International President Dr. Naresh Aggarwal and his wife Navita

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M.D. “A” Edition July/August 2017 www.lionsclubs.org
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International President
Dr. Naresh Aggarwal
and his wife Navita
“I have always believed it is important to leave the world better than
we found it and a better place for our children and their children.”
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President’s Message ..............................................4 A4 Shelley Gauthier (Joe)
Ariss and Maryhill Lions Club ...................................24
214 Munroe Avenue, East
Atwood Lions Club ..................................................22 Thanks to Lions, LCIF’s Grants Top ......................... Renfrew, ON K7V 3K5
Bayfi eld Lions Club ..................................................29 $1 Billion Mark .................................................4 613-432-7212
Belleville Lions Club .................................................29 mailto: [email protected]
Belwood and District Lions Club ...........................22,24 Message from International President ...............5-16 A5 Steven Olsen (Sylvie)
Blyth Lions Club .......................................................27 Executive Summary - International Board of 2W2a Srrteann,h OopNe APv0eHn u2eN0
Bridgeport Lions Club .........................................25,26 705-698-9895
Buckingham Lions Club .......................................22,27 Directors Meeting .......................................17-18 mailto: [email protected]
Chemung Lake District Lions Club.............................28 MD'A' goes to Chicago to Celebrate 100 Years of A711 Surinder Sharma (Pravin)
Club Lions de Buckingham ..................................22,27 1025 Roxborough Drive
Club Lions de Knowlton .......................................24,29 Lionism ..........................................................18 Oakville, ON L6M 1E1
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Copetown Lions Club ...............................................20 Farewell to our Editor ..........................................18 mailto: [email protected]
Dutton and District Lions Club ..................................24
Exeter Lions Club .....................................................24 Destined to Lead ............................................19-20 A 9 D19e8n nKisin Fglsawvaelyl S(Htreeleetn Gitter-Rothe)
Fergus Lions Club ....................................................24 MD’A’ Is Seeking An Ontario Director of Kincardine, ON N2Z 1C3
Galt-Cambridge Lions Club .....................................22 519-396-7459 (h); 519-832-7459(c)
Goderich Lions Club ................................................27 Lions Foundation Of Canada...........................20 mailto: fl [email protected]
Guelph Lions Club ..............................................25,28 An address from Council Chair ...........................21 A12 Randy Hargrave (Nancy)
361 Manly Street
Hickson Lions Club ..................................................22
Hillsburgh Lions Club ...............................................22 Lion Stew Patterson Outgoing Council Chair.........21 7M0i5d-l5a2n6d-, 9O7N61 (Lh4);R 7 035E-2427-7474(c)
Innerkip and District Lions Club ...............................IBC Tom Gordon - International Director ....................21 mailto: [email protected]
K-W Community Spirit Lions Club .............................26 A15 Charlene Dwyer (Russ)
Knowlton Lions Club ...........................................24,29 Touchstone Story .................................................23 25 Belcourt Crescent
Lakefi eld Lioness Lions Club .....................................23 MDA Directory Information ..................................28 5G1u9e-l7p8h0, -O11N1 2 N1H 7A6
Londesboro and District Lions Club ...........................27 mailto: [email protected]
London Central Lions Club .......................................18 Important Dates ..................................................28
A16 Tim Cheung (Patty Ko)
Lynden Lions Club...............................................29,30 Resource Centre Website .....................................30 52 Heatherwood Crescent
Madoc Lions Club ....................................................30 Unionville, ON L3R 8W5
Markham Lions Club ................................................25 District Reporters .................................................30 905-479-1902
mailto: [email protected]
Milverton Lions Club ...........................................22,24 Moving Soon? ....................................................30
New Hamburg Lioness Club ....................................24 Secretary David Mills PDG
Treasurer Dave Hewitt PDG
Newburgh-Camden Lions Club ................................26
Noelville French River Lions Club ..............................26 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Norwood Lions Club ................................................25 President Dr. Naresh Aggarwal, Delhi, India;
Oakville Lions Club ..................................................29 Immediate Past President Chancellor Robert E. “Bob”
Orangeville Lions Club .............................................25 Corlew, Milton, Tennessee, United States;
Port Carling Lions Club ............................................27 See this issue of the First Vice President Gudrun Bjort Yngvadottir, Gardabaer,
Port Elgin Lions Club ................................................23 Iceland;
Second Vice President Jung-Yul Choi, Busan City, Korea;
Rockwood Lions Club ..............................................22
M.D. “A” Lion Magazine Third Vice President Haynes Townsend, Dalton, Georgia,
Sauble Beach Lions Club ..........................................23 United States.
