1July 2016

Multiple District 105

Multiple District Lioness Chairman 2015 to 2017 - Angela Howard

Chairman Angela’s Greetings

Issue 6July 2016

ioness Newsletter

JULY 5th – Felixstowe Lioness Club Meeting 7th – Swaffham Lioness Club Meeting 9th – Dursley Lioness Club – Pimms & Pudding Evening12th – Witham & District Lioness Club Meeting TBA – Social visit to Leicester31st – SE Lioness District Meeting

AUG14th – Advisory Body Meeting – MDHQ17th – Downham Market Lioness Club Meeting20th – Lioness Lions Club of East Anglia

Formation Charter Evening21st – District Cabinet Meeting - EA

As I write there are only a few days to go and we will reach the end of thisLionistic year, a very busy and eventful one. There have been lots of challengesto face and hurdles to overcome. Lionesses have faced all that has been thrownat them with great tenacity, dignity and determination. As a result we can nowmove forward and by working together continue our efforts in slowly building onour proud past to a better, brighter future. I should like to thank every Lionessfor all their hard work and not letting the situation they found themselves indeter them from continuing the excellent service they give to their communitiesand the wider world. Long may we continue to serve, helping to make this worlda much better place.Sadly we have to say goodbye to two of our clubs - Seahaven Lioness Club after23 years and Sugarloaf Lioness Club after 30 years, these two clubs betweenthem have given almost 55 years of excellent service to their communities andthe wider world. I know both communities will, as will we all, be sad to see them go and will miss themgreatly. I should like to thank all the members of both clubs for everything they have done, all their hardwork and also the fun and fellowship we have shared with them in MD105. I wish them all, every happinessfor the future and hope they will continue to remain friends and stay in touch with Lionesses over the comingyears.As we begin the new Lionistic year we now have to turn our thoughts to the future and how we can now turnthe negatives of this year into the positives, for new beginnings. I know it is going to be another very busyyear but one I am looking forward to and I will do my very best to continue to meet, help, and support asmany Lionesses as I can throughout the coming year and to work towards giving our organisation a strongerand more positive future.Since the last newsletter I have had the pleasure of attending three Lioness Clubs Anniversaries,congratulations to Swaffham on celebrating their 25th Anniversary. I have also attended the Bungay LionsCharter, where a good time was had by all, particularly one Lion who also happened to be celebrating his60th Birthday! I spent a lovely day with Sleaford Lioness Club at their annual golf day, a great fundraiserwhich was very well organized, successful and lots of fun. Thank you to theLionesses for your warm welcome and hospitality and congratulations on a verysuccessful event. I have also been busy attending other meetings and my own

club events.The new Lionistic year, asyou can see from my diarydates, has started as did theprevious year, and thecalendar is already lookingpretty busy for July andAugust. I am sure there willbe much more to come asthe year moves on. I wishyou all a very happy andsuccessful year and I lookforward to meeting moreLionesses and attending more events during the year andworking with everyone over the coming months.

Floral Thanks formanaging a difficult year

successfully

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For full information about the Lioness Clubsin the British Isles and Ireland

www.lionessclub.org

A reminder to Clubs to send news of anysignificant Birthdays and Celebrations, as well

as the Sad News, to the Lioness MDAlmoner, Chairman Angela, the Advisory Body

and all Lionesses like to know.

NEW MEMBERSA special welcome to :-

Julia Fisher-Andersen and Pattie Peck of Felixstowe Lioness Club

Deal 18Paddock Wood 29Pontefract 38Seahaven 4Sleaford 6Witham 29

I am a bit disappointed to find that we are halfway through the year and we only have sixLioness Clubs (one less than last year) competing for the Travelling Lioness Trophy.The requisite forms are available and can be completed on line if you so wish, or I alwayshave copies which I can send out to you to complete manually if you prefer. The hardestpart of the competition is remembering to take a form with you when you visit anotherLions or Lioness Club and remembering to get it signed whilst you are there.It is probably a bit too late for this year now, but please think about it for next year.However, it is not too late for the Scrapbook Competition and the Photo CaptionCompetition, both of which will be judged at the Multiple District Lioness Conference inFebruary 2017. The Scrapbook entries run from July 2015 to the end of June 2016 and I know from theMultiple District Newsletters that many clubs take lots of photographs both their own and other clubevents, plus of course newspaper cuttings. So come on fellow Lionesses, let us all share in the fun andgive the judges some work to do at Conference.If you need a copy of the rules for either the Travelling Lioness or the Scrapbook Competitions, please

contact me or the Multiple DistrictSecretary Jeannette as they are readilyavailable.The points so far this year for theTravelling Lioness Competition are shownhere:

Lioness Jeanne MorganMultiple District Competitions Officer

Tony Briault Becomes an Honorary LionessOn the 18th June at the EA Lioness District Meetinghosted by Swaffham Lioness Club, it was with greatpleasure that District Lioness Chairman Angelabadged up Lion Tony Briault as an HonoraryLioness. Lion Tony was a Lion previously for manyyears and sadly left Lions, but he has recentlyreturned to the pride and we are all delighted to seehim back. Lion Tony hasalways been a strongsupporter of Lionesses, hehas always been and still is,always there when we needhim, both at District andMultiple District. He isaffectionately known toWitham Lioness Club as their“Extraordinary Helper”.

