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KAMO LIONSYou can't have your cake and eat it tooOr can you? District 202J's conventions over the past three years have seen the development of a projectthat has added to the involvement of clubs in a rather novel way. The Child Mobility Decorated CakeCompetition has had great support each year, and turned fun into funds.Child Mobility Trust Co-ordinator, GennyHanning, while attending a conventionin Australia about 5 years ago, spotteda project which appealed to her. Whenshe saw the fun Lions were having overa cake auction she thought, "We coulddo that, too."The idea stuck in her mind and sheplanned how to adapt it to raise funds fora Hart Walker for a child ready to be fitted.After starting in 2010, the interest hasincreased each year and entries are a realsurprise. This year, to Genny's delight, nineclubs entered cakes in the competition.The project has two parts. Firstly, thecompetition. Clubs are invited to enter acake in the competition decorated to aparticular theme.The themes held so far have been "Easter,""Birthday" and this year, "On the Ball." Thecakes are displayed at the Child Mobilitystand, where a moneybox is providedfor each cake. Thecake that collectsthe most donationsis announced asthe winner at theconvention functionon Saturday night.(Some clubs start tofill the voting pottlebeforehand by finingthose not attendingconvention!)Secondly, the auction.This is held at theevening function,and the excitementis electric as Lionsand clubs competein a jovial way tooutbid each other. Anauctioneer sets thescene, and the gameis on. Imagine a cake raising $100! Well,sit down and enjoy the unbelievable. Thisyear the top price was $2100 and twoothers went for $2000 each!The grand total at the end of the nightwas $10,189:10 from 9 cakes, enough topurchase a new Hart Walker for a childapproved the week before.Could this simple idea be food for thoughtfor other districts?Left: The top price at the auction went to GreenIsland's cake - Eden Park during the WorldCup. Mayfield club outbid Green Island andpaid $2100. Green Island club then outbidMayfield and bought their cake, a rugby fieldwith a chocolate rugby ball, for $2000. Othercakes were sold at auction for $1600, $1000,$1000,$625, $600, $500 and $420.LION, South Pacific Edition | May/June 2012 18
CHILD MOBILITYExtraordinary children deserve our bestBy Ralph GracieAs I write this six monthly update describing the Hart Walker Clinic hosted in Johnsonville I find my thoughtsare not so much with the children whom we served and the delight it is for me to be able to contribute tothem, but that I'm thinking of the children we usually see but who were too ill to be able to attend. Of the sixchildren we had scheduled to attend the clinic, only two were well enough to come.Cody: What a hero! Forever charming andsmiling. Mother Laurene tells us that Codyis on a promise - walk one lap around hisschool playing area and he earns himself ahelicopter ride. And he's going for it!Alyssa: Another wee charmer.Uncomplaining, despite having had toundergo multiple surgical proceduresaround her hips. Still bruised from thoseops, and consequently sore where thehip support brace comes into contact withher. The weekend was a family affair asAlyssa, accompanied by brother Michael,Mum Donna and Dad John were off to visitTe Papa, followed by a stay in Wellingtonwith the rellies.Stevie: Too unwell to attend.Elias: Unable to attend.Sam: Mother Cyd, rang to advise thatSam has had no energy of late and assuch she did not want to put Sam throughthe additional trauma of strapping himinto his Hart Walker as necessary for theadjustments to be made.Jake: Mother Nicola came along alone toexpress her appreciation of the programmeand what it had done for Jake, and to saygoodbye. She told us that Jake's physicaland medical condition was deterioratingand that his professional advisers were nowadvocating a move to palliative care.This is life though, and as our orthotistfrom Sydney, Stuart Kerr, reminded us, thelong-term prognosis for these children isn'tgreat, but it's what we do to make their livesNOW to be the best that we can, and thatis what counts - making the lives of theseextraordinary and uncomplaining childrenthe best that we can.I acknowledge and thank the JohnsonvilleScout Group who continue to support thisproject by making their hall freely availablefor this very worthwhile project.Old aerials for youthThe newly formed Lions Clubs New Zealand Child Mobility Foundation is planning a massive, nationwide,non-ferrous scrap metal drive when the country goes digital and TV aerials become redundant.Most households also have old taps, bits of copper piping, leadwaste pipes,etc.Lions Clubs would need to organise a local collection point andset date so that all the metal would arrive during an appointedtimeframe. It would be ideal to have a large car trailer or truckfor each metal type so it could be sorted on the spot. Thesevehicles would need to be parked securely overnight, or beforeselling to the local scrap metal dealer.Lions could then send their profits to the CMF or retain somefor their own youth projects.For the sake of advertising, a nationwide date would be ideal.For more information email cmf@lionsclubs.org.nzLION, South Pacific Edition | May/June 2012 19
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