Page 7 - Kings and Queens October 2023 Edition

September 2023 Edition Vol: XI No: 1
MESSAGE FROM THE PDG ASSOCIATION

PDG Jacqueline Williams, Esq

A TIMELY MESSAGE

FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS!

Welcome Lions to a wonderful new Lionistic year! PDG Pauline Francis and PDG Leroy Foster serve in advisory
roles with the Brandel Murphy Foundation. We thank PDG
The Past District Governors of District 20-K1 are happy
to share that our group is excited to roll up our sleeves Alvin Brereton for his continued service on the MD20 Lions
and support our District Governor Antonio and all of the Foundation. Although PDG Clarence R.A. Higgins is not
great Lions in our organization! serving on the MD20 Foundation at this time, we
acknowledge and are so grateful for his many years of
We are equally thrilled to have our Past International dedicated service to the Foundation. He is one of the
President Douglas X. Alexander, back home in the District PDGs who showed us how to move into additional areas of
with us after his years of traveling and meeting with service at the multiple level.
other Lion leaders, community trailblazers, and I am also proud to announce that I am serving once again
governmental/institutional administrators across the on the LCI UN Team as the Lions Representative to the UN
world. Although his presidency was marked by so many Office on Drugs and Crime. Although, the name of the
great achievements, one outstanding accomplishment Agency suggests a clear purpose, this Agency covers a
will forever be the hallmark of his tenure. He inspired number of initiatives under the UN Umbrella. I am thrilled to
and motivated Lions worldwide to dig deep after the represent out District, the UN Team and LCI with this
worldwide Pandemic. During the past year, Lions Agency. As part of this effort, I will also work on awareness
pledged record-breaking funds to the Lions International and issues related to Lions Quest.
Foundation! As a result of the historic precedence, we
will impact humanity in several ways: Why Have I spent so much of this article sharing this
~ assist our communities in times of disaster. information about the movements of various PDGs?
~ provide social and emotional learning through Since June 2017 when our organization celebrated its
programs like Lions Quest . 100 th Birthday, we have evolved and changed to ensure
~ fund grants for environmental and food sustainability. Our impact as a global leader in addressing
development programs. the most critical humanitarian issues of our lifetime creates a
~ assist communities suffering from countless other legacy of service that will yield good results for future
humanitarian deficits. generations!

“Thank You, PIP Alexander. Our District, your home Lions, be proud of how we managed and survived through
District, is forever changed by your inspirational the Pandemic. We held our District together! Over the
leadership”. past 10 years, our District has been affected by the

My fellow Lions, your PDGs continue to expand their own transition of stalwart contributing members and the
leadership capacities. relocation of others. LCI has also adjusted to its own
organizational changes. They implemented aggressive
We congratulate our newest PDG, MD20 Council Chair strategic initiatives such as the expansion of our
Ingrid Andrews Campbell, and wish her a fantastic year humanitarian causes, the introduction of Member Satisfaction
guiding and working with the current Council of
Governors. We are thrilled to have Past Council Chair and growth in GMA and now the newest enterprise, Mission
Gloria V. Askew continue as Co-Director of the MD20 1.5 . We are experiencing new technologies and the
Regional Lions Institute. Past BD Appointee PDG Leroy refinement of existing programming and
Foster chairs the MD20 Finance Committee. PDG Jackie telecommunicating. Lions International is growing and
nd
Williams will serve for a 2 term as Chair of the MD20 blossoming!. THIS IS YOUR ORGANIZATION!!!
Constitution & Bylaws Committee. Past Council Chair
Deborah Harrison will serve as our PDG So, where do the PDGS fit in?
Director/Representative to the MD20 PDG Association Our 62-year-old District continues to benefit from an
and continue as an MD20 Long Range Planning actively involved, passionate, enthusiastic and
Committee member. PDG Barbara Moody continues as a knowledgeable cohort of past governors who are resolute
Faculty member of the MD20 Lions Institute. On the about helping the Lions of this District to meet their service
humanitarian front, we are also proud to recognize PDG goals.
Veronica Ralph Munro (as Bd member),