202F District Newsletter

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1 1 202F District Newsletter Hello Fellow Lions Congratulations to all those Lions and members of the public who took part in some way in the Walk for Kids on Saturday to raise money for the Lions Clubs NZ Child Mobility Foundation. Lions members from the Invercargill clubs were out walking, along with Gore and Wanaka clubs and Winton is holding their walk mid-week. Other clubs may have been busy walking in their areas. I hope a successful amount for the Foundation was raised. What great weather we had in the south on Saturday for the walk as some walks in the North Island were cancelled because of terrible weather. As I was out walking Hamilton Park in Gore with fellow Lions and members of the public, someone remarked that the walk not only benefitted Child Mobility but also our own health. This is Lions Awareness Week so a great week to promote your club in the community to increase Public awareness. I spoke to a group in Balclutha last week about the 100 th International Lions Convention in Chicago. At the end of my presentation, I was asked by a lady, What is it exactly that Lions do? Because I am thoroughly immersed in Lions, I forget that people do not have the same understanding or knowledge about what we do in our communities. It is important that we are promoting our club activities at every opportunity. Membership numbers for September were up, so well done! We ended the month with 1403 members, up 4 members on August numbers. Keep up the excellent work. Have you invited someone to join your club? Now is the time to do it. DG Liz

2 2 MAKAREWA LIONS CLUB are Celebrating their 50 th Charter Anniversary Saturday 18 th November 2017 at the Ascot Park Hotel. All enquiries to Lex Paterson

3 3 Life s Greatest Thrill Is Tomorrow We Cannot Direct The Wind... But We Can Adjust Our Sails.

4 4 Lions Awareness Week- Taking pride in our Community Some ideas of what your club could do! Set up a Lions display in shop window/libraries and or shopping malls for the week promoting your club Get schools or community groups on board to assist with a town clean up or a spring clean Involve the community in tree planting or some other beautification/environmental project Clean up a local park, lake side, coastal area or side of a highway/road Organise to provide service to a family / group / individual in need within your community Drug awareness evenings for parents DARE programme (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Contact the Deaf Foundation and see if your club could lend a hand Heart / blood pressure / cholesterol / prostate awareness health seminars/expo information for public events Work with stroke, cancer, asthma, arthritis, Alzheimers, heart, brain injury & Parkinsons groups Assist the elderly in their community work with Age Concern, Disability Resource Centres Gold Coin trail (copper trail) with proceeds to our Heads Up For Kids project or another youth project Promotion of our Eyeglass Recycling project - collect used spectacles for the Pacific Islands Team up with the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation and collect for the Pink Ribbon Appeal Team up with Clubs in your Zone to promote Lions Mission statement of Lions Clubs International: TO EMPOWER volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions clubs.

5 5 Prepared Roy Peterson The following is an account of what happened to a HU4K delivery to the counting room at Resene Paints headquarters at Naenae, Lower Hutt. Buckets/tins/boxes are delivered free to the Inward Goods depot at Resene Paints by Fastway Couriers. They are then delivered to the carpentry shop where our Counting Room is located. The room is located on the first floor and is a secure facility. John Adam and I normally spend Thursdays at the counting room, depending on the volume of work to be done. We will each take a box; weigh it and then sort and/or count the contents according to what it is: Old decimal: 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c and banknotes. Coins bagged into $ per denomination and sold at face value to Reserve Bank. Bank notes when we have 100 per denomination. Pre-decimal: Sorted into Pre-1947 and Post These are sold to coin dealers for their silver content and/or collectible value Copper: New Zealand 1 and 2 cent pieces, and pennies and half-pennies. Sold to scrap metal merchants for the copper value. Foreign: Coins are bagged into 8kg bags and sold to an Australian company Banknotes: Some are sent to the same Australian company, and others to collectors here in New Zealand Current: Banked into the project bank account in $ lots. We do keep a lookout for the 1935 threepence, and have to date found two of them. These have been sold on Trade-Me for around $ each. At other times we get requests for certain coin types e.g a chap in the South Island purchased $ worth of old 10 cent coins to use in some old One-Arm Bandit machines that he had bought. I have attached a photo of part of the counting room which shows bags of coins stacked for sale: From left to right: $100 bags of old decimal coins by denomination ready to go to Reserve Bank 8kg bags of copper coins ready for scrap metal dealer 8kg bags of foreign coins. There is approx. 1 tonne in the picture. Many thanks Roy for this report.

