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Multiple District 105

Multiple District Lioness Chairman 2017 to 2019 - Jeannette MorganIssue 12

July 2017

Welcome everyone to the start of another Lionistic year whenI am sure we will have the opportunity to continue with somegreat fundraising and service work in our local, national andinternational communities. The new Lioness Directory ofOfficers has been published so if you haven’t already receivedthem, please do contact your District Officer who has copiesfor you as it is important you take note of the new District andMultiple District Officers and send any information to thecorrect person.Sunday 25th June was a very proud day for me as I had thehonour of taking over the role of Multiple District 105 LionessClubs Chairman from Lioness Angela whom I am sure you willagree has done a tremendous job over the past two years andI know she will be a hard act to follow.Having met with Council Chairman Heather at the Lions MD Convention in May I am confident thatthe Lionesses of Multiple District 105 have a bright future. The Lions are committed to finding a wayin which Lioness Clubs can continue to exist in a format which not only meets with the requirementsof the 2011 Charities Act but is also acceptable to both the individual Lionesses and their sponsoringLions Clubs. As Lioness Angela is continuing as the Lioness Clubs Co-ordinator we will both beworking alongside the Lions as they continue to develop their relationship with the CharitiesCommission and every effort will be made to ensure that Lionesses form an integral part of that.There is no doubt that as I write this article there is a little bit of sadness in me, as my first duty asChairman was to visit Northallerton Lioness Club for a presentation evening which was their final

meeting before closure of the Club. After 28 years of serving theircommunity they have been unable to secure officers for the coming yearand after much deliberation the members decided that they no longerwanted to continue and the Club should close. With over 20 members thisis not only a great loss to Lionesses but to the Lions movement as a wholeand of course to their local community in which they were so active but Iknow you will all join me in wishing them all well and hopefully we willcontinue to hear from them and maybe even see them at some of ourfuture events.As I am only a few days into the Chairman’s role I am just starting to puttogether my diary of upcoming events and I would therefore ask clubs tolet me know dates of any special events including anniversaries

lunches/dinners, key service or fund-raising activities and of course any district meetings or events.So as we start the new year let’s celebrate our existence and show everyone we are united as oneorganisation with a common goal to serve our communities.Here to the next 40 years of Lionesses.

ioness Newsletter

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As most of you know it is customary for the MultipleDistrict Lioness Chairman to have chosen charity fortheir term of office and I am pleased to announcethat after much research I have chosen TinyTickers - who exist to help babies with serious heartconditions – giving them a better start in life andthe best possible chance for their future.If you haven’t already received it there is afundraising pack on its way to you which includessome background information about theorganisation, together with publicity leaflets andcontact details for their fundraising team who willbe delighted to help you any way they can.I will keep you updated with progress on donationsthroughout the year but please do let me know ofif your Club decides to support Tiny Tickers as I amkeen to keep a record of the activities eachindividual Club does and the total funds raised.

Chairman’s Charity

CONFERENCE 2018 NEWSFLASHGiven how times goes so swiftly, the highlight ofour year, our Multiple District Lioness Conferencewill soon be here. Once again the Lionesses inDistrict EA have the pleasure of hosting this specialevent. We are delighted to be hosting the event forMultiple District Lionesses Chairman LionessJeannette and I know she is looking forward to it.I am pleased to be able to confirm that we will bereturning to The Marriott Hotel, Huntingdon, wholooked after us so well last year, for our nextConference.The committee have taken on board the feedbackwe received about last year’s event and togetherwith Lioness Jeannette will be setting the formataccordingly.Friday is to be a relaxed social evening a great opportunity to catch up with everyone, meeting up withfriends old an new. Saturday we will be conducting the business of the day making this as interesting andinformative as we can for everyone, finishing the day with an entertaining speaker which we knoweveryone looks forward to - getting us back into a light hearted mood, ready to party and enjoy the eveningbanquet and ball. We are also looking to bring back a short Sunday morning session to the programmewhich will allow that extra time to include one or two other items rather than trying to cram everything intoone day on the Saturday. Once the Conference has finished Lionesses will have the option to leave directlyor stay for Sunday Lunch. If you wish to stay for lunch on the Sunday, you will need to pre book with Hoteldirectly. The Committee has held its first meeting, and the package prices are being finalised and thebooking forms will be coming out to clubs shortly. As is customary we will be having a grand raffle andbooks to sell will also be coming out to clubs in due course.Everyone on the committee will be working very hard over the coming months to make this a greatConference for everyone. We will be keeping you regularly updated through the Newsletter, as furtherarrangements develop.

