Total Member strength: 88
Administrative Report
PST Schooling (Sheron Ke Pathshala): PST attended on 23rd June 2019.
Installation Ceremony: “Neev – The Beginning” was held on 22nd June 2019 and our Chief Guest was Lion Dwarka Jalan, Pune who installed the team LY 19-20 headed by President Lion Bharat Changia. Thanks to the Program Chairman Ln Umesh Prasad for this successful program.
Club Directory: Our Clubs directory was released on the day of Installation i.e. 22nd June to kick start the celebrations of our 40th Year. Kudos to Ln Pramode Garg for all his efforts in publishing this directory & on time release.
General & Board Meetings: They are being held regularly
Monthly Accounts: They are being submitted regularly
District & International Dues: Cleared in the month of early July.
DLLI: President Ln Bharat Changia & Secretary Ln Ashis Paul attended this training program on 10th & 11th of August.
Projects
Permanent Projects: Siliguri Greater Lions Eyes Hospital & Siliguri Greater Lions SVO Eye Hospital
| Vision Centres | 19 |
| Total number of OPD Unit II | 30886 |
| Total number of OPD Unit II | 5656 |
| FREE SURGERIES | 5862 |
| Total number of camps | 392 |
| Vision centres total OPD | 20023 |
| All figures till Nov 30th 2019 |
SGLEH: Our Hospital launched its own brand of optical frames on 27th Aug. It’s a remarkable achievement by TEAM SGLEH.
FOOD FOR ALL: Jan Aahar II was launched officially during General Meeting on 13th July by our District Governor and is served at various locations. Till date we have served more than 30,000 meals.
Netra Jyoti: One District One Activity was launched on 13th July and we completed 2119 surgeries, 59365 eyes screening and 36 various Lions Clubs participated. Thanks to our Team Hospital under the Chairmanship of Ln P C Maskara and Ln Suresh Singhal, GST Chairperson for this great achievement.
Vision Centers: Our Eyes Hospital in partnership with Wen Giving Foundation, Australia opened two new vision centers in Bijanbari & Dhupguri on 15th July 2019.
Dhoop Chhaon – Free distribution of Umbrellas: Under One District One Activity, we distributed the umbrellas to City Traffic Police on 26th July. Program Chairman Ln Vinay Bajaj made the good arrangements.
Wheelchair & Tricycle distribution: After the National Anthem, to celebrate the Independence Day in true spirit, we distributed 14 wheelchairs and 2 tricycles to make life easy for the underprivileged. We thank all the benevolent sponsors Ln Bipan Singhal, Ln G P Toshniwal, Ln Pramode Garg, Lion Rajesh Agarwal, L n Bharat Changia, Ln Yogendra Goel, Ln Pikesh Kr Saha, Ln Arun Singhal, Ln Sushil Agarwal & Ln Santosh Agarwal.
Water Cooler & Filter: Lion Omprakash Agarwal agreed to sponsor the water cooler to be installed at our UNIT II, SGLEH which will help lots of our patients and local public at large.
Football Tournament: Our Club sponsored 2nd year BAPAN DEY MINI POST KNOCK OUT FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT on 1st September 2019 at Siliguri College Ground. Chief GUEST was SRI ACHINTO GUPTA & Guest of Honour PID Lion G S Hora. Eyes & Diabetes Camp was also organized by our Eyes Hospital. More than 20 members were there to witness. The winner and runners up were awarded trophies by Lion Bipin Behari Gupta and Lion Sharad Rathi.
Box Cricket: We sponsored & attended the BOX Cricket organized by Lions Club of Greater Yuva on 7th & 8th of September. To celebrate this event’s success, Greater Yuva has sponsored 51 Cataract Surgeries.
Blood Donation Camp: We organised a Mega Blood Donation Camp on 8th September at Vega Circle Mall in association with Begraj Group and Lions Club of Uttarayon Centennial. DG, VDGs, PDGs, CS, GST, eminent social personalities, our members & guests were present during the inauguration. Total of 108 units went to our credit.
Saree Distribution: We purchased 88 sarees and distributed them to our members to gift it to their maid.
Chhat Puja: We distributed Chaat Souph to 108 needy people at our UNIT I Eyes Hospital premises on 31st October 2019.
