This is the joint project between the LionsClub of Enfield and the Lions Club of

Karnavati, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Lion VinodPatel, member of the Karnavati Club of andDG District 323B (2013-14) discovered anacute need for a blood bank in the ruralareas of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Lion SamirKhamar, then President of Enfield Club, and past member of the Karnavati Lions,wanted to undertake a joint project with hismother Club.

For the first time in 12 years, the HealthMinistry of Gujarat has granted an NGOapproval to set up and run a blood bank.The cost of this project is Indian Rupees 40million. The blood bank is located in a 6,500sq. ft. building which is part of an EyeHospital already established and run by theLions Club of Karnavati.

The blood bank is equipped with otheramenities such as a hygienic, virus-freepremises and the best apparatus, keeping in mind future medical requirements. The blood bank was inaugurated byInternational President Lion Dr. JitsuhiroYamada on 15th December 2015 in thepresence of the Health Minister Sri N. Patel,IPIP and LCIF Chairman Lion Joe Preston,Second Vice President Lion NareshAggarwal and PID Lion Pravin Chhajed.

On the inauguration day 51 bottles of

blood were successfully collected anddonated to patients in need of freetreatment.

Intl. President Lion Dr. Jitsuhiro Yamadapresented the Intl. President’s AppreciationAwards to Lion Samir Khamar and Lion Dr Piyush Patel. Other Enfield Lionsattending the opening ceremony were LionDr. Mahesh Patel, and Lion B.K. Patel, withtheir ladies.

LP Srikanth Mandumula

................. NOTICE BOARD .................

LCI Ethics:To Be Careful with my criticism and liberalwith my praise; to build up and not destroy.

Pride of LIONSDistrict 105A News DG Meena Gupta

Issue 10 • April 2016 www.lions105a.org.uk info@lions105a.org.uk

The incoming leaders ofDistrict 105A for 2016-17

10th Annual Mill Hill and Chipping Barnet Charity Golf Challenge 2016On Wednesday 18 May 2016 at Abridge Golf Club, Epping Lane, Tawney RM4 1ST.

The MD Convention Host night is 6th May 2016 in Eastbourne.The theme this year is London. For those attending from District 105A and wish tojoin in with others from our District, the suggestion is to purchase the London teeshirt from the website.

Lions Blood Bank

All the members of 105Acongratulate the new teamand wish them all success

DG Elect Lion Brindar Singh Nandra 1st VDG Elect Lion Ravina Rattan 2nd VDG Elect Lion Abhnash Bains

Pride of LIONS • Issue 10, April 2016 Editor Lion Shirish Sheth

Meet Your District OfficerDistrict Treasurer PDG Vanmali Mistry FCCAA Charter member of London Finchley Lions Club, andelected its President in 1983. I was Zone F Chairman in 1984, Deputy District Governor in 1985, Districtspecialist Officer in 1986 & 1987,and served as DistrictTreasurer from 1987 to 1991. I had the honour of being the District Governor in 1991. I was appointedSecretariat Liaison Officer from 1992 to 1994responsible for MDHQ and staff. I was endorsed for the post of International Director at the 1998 MDConvention. After that I have served as MD 105 Council Treasurerfor 4 years from 2005. I have been the 105A District Treasurer forthe past 8 years and continuing for 2016/17.

A District Treasurer is the custodian of District Funds. My dutiesinvolve managing and keeping track of all the District BankAccounts, preparing budgets, presenting Treasurers Report at

Cabinet Meetings and Conventions, and dealing withquestions or clarifications sought by Lion Members.Preparing and mailing Dues Invoice on half yearly basis,banking District/MD International Dues as receivedfrom clubs and chasing Clubs for overdue amounts andtheir Annual Accounts. I also assist Club Treasurers infulfilling their duties and responsibilities, resolve anyqueries. Other responsibilities include paying expensesas budgeted, distributing funds as required forCharitable Appeals. I carry out these duties on dailybasis, banking on weekly basis.

I prepare the District Annual Financial Statements with notesand schedules for District’s Auditors. Once approved, I file theFinancial Statements with the Charities Commission with AnnualReturn.

I am a Senior Partner in an Accountancy Practice, established45 years ago. Married to Sheila since ‘eternity’ and have twochildren, and 4 grand children.

Lions Marie Curie Daffodil Appeals

March 12th was the date for 2016 Great Daffodil Appealin support of Marie Curie nurses who provide the

hands-on care for terminally ill people. I had participatedin the Marie Curie promotional filming recently and hadfond memory of it. So when I received an email referralregarding the collection, I immediately warmed to the taskof organising the Lions Clubs for a collection for MarieCurie. After many emails and discussions with fellow ZoneA Lions, and local Marie Curie fundraiser Jane Richardson,a collection zone force was born! This would be anopportunity to promote Lions Clubs as well so we ordereda new set of Lions fleece vests, kindly sponsoredpersonally by the LP Hans Hung of London Chinatown. The vests are embroidered withthe Lions logo and words ‘London Lions Clubs’ so they could be used again in futurezone activities.