Firstly I should like to say that it has been anabsolute honour and privilege to be your MultipleDistrict Lioness Chairman for the past two years. Aswe all know it has not been the easiest period oftime in the history of Lionesses and the way thatthe Lionesses of this Multiple District haveovercome the difficult and worrying times with suchdetermination, integrity and dignity and continuedto serve with pride always keeping that well knownsense of fun and fellowship has been once again atrue testament of ordinary people doing amazingthings. As I have travelled this Multiple Districtattending meetings, events and anniversaries Ihave been filled with admiration and pride,congratulations to all the Lionesses for thewonderful service you give to your communitiesand the wider world helping to make this world amuch better place. I should also like to thank youfor your generosity in supporting my chosen charityDementia UK Admiral Nurses. The money is stillcoming in and I will shortly have a final total andonce I have the final figure I will be writing to allclubs with information.On Sunday the 25th June at The Advisory BodyMeeting the changeover took place from myself tomy deputy Lioness Jeannette, I know that theMultiple District will be safe in her hands and shewill do an excellent job as our MD Chairman overthe next two years. My congratulations to her, Iwish her a very happy and successful term of office.I will still be working closely with her over the nexttwo years as your Multiple District Lioness ClubsCoordinator and you will all still be hearing from mein the Newsletter under that title. I look forward tocontinuing coming to events and meeting up withthe Lionesses and sharing lots more fun andfellowship with you all.

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A reminder to Clubs to send news of any significantBirthdays and Celebrations, as well as the Sad News,

to the Lioness MD Almoner Jeanne.Chairman Jeannette, the Advisory Body and all Lionesses like to know.

kicked off their 2017fundraising by holding a

Bucket Collection atMorrison’s Supermarket,Knottingley in aid of Tiny

Tickers - a better start fortiny hearts

www.tinytickers.org

arranged windowdisplays in the Hambleton Community Actiongroup and the Darlington Building Society

showing various aspects of Lionesses leading upto present day

President Sheila hosted a Mad Hatter Evening. Goodfood and company ensured an enjoyable social time.

Lioness Lesley challenged our knowledge on hat relatedtopics. Money was raised for Macmillan Cancer Care

On the 19th May the held their Fourth Golf Day. The rainy startdid not dampen the enthusiasm of theLionesses or the 31 teams of golfers. Halfway house was laden with goodies tosustain the golfers during their round and ameal in the club house afterwards made agreat finish to the day. Most holes weresponsored and the Lionesses had someoutstanding raffle prizes all of which allowedthem to raise in excess of £4000, a record!

After putting a letter of request into the localpress, wereoverwhelmed by the response from the publicfor items of haberdashery to be donated to the

charity.The photo shows the donated items beinghanded over to John Miles, the localrepresentative of the charity. The items will goto a sorting area where they will be sorted intopacks containing a certain set of haberdasheryitems to accompany sewing machines beingshipped out to Africa.

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For full information about the Lioness Clubs in the British Islesplease refer to www.lionessclub.org

welcomed Sonia and Becky from the Diss, Thetford and District CitizensAdvice.Sonia explained the aim of the Citizens Advice is to give free, confidential and impartial advice on issuesthat may affect people’s lives. Their goal is to empower clients to make informed decisions on whateverproblem they have and to regain control of their lives.The Citizens Advice has volunteers from many backgrounds andexperiences and are trained and supported by the training supervisors. Publicsupport, whether volunteering or by donations, enable the service to be givenfree of charge to those who need help. At times work of the Citizens Advice isrestricted by a shortage of volunteers.Lioness President Sheila thanked Sonia and Becky for their interesting insightinto the Citizens Advice.

werepleased to be able to present a cheque for£150 to the West Norfolk Stroke Associationat their recent support group meeting in theMethodist Church, Downham Market. Thecheque was accepted by Gemma Smith whois the Communication & Long Term SupportCo-ordinator for the area. The money wasraised at a coffee morning which wassupported by members of the group.

The Great Yorkshire Bike Ride fromWetherby to Filey took place onSaturday 17th June. Theapproximately 1,500 cyclists had avery hot day for their ride with a tailwind helping them along. The were on hand with tea, coffee, squash and water muchneeded by the cyclists. It was a great day and the eventwent without problems. Two of the Lionesses were on dutyat the gate marshalling the trucks, buses and cars coming tothe event to support and collect bikes and cyclists.We were supporting Wetherby and Filey Lions, who organisethe event yearly. You never know we might be back nextyear in a voluntary capacity!

joined forces with the Lions ofDistricts 105C and 105E to span the Humber Bridge withcans of food to celebrate 100 years of Lions ClubsInternational. The event took place on Wednesday 7thJune and in total over 20,000 cans were collected andplaced across the bridge. At the end of the day the canswere then collected by the various Lions and Lioness Cluband will be donated to foodbanks throughout the districts.