I would like to thank all the Lionesses from not justEA but also from the whole of MD 105 for the getwell cards, phone calls and baby sitting that theLionesses gave me during the early days of myrecent illness.I have always stated that Lionesses know how tocare for those in need and believe me I really didneed all the contacts that were made. Can I alsothank those that contacted and cared for Sandie atthis worrying time. I knew in my heart that all thegirls would respond in the way they did.What else would Lionesses do but care for thosethat need help and just a kind word in support.Thank you all again so much.My love to you all and just keep LIONESSING.YOU ARE THE BEST.

Lioness / Lion Tony Briault(other half of Lioness Sandie)

In 2017 the MD105 Lionesses reach their 40thAnniversary. It is hoped thatthe Lionesses across the UKcan hold a

on 3rd June 2017 tocelebrate this occasion. Let’smake it a BIG ONE!

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collected over 600 bras which could go tohelp to raise vital funds towards dedicated research to improve detection andincrease survival rate after a breast cancer diagnosis. The bras could also helpsupport small businesses in Africa. They give a new lease of life and purposefor bras where, in developing countries, they are too expensive to produce.

welcomed Miranda McCoy, CommunityFundraiser for St. Nicholas Hospice. Miranda gave an insight into the her role anddiscussed varying ways in which hospice care is delivered both as an inpatient andas care at home. Eleven thousand pounds is the amount needed each day tofund the cost of managing the hospice and providing care. This makes fundraisingessential as the hospice is not funded by the NHS. Miranda was surprised anddelighted to be presented a cheque for £352.00, which would help cover the costof 10 home visits. The Lionesses explained their past history of support to thehospice, how they initially introduced the tree of light which can be found on theroad leading to the hospice.

joined other Lionesses and guests to celebratethe Swaffham Lioness Club’s 25th Certificationevening. They also joined with other clubs to helpcelebrate the Lioness Club of Felixstowe’s 28thCertification Anniversary Lunch. Good company andfood ensured some enjoyable evenings.

congratulated Lioness Judith on her application to train as an Eye ClinicLiaison Officer. The course is to be held in Birmingham and Judith has been successful in acquiring mostof her costs for the course and accommodation. The Lionesses agreed to assist Judith with a donationtowards the cost. Upon completion of the course, there may be an opportunity for future employment.The Lionesses wished Judith every success.

25th Anniversary celebration was in theform of a Dinner Dance at the Pedlar Suite in the George Hotel,the very same room where our Club formation took place in 1991.It was a delight to welcome so many guests – past SwaffhamLioness Presidents and many other Lions and Lionesses from aroundthe District. We were especially pleased to welcome the DG, ourMD Lioness chairman Angela our Town Mayor Councillor Paul Darby,

whose mother Frances had been a founder member and Past Presidentof our Club.We like to put the “fun” into fund-raising, and the last event for Charityin this Lioness year was a walking “Treasure Hunt” around Swaffhamfinishing with Afternoon Tea, and the money raised will be donated toSwaffham & Litcham Home Hospice Support.Good news too is that we now have a prospective new member whowill be badged up at our July meeting, making our number up to 16.

At their latest charity quiz

was delighted to presenta cheque to Andy Peacock. Thiswas for The Alzheimer's Societyand was for £500. Andy was sopleased to receive such acheque and he thanked all whoattended and explained that the money would be spent on supportand research. Downham Market Lioness Club also thanked ColinStraw for all his hard work and dedication in producing the quizzes.

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‘Despite a slightly grey day on3rd June, the

held anexcellent Charity Golf Day. 29teams of four took part,enjoying lots of good food,competitive golf and helping toraise a magnificent sum inexcess of £3,000 for the BritishHeart Foundation and otherlocal charities. Well done to thewinning team, with 95 points,who were from Lincoln TorkseyClub - Pete Miller, Jeff Kemp,Trevor Horwood and Kevin Hardy. A BIG THANK YOU goes to allwho took part and to the local Businesses and individuals whosponsored holes and provided such generous raffle prizes.’

The first team off consisted ofAndrew Charlton, Dan Short,

Steve Hunt and Will Elkington.

made a donation to LookingAhead sensory garden at

Lion/Lioness social meeting heldat Minster Abbey.

President Pearl Barton of Deal &District Lioness Club presenteda cheque for £600 to Nigel May forDemelza House Children's Hospice

provided and servedfood at the Zone‘It's A Knockout’

Presidents atDeal andDistrict

Formation Lunch.

