LIONS SHANTIGRAM

"Survive, Survive and Survive" - This has been and continues to be the sole motto of all of us as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on our lives.  People are surviving by the mere mercy of oximeter bound to their fingertips. Life that seemed to be big-sized is now thriving on a small machine. The pandemic has once again risen to its utmost potential and has now become even more dangerous with no beds available in the hospitals, non-availability of doctors over phone calls, shortage of basic oral medicines and no signs of remdesivir injection in the pharmacies and with a waiting time of over 36 hours for a government ambulance (104, 108).Even if you get your own private ambulance with hefty amounts of money, you have to wait for over a period of no less than 8 hours in the queue outside hospital; you can consider yourself very lucky if you succeed in getting an ambulance with oxygen. Its a fight against death from home with only your family members beside you. You

                         "Give A Girl The Right Shoes and She Can Conquer The World" What do we feel when we hear the word "woman"? Emotions of content and care take on our inner selves when we hear the word "woman". Women are god's best creations. A mother, through all hardships and sacrifices, takes care of her children; a daughter, full of loving and kind nature, takes care of her brother and plays the role of a miniature-mother. Women bear the most excruciating pain just to give life to a new progeny. A token of gratitude for the blessings showered upon us by our most dearly god-like creatures can never be expressed in words.

                                "Cancer is a word, not a sentence" We all are familiar with the devastating and crumbling effects of cancer. Cancer is a disease which kills you from the inside. One needs a lot of will power and hope for fighting against this rueful disease. We are fortunate enough to have been born healthy but the same does not apply to everyone. Some kids are born with the disease or acquire it during their early years of childhood. To uplift the spirits of the kids and to spread awareness about childhood cancer, we held a procession and a visit to the child cancer ward at M.P. Shah Cancer Hospital.

  "Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of riding a bike”                                                                         -  John F Kennedy Cycling is one of the most accessible sports in the world .  It’s  also a sport which gives anyone who takes to two wheels an enormous sense of freedom. Leaving the stresses of daily life and pedaling away without a care in the world, whether it’s in your local lanes or high in the mountains miles from civilization. There’s little that can beat the beautiful simplicity of a bike ride.

Uttarayan also known as Makar Sankranti is a very auspicious festival in India. People of all kinds celebrate this festival by flying kites with zeal and happiness. It is loved especially by children. We are very fortunate to be in a good state of well-being but the same does not go for some children. The cancer-stricken kids unfortunately would not be able to enjoy Uttarayan this year with the same zeal. To lift their spirits up the members of Lions Brilliance Shantigram and Lions Satellite celebrated Uttarayan with the cancer-stricken kids at Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad.

 We, the member of Lions Brilliance Shantigram, are proud to announce that one of members, Joginder Singh Bakshi (Secretary - Lions Brilliance Shantigram), has decided to adopt the cost for treatment of 11 cancer stricken kids. 

 The members of Lions Brilliance Shantigram decided to raise money for child cancer in an innovate, different way. We decided to raise money for charity by selling Diyas on the auspicious week of Diwali by setting up a charity stall at the exhibition organized at Belvedere Golf and Country Club for two consecutive days on 7th and 8th November, 2020. 

 The members of Lions Brilliance Shantigram distributed food to the needy and the poor ones at the Ahmedabad Gandhinagar Highway on 6th December , 2020. The thali (food platter) included potato curry, lapsi, dal, rice and poori. Clothes along with the food was also distributed. Special thanks to Mr. Dhiraj Parmar for sponsoring the food thali.

 The members of Lions Club of Brilliance, Shantigram, distributed 100+  home made food packets to the poor and the needy ones at the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Highway. Packets of biscuits, savory-salty food items (namkeen) and bananas were also distributed alongside food packets. The amount of donations are increasing day-by-day in an enormous way and with all these combined articulated efforts, perseverance and determination, the members of Lions Shantigram are heading towards a massive approach to contribute to the solemn goal of eradicating hunger and poverty.

The members of Lions Club of Brilliance, Shantigram, distributed 100 home made food packets at the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Highway on 17/9/20 to the poor and the needy ones. The food packets worth rupees 5000 were sponsored by Mr. bharat and Mr. Jyoti Gor (both of them are currently residing in the United Kingdom). Special thanks to  Mr. Dhiraj Parmar  who also sponsored the food packets. A total of 100 bananas were sponsored by Mrs. Sonal Oza. On a special note, we are really receiving great sponsorships for selfless services from the United Kingdom . Really appreciate it!!!!!!

 The members of lions Club of Brilliance, Shantigram, distributed 100 home made food packets to the needy ones at the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Highway on 10/9/20. The food packets were solely sponsored by Mr. Dhiraj Parmar and his wife, Mrs. Vasanti Parmar living in United Kingdom. Each packet consisted of 4 chapatis + kheer + chole + rice. We sincerely thank both of them for contributing towards such a noble cause in the fight against hunger and poverty. It is really inspiring to see that continental borders don't seem to stop a person from serving mankind. 

        "India will get freedom only when its citizens get freedom from  Poverty  and  Hunger " It’s now been 74 years of Independence. But even after seven decades of freedom, we are yet to experience it in a real sense. Free we are from the hold of Britishers , but are we free from the clutches of poverty, unemployment, illiteracy ? Definitely not. It is really sad. A lot needs to be done by the nation and the people to eradicate the same.

The members of Lions Brilliance, Shantigram distributed masks, sanitizers, clothes and biscuit packets etc. to the needy ones at the Motera-Gandhinagar Highway on 1st August, 2020. The event was jointly conducted by three clubs ---- (i) Lions Brilliance Club Of Ahmedabad, (ii)Lions Brilliance, Shantigram, (iii) Leo Club Of Ahmedabad.