dg peter november 2013 newsletter

8/13/2019 DG Peter November 2013 Newsletter

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CONCENTRIC SPIRIT OFCOOPER TION

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :Photo gallery andWelcome Newmembers

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More photos and DGDecember OfficialVisitations Schedule

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2nd VDG Talk of theLions Column

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Global Team Public

Relations

Chairperson s Corner

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Leos Activity update 8

Lions Foundation

District Chair update

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District Spring

Conference News

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N o v em b e r 2 0 1 3District 19A Newsletter - District Governor Peter Cheng

Fellow Lions, Lionesses, and Leos,

I am very pleased to announce that Lions Clubs International has accepted our

first new Lions clubs application. The Vancouver Legacy Lions club will be

chartered with 25 chartered members. There will be additional members coming

in to join them in the next 90 days. This has achieved 50% of our extension goal

for this year.

Our district has come together to the

Typhoon Haiyan Relief project. Ourfund raising dinner was held on

November 24th2013 at the Fraser

Court Restaurant. 22 Lions clubs

with over 105 Lions were

represented at the dinner. Donation

cheques totaling over $27,000.00

were presented at the dinner, which

exceeded all expectation. It is truly

gratifying what our Lions can do

within one week of notice. Donations are still coming in at this time and have

exceeded $28,000 at this time. Funds have been sent to LCIF which qualify for

the matching donation from our Federal Government. The event with good food,

fun and fellowship was enjoyed by all.

On November 25th, another Typhoon

Haiyan Relief event was hosted by the

Vancouver Diamond, Vancouver

Metropolitan Lions clubs and members

of the Pilipino community in cooperation

with World Vision and Red Cross.

$35,000 was raised to benefit the relief.

Total raised from both events amount to

$62,846.00. With matching donation

from the government a total of $125,692 was achieved. Kudos to all the Lions

who participated in doing the Lions work in supporting a tent kitchen on the

ground staffed by Lion volunteers in the Philippines providing food, water,

clothing and basic necessities for the typhoon victims (photo on page 2)

Yours in Service,

~ DG Peter Cheng ~


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Thank you Lion Pres. Dennis, Lions Anne, Velma,Marj., and Rodger for the great help for the PhilippineRelief Project. Our Lions Club put in over 25 hours ofvolunteer work on Tues. evening.

Here is Dr. Marina Roma-Marchs comment Thank youto everyone who came out tonight for the sorting! Whatwould normally have taken 2 days to do, we did in 4hours. Today I remember the words of MotherTheresa..... " together we can do great things". Beassured that your donations were well cared for. Thankyou!!!

Special thanks to the Lions Club of BurnabyLougheedand to our friend Rodger Konklefor helpingto organize the sort; for my brother Mark and his wifePam Leungwho went out and bought over $600 worthof canned goods, rice and baby formula and to CactusClub for donations of hundreds of utensils and cannedgoods.

Photo of the action taking place in the undergroundparking lot at the Burnaby Lougheed Lions complex onNovember 26/2013.

DG Peter Official Visitation to

Burnaby Lougheed Lions Club


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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Hardworking Zone

Chairpersons produced

remarkable results to our

WMMR, SAR filing and

dues payments.

Congratulations to A1, A2, A4, A6, and Z7 Zone Chairpersons for having 100% WMMR filing for

October. The District is targeting for 100% WMMR, 100% SAR and 100% dues payments to MD19

and LCI by the end of December. Keep up your good work!

Lynn Valley Lions Club - Lion Mike Mavius sponsored by President

Robb Webb.Skeena Lions Club - Lion Monique Starr and Lion Ryneld Starr sponsored by Lion Dianne Starr and Lion

William Starr.

Vancouver Diamond Campus Lions Club -

Lion Douming Mok sponsored by Lion Alan Chan.

Vancouver Legacy Lions Club - NEW CLUB chartered on November 22, 2013

Charter President: Lion Christopher Chan

Charter Secretary: Lion Danny Cheng

1st Vice President: Lion Pollyanna LuiTreasurer: Lion Michelle Yang

Membership Director: Michelle Liang

Lion Alfred Kwong, Lion Connie Zhang, Lion Cherry Chan, Lion Judy Tam, Lion Gary Law, Lion Pansy Wu,

Lion Donald Der, Lion Bessie Chan, Lion Dorothy Chan, Lion Ada Cheng, Lion Chloe Fung, Lion Alan Gao,

Lion Jimmy Lam, Lion Timothy Lam, Lion Mei Lian Lao, Lion Sam Leung, Lion Lovisa Lui, Lion Teddy Lui,

Lion Carmelle Mah, Lion Sum Yin Yeung, Lion Angel Chen, Lion Weika Liu.

