202 F District. Greetings fellow Lions

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1 202 F District Greetings fellow Lions On a very wet Sunday, April 12 th Elisabeth and I travelled over to Borland Lodge to present the certificates to the 27 attendees at the Youth Leadership course. Our cabinet member, Jeffrey Black, ably supported by wife Kathleen are the people behind organising the event. Another great example of the good work that goes on behind the scene in our Lions district. We met with some very enthused youth, full of praise for the chance to be able to participate and acknowledging the personal skills they had achieved during the week. I encourage all Clubs to keep supporting this project by arranging for students to attend as it does make such a difference to their outlook on life and to themselves. We are going to make the month of April 100% MMR month. Absolutely no reason why it can not be done. Clubs do not need to leave reporting until the end of the month, it can be done anytime during the month as some clubs are reporting on the previous months activities. There is going to be a Child Mobility day in Dunedin, 6 th June. Lions members are welcome to attend and see the good work being done with the children and their Hart Walkers. Now some very good news. As you read this Elisabeth and I will be in Napier attending my last Council meeting and the Multiple Districts Convention. The District of 202 F will be receiving 3 important Multiple District awards. Gore River Valley - winners of the Ron Usmar Project of the Year - An Evening with Jo Seagar Invercargill Host - winners of Ron Rowe bulletin award editor Linda Wall Wanaka/Upper Clutha - runner up Morrison McDougall Electronic bulletin award editor Ann Saunders Well done and I will accept these awards on your behalf with great pride. On Wednesday, 15 th April Elisabeth and I were invited to an evening with the Dunedin Host Club and were presented with a cheque for $ to go towards chasing a cure for diabetes. Wow how good was that! The other good news is that we are now part of a committee with 202J with the aim of combining and co-ordinating our fund raising efforts for this project. A positive move. The handmade cards that Elisabeth made and sold to the clubs on our visits have raised $ so far. Just over 640 cards. Any clubs that need to restock on their Get Well and Sympathy cards can do so by contacting her. Thank you to all those who have given their support. Reports are that the training day in Gore went well but Clubs do need to remember that numbers attending and their positions need to be given to the organisers in plenty of time beforehand so as the programme can run smoothly. Our club visits have now finished except for one Leo Club we will be visiting in May. THANK YOU all for the hospitality you have shown to us both, we have thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated being able to visit you on your own patch Finally, do please remember to ASK 1 --that is all it takes. Regards D G Les.

2 Federico Lucido Male 19 years old Italy DOB 25/2/96 Interests- water-polo, sail, football Other language English Career objective- optician or optometrist Liuba Repetto Female 17 years old Italy DOB 6/12/97 Interests to listen to music, walk, cook and read Career objective Doctor Julia Pirinen Female 17 years old Finland DOB 14/4/98 Interests- running, painting and reading Other languages spoken Swedish, (German) Career objective- Faculty of Medicine Julia lives in Southern Finland Elisa Koivisto Female 17 Finland DOB 11/2/97 Interests- Choir, drawing, jogging Other languages spoken- Finnish, Swedish, German (little) Elisa lives in a small village called Perniö (about 6000 inhabitants) in southern Finland. Italians will arrive in Christchurch on Friday 3 July at 1420 hours. The connecting flights will be organised when we know where they will be hosted. Will stay for two weeks until Friday 17/7/15, when they will fly to Wellington to be hosted in District M. Don t have flights for the Finnish girls yet, I imagine they will be similar. To Host contact Graeme Wilson 202f.youthexchange2@lionsclubs.org.nz Phone: or Allan Fleury 202f.youthexchange@lionsclubs.org.nz Phone:

3 Lions Clubs International is celebrating 100 years of service and we're getting ready for our next 100 years! The Centennial Celebration Membership Awards provides all Lions and Lions clubs the opportunity to earn special Limited Edition awards for inviting new members and helping to organize new clubs. - Be recognized as a... Centennial Sponsor Sponsor a new member and be immediately recognized as a Centennial Sponsor to receive a Limited Edition pin and certificate.