6 6 ZONE 7 QUIZ NIGHT MAKAREWA COUNTRY CLUB TUESDAY OCTOBER 31 ST OPEN 7.00PM. 7.30PM. START GOLD COIN COLLECTION SCRATCHY BOARDS RAFFLES SUPPER BRING A PLATE FOUR SETS OF TEN QUESTIONS PLUS UNUSUAL OBJECTS QUIZ SELF SCORING FUNDRAISING FOR RELAY FOR LIFE

7 7 Peace Poster The Future of Peace At the beginning of the year, all Colleges and Schools were sent the Youth Programme for the year. Could Clubs, please, contact the College/Schools in your area, ask if they would like the information on this years Peace Poster. If you have some interest, I will sent the information on to you, to pass on to the teacher. Rules and conditions are the same as last year. Closing date is Friday 27 th October Thank you for your help by contacting your Colleges and Schools. Take Care, Barbara Sharpe, Peace Poster Coordinator. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page Page 13 Page 14- Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Index DG Liz 50th Anniversary 202F Convention Lions Awareness HU4K QUIZ Peace Poster Snippets Snippets Snippets Snippets DG VDG & 2nd VDG Show in Wanaka Bulletins received Next Issue Our District Membership Numbers Members At 30 th June: 1410 At 31 st July: 1399 At 31 st August: 1399

8 8 Te Anau Guest Speaker Brian gave a very in depth address regarding the current situation of the Murchison Villas Ltd, retirement housing project proposed for the grounds adjourning the Medical centre, which has been put aside for this purpose by the S.D.C. being a combined club meeting it proved to be well received, with all questions dealt with at the conclusion. A motion was put forward: That we receive the transfers of the three ladies from the Kepler Lions Club, moved and seconded. RIVERSDALE WAIMEA We have catered for Lion Claire s 90 th Birthday afternoon tea party, which was a thoroughly enjoyable occasion. Thank you to everyone who baked and assisted with preparing and serving food there. We also had a get-together, at The Moth, to farewell Lion Willie. It is another busy month and we will again be catering for our Senior Citizens dinner on Thursday 19 th October. Southland Rural Support Trust

9 Wyndham Guest speaker for October meeting was 1 st Vice District Governor Wendy Goodwin. President Brian is to compose an informative article for the Edendale Informer, informing the Edendale people what we are about. Menzies Outdoor Ed. Will be offered 50m3 of macrocarpa wood (split by us) to fund their 12 Mountain Bikes ($1000 each) and Trailer ($3k) for said bikes. Alexandra The winning float put in by the Lions clubs. Well done, looks amazing. A great effort by all three local Lions Clubs involved. 9 Wanaka Upper Clutha. A small team made it out to pick up rubbish around Albert Town, it was pleasing to see not as much rubbish as previous years. A group of members from our club are attending the Alexandra Dunstan tea meeting on the 2nd October. An Evening With Bevan Gardiner (concert) is coming together. Posters are up, tickets are available so please get your best sales pitch practised and let everyone know about it when you see them. Each member will be given three tickets to sell (45.00 each). Gore Hokonui October is the beginning of our warmer weather (we hope )so the Merino Shop is coming back with their new summer fashions once again. Our very own members will model the garments. The Gore Public Health Nurses were delighted and very appreciative to receive the toilet bags made by Alison Spence and contents donated by Gore Hokonui Lions. Balfour Alexandra Dunstan Our Spring raffle was a great success with the winner drawn by the Police. Thanks to everyone who supplied items for this and also for sitting selling tickets during the week. We had a very successful catering job for the local ice skating rink s end of year dinner. Their only stipulation for the last two years, has been brandy snaps and chocolate éclairs for dessert!!!. Members of the Wanaka Upper Clutha joins us for our tea meeting. Invercargill Central October 8 th CMF- Walk for Kids - Queens Park Feldwick Gates 1.30pm. October 10 th Tea Meeting Guest Speaker Blair Duthie Young Speechmaker. Tuesday 17 th October.Evening with Nadia Lim [Hospice Project]. December Meeting: Christmas Party Dinner at Bowling Club $30.00 per head and game of bowls. Great menu details at October meeting.

