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Christmas Carols in Tring

Pride ofLIONS

DG Brindar SinghIssues 6 & 7 www.lions105a.org.uk info@lions105a.org.ukFebruary • March 2017

District 105A News

On a chilly Christmas Eve nearly 700 people turned out to celebrate the start ofChristmas by attending the Christmas Carols organised by Lions Club of Tring.

Since the Tring Lions took over the event several years ago, the number of peopleattending gets bigger each year. The event organiser, Lion Derek Grant, said he isamazed at the turnout each year and that this is a true family event in keepingwith the community spirit that exists in Tring.

Father Christmas was able to take time out of his busy schedule to hand outsweets to the children once they had sang Away in a Manger. Music was providedby the Vale Symphonic Wood Band.

A collection was taken on the night and the proceeds will be donated to RettUK, a charity supporting people with Rett Syndrome, a neuro-developmentalcondition.

For more information about Tring Lions, please visit our website atwww.tringlions.org.uk.

Lion President Steve Mitchell

Singing Christmas carols in Tring.

Ajoint fundraising event for local goodcauses has recently taken place at

Nuffield Health, located in the Escapecomplex. Thanks to the good efforts ofone of their employees, James Hamilton,the son of a former member of StonyLions, over £500 was raised from a CharityRun in December by members of theHealth Club.

On Monday 23rd January thepresentation of medals and certificatestook place and on Thursday 26th January,fellow Lions members from StonyStratford joined Lion Gerry Hartgrove forthe cash handover.

Stony Stratford Lions Club wish tosincerely thank James Hamilton andNuffield Health for their very kind supportand hope that further joint ventures maybe possible in the future.

Lion Christopher CoolenPRO Stony Stratford Lions Club

Nuffield HealthClub raise funds for StonyStratford LionsClub

DG Brindar and the Convention Committee welcome

you all to this 52nd District 105A Convention.

Hope you all have a great time.

The Redbridge Lions Club formed only on the 7th ofJanuary has embarked on their first project to feed the

homeless. They will be feeding the homeless regularlyonce a month. We do this in conjunction with KaramsarGurdwara, in Ilford, where the food is cooked byvolunteers. Any homeless person, regardless of race,religion or creed will be fed a hot meal.

LP Harvinder Virdee

I would like to extend my sincere thanks to so many Lions all across theDistrict and beyond, for your kindness and support in the recent months.When Dad passed away in October last year, I realised that many

people quite close to him were very shocked, as he had not shared how illhe was… he had not wanted to worry people, nor to fuss. Mum and Ireceived an amazing amount of support and kindness over the followingdays and weeks and it was truly heart -warming to learn the depth offeeling Dad’s friends and fellow Lions had for him.

Living without Dad was however too much for my dear Mum to bear,and she died on Boxing Day. As soon as the Lions community learned ofher death, I was once again overwhelmed by the warmth and kindnessshown to me from people, many of whom I had never previously met, andyour generous tributes to her were a great support to me in my sadness. Imust also thank everyone who has donated so generously in their names.The level of your support for both the Rennie Grove Hospice and forAlzheimer’s Society has been truly generous.

I feel very fortunate to have had Mum and Dad as my parents and I amproud to know that they touched the hearts of people they met. Being soactively involved with Lions International enriched their lives more thanthey could ever have known at the beginning. As well as being able tomake a difference within both the local community and also the widerLions community, through Lionism they made many true friends, saw somewonderful places and enjoyed many, many happy social events. Thank youall again, you were a huge part of their lives, and I will never forget it. Maywe remember them both with a smile.

Janet Hunt

Pride of LIONS • Issues 6 & 7, February • March 2017 Editor Lion Shirish Sheth

Redbridge LionsCentennial Club startswith a worthy project In memory of John and

Brenda Hunt

Bigger and Better… to celebrate the Lions Centennialand the Leos’ 60th Anniversary, the 14th annual

pantomime trip for disadvantaged children took place onWednesday. DG Brindar, eight other Lions, nine Leos and atotal of 45 children were treated to the RapunzelPantomime at the Kenneth More Theatre Ilford. Thetickets, glowies, sweets and drinks were funded by theLeos with a donation from District Leo Advisor Minesh.The children were excited and happy and left asking canwe come again next year? This was the first of two tripsand in total 120 people were served.