St. George Lions Club .............................................22 Contact the offi cers at Lions Clubs International, 300 W. 22nd
online at
St. Jacobs Lions Club ..........................................26,28 St., Oak Brook, Illinois, 60523-8842, USA.
St. Marys Lions Club ................................................26 Second Year Directors
Thamesford Lions Club ............................................26 www.mdalions.org Bruce Beck, Minnesota, United States; Tony Benbow, Vermont
Trenton Lions Club ..................................................IBC South, Australia; K. Dhanabalan, Erode, India; Luiz Geraldo
Tweed Lions Club .....................................................24 at The Lion Magazine Matheus Figueira, Brasílía, Brazil; Markus Flaaming, Espoo,
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Upgrading Our Service to You – as a Lion
Namaste! The divine will connect all our members on one global platform. As a global leader of Lionism, I want to keep every
in me salutes the divine Lion connected to Lionism. Our new Welcome Home
The next stage is beginning to serve. As a member
in you. Welcome to our program is an international online club for members
of the Batala Smile Lions Club in Punjab, India, I
new century. My goal unable to attend club meetings. Meetings and fee
was proud of how the community began to respect
over the next 12 months payments are conducted entirely online.
me. This respect depended on the number of people
is very simple—to reach
I served and how many people were aware of this The last stage is now. I want to give every Lion the
a new level of service to
service. We now have a new Global Service Team. same goal for the next 12 months. My dream is that
Dr. Naresh Aggarwal Lions and from Lions. Your District GST leader will identify projects that every Lion will serve 10 people each month. If this
Lions Clubs International Before I ask you to serve the maximum number of people per dollar and happens, we will serve 170 million people this year—
President reach a new level of
per hour. They will also train Lions on how to convert a big increase from our current level of 100 million
service, Lionism will
a normal project into a Legacy Project via Lions and a big step toward our goal of serving 200 million
reach a new level of service to you.
branding and public relations. annually by 2020. This is the focus of all my meetings
So how can I serve our 1.4 million Lions? I cannot around the world.
The third stage is aspiring for leadership. While
give everyone senior positions. I cannot give you
I enjoyed rising up the Lions’ ladder, I sometimes All the best. See you as I travel around the world.
money. I cannot meet all of you. However, I plan to
wished that our leaders focused more on work than on
touch all of your lives with the power to serve.
long speeches. A new awards system will incentivize
So let’s examine every stage of one’s Lionistic the efforts of Lion leaders in the right direction. We
career and how I can help. The fi rst stage is becoming plan to reward retention of members, hence keeping
a new member. When I became a new member 43 the focus on you—our existing members. New awards
years ago, I suddenly felt as if I had left my hometown will also be given for involving over half the club in
Dr. Naresh Aggarwal
and become a man of the world. This year, I want service and for creating the most Legacy projects.
Lions Clubs International President
every member to download our new mobile app. This
Thanks to Lions, LCIF’s Grants Top $1 Billion Mark
LCIF LCIF
Pregnant and suffering from trichiasis, a dangerous only happen once every 100 years, a storm hovered With continued support from Lions, LCIF can
eye condition, Mariam, a young woman in Chad, over the Black Hills and sent down disastrous amounts make a positive change for those who need it.
was not sure she could take proper care of her of rain. More than 200 people lost their lives to the
baby. However, thanks to Lions Clubs International fl oods, and more than 5,000 people lost their
Foundation (LCIF), her eye problem was corrected homes. LCIF awarded US$5,000 to help the
shortly after giving birth. Mariam’s happy outcome community rebuild. Lions were among the fi rst
is just one of millions from LCIF’s fi rst half century. on the scene to provide help to the devastated
community, beginning a legacy continued today.
This particular year marks a historic milestone
for Lions and LCIF. In January, the LCIF Board of Since then, LCIF has provided funds to
Trustees approved grants that put LCIF over the projects all over the world. Communities are
US$1 billion mark. Since its founding in 1968, LCIF supported both around the globe and around the
has awarded more than 13,000 grants. Millions of corner. LCIF’s four major areas of focus, sight,
people around the world have been given hope and youth, disaster, and humanitarian efforts, have
comfort in their times of need. ensured help goes to the areas most critically in
need of assistance.