STAY TUNED FOR THEIR CHARTER NIGHT!

In Memory of

Lion Joe Rykuiter, charter member of Burnaby Lougheed

Lions Club

Lion Tony Cheung & Lion Yuk-Man Lai of Vancouver

Companion Lions Club, and

Lion Angus Hay of Vancouver South Lions Club.


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Vancouver East Lions 70th

Charter Anniversary

Celebration with PID Patti Hill

& presentation of Philippines

disaster donation cheque byVancouver Broadway Lions Clu

Kudos to Vancouver Arbutus Lions

Club, Vancouver Chinatown Lions

Club, Vancouver Legacy Lions Club,

Vancouver Granville Lions Club,

Vancouver Metropolitan Lions Club,

Burnaby Lougheed Lions Club,

Lion Anne Seto for your generous

support to Typhoon Haiyan Relief

Project on November 24th.Also kudos to Burnaby Edmond Lions

Club, PDG Henry & Rita Ng, Mount

Seymour Lions Club, DG Peter Cheng,

Vancouver Cathay Lions Club,

Vancouver Cathay New Century Lions

Club, Vancouver Diamond Lions Club,

Vancouver Renfrew Lions Club,

Vancouver Shaughnessy Lions Club,

Vancouver South Lions Club, Zone

A-7 (boat cruise).


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DG Official Visitations

December (subject to change)

3rd Whistler Lions Club (A2)

5th Vancouver Diamond Lions Club (A7)

9th Vancouver Chinatown New Century Lions Club (A1)

12th Vancouver Oakridge Lions Club (A7)

DG official visitations to Vancouver

Champlain Heights Lions Club

A recap of the Richmond Animal

Protection Society gala that were

volunteered by Van. Cathay NC Lions,

Van. Galaxy Lions, Van. Chinatown

Lioness at back in October. 300 guests

attended and $35,000 was raised for

homeless animals!

Vancouver Galaxy Lions packing shoe

boxes for Operation Christmas Child.

18 boxes were packed!

DG official visit to Vancouver Yaletown Lions Club


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2nd Vice District Governor Eric Kellers Talk of the Lions :

Ladies & Gentlemen of Lions19-A :

My aim as 2nd VDGfor the balance of this year and next year shall be to invite varioussuccessful Clubs outside of our Zone to come and visit, exchange ideas & fundraisers, funevents and Membership issues.

Im back from *zany* Disneyland & Hollywood. TheGrandkids had a blast as did Katrina& I !! Returned

just in time to join in the MD19 half-timemeeting inFt. Langley and attended the Van East 70thBirthday CelebrationsSaturday evening at the Fraser Court Seafood Restaurant. That wasquiet an entertaining affair with PID Patti Hill doing the keynote address.

Catching up on a ton of e-mails and messages. Received a very niceThank you note from the Gibsons Lions Club. They clearly enjoyed ourClub and dinner + presentations and have invited us back at the end ofJanuary for a visit to Gibsons. Theyll adjust their dinner meeting timeearlier for us to catch the last ferry without difficulty.

We enjoyed a busy supper meeting with the Lions Gate HospitalFoundationspeech & donation and the visitation of our Sunshine CoastGibsons Lions Club. Seven of their Members joined us for dinner&refreshments.

ZC Bob Rasmusalso did hisvisitation withAmbleside~Tiddlycove. It was a packed eveningindeed. I have several other out-of-zone Clubs lined upfor further visitations with our A-2 Club.

Yours in Service & Fellowship,

Lion Eric R. Keller2nd Vice District Governor


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Global Team Public Relations Chairperson PZC Ellie Chans Corner

Dear fellow Lions and Lioness:

MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT: OPEN HOUSE were held by :1) Deep Cove Lions Club in October ..............signed up 5 new members with a good chance

of a 6th new addition before December. Congratulations!

2) Vancouver Granville Lions Club in October...................still working on some potentials. Good Luck!

3) Vancouver Diamond Lions Club in November............... 14 guests, signed up 5 members. Wow !!

4) Vancouver Shaughnessy Lions Club in November........ it is an all Girls Night, over 20 guests, Super !Impression was made , heads nodded, future visits committed, new members -slowly but surely !!

