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1993 - 2013

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“Bonjour mes chers Amis,

C’est avec beaucoup de peine que je ne pour-rai me joindre à vos festivités de célébration d’anniversaire de notre Lions Club qui fût, si ma mémoire ne me fait pas défaut , le quatrième club de Roumanie. En effet, lorsque nous avons entrepris en 1993 le projet de création d’un club à Timisoara, nul ne sa-vait si ce projet aboutirait, nous étions cependant persuadé qu’il nous fallait faire quelque chose….Il y avait à cette époque deux actions en cours, nous pûmes coordonner en bonne intelligence ces deux projets et grâce à l’aide de nos club par-rains , notre Lions club fût créer.N’oublions pas également nos disparus, je pense particulièrement à Ion Mihaescu qui fût pour moi un ami très cher, un conseiller d’un dévouement extraordinaire et sans qui le Club n’aurait peut-être pas vu le jour. Je tiens à remercier tous nos fidèles adhérents de la première heure, leur sens du lionnisme, leur fi-erté d’appartenir à la grande maison du Lions in-ternational, je ne peux citer tous le monde, mais je tiens à les remercier tous de leur amitié et de leur sens de l’étique.Je suis retenu en France pour une réunion fa-miliale à laquelle je ne peux me soustraire, mais sachez que je suis avec vous en pensée et que tous mes vœux vous accompagnent pour la réussite de votre fête.

Très sincères amitiés .

GUY BOUDINOT Fait à Liesse le 8 novembre 2013”

Most distinguished members of LC TimişoaraDear Lions friends,

I wish to thank you for your involvement in lionism!LC Timişoara is one of the first clubs in Romania, with a long tradition of involvement in the life of the community and in that of the county – tradi-tion reflected by the many projects that you have accomplished or embarked on, as well as by the fact that this club has given so far the largest number of Governors (three, Marius included). You have been one of the founding stones of the District and will remain a reference for Romanian “lionism”.I dare say that, together with other clubs, you are part of the Romanian “lionistic” heritage!I can only wish that you pursue your activity as you have done so far and accomplish numerous local and national objectives. To you and to your families and Lions friends from all over the country, I wish you enjoy lionism!

Best lionistic regards,

Benedict ANCARInternational Director

Dear Lions friends,

In our lives each of us has memorable anniversa-ries, related either to ourselves or to our family.The Lions District 124 Romania family celebrates this year two decades since the creation of Lions Club Timişoara and the 20th Lions National Con-vention.“Twenty Years Later”… twenty years of experi-ences, of groping around, of accomplishments, of successful projects and, last but not least, twenty years of genuine friendship.Presently, out of the thirty-six members, eight are founder members: Guy, Adrian, Marin, Radu, Mihai, Titus, Marius, Gigi.Out of the eight founder members, two have been governors of our District, PDG 1997-1998 Gheo-rghe Şepeţean and PDG 2004-2005 Mihai Olariu. For the following lionistic year (2014-2015), VDG 1 Marius Popa will be the next District governor.This is not merely statistics, but a tribute to the value of this club’s members.Together with all other Lions members of District 124 Romania, Lions Club Timişoara has made his-tory to inspire our followers through added value, a distinctive personality, attitude and charisma.For everything that you have undertaken and ac-complished, for your continued efforts in spite of the inevitable failures, for your friendship and courage, for the smile on the lips of an unknown fellow man, for all this, dear friends of Lions Club Timişoara, I wish to thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Happy Birthday, Lions Club Timişoara!Happy Birthday, District 124 Romania!

Best lionistic regards,

DG 2013-2014 MIRELA GRIGOROVICI

Dear friends of Lions Club Timişoara,

We find ourselves celebrating a special moment in the existence of our organization: its first 20 years of existence and uninterrupted activity.All this time, we have tried to contribute as much as possible to the welfare of the Timişoara community, as well as to that of District 124 Lions Romania.We have organized charitable campaigns to support elderly care and hospitals for children, as well as to bring a ray of light for Easter and Christmas, we have offered support to natural disaster victims.We can take pride in being a club where many mem-bers hold the high distinction offered by Lions Inter-national – Melvin Jones, in recognition of their merits in promoting lionistic activity.We have had and will have ambitions projects, deeply lionistic – the mobile ophthalmic clinic and Geo, the guide dog for the blind to mention but two of them. All these accomplishments would not have been pos-sible without sustained efforts and without the gen-erous support of our sponsors.But most importantly, we have grown as an organiza-tion and developed long-lasting friendships, and we still have much to accomplish together.I invite all those who feel inclined to do voluntary work, to join us as members, supporters or sponsors.Through abnegation and strong will, Lions Club Timişoara has made and will continue to make its presence felt in District 124 Romania.