At the EA District Meetingat Thetford DistrictChairman Angela made apresentation to EALioness Liaison OfficerDouglas Whyte and hiswife Morag. Douglas hasbeen Lioness LiaisonOfficer for the past tenyears and he will nowdevote more time to hislocal Lions Club.

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were proud to celebrate 40 years of service to their community on23rd June 2017. Members from 3 Lioness Clubs and 12 Lions Clubs joined us for this specialoccasion. Guest speaker for the evening was Gaynor Barnes of ITV Calendar and Easy StreetBand provided dancing till late in the evening.Sponsoring Lions Club, Castleford & Pontefract District, marked the occasion by presentingthe Lioness Club with a personalised wind flag which will be made good use of at bothfund-raising and service events as it is an ideal way to keep the Club’s name at theforefront of everyone’s mind.As founder and current President of the Club Lioness Jeanne was also celebrating 40 yearsas a Lioness and she was delighted to receive an International President’s Certificate of Appreciation aswell as a special presentation from her own Club in recognition of all her

hard work and dedication to the movement. Clubmembers said “If it wasn’t for Lioness Jeanne wewouldn’t be here today so we just had to mark theoccasion with something she can always remember usby. It is an honour to be part of the first Lioness Clubin the country and having achieved 40 years of servicewe are now looking forward to making it 50!”

Spring had sprung for the Lionesses of with their Spring Grand Draw as they set

about selling draw tickets over a period of 5 weeksfrom the end of April to the beginning of May, oneLioness, who shall be nameless, dressed up eachweek and roared with pride telling the public thatall the proceeds from the event would be going toEast Anglia Children’s Hospice and St. Elizabeth’s alocal care and respite home which cares for andprovides respite for adults and children sufferingwith Epilepsy. A successful event that raised inexcess of £700.00.

had a stall atthe second annualCommunity Day,which is an event toshowcase all the

organisations andvarious groups inWitham. We had ahousehold tombolaalong with our usualteddy game.It was a beautiful

day and the stall took justover £110, all of which wasdonated to the British RedCross.It was a great day and we alsohad our Environmental displayshowcasing the plight of theBees and selling our littleknitted bees and bee friendlyseeds as well.

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Celebrations included a 40thRuby Anniversary Tea Party in the Town Hall and squareon Saturday 3rd of June, 2.30 till 4.30. A celebration cakeand tea for our invited guests and cakes and ice creamavailable for the public.There was also be a display in the Town Hall on theSaturday. The Roundabout at the Library end of the highstreet has been sponsored for us by Maxwells of

Northallerton and will be planted up with redflowers. A fashion show took place onMonday 5th June at M and Co Northallertonwhere we used the red and white theme inone of our groups walking down the catwalkto also celebrate the Anniversay.

joined in the Big Tea Party Celebrations on Saturday 3rdJune when Lionesses across the country were celebrating 40 years of Lionesses inthe UK. We held our Tea Party in a local Church Community Centre and were joinedby local Councillors, family, friends, supporters and thosewhom we have supported over the years. As well ashaving our President Lioness Jeanne Morgan, the firstLioness in the UK with us, we were particularly pleased

to have two of our founder members join us as well and they had a greattime sharing stories with our two newest members –

enjoy a 40th Anniversary TeaParty along with a talk from a local Admiral Nurse.

celebrated the40thAnniversarywith a lovely

afternoon tea at Le Bouchon Brasserie. Delicioussandwiches and cakes and a celebratory tipple.

Lioness Club London Golders GreenOn Thursday 18th May 2017 some of our members attended theDistrict Zone Social – Race Night. Everyone enjoyed themselves andLP Sandhya was presented with an Appreciation momentum from theZone Chairman Lion Kamal Sharma.

On Thursday 15th June 2017, three ofour Lionesses went to sing bhajansand spend time with elderly at NeemTree Care Centre (offering elderlynursing, dementia care, physicaldisability) in Greenford, Middlesex.

On Saturday 17th June LP Sandhya supported the Pranasha Team in Relay forLife in Aid of Cancer Research UK at Bannister Sports Centre, Harrow. Sheparticipated in the walk around the track.

Our 2016-2017 year ends by having a Social evening on Thursday 22nd June2017 at Sync Bar where we enjoyed the fun and fellowship of dining andkaraoke! On Sunday 25th June 2017, some of the Lioness members attendedour Sponsor Club LCLGG Charter Lunch at the Breakspear Arms, Gastropub,Ruislip, Uxbridge.

