From the Lions Den                                                                   August, 2019

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Our Lions club has lost one of our “classic” members, Brian Bovet, who contributed so much to the club over his many years of service.  He was involved in major projects such as the Dinner Bay Pavilion and the Japanese Gardens and remained an active member to the end.  Even during times of stress with his health challenges, his ready sense of humour was fully engaged.  We miss him.
 
During the summer, we take a break from our regular membership meetings while the executive members carry on.  Our July executive meeting saw us supporting the “Designing the Future of Mayne Island Summit” initiative after receiving a presentation from Lion Jean-Daniel Cusin.  We hope the general public has taken an active part in filling in the on-line information sent out to the community. 
 
We also lined up the tasks for supporting the Church Fair and supplying rentals and labour for private functions.  The cooking, setting up of tents, tables and chairs involved a good sized crew of Lions, and right after the dismantling at the Church Fair, the tents went right over to another private event where the tired crew went ahead with another set-up.  Setting up for the MIALS garage sale was an enjoyable day.  They are such a devoted, creative bunch!
 
Plans for our traditional Salmon and Chicken BBQ to be held on the Labour Day weekend, Sunday, September 1st are in progress.  Check out the ad in the Mayneliner for more details to find out about times, food being offered, bingo, beer tent, and music!
 
Members have been selling the 222 draw tickets to raise funds for the Mayne Island Assisted Living lunch program.  These always go long before the long weekend at the end of the summer holidays, yet we still get people asking for them on the day of the Salmon BBQ.  12 winners receive cash prizes of $25 (4), $50 (3), $100 (2), $150 (1) , $200 (1) or $800 (1).  If you have not yet purchased your $20 ticket, ask any Lion or check in at the Home Hardware store to see if any are left!
 
We are looking forward to changing our “look” in the near future.  Golf shirts with our Lions logo are being ordered so that we can take our vests off for a break from tradition.
 
Lion John Glover is presently working on bringing our brochure up to date for distribution on Mayne Island, and Lion Bob Soper reported that the Days for Girls project which we have been supporting is now expanding to Galiano and Pender Islands.  The number of women working on the packages to be sent to those in need has increased, and we look forward to having an update from the group in the near future.
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Fred Mussett;
http://www.mayneislandlions.org

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