Give our kids a chance - 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
Phone: (02) 4940-8033
Lions Australia website: www.lionsclubs.org.au
Deadlines: 1st day of month before cover date.
MD201 Council of Governors: Ray Marks C1, Graham
Smithers C2, Peter Clarke N1, Warren Woods N2, Cliff
Coleman JP N3, Richard Leonard N4, John Harrison N5,
Lesley Lyons Q1, Patrick D Lynch Q2, Beverley Bates Q3,
Neville Luckel Q4, Ken Gatehouse T1, Graeme Lukey V1-4,
Max Oberlander V2, Shirley Higman V3, Anthony Stockdale
V5, John Beale V6, Bill Laundy W1, Terry Gray 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 Sid L. Scruggs III, North
Carolina, USA; Immediate Past President Eberhard J. Wirfs,
Kelkheim, Germany; First Vice President Dr. Wing-Kun Tam,
Hong Kong, China, Second Vice President Wayne A. Madden,
Auburn, Indiana, USA.
Directors First year: Yamandu P. Acosta, Alabama, USA;
Douglas X. Alexander, New York, USA; Dr. Gary A. Anderson,
Michigan, USA; Narendra Bhandari, Pune, India; Janez
Bohori , Kranj, Slovenia; James Cavallaro, Pennsylvania,
USA; Ta-Lung Chiang, Tiachung,Taiwan; Per K. Christensen,
Aalborg, Denmark; Edisson Karnopp, Santa Cruz Do Sul,
Brazil; Sonja Pulley, Oregon, USA; Krishna Reddy, Bangalore,
India; Robert G. Smith, California, USA; Eugene M. Spiess,
South Carolina, USA; Eddy Widjanarko, Surabaya, Indonesia;
Seiki Yamaura, Tokyo, Japan; Gudrun Yngvadottir,
Gardabaer, Iceland.
Second Year: Enrico Cesarotti, Rome, Italy; Luis Dominguez,
Mijas Pueblo, Spain; Gary B. D’Orazio, Idaho, United States;
Yasumasa Furo, Dazaifu, Japan; K.P.A. Haroon, Cochin,
India; Carlos A. Ibañez, Panama City, Panama; Ronald S.
Johnson, Maine, United States; Byeong-Deok Kim, Seoul,
Republic of Korea; Horst P. Kirchgatterer, Wels/Thalheim,
Austria; Hamed Olugbenga Babajide Lawal, Ikorodu, Nigeria;
Daniel A. O’Reilly, Illinois, United States; Richard Sawyer,
Arizona, United States; Anne K. Smarsh, Kansas, United
States; Jerry Smith, Ohio, United States; Michael S. So,
Makati, the Philippines; Haynes H. Townsend, Georgia,
United States; Joseph Young, Ontario, Canada.
Our cover
Page 6 - Desert racers
Page 9 - Launceston Convention
Page 11 - Winning Leo Tom
June - July 2011 Volume 94 No. 3
Connections, influence, friendship, philanthropy
COVER: Lions raise
funds in many
wonderful ways but the
Lions of Alice Springs
do it in one of the
quirkiest ways
imaginable, with an
annual camel race.
Read of their unique
efforts on page 6.
CONTENTS
5 All in the Lions/Leo family
6 Lions action
8 International President’s report
9 Devil of a time in Launceston
11 The force for Aussie youth
14 Council Chairman’s report
16 Figtree in the swim
18 2011-12 District Governors
23 Operation Smile
24 Around the nation
26 Official announcements
28 708 million reasons to thank LCIF
31 Youth Exchange Greeters
Contributions
Contributions for the August -
September 2011 issue should be
submitted by July 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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