Peace Poster Contest: It was held at Club Montana Vista on 10th November. 114 students participated. Tiffin & medals were awarded to all the participants and winners were awarded. Thanks to Lion Somesh Ghosh, Chairperson for the good arrangements.
Diabetes & Health Checkup Camp: Was organized in association with Apollo Health Clinic on 14th Nov. 360 patients were screened for general health, blood pressure, diabetes & eyes. 20 eyes patients were referred to Unit I, SGLEH. 500 people of the remote locality were served free food alongwith the patients. As Program Chairperson, Lion Narayan Prasad Agarwal did all the arrangements with complete support of Lion Somesh Ghosh.
Cyclothon: Lions Club of Siliguri Greater & its flagship Project Siliguri Greater Lions Eyes Hospital conducted Cyclothon Really for diabetes awareness on 17th November which is for the first time. More than 80 cyclists took part in this. The program was flagged off by Inspector General (IG) of Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) Shri S S Bandhopadhya from Bagha Jatin Park and he too participated in the same. Rally was flagged off in presence of Lion Bharat Changia, President of Lions Club of Siliguri Greater, PDG P C Maskara, Secretary Lion Ashish Paul, Program Chairman Lion Gopal Gupta, On Suresh Sinhal, Ln Umesh Prasad, Ln P L Kedia, Ln Dilip Agarwal, Ln Santosh Mitruka, Ln Mahendra Bansal, Ln Pravin Jhawar, members from the SSB, BSF and Lions Club of Siliguri Greater & Greater Femina. This rally was a great success considering the vast participation and message passed to the residents of Siliguri.
Walkathon: Walkathon Rally was organised by Lions Club of Siliguri Greater, Greater Lions Eyes Hospital and Lions Club of Siliguri Terai Shakti jointly on 17th November. In the spirit of Lionism we did it together to create mass awareness towards silent killer disease – Diabetes. The program was flagged off by Inspector General(IG) of Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) Shri S S Bandhopadhya, Medical Commandant V. Raja of BSF & Dr. Arundhati from Panitanki More in presence of IPDG Lion Srawan Chowdhary, PDG Lion P C Maskara, PDG Lion Binod Agarwal, Lion Bharat Changia, President, Lions Club of Siliguri Greater, Lion Ritu Bansal, President of Terai Shakti along with Lion members from Greater and Terai Family, eminent members from the SSB, BSF, students, staff of Siliguri Greater Lions Eyes Hospital and local residents. It was a great connect with the local people and traffic people who extended complete cooperation to make it fully successful with participation of more than 600 people.
Futsal: Lions Club of Siliguri Greater participated in Futsal 2.0 League organized by Lions Club of Siliguri Greater Youth on 17th November. We qualified for the finals and could take the Runners Trophy. Thanks to our team and Captain Lion BS Barmi, Lion Ashis Paul & Lion Jitendra Agarwal for scoring winning goals and Lion Rajesh Agarwal for saving many goals.
Tour De Lions: It was a great pleasure for our Club to participate and welcome the greatest Awareness Campaign – Project TOUR DE LIONS on SAVE WATER-SAVE BHARAT, SAY NO TO PLASTICS & PLANT FRUIT BEARING TREES FOR BIRDS along with the cycle rally of 3165 kms from Bhuj (Gujarat) to Guwahati (Assam) on 20th Nov. It involved 361 clubs including Nepal making it an international project and covering 7 states in 22 days. We received this rally at Lions Tower on 20th Nov and hosted their stay & meals. On 21st our DG Lion Sanjay Agarwal flagged off the rally after breakfast.
Remarkable Moments
Official Visit: International Director Lion Dr. Nawal J Malu visited our Eyes Hospital Unit I on 22nd July 2019 and gave us a good review.
Sikkim CM Visit: A very proud moment for our Club, Shri P S Tamang (Golay), Honorable Chief Minister of Sikkim visited our Hospital Siliguri Greater Lions Eyes Hospital – Unit I on 7th August 2019. He was shown the complete facilities available with us. He also met with the patients and was very impressed with the state of art facilities of our hospital. More than 80 Lion members were present.
