Youth Haven Update

Lions of Region 4, District 201N2, are

making a difference in the ACT com-

munity through their financial and prac-

tical support of Lions Youth Haven.

Activities are increasing at Westwood

Farm every year. This year our very

successful schools program has doubled

with 50 young people per week joining us to learn Farm

Skills. Ren Webb joined us in late February as Training Offi-

cer to take charge of this increasingly popular program. We

now have 3 employees at the farm to manage all of the vari-

ous activities taking place.

A brief history to help those new Lions who have joined in



the last few years. Lions Youth Haven Inc (LYH) was formed

in 1988 by the Lions Clubs located in the ACT/Queanbeyan

Region of District 201N2 and is administered by a volunteer

Board of Directors drawn from each of those Clubs. We are a

registered Charity with Deductible Gift Recipient status, in-

come tax exempt and ACT sales tax exempt. Our 200 hectare

property is known as Westwood Farm in honour of our found-

ing Lion, Sel Westwood, and it is located on Kambah Pool

road in Kambah ACT.

LYH’s principal objective is to provide young people of the

ACT region with training in basic skills which equip them to

better fill their places in society as self-sufficient and produc-

tive individuals, both in an economic and a personal sense.

Following the rebuilding process needed after the terrible

2003 bushfires, the Board of Management decided on a new

business model that meant taking on a direct teaching role

with at risk youth, instead of simply providing a home for

other community welfare organisations as we had done previ-

ously.

PARTNER PROGRAMS

We continue to license a number of community organisations

to conduct operations at LYH that help young people. These

community organizations currently include; Galilee School,

Oz Harvest, Tandem Respite Care, Greening Australia, and

the Woodcraft Guild of the ACT.

Our partner community organisations provide different pro-

grams that support and develop another 40 young people

every week at Westwood Farm in addition to the 50 disen-

gaged youth participating in the LYH schools program.

THE SCHOOLS YOUTH PROGRAM

Westwood Farm now provides an important tool and back-

drop to giving disadvantaged youth positive educational ex-

periences in a rural setting through its FARM - SKILLS pro-

grams. These programs have been developed from the our

original Trees in Trouble program with course elements in-

cluding environmental practices, animal husbandry, farming

techniques and skills such as fencing, tree planting, water

watch and woodworking. They are designed to build confi-

dence and self-respect in the young people and equip them to

become self-sufficient and productive in our community.

DEVELOPMENTS

Dormitory

Our long mooted Dormitory project has been delayed by a

number of issues, the most recent being legal advice from one

of our license holders that LYH was in breach of its crown

lease. This situation has now been clarified and documenta-

tion prepared by CBRE Town Planners. They have been en-

gaged to prepare changes to the lease purpose clause to ensure

we legally comply with our Lease obligations in the future.

ACT Planning and Land Authority is now considering the

change of lease submission and our application seeking De-

sign Approval for the new 58 bed dormitory. The dormitory

will be used to house young people attending Lions Youth

Camps, to conduct training courses and to house school chil-

dren visiting the National Capital under the Federal Govern-

ments Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)

scheme

The budget for the new building is $520,000. LYH currently

has $209,000 held in trust accounts and term deposits at our

(Continued from page 12) Bank. This

money includes

funds raised

from within the

local Lions

Clubs ($52,000)

and the ACT

Government

($100,000).

Lions Clubs

International

Foundation

(LCIF) has provided a commitment for $US75,000. We are

continuing to seek additional funding from bodies able to assist

us in minimising the need for a Dormitory mortgage thereby

enhancing our business continuity profile. Further donations

from within Lions would be very welcome. Building of the dor-

mitory (above) is expected to commence in June/July with com-

pletion planned in time for the Multiple District Convention in

Canberra in May 2013.

A solution in the form of an extension to our existing crown

lease has been suggested (see plan below) that will double the

area of the current 99 year lease and provide us with the secure

tenure we need to develop further in the future.

We are hopeful that this proposal can be formalized in the next

few months.

Article & images supplied by

Lion Frank Brown, LYH Chairman


LCIF HELPS LIONS TO ACHIEVE MORE IN THEIR

COMMUNITIES,

LCIF DONATIONS DON’T GO OVERSEAS!

Many clubs say they want to support local projects and believe

monies donated to LCIF will end up overseas. Certainly if your

club assigns your donation to a particular overseas Lions project

or disaster, then your donation will only be used for that purpose.

But, most of the donations stay in the LCI/LCIF bank account in

Newcastle until they are required to support LCIF Grants. Such

as LCIF Emergency Grants where District Governors can make

immediate application for funds up to US$10,000 following

natural disasters within their District. In recent years Australia

has experienced extensive bushfires, floods and cyclones. LCIF

Emergency Grants totalling US$195,000 have been approved to

assist Australian Lions meet the immediate needs of people who

have lost their homes in these disasters.

