"Dan Paz-Israel" Lions Club
(Spanish speaking).
We present the Club's activities for 2007-2008.
CHANGE OF GAVEL EVENT IN OUR CLUB
Excellent golden brooch and splendid opening to a new challenge.
On July 4th. 2007, in the Eshkol Hapais Auditorium of Ramat Gan, took place the traditional change of gavel cereemony of our Club. In a very nice event of leonistic fraternity the former President Lion Shoshana Barbaras transferred her faculties to the new elected President Lion Estela Markelevich.
Were present: IPDG Lion Meir Porat, representing the DG Lion Shalom Zecharya who is abroad attending, the International Convention in Chicago, Ramat Gan Authorities, representatives of several local Lions Clubs, our Club”s members as well as relatives, friends, and former members who, for the time being and for personal reasons, are not taking part in our Club”s activities but want to demonstrate their total support to the lionistic principles.
As frequently , the event was conducted by the PDG Lion Shimshon Zelbiger.
With allusive words the IPDG Lion Meir Porat congratulated Lion Shoshana Barbaras for her wonderful work and wished the same way to Lion Estela Markelevich.
He accentuated the important task the Club is performing and the valuable duties that part of the members are realizing in different positions and District Gabinet and Committees.
The evening had very special moments and was over- reached by the oath of the ten, last period, new members who received their respective certificates.
PDG Lion Ezra Shamir conducted the yraditional Change of Gavel Ceremony with his own plainness and sympathy.
The outgoing President made a review of part of the important labors done during the year she conducted the Club and after the “Transfer of the Gavel” the incomming President drafted part of her plans for the future and thanked everybody for the collaboration she received in the organization of this so beautiful evening.
We have to mention that after the ceremony the Founding President of our Club VGD(3) Lion Touvia Goldstein, received from PDG Lion Shuka Tamir, President of the District Melvin Jones Committee, the Galvan and Distinctive that distinguished him as a “Melvin Jones Member”, for his contribution to LCIF Campaign, honor for him and for all our Club.
The event was gladdened with the voluntary participation of the Eshkol Hapais Chorus with their nice traditional songs that gave to the event very special glances.
Photos of the Event.
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Change of Gavel at Arad Lions Club.
VGD(3) Touvia Goldstein represented our Club.
Photos of the Event.
At night fall close to the sea.
Congratulations to the new Board of our Club, elected on July 4th, for starting the period with very good ideas . The first one was, on July 13th, an evening on the sea shore, in one of the Tel-Aviv beaches, with a concurrence of almost 90% of members of the Club.
After enjoying a wonderful sunset and tasty meals, the participants talked about different interesting topics. Some members , new and senior ones commented anecdotes about their “klita” ( integration to Israel) that allowed a closer approach to their new friends. A better knowledge of our past permits a better understanding between human beings and is the secret of the leonist success.
After four hours, everyone went back home looking forward to meet again.
Photos of the Event.
VISIT TO THE RAMAT GAN KINDERGARTEN
On Friday July 12th, and in order to give the toys and plays collected during the last period among our Clubò members, the Past President Shoshana Barbaras together with Hinde Torchin, Estela and Abraham Markelevich, visited the kindergarten located in Uriel Street of Ramat Gan. After delivering the goods our delegation had the opportunity to talk with the children about different topics and answering to thier questions about Lionòs activities.
LIONS ISRAEL CELEBRATES COLLECTIVE BAR AND BAT MITZVOTS.
On September 15th Lions Clubs Israel regaled 50 youths of our closed communities who celebrated their bar and bat mitzvot.
The “Tropigan” saloon of Petach Tikva was attended by 700 guests, nine for each one of the 50 bar-bat mitzvot and members of the different sponsored Lions Clubs.
That event was specially attended by the Immigration Cabinet Minister Mr. Iaacov Adari, the Kfar Saba Superintend Mr. Yehuda Ben-Jamo, Petach Tikva Superintend Mr. Leon Shalom Zjaria, the Club’s District Governor rabbi Yonatan Eduard, Mrs. Iris Sokolover and Mrs. Mayia Aylin of the Social Comfort department of Bat Yam City Hall and Lions, members of all around the country and, of course, the children and their families.
Our Club participants: a girl from Bat-Yam and a boy from Rejovot, as all the others youths with their families and members of our Club were seated in tables garnished by lighted candles and a very tasty and festive dinner, given by the Saloon’s proprietaries.
As usual, the event started by reading the Lionistic Peace Prayer and afterwards all the defiling youths, wearing festive garments, were received by loud applause.
Afterwards, each one of the children got personal gifts given by the different clubs.
