1November 2017

Multiple District 105

Multiple District Lioness Chairman 2017 to 2019 - Jeannette MorganIssue 14November 2017

It’s hard to believe that it’s November already and we are all busy planning activities for the festive seasonand beyond.September and October have been pretty much taken up with my own Club’s AnnualLantern Festival so although I have spoken to various Cubs I haven’t managed toget out on visits as we have been running workshops on evenings and weekendsthrough until the festival on 14th October where we had over 2000 people take partin the parade.. . . but this is about to change as I will be visiting Chelmsford Lioness Club on 10thNovember when they are joining together with their sponsoring Lions Club for a jointCharter and Certification anniversary and then on the Saturday I will be headingover to Dursley Lioness Club for their Tramps Supper – so look out for photos in thenext newsletter!We held our Advisory Body meeting in September and we discovered that the LionsDirectory of Officers has now been printed so we decided to purchase a copy of thisfor each Lioness Club so hopefully your President or Secretary has now received this and is keeping it in asafe place. Although we are aware there are a couple of meetings being held (Bristol and Peterborough) withthe Charities Commission there is still no further news for the Lionesses about our status so at this stage wewill all continue as we are and I will keep you informed of any updates as they occur.We have also been made aware that they will no longer be publishing obituaries in the Lion Magazinehowever we would still like to recognise those who have passed to higher service by printing them in theLioness Newsletter so please do send details to our Newsletter Edit Lion John Fox.I have also attended a meeting of the Lioness Conference Host Committee and am pleased to say the

Conference Co-ordinator Nicola and her team have got everything in hand. Hopefullyby now you have received the booking forms and also the raffle tickets so please dosupport the committee by selling as many of these as possible.Jenni Cowlishaw, Senior fundraiser at Tiny Tickers (my chosen charity of the year) has

confirmed that she will attend Conference to tell us a little bit more about thework that they do and how our donations can help so many people . . . andthe good news is that our Conference coincides with the end of Heart weekwhich is their annual fundraising and awareness campaign so look out for

more information about this. According to reports we have approximately£500 in donations and pledges but I hope that we can increase this by

the time of Conference so we can make a significant donation onbehalf of all Clubs in the Multiple District. Fellow Lionesses, if youhaven’t already done so, please consider holding an event or giving

a donation to this worthwhile cause and !

ioness Newsletter

Chairman’s CharityI will keep you updated with progress on donationsthroughout the year but please do let me know of ifyour Club decides to support Tiny Tickers as I amkeen to keep a record of the activities each individualClub does and the total funds raised.

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Multiple District Lioness Clubs Coordinator’s MessageHello everyone, it hardly seems possible that we are already into November and will soon be celebrating

Christmas. Over the past few weeks life has remained busy but enjoyable as I have gone outand about attending meetings and events. I was very pleased to be able to attend theCharter Anniversaries of The Lioness Lions Club of East Anglia and Thetford BrecklandLioness Club both occasions were very enjoyable, full of fun and fellowship. In September Ienjoyed a super Sunday Lunch hosted by Lioness Sandie and the members of Witham andDistrict Lioness Club, a successful fundraiser and great social event. The Lantern Festival inPontefract was once again a great success, bringing the community together and out inforce, it was my pleasure to be in attendance, a truly memorable occasion.

It was decided that there would be two training sessions planned regarding the C.I.O., one in the Southand one in the North. The one in the North the date is till to be advised, but the one in the South tookplace in Peterborough on the 22nd October hosted by the Lions of EA. I attended the training day whichwas well organised and informative. Currently the Charity Commission are working very closely with theLions Clubs to process their applications, originally the time taken to process the applications was verylengthy but now the process has been considerably improved and is being completed in a much shortertime, three weeks or in some cases less.The situation for Lionesses currently has not changed and they should continue working to the approvedGuidelines.Thank you to clubs for sending me your reports, they make very interesting and enjoyable reading and arevery helpful when writing reports to promote Lionesses and all the good work you do. Please keep themcoming.I am looking forward to attending future events over the coming months.

Lion Lioness Angela Howard Multiple District Lioness Clubs Coordinator

Almoners ReportWhatever news you have from your members please remember I am only a phone call or email away.

