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travelling through the District ,culminated at Calicut on
SERVE WITH JOY 13th January was another image building programme for
our District.
THROUGH LIONISM The 3rd cabinet meeting held on the 22nd of January at
Calicut was well attended and fruitful deliberations took
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place.
The ISAAME Forum which was held from November 30th 26th of January will be written in letters of of gold for
to December 3rd at Sri Lanka was a great experience. Lions Club of Kozhikode Feroke as they celebrated their
There was a very good representation from our District and Silver Jubilee . I feel greatly previleged to have
the credit goes to Lion Sreekumar of Hyades Tours & inaugurated the same in the presence of the Chief Guest
Travels who arranged the whole trip. who was none other than Lion Dhanabalan PMJF,
The Dream project of our District - Community Wedding Intenational Director who launched the Silver Jubilee
held at Calicut on 11th December 2016 under the Project.
leadership of Lion Valsala Gopinath was indeed an image Inter Region Cricket Tournament conducted by Ln.
building programme for our movement in which 6 couples Vijayakrishnan Nambiar at Kanhangad on 26th January and
entered into wedlock in the presence of Sri. Thottathil Centennial Inter Club Fives Football Tournament
Raveendran, Mayor of Calicut , other lion dignitaries and conducted on 29th January at Calicut were a big success.
lions & lionesses from various clubs. District Lioness Meet was also conducted in a colourful
During November, December & January, I had the manner on 29th January at Kannur.
opportunity to visit nearly 50 clubs in our District. Lots of I wish to place on record my appreciation to all the RC's
Service Projects and activities were performed by the clubs and ZC's who have conducted their meetings/conferences
- Home for Homeless, Construction of Bus shelters, in a very etiquette manner and motivating the clubs in the
Medical camps, Service to orphanages, Service to Govt. execution of service projects.
Schools & Hospitals, Construction of Toilets & The Annual District Convention is proposed to be held on
distribution of waste bins. signboards in highways, 23rd of April and preparations are on for the same. Please
maintenance of Children's Park and many other notable extend your full co-operation for making the convention a
projects. grand gala function.
Kidney care camps have been organised by a number of Most of the projects envisaged have been completed
clubs under the able leadership of Ln.Dr.S.Rajiv successfully and there is a tendency to relax, but everything
(Jt.Cab.Sec & DC for Kidney Care Camps) Lions Fest will be in vain if there is no increase in quality members.
organised by LC Kuthuparamba, Sports for differentially All RC's and ZC's should take note of this situation. We
abled conducted at Kannur and District level Seminar on have another 5 months, so let us rise to the occasion and
social Ethics and Human Rights conducted at Kalpetta achieve targets beyond expectation.
are also praiseworthy. Let each one of us look for new opportunities to serve,
January 2017 - A New Year full of hope for the next six climb new heights of success and achieve new milestones .
months, began in a very auspicious manner with the Together we can "CELEBRATE LIONISM" and serve
celebration of Lions Service Week from 7th to 13th by humanity.
various clubs and District Centennial Celebrations held at Yours in Lionism.
Tagore Centenary Hall, Calicut on the 13th of January - Lion CA Shivaprasad K. MJF
the birthday of our founder Lion Melvin Jones. The Chief District Governor
Guest was none other than our Past International Director,
Lion R.Murugan PMJF and this Mega function was Message from
adorned by luminaries like Dr. E. Sreedharan, Principal First Vice District Governor
Advisor DMRC who was the Guest of Honour and the Dear Lions,
programme also included honouring of Big Achievers, We have completed one half of this
honouring of PDGs & Senior lion members who completed
35 years of service and also presentation of MJF plaques to lionistic year. When we look into
newly enrolled Melvin Jones Fellows. Big Achiever Award the account of the first half of this
lionistic year, we can be proud and
was presented to renowned Lyricist Sri. Kaithaparam happy.
Damodaran Namboothiri for his contribution to music.
World wide induction of new members under the Under the able leadership of our beloved District Governor,
leadership of Lion E. Anirudhan MJF was also a major we could establish 4 new clubs and to achieve positive
event.The Centennial celebration also earmarked the growth. I take this opportunity to request the entire lions
launching of some service projects very useful for the fraternity to give their little contribution in the matter of
community. Handing over of She Auto key under Sudrida extension and growth. I hope that we will be able to
Sancharam project, distribution of wheel chairs and achieve the goal set out by our beloved District Governor
distribution of medical equipments to Medical college were in the forthcoming months in this lionistic year in the area
the major projects on that occasion. Kudos to Lion Vrija of extension and growth. It is heartening to note that a large
Kishore and his team for organising The Centennial number of lions from our District plan to attend the
Celebration in a spectacular manner and to Lion Shanawaz International Convention at Chicago. We are lucky to be
for successfully organising Lions Service Week. part of the 100th International Convention. Those who
The Lions Centennial Rally spearheaded by Lion Adv. P.N. wish to attend the International Convention may please
Surendran which commenced in Wayanad and after contact the appointed tour operators.
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