Then there is the LCIF Major Catastrophe Grant given to help

Lions rebuild community facilities following a major disaster

like the February 2009 Victorian bushfires where following a

visit IPIP Sid Scruggs lll organised with the LCIF Executive a

Grant of US$100,000.

LCIF Standard (matching) Grants provides funds up to

US$75,000 for Zones and Districts to take on projects that would

otherwise be too expensive for a single club or district. LCIF

Standard Grants are approved for Lion projects assisting the dis-

abled, elderly and youth and the purchase of high tech, high cost

medical equipment.

In 2011 the following Standard Grants were approved:

N5 – equip Sydney University Nerve Research Foundation –

US$48,500

Q2 – upgrade Camp Kanga community welfare camp –

US$75,000

Q3 – renovate Rubie House at Lions Camp Duckadang –

US$75,000

V3 – equip Lions Spinal Cord Fellowship Australia –

US$75,000

W2 – purchase Mobile Skin Cancer Screening unit –

US$75,000

To date there has been 150 LCIF Grants to Australian Lions

Clubs totalling US$5,902,250

So, you can see there is a need for your LCIF donation to stay in

Australia to meet the increasing number of LCIF Grants used to

help Australian Lions make their communities a better place in

which to live.

During the disbursement of club funds, please consider honour-

ing Lions and Community Leaders with a Melvin Jones Fellow-

ship (MJF) or a Progressive Melvin Jones Fellowship (PMJF)

by donating US$1,000 to LCIF. MJFs can be paid for in instal-

ments of at least US$100 totalling US$1,000 over 5 years.

Remember 100% of your donation to LCIF goes into a grant.

N2 LCIF information:

Send your LCIF donation in Australian dollars ($1,000), to-

gether with a completed Melvin Jones Fellowship application

form, to your N2 Cabinet Treasurer:

Make cheques payable to “Lions Clubs Interna-

tional Foundation” and post to:

N2 Cabinet Treasurer, Lion Danny Howard

GPO Box 963 Canberra ACT 2601

A donation to LCIF will go overseas if you make the

donation, or fellowship purchase, via the LCIF website, or

send an MJF application to LCIF in Oak Brook, USA.

Remember when making a donation to LCIF, or pur-

chasing an MJF, or a PMJF, if you specify that the donation

or purchase is to be directed to the LCIF Measles project, the

Gates Foundation will add US$1 for each US$2 donated to

LCIF.

As of 29th February 2012, most N2 Lions Clubs, and

one Leos Club, have credits towards MJFs, or PMJFs:

Credit for one (1) or more MJFs or PMJFs

Credit for less than one (1) MJF or PMJF, the credit

exceeding $500

Credit for less than $500, with many small amounts

as a result of the higher AU$ vs US$ exchange rate

Some credits are allocated to a specific / named

member, but most credits are unallocated / un-named

and can be used for any recipient)

Progressive Melvin Jones Fellowships are for those who

have already received their initial ‘Foundation’ Melvin

Jones Fellowship. PMJFs can be purchased for US$1,000

for each additional fellowship and the recipient receives a

new Lapel Pin for each PMJF, but no additional plaque is

awarded.

For further information regarding LCIF, donations, and Fel-

lowships, contact:

N2 LCIF Coordinator Lion Lorraine Mairinger

PO Box 6093 Kangaroo Valley NSW 2577

(H&W) 02-4465-1031

(F) 02-4465-1567

(M) 0427 297 238

(E) [email protected]

Australian Lions

Children’s Mobility

Foundation

Will your club............

Advocate support

Lead by example

Consider all needy children

Make a donation.....and

Feel good?

Contact.......

Lion Beverly von Stein, Trustee N2 & N4, Chairperson N2



Lioness Report Leos Report

It never ceases amaze me, the amount of work

our Lioness do in the community..

Three days of hard work have paid off for the

Lioness Club of Shoalhaven. It was their annual quilt show.

They start on the Friday, setting up, that’s when they get their

exercise, up and down ladders, hanging quilts, I might add, the

quality of the quilts this year were outstanding. This is their

sixth year, and the word is out that it is a show worth a visit.

Saturday and Sunday was all hands on deck to make sure that

everyone attending enjoyed their visit. Did the hard work pay

off for the club, yes, they are very pleased with the end result,

they, are now planning for next year. Congratulations on a

job well done. It was lovely to see Wollongong Heights and

Oak Flats Lioness come down for the show. Oak Flats Lion-

ess spent the weekend down in the lovely Shoalhaven. I hope

the rain didn’t dampen their spirits.