Multiple District Almoner Following the report in the last newsletter I am pleased to say the Lioness Dorothy Marshall is on themend after her heart surgery, so we hope to see her out and about again soon.In the past couple of months we have a couple of our Lionesses reported to be a bit under the weatherso we have sent cards to Lioness Cynthia Aitkenhead of Deal and Lioness Dee Lazenby of Pontefract.. . . and finally it is with great sadness that I report the sad news of the following Lionesses passing tohigher service:

Lillian Hatton - Dursley Lioness ClubYvonne Millgate - Chelmsford Lioness ClubSally Stocker - Paddock Wood Lioness Club

June Ingram - Downham Market Lioness ClubYvonne Whitehead - Witham & District Lioness Club

our thoughts are with all their families and friends at this sad time.

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CONFERENCE 2018 ~ NEWSFLASH 3

Four months to go and thecountdown has begun toConference 2018, followingthe last Conference meeting,the committee has been busyworking hard to move theplans forward. So what is thelatest news?

Raffle Tickets have now been distributed to all clubs and also with the District Governor’s permission to allthe Lions Clubs in District EA. Chelmsford Lioness Club are looking after the raffle and if clubs are also ableto donate a raffle prize they would be only to pleased hear from you. Happy selling everyone!Booking forms have now gone out and all clubs should have received a copy. Copies are also available onthe MD105 Lioness website at www.lionessclub.org The cost for Package A for the full week-end is £180.00sharing and £200.00 single. With five different packages on offer we are sure that Lionesses will be ableto find one that suits their needs. If you cannot find a package to suit please do not hesitate to contactour Bookings Officer Lioness Margaret Fox, Downham Market who will be happy to help you.Arrive on Friday with ample time to register, settle in and catch up with old friends and also meet new

ones. We have a specially designated area for Friday evening where we canmeet and enjoy a lovely meal together and for our entertainment ChelmsfordLioness Club will be providing a fun quiz.On Saturday after a good night’s sleep and a full English breakfast you will beset up for the day ready to take part in the full days programme at our AGM.Our MD Chairman Lioness Jeannette is currently looking at a draft programmeto include the standard business, a variety of subjects that, based on feedbackand requests from Lionesses, we feel will be both interesting and enjoyable

and enable Lionesses to take away information that their clubs can put to good use in the future. After allthe business of the day and afternoon coffee it’s time to sit, unwind and listen to our guest speaker, whowe are sure is going to be both exiting and very entertaining, bringing usback into a light hearted mood. Then it’s time to relax, get on our glad ragsand off to the Saturday Dinner Dance to enjoy a superb three course dinnerand then dance the night away to our dynamic duo “The Night Shades”.Sunday morning: feeling well rested, bright eyed and bushy tailed ready totake part in the final business session. This session will be run on a morerelaxed basis when we will hear from a representative from “Tiny Tickers”,see the return of Open Forum and hear the Conference bid for 2019. Afterthe closing ceremony, you can depart at your leisure.Should you wish to stay for Sunday lunch before leaving for home this is also an option, but you will needto pre book this separately with the hotel.

Conference 2018 Chairman.

The VenueHuntingdon Marriott Hotel

Kingfisher WayHinchingbrooke Business Park

HuntingdonPE29 6FL

For full information about the Lioness Clubs in the British Islesplease refer to www.lionessclub.org

Chairman’s Charity

4November 2017

A reminder to Clubs to send news of any significantBirthdays and Celebrations, as well as the Sad News,

to the Lioness MD Almoner Jeanne.Chairman Jeannette, the Advisory Body and all Lionesses like to know.

have recently had two fundraising events inDursley.The first one was at The Chantry Centre Summer Fair where we had a cakeand produce stall. Our selection of home made jams, chutney, cakes etc,quickly sold out!Secondly, we had a bucket collection at the local Sainsbury's store.Altogether £370 was raised for our Charity Fund.

have been busy with a familychocolate bingo night – there was somuch chocolate!!!! and raised over£300 for the local Dementia Supportgroup. A cheque will be presented ata meeting when the Mayor ofSleaford will be in attendance.

We are thrilled to have inducted TinaAllen, who has returned from SouthAfrica, she is a past President of theClub and was always a very keenmember. Hopefully we will beinducting another new membershortly.

Lioness President Jackie went to QuarringtonChurch and presented a cheque to sponsor an organ pipe and the remainder of the

monies will go to the Playgroup for equipment.

had a request froma local nursing home for us to knit RemembrancePoppies for their quests. 20 in all. We took up thechallenge and as progress was slow we had a socialevening knitting petals!!! Of course there wererefreshments to help us oil the needles so to speak.

