Lions Club Of Waikanae May 2018 Bulletin - Lions Clubs NZ

Lions Club Of Waikanae May 2018 Bulletin

 Ian Imray took the above photo of his fellow workers enjoying a well earned cuppa
 after cleaning up the garage sale storage facility. Readers could easily assume
 from this photo that the person leaning on the broom worked the hardest but it is
 believed that this was “staged” to mislead us into thinking so! OR could we allow
 him the benefit of the doubt and assume that he was getting his hand in (on this
 management tool) for his next role, as displayed by President Dave in December
 2017, when he was seen to be sorting out the club issues of his first 6 month’s of
 office.

Welcome to the May 2018 Bulletin which is also available on our website where you
can read this edition and past editions at any time on:

http://www.lionsclubs.org.nz/Clubs/202M/Zone-7/Waikanae

If you have anything for future editions please advise me by the second Friday of each
month. Thank you.

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PRESIDENTS BIT’S N PIECES
Regretfully we seem to have lost a couple more of our members who feel that they are no longer
able to contribute to the club or they have in fact have problems in their declining years. (Let’s face
it, we all seem to have the odd problem or too).

Whilst we accept their wishes we do not want to lose contact and, as a consequence the Board has
introduced another category of membership which will be called “Friends of Waikanae Club.” So
these people will be reallocated under this heading. More about this at our next tea meeting,
speaking of which we have a few items on the agenda, so do come along.

I hear the “Guess who’s coming to Dinner” evening went well. Thank you Kevin W. for organising
this. Each year we do hear that it is quite an enjoyable evening that really does need to be better
supported.

If members do have any ideas about what can be done to improve on the activities within the club,
social or project wise, please let the directors know. They can then be discussed at their relative
committee meetings, taken further or actually introduced.

Garage sale collections seem to be going along well with items starting to fill up the storage area.
Let’s hope for another good sale on 7 July. Again, thanks to those involved (Well the whole club is
involved).

To those of you who are still not feeling to good, we continue to think of you!

Enough of these ramblings see you at the next meeting.

Cheers
Dave A(Pres)
Remember “TO BE CAREFUL with my criticism and liberal with my praise, to build up and not destroy.”

BUSINESS MEETING - THURSDAY 24 MAY
Guest Speaker:       Lauren Whithair “Shakespeare and my visit to Globe theatre”
Greeter:             Noel Kelly
Bar:                 Jim Rush, Bryan Kilmister
Introduce Speaker:   Peter Russell             Thank Speaker:     Trev Mason
Stewards:            Graeme McLeod, Ian McLeod, Rob McNay

SOCIAL MEETING - THURSDAY 14 JUN
Guest Speaker:       To be confirmed
Greeter:             Rob McNay
Bar:                 Noel Morgan, Bob Noble-Beasley
Introduce Speaker:   Ian Pratt                Thank Speaker:          Mick Smith
Stewards:            Kevin Sheppard, Ian Stewart, Rob Thornton

FOR BOTH MEETINGS:
Tail Twister:    Ian Imray
Lion Tamers:    John Plimmer, Matt O’Brien, Leo Rakich
Raffles:        James Lower

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CHANGEOVER OF OFFICERS EVENING - SATURDAY 23 JUN

Venue:          The Plateau Centre, Parkwood, Waikanae.

Start Time:      6.00pm for fellowship with the Changeover programme starting at 6.50pm.

The cost is $35 per person and includes both Food and Drink as Parkwood do not allow the sale of
Alcohol. and this includes the meal and drinks beforehand and during the meal - i.e. all inclusive.
The only other cost will be the raffle.

A formal invitation will be sent out to members shortly.

PROJECTS UPDATE & DATES TO NOTE
Garage Sale 7 JULY

Articles of all shapes and sizes are coming in thick and fast now. A Big thanks to those collecting the
contributions and delivering them to storage ready for the big day. Thanks also to those who turned
out to clean up the storage; a photo appears elsewhere in this publication. A dusty job but helped
by the tea and coffee supplied by Matt.

Band Concert 24 JUNE

Planning and preparation is well under way by James Lower. Tickets have been printed and
distributed to iSite Coastlands and Woodmans Garage for sale. Profits this year are going in total to
Mary Potter Hospice. Keep the date free, 24th June (Day after Change Over so don’t drink too much
there!!) as lots of helpers are required on the day. More of this closer to the date

Ideas for NEW Projects?

The Projects Committee is still looking for ideas to raise cash, nothing too strenuous as we are all
getting that bit older, but if you have any ideas let Ian Imray or one of his committee members
know.

ZEAL UPDATE AND OFFICIAL OPENING OF BUILDING

The Zeal building (next to Pak n Save) is on track for the official opening on Thursday 28 June from
5pm to 6:30pm.

Zeal would love to have as many Lions there as possible! An official invite will be issued.

Zeal Kapiti Manager, David Orchard reports as follows:

Recently we completed a project with our Music Box (Mobile stage and music studio) in Otaki, with a
partnership forming there at the Maoriland Hub.