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On the 3rd of June to celebrate 40 years ofLionesses in the UK along with many other clubs,

held a Tea Party. The invitedguests were representatives from groups that havebeen supported by the Club and groups that havehelped the Lionesses. The room was bedecked withruby decorations to celebrate the Ruby Anniversary -helium balloons, bunting, flowers on the tables and a

member’s beautiful china. There was the usual scrummy finger sandwiches (nocrusts of course!), delicate cakes followed by the cutting of an Anniversary Cake.The assembled company were entertained by a singer.On the 11th June the Lionesses helped Sleaford Lions celebrate 100 years of thiswonderful organisation at a Picnic in the Park. The Lionesses organised FacePainting and they did not stop all afternoon - all games and activities were free tothe public and the sun shone making it a brilliant day.

held their 40th AnniversaryCelebration Tea Party with 40 invited guests.Guests included President of Inner Wheel Club Barbara Cox,Guest of Honour was ex Mayor of Deal Marlene Burnham whojoined in with the Sunshine Ukes to entertain us with lively musicand a singalong. Everyone agreed it was awonderful afternoon.

The held their 40th Anniversary celebrationsat Nibley House. It was attended by 55 Lionesses, past andpresent, and friends. We had a wonderful afternoon and managedto make £366 which is to be donated to Dementia UK, PastMultiple District Lioness Chairman Angela Howard's charity for2016/2017.

On the 3rd June along with other clubs throughout the MultipleDistrict, Saffron Walden Lioness Club held their Ruby TeaParty with a Vintage theme, in celebration of 40 years ofservice. Over 45 people sat down for afternoon tea, enjoyinga feast of sandwiches, cakes and scones with jam and cream,very yummy!! The tables looked very attractive with the lovelyvintage crockery and pretty flower decorations. A goodtime was had by all as they were entertained by amusical trio playing songs that brought back happy

memories from the past. Another surprise for the guests was the arrival, inhis Vintage Royal Mail Van, of PDG Lion Jim Cawte (also known asPostman Pat with his black and white cat) and his lovely wife Jennifer. Theproceeds from the event, over £300.00 will be going to the Dementia UKAdmiral Nurses.

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The next edition of the Lioness MD 105 Newsletter is scheduled to be published in September2017. The deadline for copy will be the 25th August 2017.

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

As of 1st July 2017 the Competitions Officer forMultiple District 105 Lioness Clubs will be LionessGill Williams of Paddock Wood Lioness Club inDistrict 105SE. As usual Scrapbook entries andPhoto Caption Competition entries should be takento the Lioness Conference in February and theresults of all three competitions will be announcedat Conference, so we would be obliged if LondonGolders Green and Dursley Lioness Clubs will kindlyreturn the trophies to Lioness Gill or bring themalong to Conference, and I will make sure that theTravelling Lioness shield is returned from Pontefract.I hope that you will all support Lioness Gill in hernew role and in the meantime for your information,the scores for the Travelling Lioness competition areas follows:

District C - Pontefract 41District E - Sleaford 1District EA - Downham Market 6 - Felixstowe 2 - Swaffham 6 - Witham 14District SE - Deal & District 18 - Paddock Wood 28District W - Dursley 13

Thank you all for your support over the last fewyears. My best wishes to all.

Lioness  Jeanne Morgan

On a bright sunny morning, the 27th May, accompanied by her club President Lioness

Gill took up her challenge to walk across The Domein London.As they climbed up, up and away they finallyreached the top. Standing on the central platform inwinds of 20 miles an hour they admired the viewsacross London before making their descent backdown to terra firma. Angela said “The brochuredescribes this as a 90 minute adventure, well as Idon’t like heights I was not sure whether it would bean adventure or 90 minutes of hell! It was anadventure and I felt very exhilarated when I hadachieved the goal I set out to do, to raise funds fora very good cause Dementia UK Admiral Nurses. Gilland I would like to thank every one who madedonations, if anyone still wishes to make a donationwho has not already done so if they go online tomydonate.bt.com and under fundraisers put in thename Angela Howard the page will come up,the closing date is the 27th August.”

held their last meetingat Rivendale, our Presentation Evening on MondayJune 26th. We had a very pleasant evening with lotsof invited guests to receive the cheques on behalf ofthe organisations that they represent. A total of 11altogether.

Total donations given out that evening were £3665.57. Theamount has been donations from just a few of our activitiesincluding Thirsk Racecourse bucket collection, a Fashion Show,Coffee Mornings and The great Yorkshire Bike Ride. Just aselection of our activities which I am sure we will all miss verymuch.