For their October meeting had a visit fromHeather Bentley, a member of the management team forWalton Parish nurses, based in Felixstowe. Heather gavea very interesting presentation outlining the workundertaken by the Parish Nurses. This can be very varied,from washing feet to carer relief. Trained staff give up theirtime voluntarily to help people in need in the Walton

Community running drop in centres, exercise classes, helping people make sense of theirmedical information (very important) as well as prayer support. Felixstowe Lionessespresented a cheque for £200 towards funding the work.

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Hosted by , Pontefract’s Annual Lantern Festivalwas another resounding success with over 2000 people taking part in the parade on Saturday 14th October.

The crowds started gathering at Pontefract Castle from 6pm and theparade set off at 7pm prompt. The parade was led by the Minden Bugleand Drums Band and guests of honour included Councillor David Jonesand the Lions District Governor for 105C, Lion Michael Boldero.The Lionesses have been running workshops since the beginning ofSeptember so that people could come along and make their ownlanterns and at the same time they made over 400 lanterns of theirown most of which were given away on the night in return for a smalldonation.

Lioness Jeannette Morgan said, “There is no doubt that the lovely weather encouragedpeople to come along and join in the parade and this certainly makes it seem all worthwhile. This is thesixth year we have organised the Festival and it now seems to be one of the highlights of the year forPontefract but we could not do it without the support of others including Wakefield Council (and particularlythe Staff and Management at Pontefract Castle), WDH, Pontefract ATC, Friends of Friarwood ValleyGardens, Yorkshire Rose First Aid and PRS for Music. Plus this year we have also gained a number ofcorporate sponsors including Knights Fish and Chip Shop, Invisihear, Smile Dental Care, Tesco Pontefractand Co-op Castleford. It is the generosity of these and the general public who support our bucket collectionon the day that enable us to put the event on and our sincere thanks go to each and everyone of thesepeople for their kind donations.

made new friends of the two and four legged varietywhen we visited Barrow Farm RDA centre to open the Lions Centennial path, anall weather bridle path inadjoining woodland. The Clubhad joined in with Lions Clubs inEA Zone 5A to raise over £4000for the path which means riderscan go outside even in thewinter.At the centre we met some ofthe children who showed offtheir riding skills. We also met

some of the beautiful Exmoor ponies who are very sturdy andincredibly patient with all the riders.

don't normally boast but quite frankly wereally are a talented lot!!We held a bring and buy sale and members brought along cakes, jams,pickles, home produced vegetables and lots of lovely plants raisingover £120.

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Lioness Club London Golders Green

September and Octoberbusy months of Navratri

and Diwali. LP Sandhya ison the executive committee

in The Indian CulturalAssociation Of

Hertfordshire and theVallabh Youth

Organisation. Also, LPsupporting North London

Community at events.

The Pink Ladies have been busyover the last few months doing everything fromfundraising to Community Service along with a nicehealthy helping of socialising.We completed our Farleigh Hospice £50 challenge,turning £50 into over £700! We also had stalls,donating the proceeds toLittle Havens Hospice with

the rest going into ourLioness President’s Charities.We held a Murder Mystery Evening for MacMillanCancer UK, which was so much fun! Seeing ourRosie as a drunken vicar, JoAnn as a clumsy butler,Sandie as a loud mouthed American lover boy wasvery funny indeed. Our President Louisa was theCockney cook who also turned out to be the murderer. Everyone jumpedinto their roles enthusiastically, with costumes and accents in full force. We

made over £125 for Macmillan just among ourselves and a fabulous time washad by all. Here are just a few photos showing our recent activities. We alsohad a picnic afternoon in Maldon Park (some ofit in the rain), a visit to our adopted horse anddonkey at Redwings Horse Sanctuary and anafternoon tea with Chelmsford Lionesses. Nextup, preparations for the Witham DickensianChristmas Market, our Pink Night for BreastCancer Now and our next bric a brac sale in theWitham Town Centre.

On 11th Octoberwe supported ourLions Club LondonGolders Green’sSocial evening.

On 4th September we went to Holbornto distribute food to the Homeless

On 24th September we went to NeemTree, Old People’s Care Home to sing

bhajans (hyms). Always nice to seethe residents enjoying.

