DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S NEWSLETTER

DISTRICT 410 D

DISTRICT GOVERNOR HERMAN SMIT

FEBRUARY 2014

IF MY DREAM IS TO BE, IT’S UP TO ME

Cabinet meeting hosted by King Williamstown Lions Club

on Saturday, 1 February, 2014. Cabinet members hard

at work then socializing afterwards.

ZONE 4 ENJOY A JOINT COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT

Saturday morning 22 February 2914 at 09:00 Lions from Zone 4 met at the McClellands

Adult Centre for Mentally Challenged to treat residents to some TLC and fun. An outdoor

picnic tea was arranged in their pretty garden under the trees where approximately 80

residents and staff were treated to biscuits, juice, sweets and ice cream. After sharing a lot

of fun the last half of the morning was sent dancing in the hall.

ATTENDING MUTLIPLE DISTRICT 410 REGIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

I was recently very privileged to attend an extremely interesting Lions Clubs International Multiple District 410 Regional Lions Leadership Institute held in Wellington.Under the guidance of GLT Multiple

District Chairperson Nick Mare with facilitators Wally Smith, Cliff Hocking, Beaulieu Mare and Paula Lang in tow approximately 38 Lions were taken on an amazing Lionistic journey covering every

conceivable aspect of our great organization. A special word of thanks is extended to all our facilitators who must have spent many hours preparing these incredibly informative presentations.

We learnt to work in teams, enjoying brain storming which culminated in each team giving a

presentation on a specific topic.

410D Representatives photographed with Wally Smith are Bokkie Oberholzer, Tilly Strydom, Michelle

Branford, Zwaai Kruger, Jeanette le Roux and Karin le Roux

The winning team were the Blou Aapies – who do you recognize from District D?

1st Vice DG Bokkie Oberholzer, ZC Tilly Strydom, ZC Jeanette le Roux & Pres Zwaai Kruger

ZC Jeanette le Roux (Zone 4)

GONUBIE LIONS CLUB

30 JANUARY : BINGO AT SETTLERS RETIREMENT SETTLEMENT

Lions Mike & Jenny were an awesome team All eyes down and enjoying themselves

12 FEBRUARY : TEN PIN BOWLING SOCIAL EVENING

A great time was had by one and all

17 FEBRUARY : OUR LITERACY PROJECT

R2,000.00 worth of school

books were donated to the

Isiaha 58 Junior Primary

School.

Headmistress Colleen and

Pupils were extremely

grateful.

PORT REX LIONS CLUB held a steak evening recently. Music was

provided.The background was a cafe theme. Gonubie & Cambridge Lions

supported the event as well as friends and family. A good time was had

by all

Handover to St Bernards Hospice from the proceeds of the Art

Exhibition at the 250 Club Draw. Lion President Ivan hands over the

cheque to Tammy Sellers from St Bernards

Sedgefield Lions Club - WE SERVE

1) Our Sedgefield Lions club has decided to assist the ladies who started the wonderful project of assisting the new born babies in the Knysna Provincial Hospital. Twenty “starter packs” (consisting of a receiving blanket, leggings, a knitted jersey, a cap and a soft toy) are distributed per week, and some of the babies, without these packs, would go home with nothing. However, as Mary Ann, the project co-ordinator explained to us, they also visit the children in the pediatric section of the hospital, and also take gifts of clothing, puzzles, books etc. We have appealed to our community for donations of wool, fleece material and t shirt material, as well as arranged an army of knitters. Our local wool shop will run an account for our club and provide wool and the pattern to anyone interested in knitting for this project. (See pics 1, 2, 3 , 4).

2) Russell Kearney and his dog Kei rest up overnight in Sedgefield I met Russell Kearney and Kei on Saturday morning, our rendezvous was at 11 am

outside Montecello. I arrived a little early, thank goodness, and had no sooner

stopped my car when I saw the two of them walking down the road towards me on

their leg from Wilderness to Sedgefield. So far this duo have covered a remarkable

3300km.

Russell, a cancer survivor, and his dog Kei, also a survivor (an abandoned township pup who

beat the odds against the deadly parvo virus) cover about 25 km a day, setting off early in

the morning to get to their destination before the heat of the day sets in. Russell is writing

his biography inspired by his disease, faith, hope and love. His book will be called “Keep

Walking” and he plans to donate money to animal welfare organizations with the proceeds.

Our thanks go to Lions Tony and Di Fletcher for taking Russell and Kei under their wings and

giving them a bed and hot meal on Saturday night. Tonight with the help of Knysna Lions

they will be staying in a backpackers in Knysna.

Happy and safe walking Russell and Kei! (see pics 5 & 6)

There is incredible value in being of service to others. Elizabeth Berg.