We ran the project over a week, with young people being put into two bands and rehearsing together
over the week before a showcase event on the Friday night. This was a very successful project and a
really positive step in our Otaki connections.

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Most of our efforts are now directed at the building, and making sure we have staffing/equipment we
need to operate at full capacity. Coming up next week we will be touring the colleges with Zeal’s giant
inflatable football field!

This is a national resource that we can access when needed, and keeps our brand and connection to
colleges strong.

The football field is rolled out on a school field over lunchtime, with Sports Captains organising a
student vs. teacher competition.

We take along a sound system to add to the atmosphere, and this generally attracts around 500
students to the area.

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RECENT GUEST SPEAKER PAUL FALLON
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Our guest speaker at the meeting of 10 May was Paul Fallon who gave a very interesting talk about
his life experiences living with a disability. Paul is very active in the community and is involved in
wheelchair sports including basketball (represented NZ in the ROLLER BLACKS) and rugby.

I mentioned at the meeting about a swim Paul had done to Kapiti Island in February 2012.

Below is a newspaper item on that swim:

                             An 'inspirational' effort

There wasn't a dry face on Waikanae Beach as paraplegic swimmer Paul Fallon completed his Kapiti
Island to Mainland fundraising swim on Saturday.

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Event organiser Jeremy Seamark, who founded Ariel Community Care after the death of his
daughter, said there was a flood of emotion as Mr Fallon came ashore to complete a courageous
two- and-a-half hour swim.

"It was pretty amazing to be honest. There wasn't a dry face on Waikanae Beach when he got in, I
can tell you that," Mr Seamark said. "It ended up being a really great day. It was far better than I
could have ever hoped for, and I can't thank the people who turned out enough."

With a big dig, saveloy eating competition, face painting, a haircut and an auction raising funds for
the charity, the main event was Mr Fallon's gutsy swim from Kapiti Island to Waikanae.

Mr Fallon, who cannot use his legs, took two-and-a-half hours to complete the swim, despite the
tidal current taking him to Paraparaumu instead of Waikanae.

"We were swimming, and every time a wave would hit us the people in the boat were saying we
would be turned around in the wrong direction," Mr Fallon said.

"I got pretty close to shore and looked up and could see the Links tower, so we had to do a detour
and got dropped off just off Waikanae Beach and swam into shore."

After making it to the beach, Mr Fallon said he felt completely exhausted, and the whole day
became a blur. It wasn't until Sunday morning that he realised what he had achieved, and started to
feel the aches and pains from the swim. "I had so much adrenaline I guess, and everything was a blur
on the day. But now I guess it was a pretty big moment."

He said it was one of the toughest challenges he had faced, and he was never more scared than the
night before the swim.

"I was really worried the night before, you have no idea," he said.

"By the morning I was resigned to the fact that I was doing it, so just had to go on with it."

Mr Seamark said everyone held their breath, not knowing if Mr Fallon would be able to make the
swim with his disability.

"But he's done something pretty inspirational. There is a lot of emotion after doing something like
that."

Between $5000 and $6000 was raised through the day, which will be put into opening a small
garden centre to continue funding the charity. Mr Seamark said he hoped it would also provide jobs
for some disabled people in Kapiti who can't currently work. "I know a girl, Jessica, who could
probably plant sunflowers and beans and things, and so you could start a small business called
Jessica's Sunflowers, and she could make an extra $80 a week or something like that.

"It isn't just the money; it gives them the pride, satisfaction and self worth."

Mr Fallon said he would not have made the swim without the support of his partner and support
team. He would look to do the swim again in the future.

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GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER

On Saturday 12 May, twelve Lion’s couples were involved in a Guess Who's
Coming to Dinner. The venues were the homes of Barbara & Rob McNay, Judy &
John Plimmer and Morag & Kevin Woodley. Each venue played host to three other
couples, making a total of eight people at each place.

The hosts, in addition to providing the venue, supplied the meat for the main dish.
The other three couples provided the entrees, vegetables for the main dish and dessert.

To make it a bit more interesting, the hosts did not know who was coming to their
place until they arrived and the visitors were only told where they were going around
half an hour beforehand. All couples provided appropriate drinks.

From reports received a great evening seemed to be enjoyed by all. Kevin Wooodley says
that at the Woodley’s venue there was quite a bit of hilarity and a lot of "rubbish" was
spoken.

This is a great way to meet with other Lions and partners on a very informal basis.

Hopefully, if we have it again next year, we can get a higher level of support and
have more than 3 venues.

Kevin’s right about the hilarity as can been seen in this picture of the smiley group at the
Woodley’s, must be that good drop of red (or white)!

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CAN’T CHOOSE WHAT BEER TO DRINK??
These days you go into a bar or club (even our own meetings) and there is so much choice in beers
to drink. I was recently imbibing (and dining) in the Royal Oak hotel North Adelaide (pictured), and
what a great assortment of craft beers, live music, food and vino was on offer.

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And if you can’t decide what beer to have,

                              Try this “spinning wheel” beer selector:

     The sign at the bottom says “Is choosing a beer getting a bit hard try spinning the wheel”

                        Maybe we could utilise our raffle wheel a bit more!

AND finally

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