Message from the District Governor
Hi there
My name is Brigid Hendy and I am the District Governor (District Leader) 2010/2011 for a geographical administrative area called District 105D. I live in Bracknell with my husband Mike who is also a Lion and, from Bracknell, I will be supervising the activities of 66 Lions Clubs with nearly 1400 members in the counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Channel Islands, Dorset, Wiltshire, Oxford and Somerset.
But who are the Lions?
Whenever a Lions club gets together, problems get smaller, and communities get better. That's because we help where help is needed - in our own communities and around the world - with unmatched integrity and energy.
Our 45,000 clubs and more than 1.35 million members make us the world's largest service club organisation. We're also one of the most effective. We get the job done.
At International level we recently:
- Brought 3,000 volunteers together to build a playground for children of all abilities in California, USA.
- Fed 60,000 people in a township in South Africa. It's something Lions do there every day.
- Sent a team of eye surgeons to Honduras to treat more than 100 adults and children.
Everywhere we work, we make friends; with children who need schoolbooks, with senior citizens who need transportation and with people we may never meet.
We're led by talented, dedicated volunteer leaders from around the world. We're supported by the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF), which helps to fund Lions humanitarian projects locally and across the globe, wherever a major disaster occurs, Lions are there from the beginning to the end, long after the T.V. cameras are gone.
Lions are service minded people of all ages, male and female, young and not so young, who want to give something back to their communities whether that is at local level, national level or international level. At local level in this District you may have already come into contact with Lions as the likelihood is they will be prominent in your community. Take the opportunity now as you have already entered this website to use our club locator and see if there is a Lions Club already in your town. If there is not then you may wish to think about starting one - we can provide you with all the expertise give you more information and help you start a Lions Club for your town.
If you are interested in finding out more about Lions then please contact me at: dg@lions105d.org.uk or Pauline at: developmentchair@lions105d.org.uk. Remember that the lions clubs network joins together to provide for Global Humanitarian service and together ‘We Serve' on a local, national, international and global level. Where there is a need Lions clubs will always be there.
Lion Brigid Hendy - District Governor
1st July 2010
