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Time for More Miracles as Economy Worsens
by International President Al Brandel   
Friday, 03 July 2009

Until the world economy improves many people, especially the poor, will suffer. What does this mean for Lions? It’s an opportunity to serve even more. That’s exactly what the president of the Republic of Korea, Lee Myung-bak, told me recently. “Lions are needed now more than ever,” he said.

 
Taking dip for charity
by JO TUAPAWA, Times Online   
Wednesday, 01 July 2009

ONLY the brave withstood the ghastly weather to battle their way through the wintery waves for a midwinter charity dip on Sunday.

 
Lions donate ECG machines to hospital
by Matt Stewart, Wairarapa Times-Age   
Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Local Lions have given Wairarapa Hospital a cash jolt, helping buy two new, top-of-the-range electrocardiograph machines for use in the acute services unit.

 
Boom time for market
by KAROLINE TUCKEY - Kapi-Mana News   
Tuesday, 23 June 2009

The Porirua Saturday morning community market is seeing an unseasonable winter boom, as hard times bite.

 
An amazing trip for Robin
by Jessica Ranginui, The Stratford Press   
Thursday, 18 June 2009

ONCE again the Band Aid Box has held a very successful medical clinic in the small village of Khari Khola, Nepal.

 
Surprise for Lions Club stalwarts
by Erin Bishop, The Ashburton Guardian   
Thursday, 18 June 2009

They’ve loved the 70-plus years between them that they’ve spent as members of the Ashburton Lions Club but, if you ask them what they’ve done over the years their answer is “nothing special”.

 
Grazie Mille, Lions!
by Luke Elliott   
Wednesday, 17 June 2009

My Lions Youth Exchange trip to Italy was an experience that I'll never forget. Over the five and a half weeks I spent there, I went to all sorts of amazing and wondrous places, met people who were enormously kind and friendly, and overall had a fantastic time. I was kindly sponsored by the Waipapa & Districts Lions Club.

 
Membership Initiative Bears Fruit
by PDGs Ian Packwood & Alan Sheath   
Wednesday, 17 June 2009

The Lions Club of Howick is not a weak Club; it has a membership of 30, with 20-25 active members. It has like most Clubs gained and lost members over the years. Membership growth has been by the traditional method of members seeking potential members. Through this method we have maintained a status quo for some years.