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Lions Life in 2020 due to COVID-19.
We are still here to help our Community in any way we can and that is safe for everyone. Please contact us, if you are in need. "We Serve".

Attachment: Still working in the community if someone needs urgent help. 🙂👍🦁🦁🦁 A couple of weeks ago Lions Club of Melton received a request to assist a gentleman in Melton. Turned out he’s quite ill and needed assistance in getting some firewood. Thanks to Melton City Council for purchasing the firewood & a massive thanks to our members Geoff, Manny & Bob Turner for picking it up from the supplier & stacking it at the gentleman’s house. Bob & Manny went back yesterday to move some soil & stones for him. Any requests for assistance can be sent to meltonlions1969@gmail.com #meltonlions #community #WeServe
New Board Installed for 2020-2021
The Board for 2020-2021 was installed in June at our Change-over meeting.

President......................................................Bob Turner
Secretary......................................................Val Turner
Treasurer......................................................John Hood
Immediate Past President............................Raelene Vandapost
1st Vice President........................................Manny Spiteri
2nd Vice President.......................................Les Chitts
Membership Director....................................Sue-Ann Lowther
Lion Tamer (Optional)...................................Manny Spiteri
Tail Twister (Optional)...................................Pauline Mills
Marketing Communications Chairperson.....Marina Adam
2-year Director (First Year)...........................Peter Dennis
2-year Director (First Year)...........................Geoff Stubbs

District news

2020 Convention - Online, Watch Videos here
The convention went online, and still provided an opportunity for our clubs and members to participate in the Convention and listen to key speakers.

Video's have been placed on our District server and can be viewed below, clicking on the link. Then scroll down to 2020.
Session Videos
- Opening, flag ceremony, business session and DGE/VDGE presentations.
- Remembrance Ceremony
- Guest Speaker - Executive Officer Lion Rob Oerlemans
- IPDG Frankie Tang - District presentations
- ALCCRF and #CutHair4Cancerkids project { x2 }
- Guest Speaker PCC Bruce Hudgson & V District Cancer Fdn.
- Closing session.

More details: https://bit.ly/LionsV1-4_2020_Convention
Lions Clubs & Blaze Aid Camp Lexton Jan – April 2020
The Lexton-Ben Major Fire of December 2019 burned approximately 3,000 hectares of farm and bushland. Initial estimates suggest that more than 1000 sheep were lost and more than 150kms of fencing has been damaged or destroyed.

The Lions Clubs of Alfredton Lucas, Ballarat, Brown Hill, Buninyong Mt Helen, Creswick, Haddon, Mount Bolton, Miners Rest, Sebastopol, Wendouree, Maryborough, Carisbrook, Maldon, Castlemaine and Harcourt (Zones 5 & 6) have banded together to support the Blaze Aid recovery plan.

Blaze Aid developed and implemented a recovery plan that aimed to assist the community to replace or restore damage fencing. They established a Camp at the Lexton Recreational Reserve and coordinated a group of between 20 - 50 volunteers that worked 7 days a week. The Camp operated from Feb 2020 until the end of March 2020. Over the 10 weeks that the Camp operated, BlazeAid removed more than 150kms of damaged fencing and restored more than 90kms of new fencing. During the same period of time the Lions Clubs of Zone 5 & 6 assisted with the preparation and delivery over more than 2,400 meals for the staff and volunteers.
Child Protection Procedure for Clubs

More details: https://lionsclubs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/4-15-CHILD-PROTECTION-PROCEDURES-Youth-of-the-Year-Child-Protection-Procedure-Version-2-0.pdf

National news

LCIF Fundraiser - Australia's Campaign 100 Chairperson for LCIF, PCC Lou Onley, invites you to Follow Your Rainbow...
While practicing safe social distancing over the past few months, Lou let his usual neat number two hair style grow wild. In true Lions fashion, there's a greater good at play.

Before Lou cuts his hair, he wants you or your club to do two things:

1. Donate to LCIF by 26 July 2020. How to donate - follow the link below to find out how to donate.

2. Once you have donated, follow the second link to register your donation and vote for the colour you'd like to see on Lou's hair. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LCIFLou

The colour that receives the most votes will win and Lou has agreed to wear it for the month of August! Join the challenge and support Lions Clubs International Foundation.

Attachment: LCIFLou "Register your donation and colour"

More details: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LCIFLouhttps://tinyurl.com/OzLCIF "How to donate"
Oz-Clubhouse Clean up needs YOU!
Thanks for using Oz-Clubhouse but our server is groaning under the weight.

We'd like your support in deleting old files, including documents,images and videos. Please have a look around your site for very old materials that can now be deleted!

Executive Officer

Rob Oerlemans
Beware e-mail scams targetting Lions
Lions should be aware of common e-mail and social media scams targeting club members. Sadly, some of our members have been targeted with these scams.

For more information follow this link.

More details: http://lionsaustralia.com/2018/01/29/lions-beware-e-mail-and-social-media-scams/
Lions Hearing Dogs on WinTV!
Head on over to the Lions Australia Facebook page to check out this nice story on WinTV Canberra about our Hearing Dogs

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More details: https://www.facebook.com/lionsaustralia/
Our new TV advertisment launched #morethansausages
It's here! We are very proud to announce the new Lions Australia television campaign - #MoreThanSausages.

It showcases the breadth of work Lions do in our communities, helping real people through disaster relief and recovery, medical research, youth programs and more. Lions Serve - more than sausages!

Follow the link to see our video and find out more!

More details: https://lionsclubs.org.au/more-than-sausages/
Attention All Lions OZ Clubhouse Webmasters
The "Text Instructions" for webmasters of Lions OZ Clubhouse websites have been updated as at 29th December and can be found by clicking on the attachment below or by clicking on the website link.

Your MD201, OZ Clubhouse Webmaster, Lion Graham, recommends that all club webmasters review the revised instructions.

If you have any queries, Graham can be contacted by email which you will find in the website link below.

Attachment: Oz-Clubhouse-Instructions-Revised-29th-December-2015.pdf

More details: https://lionsclubs.org.au/members/oz-clubhouse/