Last Year Lions completed 100 years, 50 years for LCIF foundation, 60 years for Leos and 30 years for Peace Poster Contest. According to International President’s address to Lions, he said that we did great with Grade A in all aspects in Lionism. Also, for the first time in the history of Lionism, our membership grew to 1.453… million members worldwide. Above all are good news to Lions of the World. We are growing, and our service activities are increasing two folds. Let us keep up our motto We Serve.
to reach from one place to another by walking, walking and walking. Many lions put more than 14,000 steps daily from morning till evening. It looks like Las Vegas is not the place for lions to have their international convention. As President George W. Bush said in his interview presentation at the second plenary session, lions do not wait for others to ask them to help. They are the first responders in any situation to render their help to needy communities. It is nice that before leaving the stage President George Bush became the honorary member of Lions Clubs International. What an honor to Lions of the world!
One Voice Children’s Choir/Dance mesmerized the audience with their thrilling performance. These young kids have a bright future to show off their God given talents. Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s speech on Diabetes was an excellent presentation to lions’ family as we are growing old every day and many of us overweight, with diabetes, blood pressure and cholesterol issues. He said, it is left to us how to live a better life by controlling our habits of diet and exercise. After all it was a great convention! However, many senior lions had complaints as they had to struggle 3
Congratulations to our new International President Guðrún Yngvadóttir on being elected as the first woman president in the history of Lionism.
Now it is bye bye Las Vegas, USA and welcome Milan, Italy for next year’s International Convention 2019. -Dr. Austin D’Souza, Editor. ILStateEditor@gmail.com
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