Last Sunday the City of Devonport Lions Club served their usual lunch at Orana respite care centre. How things change; in the past Lions did all the catering, but now not only is the food provided by Baptcare, we even get volunteers helping serve it. This leaves an army of Lions members in the the kitchen. Today's food safety rules now include digitally measuring and recording the temperature of each individual dish. What happened to the simple days where we could just provide lunch without rules? In the picture today we have Lady Lion Vicky who works at Orana.
In other news... The Adopt-a-Highway cleanup was postponed due to inclement weather. The new date is:
10am Saturday 22 October (a week earlier than first mentioned!). Meet at the tourist info parking off the highway, in front of the Victoria Bridge.
A Devonport council hosted Civic Reception will be held on Wednesday 31 August at the East Devonport Recreation Centre to thank the local service clubs for their community support. Some of our Lions will gratefully attend the reception!
The 2011 District 201T1 Convention will be in Triabunna, hosted by the Spring Bay Lions Club. It will run from 11-13 November 2011.Call Mick & Robyn Desmond on 03-6257 3416 for details. Accommodation will be in short supply.
The first ANZI PACIFIC FORUM will be held in the Gold Coast, Queensland, from 9-11 September. Treasurer Deanne and Immediate Past President Jenny will attend. The forum will reach out to members of the Lions family in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, American Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tahiti, Timor Leste and Vanuatu.
Zone Chair-person Jenny Smith (pictured at our meeting below) from the Kentish Lions Club in Sheffield kindly spoke to our last meeting. She spoke about the need for identifying and nominating new potential leaders within our Lions Club. This is part of a new Tasmanian Lions Foundation (TLF) initiative. The TLF is a great asset to all of us as it also helps out in finding further funding for club projects. For instance, the TLF helped contribute almost $7K to the Lions Club of Kentish to assist the Club with the purchase of a ”Maxi Patient Lifter Hoist” for the Tandara Lodge Community Care Centre at Sheffield. Lion Jenny Smith left us with the wise words to remember that most Lions resources can be found on the Internet, and they include the Club Administration Manual and the Lions Club location tool which provides us with all the world's Lions club details.Also, for those club officers who need it, WMMR forms are also on-line!
Speaking of on-line resources, Lions Promotion videos are also available online.Have a look at these five promotional videos about Lions Service Clubs in Australia.
