District 19A Newsletter October 2017
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DISTRICT 19A.BC.CANADA October, 2017 District website: www.district19a.com “THE POWER OF WE” Greeting from your District Governor Lion Grace Ahoy fellow lions, lionesses and leos, October is a busy month for our district lions, lionesses and leos! Not only that they have their own clubs’ service projects to work on, they also targeted the recruitment of members under the Membership Growth Month. There was the MD19 Annual Convention being held in Surrey on the 12th to the 14th. Then we had our own 19A Centennial Leo Convention in which the Leos were working so hard to make this Convention a milestone event. With the hard work of the lions, this month 22 members joined our Lions organization with net gain of 5! Our total membership has climbed up to 1,153 from 1,141. with net gain of 12 members. The total hours that were served by lions (excluding leos and lionesses) have been over 10,000! This is incredible and thanks so much for your contributions. All DGE received gifts from International President at the Convention in July. There was a box with 18 packs of “words of wisdom” that I think it is worth to share with you each month till the end of June. Vancouver Diamond Lions Club and Lions Clubs International have jointly raised an incredible C$293,460 for the Canadian Cancer Society. With the new cancer screening and diagnostic equipment at the Richmond Hospital Laboratory, residents of Richmond, Delta, South Vancouver, Powell River and the area of the Vancouver International Airport would benefit substantially. Thank you Vancouver Diamond Lions and the LCIF matching grant! Inside this issue: DG official visitation schedule 2 Welcome New Members / Obituary 3 Awards and Recognitions 4 Premier Centennial Lions Club 5 Lions and Leos Calendar of Events 6 BC Wildfires and Sight Awareness update 7 Leos and Lioness Pages 8-9 Legality Matters and 19A Achievement 10 Roster update / Contacts 11 October DG visitations done: October 2-5th Zone A3 Clubs - Smithers, Skeena & Granisle Lions Clubs October 10th Vancouver Metropolitan Lions Club October 17th Vancouver Marpole-Grandview Lions Club October 18th Vancouver Burrard Lions Club (lunch) October 18th Vancouver Cathay New Century Lions Club October 19th Squamish Lions Club October 22nd Vancouver Midas Lions Club October 24th-27th Zone A4 Clubs - Kitimat, Skidegate, Masset Haida and Prince Rupert Lions Clubs November DG visitations confirmed: 2nd Vancouver Diamond Lions Club 6th Mt. Seymour Lions Club 7th Vancouver Churchill Leo Club 8th Vancouver Broadway Lions Club 9th Vancouver Arbutus Lions Club 14th Vancouver Champlain Heights Lions Club 16th Egmont, Pender Harbour and Sunshine Coast Lions Clubs (joint visitation) 23rd South Vancouver Neighborhood House Leo Club 23rd Vancouver Chinatown Lions Club I have finished one third of the visits and each visit was so special for me. The trips to Zone A3 and A4 were extremely productive. I am so glad that the clubs in these two zones are re-connected with the District again. My heartfelt appreciation to you! OCTOBER Masset Haida Lions Club 49th charter anniversary - 7th, 1968 Vancouver Granville Lions Club 9th charter anniversary - 16th, 2008 Vancouver Renfrew Lions Club 36th charter anniversary - 16th, 1981 Lynn Valley Lions Club 47th charter anniversary - 27th, 1970 Burnaby Central Lions 10th charter anniversary - 29th, 2007 Vancouver Galaxy Lions Club 6th charter anniversary - 31st, 2011 Page 2 Burnaby Lougheed Lions Club: Lion Scott Robertson sponsored by Lion Marj Deschner. Prince Rupert Lions Club: Lion Roma Dawe Green sponsored by Lion Anne Copping and Lion Darren Green sponsored by ZC Kenneth Copping. Vancouver Cambie Lions Club: Lion Rebecca Jia Zhen Lin sponsored by Lion Emilie Huang. Vancouver Cathay New Century Lions Club: Lion Ingrid Lee and Lion Queenie Chik (return members) sponsored by CP Stephen Tang. Vancouver Diamond Lions Club: Lion Ki Chiu sponsored by PZC Clara Chow, Lion Vivian Chung and Lion Winnie Leung sponsored by IPZC Hans Wong, Lion Ben Lai sponsored by Lion Jeffrey Chiu. Vancouver Evergreen Lions Club: Lion Richard Sun sponsored by Lion Bowen Wong. Vancouver Legacy Lions Club: Lion Hui Ling Elaine Gao and Lion Xiyue Li sponsored by CP Pollyanna Liu. Vancouver Metropolitan Lions Club: Lion Tim Chiu (return member). Vancouver South Lions Club: Lion Jin Bagry sponsored by President Sam Bagry, Lion John Jiang Quan Xu sponsored by Lion Namtez Sohal. Vancouver Sunshine Lions Club: Lion Lawrence Zhang sponsored by CP Wendy Yuan, Lion Lily Li, Lion Lucia Huang, Lion Wilson Wang, Lion James Zhan. Vancouver East Lions Club: PP Nedo Gizzi Kitimat Lions Club: Lion Allan Egan Burnaby Lougheed Lions Club: Lion Velma Pallen Squamish Lions Club: PP Chito Vergara Memorial service will be held on November 12th at 1 p.m., Squamish Valley Golf Course, Mamquam Road, Squamish. Page 3 Dear fellow lions, I am so grateful, honoured and humbled to receive the International President’s medal at the MD19 Fall Convention in Surrey, BC I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the Lions in District 19A for the support and dedications. Please continue to work together and stand together to serve those in need. Thank you Shella Keung Past District Governor 2012-2013 A4 Zone Chairperson Kenneth Copping and President Timothy Ng, Vancouver Galaxy Lions Club were presented Lions University Bachelor Degree at the USA/Canada Leadership Forum at Portland, USA in September, 2017. 