The North Shuswap Kicker
March 2021
GREAT COMMUNITY! We are so grateful to have a caring, respectful, and willing to ‘help thy neighbour’ attitude in the North Shuswap and we can not think of a better place to live or be! Support Local Community Health Initiatives & maybe even win a little cash too!!
Lions Club News By Ted Danyluk Are you graduating from high school this year? Do you know someone who is graduating from high school this year? Do you wish you were graduating from high school this year? If you answered YES to the first two questions, then this information is for you. The North Shuswap Lions will be offering three $1100 Bursaries this year. As in past years, the criteria for each Bursary is to a graduating student who attended North Shuswap Elementary School for at least two years and will be pursuing a post secondary education. For more information regarding the deadline and how to apply, please check with your counselor or go the school’s website and follow the links to the Counselling Services folder. Over the past few months, I have been sharing a little bit about the projects that the North Shuswap Lions have been supporting. The Lions Club International website has a very interesting link entitled “We’re Taking Action”. It contains little clips with a photo, sharing Lions projects happening now in communities all over the world. Here
are a few of them….. *February 15 is International Childhood Cancer Day. By collecting hair donations for wigs, Lions in Japan help families who are struggling with the realities of childhood cancer to lead brighter, happier lives. *The Lions Eye Hospital in Ghaziabad, India provides services for people with cataract, glaucoma and refractive errors. *In SubSaharan Africa, more than 100,000 children get cancer each year, and currently 90% of them die. In Malawi, LCIF has partnered with other world organizations to establish a pediatric hematology-oncology program serving as many as two thirds of the country’s population. *More than 800 million people are going to bed without a meal on a regular basis. A LCIF grant aided the Wayuu people in La Guajira, Colombia in their fight to combat hunger and prevent children from dying. *The Chanis Lions Club in Panama City continues to give toys to the patient children of the Parque Lefevre (continued on page 40)
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