10 Lawrence Guest speaker at the October meeting was 2nd VDG Dave Saunders. Beaumont Hall Committee requesting financial support for new water tank. Recommendation of $500. Owaka Lions seeking support for dialysis project. Recommend $200. CDC to organise a food health and safety seminar. Jude and Paul to attend???.soup and swedes distributed around the district. 10 Why did the member on left receive Mr Bone trophy? WAIKIWI P Davey modelling the smart club jacket Well September has been a busy one for the Club. The field trip to the old Waikiwi School Site and the Tuesday tea meeting which was held at The 2 nd NZEF Club. Driving for the blind for their AGM also kept us busy. Our Quest speaker for the tea meeting is Peter Swain. Club planning the 50 th Anniversary Bash sometime in May 2018 OTAUTAU The horse race meeting is to go ahead in conjunction with the school, we were both looking at doing it on the same night so the decision was made to join and benefit both groups. It will be held at the Sports Complex on Saturday 11th November. Progressing with the golf tournament, date still has to be set with the golf club. This is going to be a great fun day, not too serious so everyone can come and have a go. If you can play golf one handed you can join in this event. It was decided that we are going to grow and sell potatoes from the community gardens this year. A bit if ground will be set aside for other vegetables. QUEENSTOWN GUEST SPEAKER for October meeting is Vanessa van Uden- Branches Charitable Trust. APBA request for Funding: The Arrowtown Promotions Board have requested funding for the restoration of the Police Hutt near Butlers green. We Was decided donate the $800 to the APBA. Recommendation that we need to replace our storage trailer. Could the members look out for a suitable storage unit or preferably a container, of a good standard, GORE RIVER VALLEY Exciting news - we have a 2nd VP. Chris Bannerman has stepped into this role. I now have a complete board. Diane Elstobb will be visiting to talk to us about Hug a Rig Just imagine if every Lion, 1.4 million, ask one person to join their club so bring a friend to the next tea meeting PLEASE NOTE Address for Correspondence for Lumsden Lions Club is Cheryl Clearwater Secretary 60 Maria Street, Lumsden

11 CROMWELL LAKE DUNSTAN **** 35 years old **** Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us!! Yes, we've been serving our community for thirty five years now. My thanks to all who have contributed time, thoughts and ideas into how we could celebrate this occasion. Thank you to Andy Andrews for inducting Glenys and his daughter Diana into our club at our last Tea Meeting. There are now three generations of Andrews in Lions. I wonder if this has occurred in other families. It's certainly something special and deserves to be celebrated. Father s Day raffle Helen H thanked everyone who helped. All tickets were sold and the winner was Gordon Lucas from Tarras. A total profit of $ was made. Something of Interest this evening Ngaire brought along some of her bear collection, which was very interesting. 11 Some of the Birthday muffins. Past members of Cromwell Lake Dunstan CROMWELL For several decades the Cromwell Lions club have taken Cromwell senior citizens to the blossom festival. Seating provided by the Alexandra Masonic lodge on Tarbert Street gave the nineteen people who came this year, a comfortable and close view of the parade. Breaking the journey back to Cromwell, a magnificent afternoon tea was provided for by the Lions club at the Post Office cafe in Clyde. The Lions club would like to thank GoBus for helping with the transport and the Cromwell Bulletin / Cromwell News for donating advertising space. Te Anau Kepler The mystery trip will be history by the time you read this but we have 13 members attending and Peter Flynn to drive and keep us under control. November board meeting will be at Jo Wilsons in Manapouri and we will visit the baby alpacas next door too. Talks have taken place for the cleaning of BBQ and he is going to bring it up with Community Council, that a council employee maybe able to take on the cleaning, so we will wait and see.