Bevin and I had the pleasure of attending DG Geoff’s visit to

the Liverpool Lions and Lioness dinner meeting. We were

greeted at the door and made to feel so welcome, not only

that, we were presented with a beautiful meal, cooked by the

Lions and their ladies, the Lioness were waitress. Good food

and good fellowship , was the order of the day, thank you for

the most pleasurable evening. The Liverpool Lioness held a

very successful fashion parade and I hear their models did a

wonderful job. Their booklet 200 things to know about Liver-

pool is being used as a reference in schools and the local

council, I know the girls are very proud of this project. If you

are interested in history, this is a very informative read.

Wollongong Lioness are very busy with their driver reviver,

knitting for Guardian Angel, Wrapped with Love and Can

Assist. They are also very good on the BBQ plate, and can be

seen working hard at Office Works and Bunning’s If you

want a nice cup of tea, pay them a visit at the Wesley Tea

Shoppe Kiosk. I know of one Wollongong Lioness that will

be attending the Perth Convention.

The very busy Camden girls are back in full swing with, the

Softball Canteen, Camden Activity Centre, Hospital and Nurs-

ing Home, not to mention their raffles at the local hotel, knit-

ting trauma bears and baby clothes is another project they en-

joy, plus Meals on Wheels.

Bunning’s invited The Oak Flats Lioness to their International

Woman’s Day morning tea, I know they do the Bunning’s

BBQ’S, it would be a nice way for Bunning’s to say thank

you for all their support, hope it was a success and the Lion-

ess enjoyed it. As this goes to print they’ll be holding their

Trivia Night on the 17th March, I wish them,” all the best”, for

the evening. They are hoping to enter a team into Relay for

Life. The girls are also busy entertaining at the local Nursing

Homes. It is pleasing to hear, that, three, Lioness will be at-

tending the Convention in Perth.

I joined the Eden Lioness for, DG Geoff’s official visit, Tathra

Lions were the host. The Lioness hired a bus to take us up to

Tathra, the evening was one of laughter and good fellowship,

and a bus trip would not be a bus trip unless we had the nor-

mal sing a long on the way home, great fun. I’m looking for-

ward to going back for my official visit in April.

I’d like to take this time to welcome to our newest Lioness,

Iris O’Neill who has joined the Lioness Club of Shoalhaven .

Bye for now Lioness Kay

As promised I have accompa-

nied DG Geoff and Lions Lady

Cherie on all of his official

visits to most of our Leo Clubs

(we have not been able to or-

ganise visits to Camden, Ulla-

dulla or Warilla High School

Clubs). We thoroughly enjoyed

our time with the club members and Advisers.

I travelled to speak with the members of the students and teach-

ers of Prairievale High School at their assembly on March 23.

This is the school that our Remote Leo Caitlyn Hyett attends and

if Caitlyn has her way we will have a Leo Club there very

shortly. The teachers are very enthusiastic, so hopefully in a

short time we will have the nucleus of an Alpha Club. The latest

member numbers from the Leo Clubs are:

Ambarvale HS 105 members + 3 Remote Narellan

Cabramatta HS 35 members

Camden Leo Club 5 members

Canberra Lake Tuggeranong 16 members including the 8

Remote Taralga 6, Crookwell 1 & Bermagui 1

Canley Vale HS 25 members

Fairvale HS 2 members

Ulladulla Milton 8 members

Warilla HS No Report

Dapto Lions inducted a new Remote Leo on October 25,

2011; I haven’t been told which club that Leo belongs to.

For the last two weeks I have been trying to get information

from the Leo Clubs for the 2012-13 Directory, and, like every-

thing else we have asked for during the year you would have

thought we were asking for the Crown Jewels – the Leo advisers

seem to forget that the Leo Clubs are an activity of the Lions

Clubs and therefore we need to know what is happening in their

Leo Clubs. From what I can ascertain no advisers report monthly

to their host clubs and the only reports I have been able to get all

year are from Ambarvale (via the Zonie) and Cabramatta/Canley

Vale after a request by email.

I have had a report from Cabramatta/Canley Vale Leo Adviser

telling me that the combined clubs raised over $2,000.00 to go to

the Fairfield Meals on Wheels.

The planned Leos Convention on the last weekend in March –

March 30, 31 & April 1 at the Wombeyan Caves Complex did

not happen due to the complete lack of interest from the Leo

advisers. I had booked the Dorm building for the nights of

March 30 & 31, this building will hold 48 Leos and 4 supervi-

sors and the cost per Leo would have been be $30.00, this would

have covered the cost of accommodation and catering (to be

done by Taralga Lions) after the $25.00 per Leo from the Dis-

trict and Taralga Lions revamping their menu to reduce it to a

lesser price. The really sad part is that the only applicants that I

had were the Remote Leos and I do feel that it is most important

that they should be able to associate with the ‘Club’ Leos so that

they realise that they really do belong to a larger association of

members.

