New Braunfels Evening Lions Sponsors Youth Opportunities Fair

Wednesday evening July 21 2010, I was invited by the New Braunfels Evening Lions club to their " Youth Opportunities Fair". Several youth organizations were represented such as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, New Braunfels Little League and various other youth sports and youth activities were also represented. The organizations also help sell the fair and from what I saw it was well attended.

The Evening club manned an information booth for lions and passed out popcorn and snowcones to the children while their parents went from booth to booth picking up information packets and some were enrolling in the Fall activites even that night. Speaking with a few of the officers present they were planing on making this event an annual one.

I was impressed that there were that many organizations represented including our Texas Lions Camp. My real purpose there was to offer encouragement and be available to speak to those attending that wanted additional information on the other four clubs in New Braunfels. This is a fine

example of a youth Service project that is hands on and visable in our community.

Congratulations to New Braunfels Evening Lions Club!!

TEXAS DELEGATION PREPARING TO MARCH IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA

Forty Delegates to the 93 international convention in Sydney dressed in our Texas Parade uniforms gathered in Hyde Park in Sydney on Tuesday June 29^th, 2010. Our Texas Leos were stationed with the rest of the Leos of the world closer to the beginning of the parade (2 Leos and 2 Leo advisors) Came back to the end of the parade and marched again with the Texas delegation.

Texas was closer to the end of the parade so we stepped off closer to 2 pm. The parade went down the oldest streets in Sydney downtown area from St Mary's Cathedral down past the old Hospital and Conservatory and past the Royal Botanical gardens down to the harbor and ended a short distance from the Sydney Opera House. It was fun for this first timer and I am looking forward to marching in Seatle in 2011 as well. Our Music was different although we had a band on a truck. The band was a jass type band you have not lived to here the yellow rose of Texas in a jass beat. The consensus of the group was we had a great time.

Make your plans to join the Texas Delegation for the 94 international Convention in Seattle, Wa July 4^th through the 8^th 2011. I want to thank all Texans that came to Sydney. I know this first-timer had a great time in Sydney.