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The Kings & Queens

Celebrating Hispanic Culture in 20-K1

Lions of District 20-K1 celebrated His- Marching in the parade were District
panic Heritage Month by participating Governor Deborah Harrison, 2 VDG
nd
in the 45th. Anniversary Queens His- Anthony Cochran, PDGs Ozzie and
panic Parade / Desfile Hispano De Melissa Torres, accompanied by a
Queens, INC. The festivities continued lively group of 20-K1 Lions.
with a gala commemoration along the
fashionable 5th. Avenue in New York Reported by,
City. Lion Levi Jeffers
Crowds of cheering spectators lined the
sidewalks as beautifully decorated
floats and exotic dancers dressed in
rainbows of colorful ethnic costumes
danced their way along the avenue, to
the tune of pulsating cultural music and
drums. Marching bands too, reflected
the hues, spirit and sounds of the Latin
diaspora.

Such A Splendid “Specialty Club”

In 2016, Queens Nepalese Lions community town hall meeting We pledge to continue serving
club was founded as a “specialty organized by Congresswoman with other community - based
club”, to empower volunteers to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the humanitarian organizations and
serve in their communities by Queens Library in Lefrak City. further the mission of Lions
meeting humanitarian needs and Clubs International.
encouraging peace and harmony. The club endorses Greta Thun-
Our main focus is helping immi- berg’s presentation to the UN on Submitted by.
grant children to integrate into Climate Change and is currently Lion Purushottam Panthee
mainstream society. Wr provide helping to generate an educational
language training, cultural activi- and advocacy program around
ties, fun programs and other Environmental Issues. With Lion
related extracurricular activities Ingrid Andrews - Campbell, (20-
on a weekly basis. K1 “Think Tank” Chairperson),
we joined in a Climate Crisis town
In August, we participated in hall meeting cosponsored by
Krishna janmastami program Councilman Costa and Queens
with Ridgewood Nepalese Soci- United Independent Progressive.
ety. It is a yearly cultural pro- The objective of this forum was to
gram where children portray raise environmental awareness
Krishna, Radha and gopinis. It is within the community. Lion Pre-
one of the biggest Hindu festi- sident Purushottam Panthee pre-
vals supported by our club. sented an enlightening discourse
In September, our club was the on Climate change and its Conse-
co-sponsor of The South Asian quences.
American Convention. We also
participated in National Day of To date, we have donated more
Nepal when The Constitution than 1,000 books to the Queens
Day of Nepal is celebrated. This Public Library, thanks to the
program was organized by The efforts of our club president. We
Consulate General of Nepal in have received a Brandel-Murphy
New York. Youth Foundation Grant of
$2,000.00 to assist with our
In October, Lion President Pu- Legacy Program, Shikshalaya.
rushottam Panthee served as a We are the proud sponsor of
Nepali language translator at a Queens KTM Lions Club.