I wish to thank DG Geoff for offering me opportunity to act as

Leo Chairperson this year, I have really enjoyed my contact with

the ‘Lions of tomorrow’ and hope to further our commitment to

the youth next year.

Lion Jenny Cee



Minutes of the Third CABINET MEETING 2011-2012,

held at Goulburn Workers Club, Sunday 19th February,

2012. Call to Order at 9.00 am - Attendance as per sign on sheet

Apologies: Lions Jim Armstrong, Franz Mairinger, John & Cath-

erine Gallagher, Ray Hill,

Ian Connor, Col Woodley, John Smith

Announcements: Cabinet Secretary – Lion John Flarrety

Meeting handed over to DG Geoff Hobart

Invocation: Lion Ken McLeish

Purposes: ZC Tracey Anderson

Code of Ethics: ZC Bill Bransom

Self-Introductions – Cabinet Members and Visitors – PDG

Ruth Small, PCC Ian Gammage, Barry & Beryl Ryan, Corrimal

L.C.).

Confirmation of Minutes -

Moved: ZC Maxine Helmling, Seconded: ZC Sharon Bishop,

that the minutes of the Cabinet Meeting, held 14/11/2011 in Mit-

tagong be accepted. Carried

Business Arising from Minutes.

i). Query re contribution for State Youth of the Year winners,

and, round Australia tour expenses, and the rules covering ex-

penses. D.G. Geoff advised at this stage there is no answer.

MD committee need to look at this. There is no budget in our

district for expenses. This should be an item at next Council of

Governors meeting in Perth in May.

District Governor’s Report – DG Geoff Hobart

Report as contained and distributed. Membership needs concen-

tration.

Council of Governor’s meeting- development of a

“Memorandum of Understanding” ,process to continue to en-

courage Lions to have a closer association with Apex.

Moved: PDG Paul Helmling, Seconded: Lion Lorraine Mair-

inger, that the District Governor’s report be adopted. Carried

1st Vice District Governor – Lion Gary Parker

Incoming Officer Training days are being completely revised, to

be more interactive and informative for participants.

Convention 2012 working well, good format, convention open-

ing on Friday night.

Beginning to prepare for the journey of District Governor Elect.

2nd Vice District Governor – Lion Allan McDonald

Report as circulated.

Looking at future cabinet process.

2.

Cabinet Secretary’s Report – Lion John Flarrety.

The report as circulated, with the addition of:-

Correspondence folder is available for viewing by all cabinet

members.

-Zone chairman encouraged to advise clubs re OHS legislation

- Gerringong Lions project to be dealt with later in meeting.

- Club Elections Date – Multiple District set new cut off date.

Query from club “is this change unconstitutional” ? Cur-

rent constitution at all levels, as they apply do not have a

set date.

Contact details for directory need to be in by cut off date of

30/3/2012

Current club admin manual Section 6.20 “to be with

Cabinet Secretary by 31st March 2012”.

Membership – on a down slide. Beginning of fiscal year was

1728, currently 1690.

Only 7/65 activity reports and 30 MMRs and 1

PU101, and, approximately 10/65 returns for MD

convention been received.

Query as how do we compare with rest of Australia? – DG

advised as at Jan 1st, N2 is the worst in Australia in relation

to dropped members.

Also, how many are transfers out ? Approximately 10 . Li-

ons on OZ is affecting several clubs, and these members

don’t always return to their home club.

On behalf of Catherine Gallagher – Cab Sec John spoke re

expressions of interest emails for persons arising

from Website.

Comments on this matter suggested that maybe zone

chairman could be active in seeing prospects; sug-

gested that one needs to ask people direct. VDG

Gary felt that when a person makes contact with

Newcastle office, not enough questions are asked.

People being referred are interested in volunteer

work, but not actually in joining a club.

Moved: Lion John Flarrety, Seconded: Lion Sally Wilton

the report be adopted. Carried

Cabinet Treasurer’s Report – Lion Danny Howard.

Second semi annual dues clubs are paying on time. (7/9 still

offending) . 2/3 clubs have paid both International and MD

dues on time which was encouraging. Those who pay on

time, points go towards club of the year award.

End of month no balances other than Feb will be outstanding.

2 dues notices issued – Zone Chairman to encourage clubs to

get MMRs in on time.

Small decrease in Youth Year contributions from clubs this

year.

25 payment totaling $15, 500 including directories and Youth

Year entry fee to MD.

Gary Parker has begun set up cost for District Pin – sample

available to see..

Reimbursements, expenses ie: deposit Youth camp, incoming

training etc.

Donations by clubs through Districts (natural disasters) is

down. Most clubs paid voluntary contributions on semi an-

nual dues notices.

Moved: Lion Danny Howard, Seconded: Lion David King

the report be adopted. Carried

3.