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Lionesses enjoying a social day out

has had plenty going on over the last month. Wehave had a visit from our District Governor, Lion Derek Prior, who attended ourOctober meeting. The DG’s Lady’s chosen Charity this year is Breast ReconstructionAwareness, which we will no doubt be supporting in some way during the year.Some of us went to the Cromer Pier Show and had a very enjoyable day. We alsowent to see the Pedlar of Swaffham Musical, a fund-raiser sponsored by the SwaffhamLions Club, which was a good evening’s entertainment.

Our President Christine and others went to theThetford Lioness Club Anniversary Lunch held atThetford Golf Club, always good food and good company.Christine also attended the AGM at the Merle Boddy Centre, which is herchosen Charity to support for this Lionistic year.Thursday 16th November will be our CHILDREN IN NEED BINGO NIGHTwhich will be held at the Conservative Club at 7.30pm. All are welcome to

join in and there are lots of lovely prizes to be won.

Donation to local British Legion Club

Lionesses enjoying and afternoon tea

Deal and District Lioness Club donated to British

Heart Foundation. Lioness Jackie Plummer joins

the walk each year. Well done Jackie!

DEAL AND DISTRICT LIONESS CLUB

At the Downham Market Water Festival our ‘A Prize Every Time’ stall sold out ina few hours. The prizes were wrapped in colourful paper which gave the stall anattractive look. The photo shows Lionesses Jess and June atthe stall before the punters arrived. Money raised has gone toMD Chairman Jeannette’s charity ‘Tiny Tickers’.

Our large teddy has made a very special journey by train toCambridge and then to the Sick Children’s Trust house at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. TheSick Children's Trust exists to aid the recovery of sick children by supporting the wholefamily. Ted was donated to Acorn House and the photo shows Lioness June with Ted andassistant house manager Olina.

Downham market lioness Club

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The next edition of the Lioness MD 105 Newsletter is scheduled to be published in January 2018.The deadline for copy will be the 25th December 2017 (yes really!).

Lion John Fox (MD 105 Lioness Newsletter Editor) JOHN.FOXDLS@GMAIL.COM

Significant Dates for the Lions Family 2017/2018Date Club District Event

Fri 10 November 2017 105EA Chelmsford Charter DinnerSat 11 November 2017 105W Dursley Tramps SupperSun 12 November 2017 Various Remembrance Sunday Parades

Sun 28 January 2018 105EA Advisory Body MeetingFri - Sun 16 - 18 Feb 2017 MD105 Annual Lioness Conference (Huntingdon)

Sat 24 February 2018 105EA District Meeting (Swaffham)Sun 8 April 2018 105EA Advisory Body Meeting

Fri - Sun 4 - 6 May 2018 MD105 Lions MD Convention (Basingstoke)Fri 8 June 2018 Sleaford 105E Golf DaySat 9 June 2018 105EA District Meeting (Felixstowe)

24 June 2018 105EA Advisory Body Meeting

On the 17th September three of helped with car parking at a NGS morning. This was held in aid ofParkinson's. The gardens are in the style of mid 19th CenturyItalianate, with a beautiful courtyard at its centre. They open acouple of times a year and are well worth visiting. The NGS garden

raised £4,500 for charity. What agreat sum for Parkinson's.

On the 23rd September, several of madecakes and served teas and coffees at a fundraising event for a localAlzheimer's group. £188 was raised, which will go towards their Christmasparty in December.

On Wednesday 17th October went along to the Tunbridge Wells MultipleSclerosis Social evening. We do this on a monthly basis as we help out with the refreshments. They usually

have a speaker orentertainment. This month it was avery talented group, the Harry WittyQuartet. He is 17 and the oldestmusician is 18! They play jazz andare very entertaining. They play atthe Scallywag Cafe in TunbridgeWells occasionally and are wellworth a visit. The mayor was inattendance this month and PresidentJackie took a break from washing up to have a chat to her.

Thursday 19th October found us on one of our many Club visits. It was Southborough Lions turn. Theyare a lovely Club.Well, an away visit and we scored a hat trick! Three raffle prizes, three Lionesses and we won all of them.Our President Jackie even pulled her own ticket out. We were asked to leave it a year before we go back!!!Do visit us soon Southborough. We will try to repay the compliment.