PIP Jimmy M. Ross served as 2006-07International President of Lions. A Lion

since 1969, he is a member of theQuitaque (Texas) Lions Club. PIP Ross is arancher and a retired judge. He has heldmany offices within the Association,including Club President, Multiple Districtsecretary, State membership and extensionChairperson, MD Convention Chairperson,MD Council Chairperson andInternational Director.

Additionally he has taken part ineyeglass recycling missions to South Americaand been involved in chartering more than 500 clubs. Past President Ross has alsobeen active in numerous professional andcommunity organis ations. He was a member of both the Water Control andImprovement Board and the DistrictJuvenile Probation Board. He was also the chairperson of the board of the AllEmergency Systems in 26 counties of Texas.

PIP Ross’s special interests have been inmembership extension, the strengtheningof clubs and community service. Inrecognition of his work on behalf of theAssociation, he has received many awards,including District Governor AppreciationAwards, International President’s Awards.He is a recipient of Ambassador of GoodWill Award, the highest honor bestowedupon Association members. He is also aProgressive Melvin Jones Fellow.

Wishing them the special 105A heartywarm welcome to our Convention.

Lions of District 105A

District 105A News | DG Sarbjit Assiwww.lions105a.org.uk | info@lions105a.org.uk

DISTRICT 105A GOLF DAY: RAM JAGGI & ELLIOT SHUBERT TROPHIES on Wednesday 11th June 2014. Contact: VDG Ramesh Parmar, 07831 587495, email: Ramesh@eurobijoux.co.uk

Lions Club of Mill Hill Gala Evening at VIP Lounge, 29 March 2014. Contact Lion Sanjay Shah mobile: 07770 306644.

Chipping Barnet and Mill Hill Golf Challenge Day: Wednesday 28th May 2014. contact: Lion Parveen Verma.

LCI Purpose:To Encourageservice-mindedpeople to servetheir communitywithout personalfinancial reward.

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PRIDE OFLIONS

Issue 9 • March 2014

Welcome to our International Guest, Lion Jimmy M. Ross, Past International President

PIP Jimmy M. Ross with his wife Velda, three daughters: Julie, Janet, Sammie-Dee and grandchildren.

Welcome new LionsI had the pleasure to induct two

new members at the 19thCharter Anniversary of LC ofLondon Seven Kings on 22ndFebruary 2014.

The picture shows the twonew members – Lions JasonDigwa on the left and KevinLimbagee on the right.

Lion Ramesh Parmar1st VDG, District 105A

PRIDE OF LIONS • Issue 9, March 2014

Appreciation shield from Rishikesh Lions Club (India)

From the EditorI wish DG Sarbjit and theConvention Team a very joyous,fun filled and successfulConvention.

Lion Shirish Sheth

Westminster Lions providesustenance for Families in Need

Tesco's shopperssupport charity

When Ealing Lions Club learnt that PDG Dr. LionSurjit Singh Bhalla (Southall) was going to North

India to assist in the “Uttrakhand Disaster ReliefActivities”, we immediately offered him £500 donationfor this flood relief mission.

On his return, he attended the Ealing Lion’s businessmeeting of 5th February 2014. He gave a fascinatingand touching account of his participation in the reliefactivities near Rishikesh. He added that Lions Club ofRishikesh Divine was able to make good use of ourdonation. PDG Bhalla also handed over to Ealing Lionsthe Appreciation Award shield , which was given by LionClub of Rishikesh Divine in recognition of the donationto this worthy cause.

The attached group photograph shows our seniormember Lion Partap Singh Ahdan holding the shieldwhile PDG Dr Lion Surjit Singh Bhalla is standing rightbehind him.

Lion Pervinder Singh Panesar (PRO).

The Food Cupboard is a charitableorganisation based at St Mary’s

Church, Bletchley, which provides foodpackages for families who have beenhighlighted by social services asvulnerable and struggling to afford food.The Lions Club of Bletchley has beensupporting the Food Cupboard for thelast four years.

Before Christmas shoppers at thelocal Tesco store were encouraged by theLions Club of Bletchley to help fill atrolley of food to support the charity.Ten trolleys were filled and £460 wasraised with some shoppers donating fullbags of shopping while others gavefinancial gifts. The Club also gave £500to the Food Cupboard to enable them tobuild up their stock.

Mike Bartlett, 68, secretary of theClub and the event organiser said: “Withthe ten trolleys and the financial gifts wehelped more than 50 families. Volunteersenjoyed the day as it is one of ourfavourite events that gets us involvedwith the people in Bletchley. We canremind the community what we do andwhy we are here.”

Lion Chris Bryant

The London Westminster Lions Club has committed itself to helpingfamilies in need in Westminster, by regularly collecting food at the

Sainsbury’s Market in Pimlico and donating the food to the local foodbank inVauxhall (a Trusell Trust charity). Most recently, club members working from 9am to 6 pm, requested non-perishable food items such as tinned fruit, meatand vegetables, dried foodsand rice from customers on 7 December 2013 and15 February 2014. We had the support and cooperation of Sainsbury staffmembers.The response from the customers was overwhelming. They werevery generous with their donations and in a few exceptional cases individualsdonated a trolley load of food!