LCIF restored sight for parents who could not
see their children. It rebuilt communities devastated Lions and LCIF have accomplished great
by earthquakes and wildfi res. It fed hungry children things by working together, but there is still
and empowered youth to become healthy, productive so much that needs to be done. As Lions and
adults. With the support of LCIF, Lions built water LCIF begin a new century of service, we will
wells and latrines that are helping to control the focus our efforts on supporting the new global
spread of blinding diseases. People who were once service framework: diabetes, environment,
hidden from the world because of a disability, hunger relief, pediatric cancer and vision. As
denied education and companionship, now attend our world continues to change, we must change
school and contribute to their communities. This with it to address new concerns and best serve
US$1 billion has shown the world that Lions care and our communities and future generations. Lions
LCIF helps. can get involved by supporting LCIF. Whether
When I was told that a [trichiasis] surgery camp would be organized, I was
you make a donation or join a service project,
The fi rst grant LCIF ever awarded was disbursed pregnant,” says Miriam, a young woman from Chad. “Two days after the
you can make a difference both locally and
to the community of Rapid City, South Dakota, delivery, I decided to get the operation and my husband brought me to the
globally. Talk to your club’s LCIF Coordinator
after a catastrophic fl ood. The year was 1972. Due health center on our donkey. Now my eye doesn’t make me suffer and I can
to conditions that the National Weather Service says for information on how you can support LCIF. take care of my baby
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WE
SERVE
PRESIDENT DR. NARESH AGGARWAL, 2017-2018
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“
I fi nally found myself
- when I lost myself -
”
in the service of others.
- Mahatma Gandhi
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THE INDIAN GREETING

“NAMASTE”
MEANS “I SALUTE THE DIVINE IN YOU.”
Most people spend their lifetime in pursuit of God
and inner peace. My worship of God is to serve His living
manifestations on earth. My peace and happiness come
when those around me enjoy peace and happiness.
THIS PHILOSOPHY HAS SHAPED
MY PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL LIFE.
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I grew up in a town called Batala, in Punjab per month, we will easily achieve our goal of
– a state in the northwest of India. Like many serving 200 million people each year – tripling
young children, I dreamed of conquering the our current service output.
world. However, the means to this end were
Service to others defi nes who we are. It is our
more important to me. I wanted to lead
very reason to exist as a global organization.
through kindness.
Our motto puts it in terms others can easily
I dreamed of changing not just Batala, but the understand – “We Serve.” As I prepared for
entire world. In 1974, when I fi rst stood in the my year as your international president, those
presence of Lions, I knew that I had aligned words kept coming back to me. That’s why I am
myself with an organization that could actually proud to have “We Serve” represent my theme.
help me achieve my dream. Our motto is timeless. It is as relevant today as
it was in 1917, and it will inspire us into our
We Lions are one with the people of the
next century of service.
world. In Sanskrit, it is called “Vasudhaiva
Kutumbakam,” or “World is my Family.” At the 2015 International Convention in
Honolulu, I said, “Nothing is more powerful
The key to making the world one family, or
than an idea whose time has come.” Our most
one home, rests within us – the 1.4 million
auspicious time – the new century – has come.
Lions who dedicate themselves to the needs of
others. If each Lion serves at least 10 people
“Let us reach out to others and impart our ideals – that
the world is one family and no child can go to sleep in
fear of what tomorrow will bring.”
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THE POWER OF ACTION
LIKE A MIGHTY RIVER
Many cities grow and prosper along the banks of a river. In India, we worship our longest river – the Ganga,
or Ganges. We call it “Ganga Maa,” meaning “Ganges Mother,” similar to how Americans use the term
“Mother Nature.”
Why is the Ganges our mother, or object of worship? service, we must infuse the power of action into
Because it gives life. It feeds plants. Plants feed each member.
humans and animals. It enables trade and travel. The key to action is to engage each and every
It refreshes itself and the landscape continuously. member both socially and professionally. It is only
In India, hundreds of millions of people live by the when we serve our members fi rst that we can serve
blessings of the Ganga. the community. A Lion leader has two hands – one
A Lions club is very similar. Over the last 100 years, to serve the community and one to serve Lion
“our river” has formed tributaries in 47,000+ members. Let us choose projects that maximize
communities (clubs). Now we must constantly the value of each expenditure, member and hour
refresh our clubs with new ideas and projects and so that we may serve as many urgent needs
make our river meander through every community in as possible.
the world.
THE POWER OF ACTION
We have a presence in most communities around
the world. To convert our presence into powerful
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