CBL Chairman’s Report – Lion Peter Howe

Authority to Fundraise – every club in NSW needs to have

current ATF so the clubs can procure funds from the public.

Every club need to apply and supply relevant information to

Liquor, Racing & Gaming.

Two clubs in district currently do not have current ATF.

Auditing of Books –is compulsory every year by all clubs, to

the required “certain standard.

Work Health and Safety - from Legal Officer, PCC David

Skinner, outlined that a club that is “normal” has the same

duty of care as does a club that is “abnormal” e.g.: Kangaroo


N2 Cabinet Minutes



Valley who employ a person. Protection of Lions insurance

will continue. No change.

Election Date for Directory– no constitutional matter . Clubs

can hold elections earlier. Reinforce request for MD directory

information by required date.

Issue from CBL report re club address, as a contact - reply from

Fair Trading is address of public officer, not to be a Post Office

box. CBL Chairman was referring to the Authority to Fund-

raise, not Dept. of Fair Trading in his report.

Moved: CBL Peter Howe , Seconded: ZC Trish Friend

that the report be adopted. Carried

Presentations ZC Greg Best gave power point presentation on District Assess-

ment.

PDG Warren Woods acknowledge members of his team from

last year and presented District Excellence Awards 2010-2011 to

those present:- 1st VDG Geoff Hobart, 2nd VDG Gary Parker,

Zone Chairmen John Penney, Sally Wilton, Greg Best, Danny

Howard, Dave King, Bill Bransom

Club Excellence Awards to Lions Clubs of Canberra- Belcon-

nen, Canberra-Lake Tuggeranong, Gungahlin, Liverpool.

Reports from Breakout Sessions

1st Vice District Governor Report –Lion Gary Parker

Breakout was a different style of meeting than normal. Good

participation.

Discussion re suggestion that mail could be better distributed via

Zone Chairman.

Areas for District in relation to Communication, as well as Mem-

bership and Leadership being looked at

Fair amount of like thinking relevant to these 3 areas from those

in attendance.

Incoming officer training, need to look at how clubs treat emails.

Moved: Ist VDG Gary Parker Seconded:, ZC Sally Wilton that

the report be adopted Carried

2nd Vice District Governor Report – Lion Allan McDonald

Time taken up on reports.

Christmas Cakes - a proposed 100gram “mini cake” will be

presented to Perth convention for approval as an additional prod-

uct.. There will be 10 per box, and each box anticipated to cost

$11.00. Price increase for 1kg Christmas Cake to be $11.00 and

1.5kg to $15. More 1kg cakes sold last year.

Convention 2012 date was published incorrectly, should read

19,20,21st October. The room hire has been waived. Convention

will start on the Friday night with new format.

4.

Leo Convention - 30th.March-April 1st. $80 approx. Further

information in general business.

Newsletter – Incoming officer dates in newsletter. Meetings all

logged in, with new format.

Minimum postage for clubs newsletter to date as Zone Chairman

have been distributing

Mobility Foundation – urgent need for clubs to sponsor children

still on waiting list.

Youth Camp – same weekend as Youth of the Year District

final.

Youth of the Year 27 clubs participating. District final 24/3/12

(Continued from page 16) hosted by Camden Lions at Camden Golf Club.. State Final

14th April 2012 in Griffith.

ALF & LCIF – clubs need to apply for awards early to re-

ceive awards in time for changeovers.

Down payments can be made for Melvin Jones awards can

be made over 5 years.

Youth Haven – have go ahead for 56 bed dormitory.

NSW Save Sight raffle – Drawn 25th March 2012. Com-

munity Challenge finalized 30th June. Significant changes

have been made to rules for Cornea transplants.

Organ Donor week starts today. Encourage your clubs

Moved: 2nd VDG Allan McDonald Seconded: Lion David

Robson that the reports be adopted Carried

Convention 2011 – Lion Danny Howard.

Books for Gungahlin Convention now closed. Surplus of

$1,000.00 will return to District. Sponsorship from District

Convention account was $3,500.00. Final bank statement is

in and books will be now sent to Auditor.

Moved: Treasurer Danny Howard, Seconded: ZC Trish

Friend that the report be accepted. Carried

Convention 2012 – Chairman, Lion Jenny Cee

Workers club are waiving the cost of the hire of the rooms

for the weekend.

Convention will be starting Friday night. (Setting up access

from midday Friday) and must conclude with exit by 1pm on

Sunday due to double booking by Workers Club.

Moved: Lion Jenny Cee Seconded: Lion Stella McLeish

Carried

GENERAL BUSINESS

New Club Supplies Consultative Committee –

Council Governors meeting – new consultative com-

mittee formed Meetings by email/phone conferencing,

objective to look at the upgrade of both Lions supplies

and apparel.. 19 representatives required. Lion Stella

McLeish volunteered to represent N2.

