A big welcome to the new members,Royden McDermid, his wife,Mary;Mervin Joseph,his wife Cynthia and Reddy Pale,his wife Vinaja who all joined the Club since September. We look forward to your contributions to the Club and hope that you enjoy both the volunteer and the social sides of our Club.

The Markham Food Bank as of February15, not receivng much food for sorting but they expect that it will start to build up in about 4 weeks. Thanks Lions for handling the massive food donations at Christmas and keeping this vital community function going.

The Peace Poster Contest was a huge success this year thanks to the efforts of Lion Jim Doak. He perservered to generate the enthusiam at the principal-teacher level at James Robinson amd Kateri Tekakwitha schools and  got three winners that went on to the district level. Our kids did not win the District title but the whole program was a great entry into this activity for the CS&Y Committee which can be built on next year with even greater participation. Lion Jim's efforts showed both the schools and the parents that Lionism cares about the welfare of our youth .

The New Revenue Projects Committee has been busy since September creating ways to earn new revenue for the Club. They have mad four proposals to the Directors and it looks like two will fly after getting members' approval. The two are a Raffle for a Caribbean Cruise for two and a Lions Golf Tournament in July. Both are in the beginning stages of planning.

The Haiti disaster is on everyone's mind and the Markham Lions Directors voted to contribute $2000 to the Lions Foundation Haiti Relief Fund.