SQUAMISH LIONS CLUB - DONATED BEEF-IN-BUN PROCEEDS TO RCL #277November - Remembrance Day: With Full Club Effort and the generous support from McLeanMeats....................... in honour of all veterans who proudly serve our great Country, $800.00 was collected bydonation' sales of 160 of the traditional Beef-in-Bun sandwich with all of the proceeds donated to the Legionto support veteran services in the community !!

VANCOUVER EAST LIONS CLUB - 70th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION- November 23An Evening Celebration was held at the Fraser Court Restaurant in Vancouver.There were 13 tables with representatives from 25 Clubs including local Lion Dignitaries as well as fromthe States. The Evening was highlighted with Dr. Patricia Hill, PID as the Keynote Speaker, Entertainmentby the Dovbosh Dancers of the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians, Melvin Jones awarded to the2 much respected most seasoned members of the Club ...PP Lion Renzo Montagliani (joined 1966)and PP Lion Nedo A. Gizzi (joined 1972) !! Bravo !It is truly an exceptional and Memorable 70 th Happy Birthday !Wishing your Club many more Birthdays ahead, the BEST is yet to COME !!!!!!!

DISTRICT EVENT - FUNDRAISING FOR TYPHOON HAIYAN RELIEF - November 24

A Fundraising Event was called for by DG Peter Cheng and organized by PDG / Cabinet Secretary LionLinda Wong. It was a dinner at the Fraser Court Restaurant charging only $30.00/person.With only a few days to put everything together, the District was able to rally up 100 participantsrepresenting 22 Clubs, raised among the Clubs and personal donations a sum of $27,748.00 and with theFederal Govt.'s matching dollar for dollar donation funds, a total of $55,496.00 was raised for the victims.Cheques from individual Clubs were presented throughout the Evening, and one Melvin Jones was awardedat the Dinner and it went to our very lucky A1 ZC Lion Elaine Luk by way of raffle draw !Congratulations Elaine !If this is not the spirit of Lionism , if this is not the Lions Motto of "WeServe", what is It ????Great Job, Great Job, District 19A !!

HAPPY CELEBRATION FOR A 48TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARYNovember 24 Happy 48th Wedding Anniversary goes to our 2nd

VDG Lion Eric Keller and his lovely wife Katrina !!!!You know what, they were very young once..........................I have got thepicture to prove it, wakakaka!!They have come a long way and are very blessed!! Wishing them manymany more Happy Anniversaries to come !! Share with us Highlights ofyour Events, Hands-on Projects, Club Activities !!!!! Let us built a strongand close-knit community among the Clubs of our Zone, our District !Please take a moment and drop me a line so we can share . Thank [email protected]


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District Leo Liaison

PZC Glenn Cho

Vancouver Chinatown Lions Club

Leos Lunch & Learn at Pink Pearl Restaurant organized by the Leo

Advisors of Burnaby North Leo Club: PP Kirk Dickson and Lion Gary

McArthur. Over 2/3 of District 19A Leos Clubs had representatives

attended the lunch. Leos had an opportunity to hear from various

Lions leaders on

Leos Movement,

Contests and

Awards, how to file

WMMR, Fun Club

Meetings/TailTwisting, Charity

projects and

Leadership

Programs.

November Activity


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PDG Rita Fok

District Chair

On November 14, 2013, the inaugural Diabetic Alert Dog Guides class at LionsFoundation of Canada Dog Guides graduated. The four clients spent two weeks atthe Oakville training school learning how to work with their new Dog Guides. Thefirst three Diabetic Alert Dog Guides; Nettle, Nara and Wilfred, are trained to detectdrops in their handlers blood sugar and alert them.

Individuals who have type 1 diabetes with hypoglycemic unawareness cannot

detect when their blood sugar drops and this puts them at risk of losingconsciousness, falling into a coma and even dying. To learn more about theDiabetic Alert Dog Guide program, please visit:

http://dogguides.com/diabetic.html

DISTRICT CONTACTS

District GovernorPeter Cheng

[email protected]

Cabinet Secretary

Linda Wong, [email protected]

WebmasterLion Bowen Wong

[email protected]

Bulletin EditorLion Grace Hwo, PZC

[email protected]

District Websites:

19alions.org

19alions.com

Installation and Induction ceremony of Vancouver Campus Lions Club

on November 9th.


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