Kind regards

Zwaai Kruger

PRESIDENT, SEDGEFIELD LIONS

Above all be of single aim, have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself

unreservedly to it. James Allen

3) We had four of our Lions getting married in 2013 – congratulations to Charles and

Samantha la Cock, Mel and Adrienne Bartlett and Jaco and Gerda van der Westhuizen. (Pic 1 shows Mel and Adrienne and Pic 2 shows Jaco and Gerda).

4) Our newest Lion, Johan du Toit was inducted on the 20 February. At the same function, we gave a warm welcome to our transferee Lion, Quinta Banghart who originally hails

from the Potchefstroom Club. (pic 3 shows Quinta with Lion Alison , pic 4 shows Quinta

handing over the Potch banner to Sedge Lions President Zwaai, pic 5 shows MC and Past President Mel Bartlett, with President Zwaai (sponsor) and Johan du Toit.

5) Sedgefield Lions donated boxes of books to the library in Karatara – pic 6 shows the librarians ready to tackle the task of sorting out the books.

6) Our Sedgefield Lions “Care and Share Bags” will definitely be an annual project. This very

rewarding project started with a donation of 40 tog bags. We then went to different schools and

asked them to identify their most needy pupils or children in the community. Ages ranged from

toddlers to teenagers. Once our lists were drawn up we soon had the wonderful community of

Sedgefield offering to fill the bags with clothes, toys, sweets, stationery for school etc. We were

also donated dried foods and took these to the needy families in our township and our village.

Our new tog bags (this year sporting our Lions Logo) have already been posted to us!

7) Once again with the help of Sedgefield Tourism we had a lovely Carols By Candlelight

evening. See pics 7 – 10

ST CROIX LIONS CLUB

Lions of St Croix’s 1st Community project Feb 2014. We gave the old folk at Cuyler Holmes in Port

Elizabeth Tea and Cake and had a wonderful afternoon playing BINGO. President Karin, Lion Collette

(Community Projects Co-Ordinator), Lion Karlien (Fundraiser) Lion Esther, Lion Sanet (First Vice &

Treasurer) and our “Happy Helpers” for the day Shadene, Roxy, Gorgia and her friend.

UITENHAGE LIONS CLUB

For the second year the Uitenhage Lions Club assisted the popular Kromberg and Schubert Fun run by manning

a water point for the approximately 500 runnersthat participated in the Five km Fun run. Last year the Club

received an award for the best water point in the event.

The Club paid a visit to the Lake Farm Centre which is a Community for intellectually challenged adults.

Members were accompanied by a qualified hairdresser who provided approximately 40 locals with haircuts. In

addition the members had a braai for all the adults who occupy the Centre followed by a fellowship.

Important Reminders:

The 2014 “MAD” Convention to be held in Windhoek, Namibia from

22 April – 26 April 2014

PIP Tam will be the International Guest

Ex-Miss Universe Michelle McLean-Bailey will be the Citizen of the

Year

Full registration costs R780.00 per delegate

If you haven’t registered yet do so asap!

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SHARING THE DREAM – Barry J. Palmer

Message from International President Barry Palmer, whose wife

celebrates her 70th Birthday on the 4th April, 2014

Get ready to celebrate Family and Friends Month in April by taking part in the Lions

World Lunch Relay on April 4th. It's a 24-hour international event that brings

families and friends of Lions together in their local communities with families and

friends of Lions around the world. It's a great opportunity to share how your club is

making a difference in the community with the people you care about. There will be

special contests for clubs that register to participate on April 4th!

Join the Lions World Lunch Relay today—it's as easy as 1-2-3!

1. Register your lunch event – Share the time and location for your lunch. 2. Plan your lunch event – Choose a location and menu that's good for you. 3. Celebrate your event – Take photos and share the fun through social media.

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WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T LOOKING

A message every adult should read because children are watching you and doing as you do, not as you say.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately

wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed the birds in winter, and I learned that it was good to be kind

to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you make my favourite cake for me, and I learned that the little

things can be the special things in life.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and I

learned that we all have to help take care of each other.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you take care of our house and everyone in it, and I learned we have

to take care of what we are given.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw how you handled your responsibilities, even when you didn't

feel good, and I learned that I would have to be responsible when I grow up.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you hold the door open for others and heard 'thank you' and 'you're welcome', and I learned respect for others.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things

hurt, but it's all right to cry.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw that you cared, and I wanted to be everything that I could be..

When you thought I wasn't looking I learned most of life's lessons that I need to know to be a good and

productive person when I grow up.

When you thought I wasn't looking I looked at you and wanted to say, Thanks for all the things I saw when

you thought I wasn't looking.'

TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW WHO DO SO MUCH FOR OTHERS,

BUT THINK THAT NO ONE EVER SEES. LITTLE EYES SEE A LOT ..

Each of us (parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, teacher, friend)

influences the life of a child.

How will you touch the life of someone today?

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.