Lion Doreen Carr

Over the next year Fairlop LionsClub together with 46,000 Lions

Clubs worldwide will be celebratingthe 100th year of Lions ClubsInternational. The CentennialCelebration brings Lions together tocelebrate 100 years of life-changinghumanitarian service. Lions arerenowned for their humanitarian workwithin an ever broader range ofactivities and services – the whitecane, Hearing dogs, Life skills, Leos,recycling for sight, reading actionprogrammes, vision screening, disasterrelief, diabetes awareness – the listgoes on and on.

Leos Club of Fairlop (12-14 yearolds) decided there should be moreinteraction between them and theirLions Club so they decided to set up an annual challenge, with the winningClub keeping the Fairlop Challenge Shield for the year. This year thechallenge was Laser Quest. The Leos arranged a game Fourteen players aside, followed by a celebration tea. The afternoon was also attended by Leoparents and families. The Lions team was victorious and were presentedwith the Challenge Shield by Leo President Maria Bricknell.

A special cake was commissioned to celebrate the 100 years of Lionsservice and the 60th anniversary of Leos. The Leos also took the opportunityto make a cheque presentation to a local charity ‘Little Legs Coady’.

The culmination of the Centennial will be a Fun Day for disadvantagedchildren on Easter Monday 2017 with a Duck Race, Easter Egg Hunt,sideshows and games and hopefully the formation of a new Leo Club.

Fairlop Leos AnnualPantomime

Fairlop Lions Centennial Celebration

Children were treated to the Rapunzel Pantomime.

Leo President Maria with Lion Surjit.

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Welcome new Lions

Lions passed to Higher ServiceWitney Lions, with great sadness, have to advise of theunexpected death of David, age 87, who had been a dedicated,committed and enthusiastic Lion. In his 40 years of service as aLion, he brought over 14 members into the club. A kind,

gentleman who always saw the best in everyone. Our deepestsympathy goes out to Muriel, Rupert, Rachel, and family.

All Lions of District 105A convey their condolences to the family.

The new Redbridge LionsCentennial Club has been

formed in this Lions Centennialyear. This club will be workingwithin the local community to helpthose less fortunate than ourselves.It will carry out EnvironmentalProjects, support youth projects,medical awareness days, recyclingof old eye glasses, ink cartridge andbatteries, help feed the homelessand work for various LCI supportedprojects locally and around theworld.

The new Club’s FormationCeremony was performed inpresence of the Redbridge MayorCouncillor Gurdial Bhamra, DGBrinder Nandra, several Districtofficers, Presidents and members ofseveral Lions Clubs around London.The event was held in the CityPavilion on the 7th of January 2017where 28 members of the new clubwere inducted with Lion HarvinderVirdee as the President, LionNarinder Mann as the Secretary andLion Jasbir Sagoo as the Treasurer.

LP Harvinder Virdee

The Young Ambassador Final took place alongside the January District Cabinetmeeting at Elstree on Sunday 15th January. Five very able young people sponsored

by Lions Clubs of London Westminster, MK Stony Stratford, Fairlop, Seven Kings andWanstead and Woodford Clubs, along with family and supporters, came to enlighten theaudience about their volunteering. An amazingly wide range of activities wereundertaken by these candidates – helping at the local Food Bank, Scouting, ArmyCadets, Fire Brigade Cadets, Youth Parliament, Anti-Bullying action, Author, Radiopresenter, Peer mentoring, Empowerment of their peers, Public speaking, Fundraisingand Youth Work.

The event started with three minute timed presentations by all candidates to theassembled audience and then each candidate had a 15 - 20 minute individual interviewwith our Judging Panel

The winner, James Curtis, aged 16, has double cochlea implants and was sponsoredby Milton Keynes, Stony Stratford. He is a national advocate and mentor for deafchildren, gives support to parents of newly diagnosed hearing impaired children, hasbeen a youth volunteer for two years and Junior Leader at holiday play schemes, assistswith teaching Hebrew and finds time to be a tennis coach. James has also helped toraise £420,000 by helping to organise the AVUK Loud Shirt Day. James also has a fulleducation curriculum taking 11 GCSE’s and 4 A levels. He is a member of the SchoolMagic Society and enjoys Tennis, Hockey, Cycling, Hiking and Skiing. We wish him well atMD Finals in February.