District Equipment - need a home for all equipment to be

stored. A shed at Youth Haven (approved by their

committee) was suggested, cost met by Christmas Cake

rebate. Expected income from Christmas cake rebate

will be lower so not able to be a consideration. Danny

will look at budget and report back to DG team for suit-

able action. Shed would cost $10,000. Look at con-

tainer. Suggestion to apply for Federal or State Grant

for volunteers.

Leo Convention - Wombeyan Cave dormitory

(accommodating 48) 30th March to 1st April 2012

booked. Quote was $10 per person for dormitory, and

2 guided, and one self tour. $25 Taralga Lions cater-

ing at $50 per person = $85.00 per Leo. Request from

District for financial assistance towards hosting this

event.

Motion Moved: Lion Lorraine Mairinger Seconded: ZC

Maxine Helmling, that the District subsidizes the Leo

Convention for $25 per head, attendees only, up to

$1,200.00. Carried

2nd VDG Allan and District Youth Chairman to look at what

changes need to be made to budgets and funding for the

Youth Camp for the next several years and report back to




Cabinet. It was raised that funding for the Youth Camps

would need to be funded by the Clubs in future years rather

than from the District Fund. This is to be checked as part of

the review.

Youth Camp – Berry Sport and Rec centre Booked and $500

deposit paid for Friday 23rd.to Sunday 25th. March 2012.

Maximum 25 participants. $163 per head cost to district.

Anticipated budget of $4,700 .which allows for 22-24

youth, one student teacher female, and

2 Lions.

Moved: Lion David King Seconded: Lion Ken McLeish

Carried

vii. ANZI forum – 2012 in Queenstown NZ.

A discussion was held regarding costs associated with attendance

of 1st.VDG & 2nd.VDG at ANZI forums. Administration costs

for forums, fares, accommodation etc for the 3 officials comes to

round $5,000 per annum, if cover costs in full

Other issues raised during the discussion included - No council

of governors meeting off shore, so LCI will not cover airfare.

Query as to do DG & VDG have to be there?; It would seem that

there would need to be an increase in fees to cover expenses.

Vice District Governors and Cabinet Treasurer to meet to discuss

needs, budget and report to next cabinet meeting.

viii ZC Bill Bransom raised awareness of booklet titled

“Lion Bill” , cost $35. History of the Lions Journey of Lion Bill

Tresise in establishment of Lions in Australia.

ix. Lion David Robson advised deadline for next Newsletter

issue is16th March.

x. Save Sight and Health Care Foundation meetings are

held on 4th Sunday of March, August, & November. Lion Jim

Field asks that all Lions please consider this when booking Lions

events to avoid any future Lions event clashing with these meet-

ings.

Final Remarks and Meeting Closure – District Governor

Geoff Hobart

Forum discussions were productive.

Fellowship for lunch encouraged following the meeting.

Thank you to all members for your participation and a safe jour-

ney home.

Next Cabinet Meeting to be held at Mittagong RSL, on Sunday,

22nd April, 2012

Meeting Closed – 12.50pm.

(Continued from page 17) It is worth noting that the ANU Medical School is a joint

venture of the ANU and ACT Health. So, many doctors on

ACT Health appointments at The Canberra Hospital and

elsewhere also hold adjunct appointments in the ANU Medi-

cal School and teach medical students, especially in the stu-

dents later years of study as they get hands on experience. At

the same time there are people appointed to the ANU as staff

of the Medical School. These staff members are more con-

cerned with providing coursework aspects of the medical

student program, which is provided on the ANU campus.

A lot of the medical oriented ANU staff, especially the oph-

thalmology staff, will be moving into a new clinical vision

research facility in a new wing of the John Curtin School of

Medical Research (JCSMR) in December 2012. As it gets

nearer to being finished we could possibly arrange a walk-

through of the new facilities for interested Lions. Also, there

is an ANU open day on Saturday 27th August 2012 and the

will be some 15 minute talks on health and research at the

JCSMR from midday. Professor Ted Maddess will be giving

talks on eye diseases.

There will be a grand opening of the new wing at the JCSMR

in late January 2013, if any Lions wish to attend that would

be great.

There will be an open day for the new clinical vision research

facility on Saturday 19th May 2012. For further details con-

tact Lion Kevin McInerney by email:

[email protected]

Information supplied by:

Professor Ted Maddess, Director of ARC Centre of Excel-

lence in Vision Sciences

Dr. Kate Reid, Director of Ophthamology, Canberra and Cal-

vary Hospitals

Ophthamalmic Fundus

Camera

Winner of this year’s N2 District Youth of the Year Final was

sixteen year old Molly Campbell a student of Lumen Christi

Catholic College in Pambula Beach. Molly who was repre-

senting the Pambula – Merimbula Club, comes from the

Snowy Mountains locality of Mila near Bombala.