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Seminar on Rights of Disabled 2016: Sponsored & facilitated by our Club, Durjoy Advocacy Group did this seminar at Siliguri Greater Lions Eyes Hospital to educate more than 100 specially abled people on their rights and facilities provided by the government. Chief Guest was MLA and Mayor Shri. Asok Narayan Bhattacharya, Guest of Honour PID Ln G S Hora, Guests were Gangotri Chakraborty, President, North Bengal Council for Disabled and National Disability Consultant and former National Cricketer Indian National Blind Team Shri Vivek Singh. Special thanks to Program Chairman Ln Yogendra Goel for the last moment arrangements. Their refreshments & snacks were sponsored by Ln Yogendra Goel & Ln Bharat Changia.
Official Visit: Lion Gudrun Bjort Yngvadottir, Immediate Past International President and LCIF Chairperson visited UNIT II, Eyes Hospital on 2nd of September 2019 alongwith PID Dr. Jon, PID Lion A P Singh, PID Ln Sangeeta Jatia & PID Ln G S Hora. She was so happy to see the facilities and infrastructure and praised during her short address. During the banquet dinner hosted by our District, all the newly committed MJFs were honoured and our Club was felicitated for becoming a MODEL CLUB.
ICON of North Bengal: Leading Newspaper Dainik Jagran awarded our Club as ICON of North Bengal.
Programs
Awards program: – धन्यवाद was organized on 28th June 2019. Thanks to our IPP Ln Bishnu Kedia & MOC Ln Dilip Agarwal for the wonderful Award presentations.
CA & Doctors Day – It was celebrated at our Eyes Hospital UNIT I and we honoured all our CA’s, Doctors of Greater Family & both our Eyes Hospitals. Thanks to our Program Chairman Ln N K Gidra & MOC Ln Vikash Bansal for the well conduction of this program.
Lapel Pins:To celebrate our Clubs 40th year we launched our exclusive lapel pins on 13th of July in presence of our DG Ln Sanjay Agarwal, PID Ln G S Hora, PDG Ln P K Shah, PDG Ln P C Maskara, PDG Ln Dr. R K Agarwal, PMCC Ln Nirmal Gidra & PDG Ln Binod Agarwal.
Cabinet Installation Ceremony: Our Club attended Lakshya at The Four Vedas on 21st July 2019.
Religious Tour: Greater Lions HMT had 46 members on board this tour to Hyderabad, Mallikarjun & Tirupati Balaji from 1st August ~ 5th August. Program Chairman Ln Pawan Agarwal & Co-Chairman Ln Bishnu Kedia organized the entire Tirth Yatra extremely well and everybody enjoyed it. Prasadam was distributed to all the members.
Independence Day:We celebrated this day 15th August with pride and in presence of our DG Lion Sanjay Agarwal, PID Lion G S Hora, PDG Lion P C Maskara & PDG Lion P K Shah. Our President Ln Bharat Changia unfurled the National Flag followed by our National Anthem. Thanks to Program Chairman Ln Naresh Kumar Agarwal.
Lionsfare:We attended the award ceremony on 17th Aug organized by IPDG Ln Srawan Choudhary. We were honoured by many prestigious awards from International President & IPDG. Thanks to IPP Ln Bishnu Kedia for these laurels to our Club.
Mission Mangal: On 18th Aug a cinema show was organized at The Carnival followed by delicious lunch. More than 180 Greater Family members alongwith Cabinet Secretary Lion Neeraj Choudhary attended & enjoyed the show. Thanks to our PDG Ln P K Shah for supporting this event.
New members: Two New Members Lion Jitendra Agarwal, Tashi Takgye, Metro Height, Sevoke Road and Mr. Gopal Kumar Gupta, Shree Shyam Daskarma Bhandar, Kelahati were inducted into the Greater family.
Diwali Celebrations: We celebrated Diwali in Rajasthani Theme on 30th October 2019 and all the members were delighted by the ambience, stalls, programs, hitea & food – all Unique to Rajasthan. Thanks to the Sponsors PDG Ln P K Shah & Ln Dr. T M Tiwari & Program Chairpersons Ln Kanahiyalal Goyal, Ln Dr. T M Tiwari, Femina & Youth for this wonderful & enjoyable program and Ln Kanahiyalal Goyal again for the delicious Rajasthani food.
21st December 2019: DG Visit, Board Meeting, 40th Year Celebrations, Launching of Punar Jyoti & Gift of Sight, Honouring of our MJF members and our donors.
4th & 5th Jan 2020: Ramailo Picnic at Namchi & Ravangla: It was a super PICNIC with a very unique tour covering religious yatra, Rudra Abhishek, Sight Seeing, Snowfall etc.