DG Meena, PDG Vijay Arora and Lions from three clubs: London Central, LondonCovent Garden and London Host, 16 Lions in total pledged time to collect for this goodcause. There were three shifts from 10 am to 4.30 pm. The day started for me, settingup at the depot to equip the volunteers with the bright yellow Lions fleece vest,matched with the Marie Curie tall hats, trays, shaker and buckets. Then the Lions wereoff to stand outside shops and strategic spots populated by the public. There were firsttimers and veteran collectors, working singly or in pairs, spread out on Oxford Street. I was glad to do some collection on the street too. What an eye opener! So gratefulwhen someone came to put their coins in and thrilled to see £5 and £10 notes also.

At the end of the day, Jane Richard came to collect the money donated. Later sheinformed us that we have raised a very commendable £850 which equals 42 hours ofnursing care with Marie Curie nurses! Well done to all of us!

Lion Monita Hung

Lions Aisha, Vivien, & LP Ravina of Kenton Lionscollected for the Marie Curie Daffodil Appeal in

Pinner & Ealing recently. Within just over two hours theyhad raised a total of £560 towards the funding neededfor the amazing work that the Marie Curie Nurses do inassisting people with terminal illnesses.

Lion Vivien Raggett

DG Meena and Naresh made their officialvisit to Lions Club of Barking,on 9th of

March. DG presented Lion Abdul Bux,International President’s Leadership Awardfor MD105. Lion Abdul was pleasantlysurprised as he had to leave Conventionearly due to poor health and missedreceiving the award from our InternationalGuest PID Gudrun.

DG Meena also inducted two newmembers into the club:Lion Dipak Puri sponsored by LP JaspalHunjan. Lion Brijpal Singh Bedi sponsoredby Lion Harjeet Singh

Lions Club of Barking was on the vergeof closing and was rescued by LP Jaspaland Lion Abdul from Lions Club of Finchleyalong with a few other members living inthe area. We wish the club all the best withtheir Eye Camps in Pakistan and India.

LP Naresh thanks the club for theirdonation to Compassion in World FarmingAppeal.

Lions Club of Barking

A Club revived…

Lion Abdul receiveing Certificate

Lions of Zone A

Kenton Lions raise £560

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Presenting a Lion to the DG

At the Host Night with the International Guest Sound and Music Team

With Chief Guests

The flag ceremony

Questions from the delegates PCC Geoff attending the Convention from Antrim

Presenting District Environment TrophyLion Lesley Spence receiving Guiding LionsCertificate of Appreciation

District 105A 51st Convention 2016

Mayor openingthe Convention

March has been a very reassuring month. Through the year theConvention Team has been planning Convention 2016, which

was publicized via Facebook, Email, Club visits etc. On Friday 4th March Lion Steve Foott started setting up IT

from noon and the Convention Team welcomed our InternationalGuests PID’s Gudrun Yngvadottir and Dr. Jon from Iceland, IROfficer Jan and Martina Persoon from Germany 111NW, fromPoland District 121 First VDG Radslow Bielicki and PDG PawelCielinski. The Host Night held that evening was well attended. Wewere entertained by James Lascelle, the Saxophonist. MDChairman of Council Lion Simon Moss and Lion Christine Mossalso joined us on the night.

Saturday the 5th morning, volunteers were well prepared onthe Registration desk, Delegate desk, and display stands, allready to welcome the attendees. The atmosphere was electric.Spot on at 9am, SAA Lion Ken called the Convention to Order, and after the Safety announcement the Opening Ceremony beganwith the Fanfare of King Cotton. After the Flag party, ConventionOfficer Lion Dilip Shah presented the Convention Flag to TheMayor of Hillingdon , Councillor George Cooper who formallyopened Convention with inspiring words. Lions Mission Statementwas read by LP Rosemary Calcutt (LC of Carterton), LionsPurposes were read by LP Pami Sevak (LC of Sudbury), LionsEthics were read by LP Lynne Kauffman (LC of Ruislip). ZC Monita(LC ofLondon Covent Garden) read Invocation and ZC Rita (LC ofBanbury) In Memoriam.

The Morning Business Session kicked off with PDG Lion Mikeintroducing the Resolutions, Procedures and Tellers. Minutes ofthe 50th Convention were approved, and LP Kumar Acharya wasappointed Tail Twister for the day. Raffle was announced with allproceeds going to DG’s spouse’s Charity ‘Compassion in WorldFarming’.

Cabinet Reports were adopted including Treasurer’s Reportand Budget for 2016-17. After a healthy debate Resolutions 1 and3 passed , but Resolutions 2 and 4 failed! All four Resolutionswere proposed by young members from LC of Westminster, LionsAmelie and Marion .