4 Young Speech Maker Contest To be held at the James Cumming Wing, Gore Sunday 14th June. Clubs please keep a look-out for a young person in your area, Aged 17 and under 21 years, Who would be interested to enter this contest. Do not have to be students, As anyone from this age group is eligible. With entrants we have a competition. Linda Mckenzie Young Speech Maker Coordinator District 202F Although our competition is open to all New Zealand residents aged years, contestants must have had their 17th birthday and not be 21 by 1st December, Love to hear from the James Hargest and Southland Girls Leo Clubs. F s Word Editor

5 Dear Lions Clubs The Incoming Officer Training for will be held on Saturday May 9th at Cromwell College starting at 10.00am with a cuppa and the first session to start at 10.30am and finishing at approx 3.30pm. There will be a charge of $10.00 per person to cover catering. Your Club should cover this. A good turn out is required, even if you have held the position for a number of years, there is always new information to learn. This helps make your club stronger and able to move forward with confidence. We will have access to a computer to help Secretaries learn about online reporting. It is important that as many of those holding club positions should attend as this makes the first few months of the new Lions year a much easier transition. Please reply to me or your Zone Chair ASAP for catering purposes. I require your name, Club and position as this helps the trainers have enough training materials available on the day. We hope to have someone to speak on the new Worksafe laws and how they affect your club projects. Wendy Goodwin Global Leadership Coordinator goodwin@woosh.co.nz Phone The Wyndham Lions Club is celebrating its 50th Jubilee on the 17 and 18th of October Any past members of the Wyndham Lions Club can obtain more information about this weekend from, Brian Mason at brijan@woosh.co.nz

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7 Winton Central Southland Avys is working on the date for our Concert in May or June, and on an MC as Brendon is unable to do it again this year. We are very grateful and thank Brendon for being our MC since we started the concerts 3 years ago. BETWEEN THE PAGES OF A BOOK IS A LOVELY PLACE TO BE Riversdale The month of May is Lions Recycle for Sight Month, and provides an opportunity for our club to build awareness about the importance of eye glasses collection. May be you have some old eye glasses somewhere in a drawer. Bring t the tea meting and we can make sure they are recycled. Changeover Night is this year being hosted by the Waimea Lions on Friday 19th June. There will be info regarding the theme for the night as it draws nearer. As usual it will be a good evening out, so mark it in the diary. Wakatipu Service hours: Judith collected 35 pair of glasses. Sausage Sizzle - Judy has organised outside the Warehouse March 21/22 10 am 2 pm and May 2/3 same place if the March one is successful. May Tea Meeting Speakers from Jigsaw Q: What do you call a lion wearing a stylish hat? A: A dandy lion Riversdale Waimea On Sunday, 15 March, in brilliant sunshine, a Family Fun Day was held, organised by Lion Elaine Tremaine, with Lion Jeanette Kelly and other members of the Riversdale Waimea Area Lions Club, and the Riversdale Lions Club combining the day in another successful project. The activities for the day included - The Noddy Train Express from the Gore Rotary Club, Plastic Ride-On Toys from the Lumsden Toy Library, also the popular Bouncy Castle, Blowing Bubbles, including several other activities, and from Invercargill - Family Food and Fun, with four activities of - Astro Ball, Mini Jeeps, Water Balls, Donuts, Candy Floss, Sushi, and Cold Drinks, and of course, Face Painting. Riverton Six Lions members joined the Tuatapere Lions Club on Saturday 28th March to celebrate their 50th year of service to their district. It was an enjoyable evening filled with good food and company Local phone directory discussed, has been running for 30 years and $74,000 of proceeds have been donated. Benefactors for this years book discussed, Riverton Coastguard and Riverton St John to be major beneficiaries Membership and Activities Report-48 members Firewood 8 members 32 hours, 4WD trip 26 persons 8 vehicles, Tuatapere 50th 6 persons WEIRD Facts!!!! The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. Balfour The 4x4 trip went well, about 50 vehicles on the trip and an entry from Invercargill winning the helicopter flight... thank you to a who helped make it a great success. The catering for the Dorset Downs went well; thank you for all that helped that day... Change Over night is on June 12th at the Balfour Tavern. April Tea Meeting, we have the Youth Aid Officer talking. Maniototo A successful 4WD held on Easter Saturday. Many thanks to all those who helped to make the day go so well including those who helped with the advance repairs to the track and those who helped during the day and at the BBQ. Many thanks also to Lion Eric for the Safety Plan. Pakeke Club will be holding their potato dig at the end of the week and will be looking for help from our club on Friday the 10 th April. Naseby Vision are now holding meetings to get the summer luge project moving along and our club has offered some help with the building when required. We have been invited to take the Noddy Train to the NZ ploughing competitions at Palmerston on the 18 th April. Lucy Rose Lion Errol reported good progress with the project and up to 600 Roses could be available before and at our convention. Plans are in progress for a special gathering to launch the Rose. Mataura The fence at the old theatre site looks good, thanks to those who worked on it especially Lion Gus who kept the team and the fence in line. The 6x2 top rail was found to be too much of a temptation to two Primary school boys seen walking along it.