2nd VDG Bob Nordlund, Gibsons Lions Club achieved his Lions University Master degree (too bad no photo was taken). Well done IPZC Hans Wong being awarded the runner-up for Zone Chairperson newsletter, Vancouver Metropolitan Lions Club being the winner of non-traditional scrapbook and the runner-up for the uniform parade! Sunshine Coast Lions Club received the runner-up award for the traditional scrapbook contest at the MD19 Annual Convention in Surrey. Page 4 Lions Clubs can earn the designation of Premier Centennial Lions Club in the following ways: Induct New Members Induct at least three new members during any one of the fiscal years of the Cen- tennial Celebration, and your club will be recognized as a Premier Centennial Lions Club. (New members must remain active for 2 years and a day) OR Sponsor a New Club Sponsor a new Lions club during any one of the fiscal years of the Centennial Celebration, and your club will be recognized as a Premier Centennial Lions Club. (New club must remain active for two years and a day) Premier Centennial Lions Clubs will be recognized with: A Limited Edition banner patch Club name on the LCI Centennial website Recognition on the LCI club locator with a virtual banner icon Recognized at International Convention, area forums and district conventions CANDIDATES FOR 2nd Vice District Governor 2018-2019 and A7 Zone Chairperson PP Alan Chan, Vancouver Diamond Campus Lions Club is running for A7 IPZC Hans Wong, Vancouver Diamond Lions Club Zone Chairperson 2018-2019. He will be is running for 2nd Vice District Governor. He will be endorsed by the clubs in Zone A7 at the next elected at the District Convention on April 28, 2018. Zone Meeting in January, 2018. Page 5 LIONS and LIONESSES CALENDAR: November , 2017- LIONS DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH November 3rd Vancouver Sunshine Lions Club Installation Night November 4th Vancouver Queen Elizabeth Lions Club Charter Night November 7th Leadership Training - new members orientation 6-8 p.m. (cancelled) https://district19a.com/2017/10/29/nov-7-2017-new-member-orientation-registration-deadline-nov-5-2017/ November 12th Faculty Development Institute Application Deadline (Jan. 26-29, 2018 at Atlanta, USA) - only accepting 40 lions. http://members.lionsclubs.org/EN/resources/leadership-resource-center/development-programs/ faculty-development-institutes/index.php November 13-19th Worldwide week of Service to Halt Diabetes http://lions100.lionsclubs.org/EN/programs/centennial-service-challenge/worldwide-week-of- service-diabetes.php November 14th World Diabetes Day November 15th Postmark deadline for a club to send one winning Peace Poster & Essay to the District Governor https://district19a.com/international-essay-contest/ November 15th Leo October Membership Growth Award nomination due. November 20th Timmy’s celebration of Ability https://district19a.com/2017/10/04/join-us-to-welcome-a-new-timmys-era-on-monday-nov-20-2017/ November 25th 1-4 p.m. IT training on Social Media https://district19a.com/2017/11/04/nov-25-2017-it-training-on-social-media/ November 25th District 19H event - Surrey Central 2nd charter anniversary banquet https://district19a.com/2017/10/07/surrey-central-lions-clubs-2nd-anniversary-banquet-nov-25-2017 November 26th Vancouver Cambie Lions Club Christmas Party and Fundraiser https://district19a.com/nov-23-2017-vancouver-cambie-lions-clubs-23rd-anniversary-christmas-party/ December - Relieving the Hunger Centennial Service Challenge 2nd Vancouver Diamond Lions Club Christmas Lunch 3rd Vancouver Metropolitan Lions Club Christmas Dinner at Sandman Signature, Richmond. Dinner at 7 p.m. $68 for adult / $33 for children age 5-12 / free for age 5 and under. 5th International Leo Day : http://members.lionsclubs.org/EN/leos/index.php January, 2018 WORLDWIDE WEEK OF SERVICE TO FIGHT HUNGER (Jan. 8-14, 2018) http://lions100.lionsclubs.org/EN/programs/centennial-service-challenge/worldwide-week-of- service-hunger.php 7-13th LCIF WEEK 13th District 19A “Tribute to LCIF” Appreciation Banquet with LCIF Chairperson Immediate Past International President Chancellor Bob Corlew at the Holiday Inn Vancouver Centre, West Broadway, Vancouver. $70 per person Page 6 Dear all, with your great support, we have raised C$50,000.00 for the BC Wildfires Relief Fund as at October 31st, 2017!! This is incredible and the funds are still coming. The deadline for us to donate the money to the most affected areas in BC will be at the end of November for their community rebuilding.