2012 Feb - Lions Australia

LIONS YOUTH
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Young vision
Brooke
pushes
Lions
message
A state winner in the Lions
Youth of the Year Awards is
intent on spreading the word
on the community benefits of
Lions.
Brooke Snow, the Queensland
Youth of the Year winner for
2011, took out one of five first
prizes in the recent NAB Schools
First promotion for her idea to
get more young people involved
in community service.
Brooke’s idea is to partner with the Atherton
Lions Club and others in order introduce as many
students as possible to local community
organisations in the area.
She envisages a program called Community
Connect in which students from each year level are
assigned to a community group. Her hope is that
they will not only attend regular meetings and
recognise the inspiring work of members but also
become active members themselves.
The Schools First Program acknowledges young
people with great ideas on how to build
partnerships between schools and the community.
Winners receive a prize pack including $2,000 to
implement their plan.
To read the full story, go to the Australian
Lions blog at
http://lionsaustralia.wordpress.com
Nicholas lands
top LEO honour
A former Leo Club President, Nicholas Currie,
has received the Leo Award of Honour, the
highest accolade for a Leo.
The award is presented to a Leo who has
shown excellent service.
Nicholas, Leo President at Queensland’s Kadina
High School in 2010-11, was presented with the
award by Q1 Leo Club Chairman John Wearne at a
ceremony at his former school.
The school also received the Leo Club of the
Year award for 2010-2011.
LCIF Expands Melvin Jones Fellowship Program
Over 75% of LCIF funding comes from
Melvin Jones Fellowships (MJF) and
Progressive Melvin Jones Fellowships
(PMJF).
Previously, these donations were not able to be
put towards disaster relief or a particular program
unless agreed to by the LCIF Executive
Committee.
At the recent LCI Board Meeting in Hong Kong,
LCIF made an important announcement to
expand the MJF Program. In donating for MJF
and PMJF you can now direct your support to five
special areas. Donors will now be able to receive
MJF and PMJF credit when directing their
support to:
Disaster
Humanitarian Needs (includes donations to the
Measles Initiative)
Sight
Youth
Area of Greatest Need
Donations with restrictions beyond these five
special areas will be honoured by LCIF, but will
not be eligible for MJF or PMJF credit. For
example, a donation that is restricted to a
specific disaster, such as an earthquake or
tornado/cyclone in a particular region, will not be
eligible for credit towards an MJF or PMJF.
Additional benefits of the expanded MJF
Program:
Donors will now have the opportunity to direct
support to a special area.
LCIF will be able to immediately provide funds
for large scale disaster relief, rather than
collecting and distributing funds over a period of
weeks or months.
Funding directed to “Area of Greatest Need”
provides LCIF with the ability to financially
support any program within the four key
humanitarian subjects of support: Preserving
Sight, Combating Disabilities, Providing Disaster
Relief, Serving Youth.
So when your club fills in an MJF Application,
under Special Instructions/Notes write in your
choice of one of the five special areas when
making your gift.
Remember, Melvin Jones Fellowships (MJF)
and Progressive Melvin Jones Fellowships (PMJF)
do not need to be paid in full at one time; they
can be paid for over five years to total US$1,000
at which time the MJF Application is completed.
Nigel Jeny
LCIF Australian Co-ordinator
Lion