Molly was the youngest finalist and impressed the judges with

her maturity, scholastic prowess, and community involve-

ment. Molly also won the Public Speaking section of the fi-

nal .Her win saw her progress to the State Final held in Grif-

fith.

A very large audience was present at the Dinner Function

held at the Camden Golf Club on 24th March to hear the con-

testants answer two impromptu questions and deliver a pre-

pared speech. The gala function was hosted by the Lions

Club of Macarthur and organised by Lion Stewart Ollis and

his Lionsonoz wife Lion Marge Ollis. Zone 13 Chairperson,

Sharon Bishop rallied all the Zone clubs, Camden Lioness

Club and Ambervale Leos into to assisting with the conduct

of the evening. A highlight of the evening was a presentation

by Nathan Barnden who was last year’s State Youth of the

Year winner and National Public Speaking winner. Nathan

spoke of his Youth of the Year journey over the last eighteen

months. He was glowing in his praise of the quest and of the (Continued on page 19)


In 2006, the Canberra Belconnen Lions Club donated an

‘Ophthalmic Fundus’ camera, a “Zeiss Visucam Lite”, which

still bears the plaque detailing the donation.

Initially the camera was set up for teaching Australian National

University (ANU) medical students at the Canberra Eye Hospi-

tal, a private facility, as the students attend clinical placements

there. It was subsequently transferred to the public Department

of Oththamology at the Canberra Hospital, where it has proved

most useful for both examining patients and teaching students.

N2 & N Districts Youth of

the Year Finals


benefits, not only to himself, but to all contestants who he had

uncounted along the way. His talk entertained the audience dur-

ing the deliberation of the judges.

The other District Finalists were: Pamela Barling (Jervis Bay

Club), Tim Benfatto (Queanbeyan), Caitlin Hooper (Macarthur),

Angela Moran (Goulburn City), and Daniel McNamara (Figtree).

The judges tested the contestants with the two impromptu ques-

tions being:

- Is intolerance more dangerous than ignorance?

-The world works better with relationships – do we have time for

relationships?

Molly’s prepared speech was titled “The Common Values that

define our Nation.”

On 14th April, Molly and large group of supporters from her fam-

ily, school, and Pambula – Merimbula Lions Club travelled to

Griffith for the State Final. Again, Molly was the youngest con-

testant in a very strong field of five young ladies which included

Year 12 students and a university student. Despite an outstanding

effort, which the N2 contingent thought was good enough to win,

Molly was outpointed by Becky Bunting from N1 representing

the St.Ives Lions Club. Becky has subsequently withdrawn from

the quest and her place in the Multiple District Final will be

taken by Elise Delpiano from N4 representing the Griffith club.

This year’s quest in N2 attracted entries from 28 clubs involving

87 contestants from 54 schools. Audience numbers totalled 1591

at club, region and district finals.

Special thanks go to the Zone Chairmen and the clubs who or-

ganised and hosted Club, Region & District Finals.

Lion Brian Thompson

N2 District Chairman – Youth of the Year Quest.

(Continued from page 18) Arthur, the Salamanca Markets and MONA, taking part in

the “Taste of Tasmania” and watching a domestic Twenty20

cricket match.

From there, they headed to Queensland for the second leg of

the trip, staying in the Atherton Tablelands. “We went from

cold weather to warm and humid,” Nathan said.

The leg started with a swim in Lake Eacham, where a vol-

canic crater has become a lake.

They enjoyed time at Tinaroo Dam and the Heberton Village

before riding the Kuranda Sky Rail and flying high in a hot

air balloon.

However, Nathan said the most memorable spot in Queen-

sland was Green Island. “It was hard to find one highlight,

but the whole time on Green Island was a great bonding ex-

perience for us,” he said. “It was just the five of us, no other

Lions people, and we snorkelled, lay on the beach and really

relaxed.”

The participant’s time in the Northern Territory was very

brief—they hopped off a plane ay Ayers Rock airport before

returning shortly afterwards.

From there, they moved on to Perth for a long stay. In that

time, the group took part in a range of activities, including

visiting the Lions Eye Institute, Ear Science Institute and

McCusker Foundation.

They also went to Mandurah, Swan River, Fremantle and

Cottesloe Beach, a place notorious for shark sightings.

The next state they visited was South Australia, which in-

cluded travelling to Yankallila and the Lions hearing dog

training facility.

After a short stop, the next destination on the map was

Raynor’s house in Broken Hill. “I loved it there _ I thought it

was great,” Nathan said.

Locations visited included the Daydream Silver Mine, Sculp-

tures Symposium, Silverton—where Mad Max was filmed—

Darling River and Burke and Wills Hotel. The highlight for

Nathan was enjoying a camel ride.