On 7 December,we collected 694 kg offood, which wasenough to feed 1,000families. On 15February, we collected299 kg of food, which will feedapproximately 500families. Persons arevetted by socialservices or charities to qualify for fooddonations, so thatthose are trulyin needbenefit. It has beenestimated that500,000 people in the

UK rely on the food banks, of which 35% are children.Through our action, the customers of Sainsbury’s know who the Lions are

and what we do, which has helped to promote Lionism in the community.Several younger persons have enquired about the club and we have invitedthem to our monthly club meeting.If you club is looking for a positive and supporting project for families inneed, collecting food for your local food bank is a rewarding experience.Perhaps, if enough clubs became involved, we could make this a recognisedDistrict project.

PDG Prof Elliot Shubert, Lions Club of London Westminster

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You can get more than tea, sandwichesand entertainment when you attend a

Lions Senior Citizens Party at the HarrowLeisure centre with Kenton Lions.

Vera who is 85 years young has enjoyedthe event every year for the past 6 years,sponsored by Kenton Lions, with a group ofSeniors. Last year was the highlight whenshe met Joe, a Chelsea pensioner who waswith the Westminster Lions. They chattedaway as if they were lifelong friends andwere seen gazing into each other's eyes.

We hope they meet up again and wecan report our first senior citizens matchmaking success story sometime in thefuture.

Lion Vivien RaggettLions Club of Kenton

Senior CitizensValentineromance?

Thank you...

...from a Senior Citizen

DG Sarbjit’s Story

As you read this Pride of Lions,many of you will be present here

at the District 105A Convention 2013-2014. I hope all here today find thisyear’s Convention informative,constructive and most importantly,enjoyable. We are also very privilegedto have with us at the Convention,Past International President JimmyRoss as our keynote speaker. He isaccompanied by his wife Velda.

Senior Citizens Celebration, heldon the 2nd February was a wonderfulday for all who attended, including allthe Lions and Leos. It was a pleasureto see everyone having a wonderfultime as they mingled with oneanother, enjoyed the food and drink,danced and had great fun, thanks tothe excellent entertainers. Well doneto Lion Parveen and his committee forthis fantastic event, as always.

My clubs visits are still continuing.Zone C swimming gala, held on the9th February, was a fantastic day–swimmers with disabilities swam theirway to Medals. Thank you and well

done to the team for all theirhard work in ensuring a verysuccessful gala.

The District Quiz at HertsBowling Club in Watford, wasanother enjoyable evening,and the winners of the Quizwere Winslow Lions Club!The Music Competition onSaturday 15th February wasgreat to be a part of.Listening to Joel Ashfordplaying the French Horn wastruly pleasurable. As he was the onlyentrant, of course he won thecompetition with flying colours!Thanks to the sponsoring club –Osterley Lions.

Kuldip and I had the pleasure ofattending charter celebrations ofRuislip, Stanmore, Bicester’s 40thCharter and Leighton Buzzard Charterlunch– as usual all were very enjoyable- thank you to all the clubs for theirwarm welcome and hospitality.

I was invited to the Rangeela showat the Novello Theatre by Lions fromLondon Golders Green.We allwitnessed the enthusiasm and energyof the youths from UniversityCollege London who had puttogether this event and thecreator was Akhil Desani. Thiswas an amazing show andthey promoted LCI and Lionsclub of London Golders Greenin their brochure and finalspeeches. There is a goodchance that we may havethese youths as our futureLions and a new club at theUCL.The funds raised on theevening are in aid of ‘SatyaFoundation’ , a school forchildren with learningdisabilities in Pondicherry, acity in South India.

So much hard work,detailed planning andpreparation has gone into thisConvention, so I would like totake this opportunity to thankthe Convention CommitteeChairman Ken Rouse, DistrictSecretary Lion Parveen, SAALion Peter Codrai, IT officerLion Naresh Gupta, Lion ChrisBryant, Lion Alastair Joeland,Lion Derek Beazley (to name afew), for their tremendouseffort, dedication and support

to ensure that we all enjoy thisConvention and I wish all the Lionsattending to have an enjoyable timeto remember.

Dreams are hard to follow,butdon't let anyone tear them away,together we can face any challengesby “Caring & Sharing”. We Serve.

DG Sarbjit Assi

DG’s wife’s messageThanks to all the Clubs for theirgenerous donations for my nominatedcharity Alzheimer’s.

Kuldip

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My Diary – March 20141st– 2nd District 105a Convention4th OV Greenford Willow Tree Lions club5th OV Beaconsfield Lions Club8th Harpenden Lions Club 33rd Charter

Celebrations 10th OV Harrow & Pinner Lions Club11th UN Day11th OV London Swiss Cottage Lions Club12th OV London Convent Garden Lions Club15th Feltham & Whitton 30th Charter

Celebrations16th Hitchin Charter celebrations19th OV Northwood Lions Club22nd St Albans Charter Celebrations 25th OV Ruislip Lions Club28th District D Convention29th District D Convention29th Mill Hill Lions Gala EveningOV = Official visit

Happy faces at SCC 2014

Flowers at Leighton Buzzard Charter

At the Music Competition

Ruislip Charter Night