Nov 2012 - Lions Australia

‘We serve’
“To create and foster a spirit of understanding
among all people for humanitarian needs by
providing voluntary services through
community involvement and international
cooperation”
Lion – Australia and PNG
Lion - Australia and Papua New Guinea edition is
published bi-monthly for the Multiple District 201
Council of Lions Clubs International and circulated to
all members.
Published by MD201 Council of Governors and printed by
PMP Print, 37-49 Browns Road, Clayton Victoria 3168.
An official publication of Lions Clubs International, the Lion
magazine is published by authority of Board of Directors in
21 languages: English, Spanish, Japanese, French,
Swedish, Italian, German, Finnish, Korean, Portuguese,
Dutch, Danish, Chinese, Norwegian, Icelandic, Turkish,
Greek, Hindi, Polish, Indonesian and Thai.
Editor: Tony Fawcett, Fawcett Media
20 Millett Road Gisborne South VIC 3437
Phone: (03) 9744 1368
Email: tony.fawcett@bigpond.com
Advertising Enquiries: Lions National Office
31-33 Denison St, Newcastle West, NSW 2302
Phone: (02) 4940-8033
Lions Australia website: www.lionsclubs.org.au
Deadlines: 1st day of month before cover date.
MD201 Council of Governors: Don Pritchard C1,
Ron Pascoe C2, Deyann McDonnell N1, Gary Parker N2,
Ron Way N3, Barbara Andrews N4, Greg Dunn N5,
Merv Ferguson Q1, Doug Winterflood Q2, Kaye Smith Q3,
Pat Bauer Q4, David Daniels T1, Fred Jacobs V1-4,
Lou Scholten V2, Donald Cameron V3, Glenda McLeod V5,
Thomas Little V6, Barry Middleton W1, Geoff Carberry W2
Distribution of Magazine: Clubs and Members
Additions to distribution list, deletions, changes of address
and of club will be made only when advised through the
Club Membership and Activities report. Non-Lions, libraries
and other organisations who wish to advise changes should
contact Lions National Office, Locked Bag 2000
NEWCASTLE NSW 2300, Tel: 02 4940 8033 email:
admin@lions.org.au
USA Executive Director - Peter Lynch
Managing Editor - Dane La Joye, Lions Clubs International
300 W 22nd Street, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523-8842 USA
Executive Officers President Wayne A. Madden, Auburn,
Indiana, United States; Immediate Past President Wing-Kun
Tam, Hong Kong, China; First Vice President Barry J.
Palmer, Berowra, Australia; Second Vice President Joseph
Preston, Arizona, United States. Contact the officers at Lions
Clubs International, 300 W. 22nd St., Oak Brook, Illinois,
60523-8842, USA.
Directors First year: Benedict Ancar, Bucharest, Romania;
Jui-Tai Chang, Multiple District 300 Taiwan; Jaime Garcia
Cepeda, Bogotá, Colombia; Kalle Elster, Tallinn, Estonia;
Stephen Michael Glass, West Virginia, United States; Judith
Hankom, Iowa, United States; John A. Harper, Wyoming,
United States; Sangeeta Jatia, Kolkata, West Bengal, India;
Sheryl May Jensen, Rotorua, New Zealand; Stacey W.
Jones, Florida, United States; Tae-Young Kim, Incheon,
Korea; Donal W. Knipp, Missouri, United States; Sunil Kumar
R., Secunderabad, India; Leif Åke “Kenneth” Persson,
Vellinge, Sweden; Dr. Ichiro Takehisa, Tokushima, Japan; Dr.
H. Hauser Weiler, Virginia, United States; Harvey F. Whitley,
North Carolina, United States.
Second Year: Joaquim Cardoso Borralho, Linda-a-Velha,
Portugal; Marvin Chambers, Saskatchewan, Canada; Bob
Corlew, Tennessee, United States; Claudette Cornet, Pau,
France; Jagdish Gulati, Allahabad, India; Dave Hajny,
Montana, United States; Tsugumichi Hata, Miyagi, Japan;
Mark Hintzmann, Wisconsin, United States; Pongsak “PK”
Kedsawadevong, Muang District, Petchburi, Thailand;
Carolyn A. Messier, Connecticut, United States; Joe Al
Picone, Texas, United States; Alan Theodore “Ted” Reiver,
Delaware, United States; Brian E. Sheehan, Minnesota,
United States; Junichi Takata, Toyama, Japan; Klaus Tang,
Wied, Germany; Carlos A. Valencia, Miranda, Venezuela;
Sunil Watawala, Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Our cover
LION
Page 11 - Hearing Dog Meg
Page 5 - Outward Bound Australia
Page 19 - Furthering medicine
Oct-Nov 2012 Volume 101 No. 4
Connections, influence, friendship, philanthropy
COVER: Meet Meg, a model
Lions Hearing Dog. Meg is
just one of the canine pin-ups
in a 2013 calendar to raise
funds for the organisation.
Learn how you can obtain one
of these appealing calendars
on page 11.
Calendar photography:
Belinda Waters and
David Horne
CONTENTS
4 International President’s report
5 Governor-General & Nowra Lions
6 Lions action
8 Meet our Council Chairperson
12 Council Chairperson’s report
15 10 years of Sight for Kids
17 Club adopts Tanzanian orphanage
19 May looks back to SARS calamity
21 Nick joins Lions
23 Flame of an idea
24 Around the Nation
26 Official announcements
28 Executive Summary
Contributions
Contributions for the Dec - Jan 2012/13
issue should be submitted by November 1 to
The Editor, Lion magazine, Fawcett Media,
20 Millett Rd, Gisborne South, Victoria 3437
or emailed to tony.fawcett@bigpond.com.
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