Peace Poster

Persistence pays! Macarthur Club, which sponsored our District winner last year, has broken through. Their relationship with Hawkesdale School is well established, and now they have finally managed to get Macarthur Primary School involved. A small country town Club has two schools participating in this project. Well done, Lesley Addinsall.

How easy is it? I received an email from Lion Kim Sadler of Heywood Club, with an interesting approach. She is once again working with Heywood Consolidated School, and was invited by the teachers to address a group of eligible students, showing how much support she has in the School. (Note that Kim has been a Lion for only a little over 2 years). The teachers have undertaken to set aside the necessary time for 53 students to work on their entries. And here’s the punchline - To begin her presentation, she asked the question, “Does anyone know why I am here and why I am dressed in this uniform?” One answer (amongst others) was, “To recruit members.” Kim goes on to say, “Now, maybe we should be thinking about getting a Leo Club organised, because if some students are thinking like this, then ‘seize the moment’ springs to mind.

Food for thought for all of us, and particularly for the 51 Clubs which are not yet participating in this valuable project.

Bob Badham
Peace Poster & International Relations Chairman
Email: 2010 Convention@gmail.com
Mobile: 0409 955-485

International Peace Poster Competition

Operation Friendship

This year we decided to focus on Europe for our Operation Friendship candidates. We received five expressions of interest, all from Germany, and these resulted in two applications. In conjunction with DGE Max Oberlander, we have selected our visitor for 2010, and he has accepted our invitation.

We will be welcoming Lion Joachim Buttke, from Sottrum near Bremen. He is a Member of the Lions club of Ottersberg/Wuemm in District 111NB. As his wife is unable to travel long distances he will be visiting us alone, though he may be joined by a business associate whose name also is Joachim for the last week of his stay with us.

We are seeking host families for the period Fri 22 Oct till Thu 18 Nov inclusive. The plan is to have four families hosting for about a week each. We will need a host in the Geelong area for the Convention period, so that Joachim can enjoy maximum involvement at the Convention.

If you would like to be involved in hosting please contact me, preferably by email, with your contact details and any date preferences you have during the project period. We will require someone to transport Joachim to Tullamarine on Thu 18 Nov 10 for his departure at 17:00.

International Peace Poster Competition

2009 MD201 Winner

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