8 We got some very exciting news to say Gore River Valley Lions had won the Multi District Trophy Ronald Usmar Award for the Community Service Award. the Project was the one we won the 202F projects award at the Cromwell Convention with A Taste of Italy with Jo Seagar in October 2013 raising nearly $18000 for the Southland Hospice. APR th Council meeting and Multiple District Convention Napier MAY 23 rd Cabinet meeting Mataura. REMINDER TO ALL CLUBS The next Multiple District 202 Convention - The Art Deco Convention will be held in Napier th April ANZI - Pacific Forum - Don t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow will be held in Auckland 4 6 th September 2015.

9 Accommodation options for Lions Gold Trail to Rail Trail Convention Hotels Ancient Briton Naseby Ranfurly Hotel Ranfurly Royal Hotel Naseby Motels Mountain View Naseby Naseby Lodge Naseby Ranfurly Motels Ranfurly Wedderburn Cottages Wedderburn Camping Grounds with cabins Ranfurly Holiday Park Ranfurly Larchview Holiday Park Naseby Houses See Holidayhouses.co.nz several options Other options See Maniototo.co.nz Ranfurly is the largest settlement in the Maniototo district of Otago, New Zealand. Located 110 kilometres north of Dunedin, it lies in dry rough country at a moderately high altitude (around 430 metres above sea level) close to a small tributary of the Taieri River. It operates as a service town for the local farming community. The town was formerly known as Eweburn, one of the "farmyard" names bestowed by former Otago Chief Surveyor John Turnbull Thomson on many small streams and locations in the district. The modern name honours the Fifth Earl of Ranfurly, who served as Governor of New Zealand ( ) at the time of the extension of the Otago Central Railway to the area

10 In Association with Lions District 202F presents COMPUTER CAPERS 2015 This year s topic As this year is the 100 th anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign fought during World War 1, ANZAC Day is especially significant. Why is ANZAC Day important? This competition has two sections - Junior Years 4, 5 & 6 - Senior Years 7 & 8 $200 Prize money in each section: 1 st place $50, 2 nd place $30, 3 rd place $20 plus $100 to the winning student s school. Competition closes 3 July 2015 If further information is required re the technical nature of the presentation, please contact: Shannon McDougall on sir.tazzie@yahoo.co.nz or re the competition itself, contact Margaret Box Phone:

11 Goal is : $ 214,000 To go- $131, th April $77, April $82, nd February 2015 $58, th March $65, th November $43, th Novermber $53, th August $32, st September $33, th August $26, nd June 2014= $16,945 6th July =$22, Donations from Others &Clubs in 202F for 202F Diabetes 1 Research Fund. Alexandra Riversdale Waimea Club Edendale Crank up Day Alexandra Dunstan Balfour Maniototo A & P Show Gore Hokonui Mossburn Northland Southland Waikiwi Club Gore River Valley Invercargill East Wanaka Leo Club Invercargill Central Matarua Riversdale Waimea Cakes Riverton Cromwell Lake Dunstan Convention Cakes P L Waller Cromwell Byers Roxburgh Maniototo Dunedin Host Te Anau Keplar Waikiwi Waikiwi Stewart Island Wanaka Upper Clutha Mataura Wyndham Pioneer Clyde & Districts Grey Power Toi Tois Glasseys Card sales. Gore Hokonui Te Anau Gore Pakeke Otautau Makarewa Queenstown Lions Waiau Valley Invercargill Host

12 MATAURA LIONS ANNUAL CHARITY TOURNAMENT Anzac Day Saturday 25 th April Mataura Golf Course Tee off 12 pm 3 Person Ambrose (change of format) $60 per team (includes evening meal) Good Prizes All profits go to Camp Quality Invercargill South Entries close 22 April (Post entries welcome) Ties decided by lot Enquiries to Adrienne & Gus McAllister Ph gamcall@xtra.co.nz What better way to start a meeting than whitebait patties and blue cod. Great to have the Waituna Playcentre ladies along to be presented with a cheque for $900 being the proceeds from Crank Up day candyfloss. At our social meeting on the 17th April, we had Neil Adam as our guest speaker. Neil works for Preston Russell and deals with the Estates and Wills side of the firm. Southland Girls Leo Club President Amy, Secretary Rianna and Treasurer Brooke from SGHS Leos attended Invercargill South meeting and presented their profile rendition. The Leo's at this early stage of the year are functioning exceptionally well with lots of good ideas and plenty of enthusiasm and with a membership of around 132 things are going along nicely. Te Anau A "clean-up" working bee at the Cemetery held on Saturday April 11th at 10am. At this stage the Changeover combined Dinner meeting is pencilled in for 18th July. Ross & Joan Coburn and Henrik attended the Tuatapere Lions 50th Jubilee function. It was well attended and well celebrated. A highlight being the oysters on the menu! We had plenty of helpers to erect the marquee for the Tartan Festival but a bit of a struggle to take it down with only a few turning up for that. Ranfurly Maniototo Pakeke We have had two working bees lately to cut kindling wood and have a good supply on hand. The potato diggers did a great job in beating the weather and digging the spuds a day earlier than planned. We propose to buy an Air Bed for the hospital/chalet at a cost of $3,998. Our new policeman, Jaco Pieterse, spoke about his life growing up in South Africa at the end of the apartheid era. He was always a very good rugby player and was playing forthe Sharks Under-21 team while completing a degree in marketing. Roxburgh & Districts Shear for Life went well. Special thankyou to those there from the very beginning to the end over 32 hours on site. Tapanui Vintage show meals were the big earner. Awesome job done by the catering team. 326 registered to date for the Roxburgh School Jubilee BBQ.

13 Mrs Brown s Boys THE FECK N TRIBUTE TOUR DINNER THEATRE SHOW 2 hours non-stop interactive comedy, Meal and a live DJ RIVERSDALE COMMUNITY CENTRE FRIDAY, 15 MAY, 6.30pm TICKETS $65 PER HEAD - TABLES OF 10 Phone: Lion Erin Hurley OR AUCTION... Proceeds going to: Riversdale St. John Ambulance Building Fund A Riversdale Waimea Lions Project Do feel like a magic day out. Dave will recommend a trip with the Funny French Cars. He had a surprise Birthday present recently. F s Word Editor Ann Saunders 202f.informationtechnology@lionsclubs.org.nz Happy to receive your bulletins by . Phone Please send me photos, articles, about what you are doing in your community. The photo on page 1, centre back is my Grandfather. Bulletins lets try to get 100% in that was just a dream, which is not going to be achieved :-( Next Issue : 3rd May