DO Lion Doreen Carr

Formation ofRedbridgeCentennialLions Club

Young Ambassador Finals 2016-2017

L-R Lashai, Jeremiah, Matthew, DG Brindar, DO Doreen, Sophie and James.

New members of Lions Club of Redbridge with the worhipful Mayor ofRedbridge, District Governor Brindar and other District officers.

New members at Covent garden Club

We are fast approaching our District105A Convention on the 3rd March

2017. Preparations have gone extremelywell. I hope all those who attend will findthis year’s Convention informative andenjoyable. We are very privileged to haveall the way from India, our key notespeaker Past International DirectorArvinder Pal Singh, and accompanied byPID Sangeeta Jaita, who will also give usa presentation.

A new Lion Club was born on 7thJanuary 2017. Formation of Lions Club ofRedbridge was an astounding successwith 28 members and a new addition toZone B. I thank Lion President HarvinderSingh Virdee for spearheading theformation of this club with support of hismembers and Zone Chair Lion Abdul Bux.

The annually held Pantomime for thedisadvantaged children organised byFairlop Leos under the guidance of LionDoreen Carr was extremely wellorganised, as always, and everyoneincluding the volunteer Lions thoroughlyenjoyed it.

District YoungAmbassadors finals tookplace after our last Cabinetmeeting on 15 January. Ithank Lion Doreen Carr fororganising this event. Thewinner was James Curtis.He will now go towards MDfinals and I wish him bestof luck.

LC of Covent Gardenswept me off my feet withtheir kindness andhospitality during myofficial visit, concluding themeeting with karaoke.

LC of Hatch End, formed on 7thOctober had their Charter presentationon 4th February 2017. A very wellorganised and enjoyable event withalmost 30 Lions Clubs present that

evening. I congratulate all the memberslead by Lion President Daksha Patel.

I thank Lion Dinesh Shonchattra fororganising an enjoyable afternoon ofDistrict Quiz finals on 5th February 2017.Nine clubs participated andcongratulations to the winning team ofLions Club of Harpenden.

I had the opportunity to attend theMultiple District Lioness conference inHutingdon on 18th February 2017. A lotof business was conducted andpresentations were given by somevery interesting speakers.

Next Day on the on the 19th February2017, we had our own Senior CitizensCelebrations. It was a wonderful day forall those who attended. My sincerethanks to the organising committee andespecially to the scores of volunteering

Lions representing many clubswho are the back bone of thisfunction.Finally, organising DistrictConvention is more than justhard work. It needs commitmentand that is what Lions Club ofLondon Golders GreenConvention Committee, led byLion Ramesh Morjaria has given.I thank most sincerely theorganising committee and theSargent- at- Arms Past District

Governor Ken Rouse for theirtremendous effort and dedication toensure that we have a successfulconvention.

I wish all those attending a wonderfultime.

DG wife’s charity:I thank all those clubs who have so farmade generous donations towards mynominated charity: ADMIRAL NURSEBalbir Kaur Nandra

DG Lion Brindar

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DG Brindar’s Bulletin

Enjoying Karaoke after the business meeting at LC of Covent Garden

Senior Citizens Celebration at Harrow Leisure Centre on 26 Feb 2017

Charter Presentation at Hatch End Club

Pantomime for disadvantaged children organised by Leo’s of Fairlop

District Quiz Finals

We are sad to report the passing ofLion David Gentle of LC ofBiggleswade-Sandy on 24 January2017.

Lion Jiten Joshi of Lions Club ofEdgware passed away on 17February 2017. He was Chartermember of the Club and a Lion for30 years. He was a holder of MJFaward. He had served as LionPresident, Lion Secretary andTreasurer numerous times, besidesmany other offices. He was a trueand dedicated Lion who will bemissed.

Lions of District 105A convey theircondolences to the families.