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13 13 Judy Stiven from the West Otago Club will be in touch with Club Presidents. 9 October Te Anau 10 October Roxburgh & Districts 11 October Clutha Valley 12 October Alexandra 18 October Omakau 25 October Wyndham Pioneer 13 November Mossburn Northern Southland Plus a date to be set for Cromwell Golden Age Judy Stiven, our District Centennial Challenge co-ordinator would like Clubs to send to her details and photos of Clubs completed legacy projects done over the past 3-4 years. She would like to compile a record of Legacy projects completed during this time in our district. Please send to Judy Stiven: 117 Boundary Street, Tapanui 9522 or jstiven@ispnz.co.nz

14 14 Proposed District Governor visits 2017 by 1stVDG Wendy Goodwin October 19th Tues Mataura October25 th Wed Cromwell November 1 st Wed Lumsden November 6 th Mon Alexandra Dunstan November 8 th Wed Queenstown November 9 th Thurs Maniototo November13 th Mon Mossburn Northern Southland 1 st Vice District Governor will be in touch with the club Please respond if you have already contacted by and the visit is not confirmed New Contact Details for Wendy Goodwin 4 Awara St Gore 9710 Mob Home (03) Proposed District Governor visits by 2nd VDG Dave Saunders 26th October Winton Central Southland 15th November Riversdale Waimea 21st November Ranfurly Maniototo Pakeke Dave will contact the Club Presidents about the details.

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16 Bulletins/ Articles- Received from July 1st Zone 1 Cromwell & Cromwell Golden Age Cromwell Lake Dunstan Queenstown Wakatipu Wanaka & Districts Wanaka Upper Clutha Wanaka Leos Zone 2 Alexandra Alexandra Dunstan Clyde & Districts Omakau Districts Maniototo Ranfurly Maniototo Pakeke Zone 3 Clinton Clutha Valley Lawrence Owaka Roxburgh & District West Otago Zone 4 Balfour Lumsden Mossburn & Districts still waiting Mossburn Nth Southland Riversdale Riversdale Waimea TeAnau TeAnau Kepler Zone 5 Gore Hokonui Gore Host Gore Pakeke Gore River Valley Mataura Toi Tois Tokonui Wyndham Wyndham Pioneer Zone 6 Makarewa Ohai Nightcaps Otautau Riverton Tuatapere & Districts Still waiting Winton Winton Central Southland James Hargest College Leos Zone 7 Invercargill Central Invercargill East Invercargill Host Invercargill South Stewart Island Waihopai City Waikiwi Southland Girls High Leos = Article

17 17 Cabinet have recently set up a 202F Facebook page for use by all members of the Lions family to promote projects and activities within your Clubs. The link to the page is so please feel free to like the page, and to post pictures and stories from the goings on in your Clubs. Special thanks to Donald Lamont who provided the disk of photos from Convention in Maniototo for inclusion on the page. Covering note -Tag- This cheque to go Diabetes 1 or Camp quality CMF or Club dues etc etc Lions International District 202F Two thousand Dollars POST TO F District Treasurer PDG Les Dawson 1 Gum Lane Queenstown F s Southern Flyer Editor Ann Saunders 202f.editor@lionsclubs.org.nz Happy to receive your bulletins by . Phone Next Issue : 22nd October 2017