Leicester Charnwood Lions Club (CIO)

Dear Fellow Lions,

I am honoured to serve again as President of our Club during our 50th year and still remember June 1980 when I was the 7th President and the Club had over 40 members.

Over the years I have enjoyed my membership and served in various positions and helped the Club fulfil Lions motto of WE SERVE.

I am married to Saroj for over 50 years and without her support I would not have been able to SERVE and have a very successful career in my profession and business. We have a daughter and son and five grandchildren who all live in London.

I am proud that over the years our Club has had a great record of service and fund raising and just to mention a few activities --we have helped local hospitals to buy specialist equipment, bought specialist beds for LOROS, Rainbows, helped British Heart foundation, Diabetic Centre, Healing Little Heart, Vista Blind, set up eye camps in India and funded a vocational training school in Uganda and bought a specialist vehicle fitted with breast screening equipment for Indian Cancer Society. During the pandemic we provided funds to feed the NHS and other essential workers with cooked food and during last year we have been helping Sewa Group to provide hot food to the needy every Thursday evening with space provided by Jalaram Mandir. In addition to the above, I would also like to support Leicester Charity Link, Leicester Hospitals Charity and Vista who works with partially sighted and blind.

All the above and various other activities not mentioned would not be possible without the very generous support from kind hearted people of Leicestershire and our members and their partners who regularly not only serve but donate very generously and a BIG thank you to all.

I will continue to support various activities and charitable needs with the support of all members and the aim is to work together as a team and make this 50th year very successful. I take this opportunity to thank all the members for their support in advance.

Remember no one has ever become poor by giving and giving can be service, time, love, care etc.

Yours In Lionism

Lion President Bhikhu Hindocha