Finishing the event, the boy sponsored by our Club, in the name of the whole group, thanked for the nice and significative celebration.
As a beautiful final, nice music followed the dancers who filled the dancing area, performing typical dances of the different original countries and israeli folklore.
VISIT TO THE BLIND AND PARTiALY BLIND MEMBERS OF THE MARSHAL CLUB OF RAMAT GAN.
On Friday, July 12th and in order to know and evaluate our help possibilities, Shoshanna Barbaras together with Hinde Torchin and Estela and Abraham Markelevich visited the Marshal Club, a meeting place for vision problems people, completely blind or some ones who see only lights and darkness. Yaeli, the manager received them and together interchanged different ideas. Our members were very good impressed with the computer equipment and other instruments that partly help in order to palliate their limitations.
MEETING WITH BITTTERFELD LIONS CLUB MEMBERS.
Lions George, Barbara, and Monica Kuropka and Manuela Lott, members of our Twin Club, Bitterfeld Lion Club, Germany, carried out a short visit to Israel.
Before leaving to Jerusalem and Nazareth, in order fullfill one of their visit purposes: to deliver medicines to a boy suffering form kidneys disturbs, on July 19th. they were received, in a fraternal meeting, at Ben-Gurion Airport by Touvia Goldstein, Estela and Abraham Markelevich, A very special emotion was the presence of the young parents of Amir the child who passed kidney transplantation in Germany with the help and assiduity of the members of Bitterfeld Lions Club.
DARIO ESTRIN'S EXHIBITION.
Dario son of our members Lions Silvia and Lito Estrin is, now presenting his photographic exhibition in Benianei HaUma (Jerusalem). With the name of "Another glance" the exhibition includes photos from Spain especially Barcelona and Madrid.
The exhibition was inaugurated on July 22nd and will be open for six months.
In order to congratulate and give our love to the proud parents a numerous group of our Club members attended the opening.
DONATION TO THE OPHTHALMOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE NAHARYA HOSPITAL.
On August 2nd, a group of our Dan Paz Israel Lions Club (Spanish speaking) visited the Naharya Hospital. As known, during the Second Lebanese war, the Hospital suffered a very serious damage.>br>
In order to show his sorrow in this difficult hour, the Club decided to realize a grant for the ophthalmology department.
During our former president Shoshana Barbaras period, and in order to palliate the difficult moment, our members decided to raise funds by organizing a Latin American Music Show. Thanks to our members, closed friends spirit and the Trio Indio‘s disinterested participation, it was a very successful event.
The public was very pleased and enjoyed the evening.
In accordance with Dr. Segal, Director of the Naharya Hospital Ophthalmology Department , the Club together with the Masonic Lodge Amistad bought for his division a high performing camera able to photograph the whole chirurgical process for the patient benefit and, also, to be presented in International Medical meetings.
Arriving to the Hospital, Dr Segal received the guest with affection and gave a lecture about his department activities and showed the places damaged during the war.
The Club’s actual President Leon Estela Markelevich explained to the Ophthalmology Unit Director, the function of all International Lions Clubs and , as well as, our local performances. She made reference to the important roll the Lions have, all around the world, in benefit of the population suffering of ocular problems.
After finishing the visit they had the ritual and mutual flag’s interchange.
A VISIT TO THE RALLY MUSEUM IN CEASAREA
On Friday, August 10th and, following the successful social activities, we visited the Cesarea Rally Museum. The 28 Club members and 2 guest visitors were able to appreciate a wonderful paintings, sculptures and of art pieces collection, including many works of Latin American Artists.
The Israeli Museum, as well as, another three in: Uruguay, Chile and Spain. is are sponsored by the Recannati Foundation.
The nice visit was followed by a lunch at Glil Iam Kibutz .As always, for our Club members, was a pleasure to be together.
A special mention deserves Hinda and Meni Torchin for the perfect and successful organization . We hope to repeat the happening and thanks to everybody for participating.
KLEIZMER FESTIVAL IN SAFED.
On August 15th, in order to attend the yearly, traditional Kleizmer Musical Festival, and invited by the Guivataim Lions Club, fifteen of our Club’s members, journeyed to Safed.
Both groups traveled in the same bus and during the trip they had the opportunity of visiting one “moshav” wherein they were able to regard the olive oil and cosmetic production process. Later on they had lunch at the kibutz AMIAD and went over through the different streets of Safed, place they reached before the sunset.
During this walk they enjoyed the nice partnership of a very expert guide who showed them the most important parts of the visited places. It s necessary to emphasize the extraordinary musical performance.