Special DG’s Certificate of Appreciation were awarded to LionTim Woodcock, Lion Pratap Singh Ahdan (Ealing) for completing50 years with Lions and Lion Terry Allen (Hemel Hempstead)retiring from Lions after 30 years of excellent service. EightCertified Guiding Lions Certificates were received on the day.Many of the District Activities Awards were presented in themorning session. Details of the winners are listed elsewhere inthis issue. Lion Doreen introduced our Young Ambassador winnerwho did a splendid job at MD by coming in the top four! EvieFoster our Young Ambassador, Gemma our Peace Poster andEmily Mowbray our Music Competitions winners were allpresented with DG’s Appreciation Certificate. We saw apresentation by Lion Manish Chotai (Mill Hill) on the successfulSenior Citizen Celebrations held on 28th February.

We heard speeches from DG Elect Lion Brindar, 1st Vice DGElect Lion Ravina Rattan and candidates Lion Kamaljit Sood andLion Abhnash Bains for the position of 2nd VDG Elect. The firsttwo were duly elected where as 2nd VDG position went to LionAbhnash Bains. We wish our future leaders success in theirjourney.

Lunch was enjoyed by all. Many bought the Raffle, and firsttimers Competition participants were busy getting signatures.The extra 15 minutes of lunch allowed members to read throughthe projects held in our Zones displayed in the foyer. Thanks ZCLion Surinder for organizing the display.

Afternoon Session began promptly at 2pm with apresentation on School Aid followed by the rest of the DistrictAwards. I would like to thank Competitions officer Lion Dinesh fordoing his job diligently. MD Officer Lion Linda Picton’spresentation on CIO was most helpful and many of the clubsunderstood for the first time what CIO is all about.

Our Key note speaker was introduced by PDG Surjit Bhalla.

His introduction was most enjoyable and what a good job you did sir! Our Chief Guest PID Lion Gudrun’s message of selflessservice, leadership and LCIF was well received. Vote of thanks,was proposed by PDG Lion John Savell, with a presentation ofFriendship Banner gift etc. to PID Lion Gudrun by myself.

International President’s Leadership Medal MD 105 wasawarded to Lion Abdul Bux (Barking) and InternationalPresidential Medal MD 105 was awarded to Lion Doug Nower(High Wycombe). International President’s Certificate ofAppreciation were awarded to:1. Z C Lion Mike Lowe (Carterton)2. LP Lion Trevor Aldred (Newport Pagnel & Olney)3. Lion Dilip Shah (Chipping Barnet)I would like to congratulate these Lions who have worked silentlybut with great conviction in their clubs and Zones for many years!

Tamsin Seymour and Dr. Angela Wright from Compassion inWorld Farming, based in Surrey, introduced by LP Naresh Gupta,told us of 500 billion animals which are factory farmed andwithout compassion. See website www.ciwf.org.uk.

C C PDG Lion Simon Moss explained the process ofRedistricting. Resolutions for this change have been circulatedand should be understood by each Lion.

Convention Chairman Lion Dilip thanked the Thistle Hotel,Osterley Club for their input with the assistance of LP Pami andLion V. Sevak (Sudbury). He thanked Lion Pravin (Chipping Barnet)for being Official photographer, Alex / Ian and Angus of CVPOxford Ltd, who with PCC Geoff Leeder set up the IT. Specialthanks to Lion Steve Foott who put in a tremendous effort withthe music / slides. PDG Vanmali for working with the financialconstraints, PDG Parveen for his guidance, Lion Kumar forRegistration. SAA PDG Ken closed Convention to the music ofLand of Hope and Glory followed by Auld Lang Syne.

The DG’s Banquet & Ball was held on Saturday evening,attended by 120 guests. Breakthru entertained the guests withmusic . Gifts and Banner Presentations were made to ourInternational Guests, LP Naresh gifted all the guests with boxedPierre Cardin pen.

Sunday morning session was attended by nearly 35 Lions.One PDG commented ‘it was one of the most productive Sundaysession he had attended’. CC Simon and Christine along with PIDGudrun and Jon were present to answer questions.

Success of any event is realized with attendees’ praise! Imust congratulate my A TEAM - Lions Dilip, Geoff, Steve, Kumar,Parveen, Ken and Vanmali. Many thanks for your dedication andfor doing an excellent job. Some of the comments I have receivedhave been, “most enjoyable convention”, “very professional”, “bestto date”.

The Raffle was drawn at Banquet & Ball and LP Naresh wouldlike to thank all as it raised £650 for his appeal.

I have also been busy with 5 club visits, Harpenden andHitchin Charters, DG Team Meeting, and a visit to UN Day. We hadnearly 40 attendees from 105A. Thanks to IR Officer PCC LionGeoff for organizing the tickets, many of who attended for thefirst time.

Yes, most certainly together only we can do it and keep thatfire ‘To Serve’ burning in you.

DG Meena

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2nd - Wheel Power6th - Lions Club of Ealing - OV8th - Lions Club of High Wycombe - Charter Night9th - Lions Club of Feltham and Whitton - Charter Night10th - Lions Club of London Host - Charter Lunch23rd - Lions Club of Southall - Charter Night30th April - Lions Club of Park Royal - Charter NightDG Meena is overseas during 2 weeks in April.OV = Official visit

DG Meena’s Message

My Diary April 2016