ANOTHER ROGER EUDOXIE BURSARY

September 06, 2016 the Castries Lions presented a Bursary as part of the Roger Eudoxie Scholarship to one of our very own. Leo Aquilah Smith was presented with the Bursary to assist her in furtherance of her education at the tertiary level. She was successful at the CXC examinations and will be pursuing Studies at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College “A” Level Division.

The President and Board of Directors join with members in wishing her success in her studies.

CELEBRATING OUR LIONS WITH SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS

The President joins the Board of Directors and Members in Wishing our Lions with September birthdays - Lions Donna, Nathalie and Cynthia - the very best birthday ever. May you continue to grow in service to community.

CASTRIES LIONS JOIN IN RAISING AWARENESS OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Lions - September is observed as Sickle Cell Awareness Month. A number of our children and young adults suffer from this disease. Let us join in raising awareness of this disease.

LIONS AND LEOS OF ZONE 3B FIRST ZONE MEETING

 

The Lions and Leos of Zone 3B (Saint Lucia) on Saturday August 27, 2016 met in Soufriere for the first Zone Meting for the lionistic year 2016-2017.   The meeting received reports from the various club Presidents which was summarized by the Zone Chairman in his presentation to the meeting.

The meeting then moved to a workshop session which was conducted by our very own Lion Cynthia Laurent of the Castries Club.   The objective of the workshop was to assist in identifying the challenges facing the clubs in the Zone and to develop strategies to deal with the challenges identified.   

The workshop began with an ice breaker which required each participant to complete the phrase I am a Lion/Leo because ………………….  The prize for the most innovative statement was received by Leo Yumica Modeste.   Her statement is “I am a Leo because I love being the rainbow in someone’s cloud.”  These statements will be collated and presented to the clubs. 

The workshop was conducted in the form of a SWOT in order to identify the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.   The meeting then broke up into four groups with each one looking at one aspect of the SWOT.  Following the group presentations the steps to developing an action plan to deal with the challenges were identified.    Each member was required list five of the challenges identified and to prepare and action plan for presentation to the Zone Chairman by September 30, 2016.  It is anticipated that the clubs will review their programs and develop actions plans for execution of these.

The Zone Chairman presented each club with a set of footballs to be used to undertake a youth development project in the various communities.  The Castries Lions, Castries Leos and Piton Lions Clubs were recognized and presented with tokens for timely submission of club reports.

The meeting ended with the clubs joining in singing the District Governor’s song “Lions Join the Love Train. 

  

CASTRIES LIONS AND LOES JOIN  WITH CLUBS IN ZONE 3B IN CELEBRATION OF  MASS  

On Sunday, August 21, 2016 the Castries Lions and Leos joined the other clubs in Zone 3B, Saint Lucia -- (Vieux Fort Lions, Soufriere Piton Lions, Gros Islet Lions, Micoud Lions and the Hewanorra Plains Leo) to celebrate mass at the St Joseph the Worker Church Roman Catholic Church in  Gros Islet.   The church service is to mark the commencement of the Lionistic year.  It was agreed that this would be done as a joint activity instead of each club organizing and celebrating separate services.   The service was followed by a Brunch which allowed the Lions and Leos to fellowship in a cordial atmosphere. 

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The Lions and Leos will next meet as a Zone on August 27 when Club Presidents will report on their plans and rate of implementation to date.

The Lions and Leos of Castries  continue their community service with a number of projects including  the monthly feeding at four locations,  - the Leos serve a breakfast on the first Saturday at the Ave Maria  Primary School; the Lions the third Sunday at the Mother Theresa Home for the Elderly, Hospital Road, The fourth Sunday the         St Lucy’s Home and the RC Boys School. -  ROAR LIONS AND LOES ROAR.

                                                   

We wish to express our gratitude to the many individuals, organizations and other groups who have contributed to our success thus far.

For persons who are service minded and want to give back to community come join us - contact us at

Leo Club Castries            -        leoclubofcastries@yahoo.com

Lions Club of Castries      -        castrieslionsclub3b@yahoo.com

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