They obtained an spectacular experience and those interesting activities helped to tighten the good understanding with the Guivataim Lions Club.
No doubtless that this kind of activities is, by hearing or appraising, not only nice but gives a deeper knowing of other Israeli Clubs members.
This successful event motives us to continue the same way.
ENCOURAGING BLOOD DONORS.
According to his traditional help to the community, on September 28th, our Lions Club members, working together with Maguen David Adom, promoted and encouraged volunteers blood donors who were at the walk in Ha-Baron Park of Rishon Letzion. The effort was very successful getting 46 donors.
In the other hand and consequently with our fundamental principles, we had the opportunity of selling identifies bracelets, income allotted to persons with sight problems.
We hope to be able to continue with this meritorious task and repeat it once again.
BRACELETS SELLING.
To be a Lion is a style of life. You live as a Lion for 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 364 days a year. For this reason , as far as, they have the possibility to promote the Lions ideals, they have it in mind. As a pattern, a big group of members attended the Chilean Independence 197 anniversary during September 7th in the Ein Hajoresh kibutz and on the 8th in Nizanim. In both opportunities they went on by selling the Lions Club bracelets whose income was totally assign to beneficence. Go ahead.
A VISIT TO ARAD
As an archetype of our Club’s periodical activities, during December 13th to 15th the most of our members visited the southern city Arad.
A weekend of three intensive days. They enjoyed a wonderful weather and got forward to visit the most interesting places in the area: the Dolls Museum, the Glass Museim and the Culture and Ceramics of Arad Museum. Of course,a visit to Tel Arad running over the ruins of the city built 5000 years ago. The golden touch was the meeting with the Arad Lions Club members that took place in a very pleasant atmosphere.
In the meetting participated, too, representatives of the Beersheva Friedship Lions Club.
It was a wonderful experience attended by fifty Lions members, sharing the experience and impressions of the particpant Clubs.
No doubt that this kind of meetings help to foment the Lion's sprit and permit the improvement of all the brother’s Clubs. Let us do it again.
BEAUTIFUL AND DIVERSE ACTIVITIES.
On Thursday October 11th and, organized by the Club”s tours commission, our members had the opportunity to visit Rechovot Ayaialon Institute Museum where the first ammunitions were developed during 1945 to 1948 in order to keep the new Country’s defense.
After the zionist show all the members met in a Nes Ziona Restaurant to rest a little and change impressions.>br>
Once recovered they reached the Dog Training School for the Blinded located in Beit Oved. They were received by the institution’s vice director, a blind person who explained them the vital function the dogs perform for people suffering of seeing problems and the extraordinary and important work the school in performing, without cost for the beneficiaries, for a dog trained specially for him. To buy one the price is ten thousand dollars.
After being comforted by zionism, social amalgam and lionist, satisfied ,very happy and thankful to the event’s organizers everybody was back at home.
NEW ACTIVITIES WITH THE UZIEL STREET-RAMAT GAN KINDERGARTEN
This kindergarten, that during a few months we have been working with, celebrated on July 30th night, at the Leumi Park, the traditional festivity of the scholar year ending.
Children’s parents were in charge of the barbecue meat and our Club contributed with the different salads and a voluntary and merry clown performance.
It was a very nice and emotive evening . The children and their parents did not expect from our Club, such a pleasant participation.
For us is another sign of the voluntary work our Club has been doing and gives us the satisfaction of knowing that , step by step, we are performing the goals we establish for this period. No doubt that our Club will continue the same way.
A MILKY PRODUCTS GRANT.
Thanks to our CCLL. Shoshana and Moshe Barbaras ( and their son in law),our Club received a dairy donation that was sent , on July 26th, to the Kindergarten located in Uziel street 22 Ramat Gan. By chance, the same day, the children had a trip and enjoyed the present in the Kindergarten as well as during the picnic.
ATTENDING THE CHANGE OF GAVEL 2007 IN DIFFERENT CLUBS.
Understanding that a good way of getting integration between the different Lions Clubs helps the Lions courage, a group of our Club attended the Change of Gavel of different matched Clubs.
6/7/07 Arad Lions Club.
6/7/07 Kfar Saba Lions Club.
7/8/07 Petaj Tikva Kfir Lions Club
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26/8/07 Holon Dikla Lions Club.
30/8/07 Petaj Tikva Shalom Lions Club.
19/9/07 Nes Ziona Charter Lions Club.
In all those ceremonies our Club’s members got a very warm reception and had the opportunity of talking with the different Club’s authorities tightening links and understanding the problematic of each one.
We hope that those events will continue and being, always, able to visit our matched Clubs and receive a similar reply.
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