However, it wasn’t all happy times for Nathan, who spent a

night in hospital after collapsing at his host’s home. Tests

found he had been carrying a virus for over nine months,

including while completing his HSC last year.

After Nathan’s swift recovery, the group moved on to NSW

for a short stop in Sydney, which included visiting the Child-

hood Cancer Research Foundation. Nathan said the founda-

tion proved to be a real “eye-opening experience”.

During his stay, Nathan found time to catch up with Bega

friend Christian Bond, which helped remind him of home.

The next leg of the trip saw the Lions take a short flight to

Canberra and highlights included a trip to the Australian War

Memorial. At the Memorial, Nathan literally ran into Minis-

ter of Education Peter Garrett. “I was just daydreaming and I

turned around and walked right into him,: Nathan said. “I can

tell you I was more hurt than he was!” The pair ended up

speaking for nearly 20 minutes and their discussion included

Australia’s war history.

Nathan said he then introduced Mr Garrett to the remainder

of the group and they were a “bit shocked”.


Youth of the Year winners

visit the Bega Valley


Bega locals amazing journey with young Lions.

By Josh Bartlett, The Bega District News

“Nathan Barnden has just returned from a once-in-a-lifetime

journey.

In 37 days, the Bega teenager spent time in all Australian states,

was hospitalised and met one of the country’s leading politi-

cians.

Nathan, 18, travelled around Australia as part of the annual Li-

ons Youth of the Year national tour.

Each person on the trip was a state winner from the 2011 Youth

of the Year quest.

He was joined on the trip by Raynor Hicks, Stuart McKenzie,

Brooke Snow and Gillian Mahoney.

Nathan said it was an amazing experience. “I can’t express in

words the things we did,” he said. “It’s hard to think that we did

it in that time—we’ve learnt how big this place really is.”

After meeting up in Melbourne, the Lions youth began their

journey in late December by travelling south to Tasmania.

Participants enjoyed a range of activities including visiting Port


The next destination on the map was very important to Nathan—

his home town.

Day one saw them visit the Bega Cheese Heritage Centre, Brogo

Dam, Tathra and Norm Pearce’s farm at Angledale, where many

of the members milked a cow for the first time.

The following day saw the group take part in Australia Day cele-

brations where they were recognised by Bega Valley Shire

Mayor Tony Allen.

Other places visited during their stay were Jellat Jellat Rural Fire

Brigade where Nathan volunteers, Merimbula, Pambula, Nether-

cote Falls and Wolumla Peak Fire Lookout.

Nathan said the group were impressed by the valley. “Touring

Bega was a highlight for me, as weird as that may sound,” he

said. “It was nice to come home and really hard to leave again. I

thought Bega helped them to see a it of my life. I was proud to

show it off.”

The final leg saw the Lions travel south to Victoria where they

were based in Bacchus Marsh.

They toured the town before visiting other destinations across

the state including the Centre of Eye Research and Eye Bank in

Melbourne, Eureka Tower and the Shrine of Remembrance.

Nathan particularly enjoyed stopping at the Fiskville Country

Fire Authority, but said the other group members weren’t so

keen.

The last day saw the group travel back to Melbourne before

Nathan flew home.

Nathan said the trip taught him a lot about Australia. “It’s amaz-

ing how different and the same it is everywhere,” he said. “But

it’s always the same Australian attitude no matter where you go.

The tour was about seeing Australia through each others’ eyes.”

Nathan said the group appreciated the work put in by Lions Aus-

tralia. “You don’t realise the amount of effort that goes on be-

hind the scenes to make this happen and we appreciate that.”

According to Nathan, he had made friends for life through the

trip. “We were a great group of young adults and we barely had

any issues. We described each other as a family and we stuck to

that,” he said.

———————————————————————-

Lions’ journey continues

By Josh Bartlett

NATHAN Barnden has completed his trip around Australia, but

he still faces a bust schedule.

He has decided to take a gap year to work and fulfil duties for

the local Youth Council and Lions Australia.

In the near future, Nathan will travel to Sydney to deliver

speeches about the Lions Youth of the Year Quest at a couple of

high schools.

Nathan will then move on to northern NSW where he will men-

tor youth on how to handle the quest.

In April, he will fill the prestigious role of judging the competi-

tion’s state final in Griffith.

In the lead-up to that event, Nathan will be a guest speaker at a

couple of district finals.

(Continued from page 19) Nathan said he was looking forward to helping out Lions.

“They have spent so much on me and I want to do something

in return,” he said.

The whole quest is an amazing experience which changes

people and creates friends you will keep for a long time.

“It creates so many opportunities for yourself and the hospi-

tality shown by Lions is unbelievable.”




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