Northallerton and District Lioness GroupA Fashion show was held at MandCo in Northallerton. The money raised fromthe Fashion Show and Raffle, totalling a magnificent £329.40, was donated toSporting Memories. This is a group that meets in the Local Library inNorthallerton on Thursdays. Sporting Memories helps to support the well beingof older people and to help tackle dementia, depression and social isolation.Models were Edward, Verity, Susan Dodsworth, Joan Derbyshire, June McVeigh,Beryl Newnham,Ann Neave, Maureen Grayson, Netta Davison and Beryl Larder.Thanks were given to all the people who supported the very enjoyable evening.

held aPresentation of Cheques evening at Rivendale in June.Tony Jamison from Sporting Memories, a group which meet locally at theLibrary in Northallerton, received a cheque for £329.40. Louise Sadler from theScott Suite at the Friarage Hospital £362.00. Amy Linguard from HerriottHospice £75.00, and £1000.00 to Helen Callear from the Yorkshire AirAmbulance (this was the President’s chosen charity).Each recipient gave their thanks and explained how and where the moneywould be used.

On Friday 24th and Saturday 25th June Lioness Pam of opened her gardenfor cream teas and cake, in aid of the local Altzeimers Society. £317 was raised, which was great consideringthe inclement weather! Thunder, rain and hail.

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A huge thank youto all fellow

Lionesses and ourparent club, LionsClub of London

Golders Green forall their support.

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On 12th June theyattended DG Elect Lion

Brindar Nandra's Gardenparty.

In May the

organised a socialevening to see the play

"Jesus Christ Super Star".

Early in June they attended Zone ESocial Meeting where LP Sandhya

Gandecha was presented withAppreciation Award for Outstanding

Club Leadership and DedicatedService to the Zone.

Also in June they attended the Charter Night oftheir parent/sponsor Club Lions Club of GoldersGreen. LP Sandhya was honoured to presentMelvin Jones pin and certificates to DG ElectLion Brindar Nandra and to Incoming Zone E

Chairman LP Kamal Sharma.

On 15th June theycontinued their service

at Karuna Manor,Residential Care Homewho strongly supportAlzheimer's Societyinitiative Dementia.

On 17th June they volunteered at St Luke'sHospice Midnight Walk helping with

Registration, counting Pledges, writingCertificates, setting up breakfast for the

walkers, handing out goody bags and thenhelping to clear up.

held a Fashion Show with M& Co Fashions on Southgate,Sleaford recently. Over £350.00was raised for The WalterHrubesch Foundation. A fantasticamount!A Big thank you goes to theManager, the staff of M & Co andto everyone who supported theevent. The Lions District Governor Lion Paul Stafford joined the Lionessesand friends who provided the models and they all did a wonderful job.The picture shows the models, Lioness President Tracy Arnold and LizHrubesch and Kirsty Owen from the Foundation .

In May were seen by all

in their local Market Squareholding a cake stall, sellinglovely homemade cakes. Thestall looked very attractivewith the sumptuous array oflovely cakes, which obviouslythe public passing by couldnot resist. After a very shorttime the stall was sold outand made a very good profitof £131.00 which will go tolocal charity.

6July 2016

The next edition of the Lioness MD 105 Newsletter is scheduled to be published in September2016. The deadline for copy will be the 25th of the preceding month.

Lion John Fox (MD 105 Lioness Newsletter Editor) JOHN.FOXDLS@GMAIL.COM

Saturday 14th May 2016 was the 29thCertification of . Themembers all got dressed up in best bib andtuckers and went to Forrester Park Golf Coursefor dinner, speeches and dancing.What a great evening. We invited guests fromother Lion and Lioness clubs in 105EA and 72people sat down to dinner. Can't wait till next yearto do it all again!

had awonderful day at the Witham Town CouncilCommunity Day. This was the town's firstCommunity Day and we hope it will now be an

annual event. The weather held out andwe had a wonderful time which wasmade even better by a complete fly-past of all sorts of aircraft and fighterplanes including the Red Arrows, allheading to London for the Trooping of the Colour and flying right overthe park. What a sight and what a wonderful day!

had an absolutely amazing morningsupplying morning tea and coffee for localOver 60's in honour of the Queen's 90th

birthday on Friday, 3rd June. They served tea, coffee, cakes, sandwiches,sausage rolls and even a drop of sherry to over 50 attendees, many from theWitham Luncheon Club all for FREE! There was even a raffle of a beautifulorchid donated by the lovely Karen Dillane from the Luncheon Club - no chargefor raffle tickets either.The day was a HUGE hit with everyone and we hope to do another one laterin the year.

Obviously onerous work forWitham Lioness officers! Ed

Zimbabwean student teacher Forgiveness Myers with a donation of bras from LionessPam Kyte and the members of .Lioness Anne Moyes took the bras; she spent three weeks helping her cousin, whoteaches children with learning disabilities at Bryden Country School in Chegutu,Zimbabwe. Forgiveness will sell the bras at a very low price to her fellow students, andput the proceeds towards paying her college fees. The Zimbabwean government haveordered all female teachers and police officers to wear a black bra in the interests ofmodesty, but few of them can afford to buy one.

On Saturday 4th June held their annual quiz. Everyone had their usual goodtime and the princely sum of £694 was raised. This

was after thewinning team,East PeckhamMethodistChurch, received£100 cheque fortheir favouritecharity.

Who didn’t like thedisco lights at

Swaffham’s SilverAnniversary?