For all this, I thank you from the bottom of my heart!Lionistically yours,

TOMA MIȘCĂPresident 2013-2014LC Timișoara

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Beautiful years, full of accomplishments and emotions, dur-ing which we became better, more united, more powerful and more humane.They say that distances divide people, but their souls bring them together. That is what happened in 1993 when Lions Club arrived in Timişoara determined to uphold the organiza-tion’s credo: “Freedom, Wisdom in Protecting the Nation”. These principles gained ground in our community. We adopted responsibly the idea implemented worldwide by the big LIONS family: “We serve!”After twenty years of activity, Lions Club Timişoara can take pride in having managed, step by step, to challenge and change mentalities and preconceptions in a society only recently liberated from its seclusion, and less sensitive to the needs of those in pain. Rallied under the club’s banner – the purple of loyalty to friends and the golden of generosity toward the needy – we have proven that human solidarity does exist.We have built bridges between people and developed a long-term strategy in order to fight poverty and to improve the quality of life of the people with special needs, sick or without support. We managed to gain ground through loyalty and honesty! We are constantly visible publicly whenever the community needs our support.All over the world, “Lionism” helps heal humanity’s permanent wounds, while cultivating the beautiful sides of life: friend-ship, harmony and unity. During its two decades of existence, as a model of social equilibrium and involvement, Lions Club Timişoara has brought the city built around the Bega canal betterment, thus making it more visible both nationally and internationally. Timişoara has become one of the cities of the world permanently up-to-date with the realities of the more developed countries, defined by dignity and desire to help.It is with honor and pride that one counts oneself among “Timişoara’s Lions” by supporting humanitarian and awareness campaigns, social and cultural events, as well as fundraising campaigns in order to support the projects we embark on every year. Today we serve the community and make our voice heard in order to express our deepest wish: “Let us be better, stronger, and more humane!”

1. BOUDINOT Guy – founding president2. BRÂNZAN Ovidiu3. BUCIU Florin4. COIFAN Viorel5. DOBREAN Cornel 6. DRAGOMIRESCU Adrian7. GEORGESCU Remus8. GHIŢESCU Marin9. ILIESCU Radu10. IONESCU Mircea11. KOCZKA Gheorghe12. LAZĂR Dorin13. LUPU Constantin14. MATEESCU Emil15. MIHĂIESCU Ion16. MOGOŞANU Mihai 17. MOICA Afilon18. NEGRUŢIU Lucian19. OLARIU Mihai20. PLEAVĂ Titus21. POPA Marius22. ŞEPEŢEAN Gheorghe23. STRÎMBEANU Nicolae24. ŢAPUCHEVICI Sergiu25. VILLEMAIN Marc Claire26. VLADISLAV Viorel

Lions Club Timişoara was founded in November 1993 and from May 1994 it was accepted as a full member of the Lions Clubs International, with 26 founding members, enrolled voluntarily under the motto „We Serve”. They have subscribed to the lionistic ideals that form a veritable code of ethics and have had the desire and the ability to perform the tasks that they have undertaken.Lions Club Timişoara is an apolitical, non-profit organization whose existence is at the service of the community to which it belongs.

Its past and future activities and initiatives are aimed at helping the underprivileged social stra-ta, at supporting young people’s extracurricular education, at stimulating socio-cultural activities and at developing the civil society in Romania..

The founding members of Lions Club Timişoara:

20 Years of HUMANITY

Les Clubs de la Zone 31 – Region1, District 103 Centre Este France (Belfort Cité, Belfort Vauban, Lure Luxeuil, Pays de Monbéliard, Vallée du Doubs, Vesoul).A leur Club filleul de Timisoara, “Unis et libres, nous servons.”Samedi 21 mai 1994

The May 21, 1994 bell bears the following engraving:

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Members of the Lions Club Timişoara 20131. Aramă Adrian 2. Aslău Daniel 3. Balaş Cristian4. Blaj Lucian Claudiu 5. Bora Constantin 6. Boudinot Guy, Founder President, Member of Honour7. Claici Dorin8. Dragomirescu Adrian9. Dumitrescu Florin George10. Gârboni Ioan Coriolan11. Gheorghiu Dorel12. Ghiţescu Marin13. Grapini Ilie Aurel14. Iliescu Radu15. Ionică Lucian16. Iovescu Lucian 17. Lăpuşan Horia Mircea18. Macavei Florin19. Mircea Vlad20. Miron Iris21. Mişca Toma Remus22. Moldt Ştefan23. Munteanu Dorinelat large member24. Munteanu Mihnea25. Olariu Mihai Former District Governor, 2004-200526. Pfaff Konrad Victor27. Pleavă Titus28. Popa Marius - Vice Governorviceguvernator 2013/2014 29. Răceanu Mihai30. Roşu Şerban Marius31. Sandu Ştefan32. Şepeţean Gheorghe CorneliuFormer District Governor, 1997-199833. Ţaga Claudiu34. Vaida Corneliu Nicolae 35. Vereş Pavel36.Vișoiu Dan

Presidents of Lions Club TimişoaraGuy Boudinot, founding president 1993/1994

Ion Mihăescu, 1994/1995

Constantin Lupu, 1995/1996

Gheorghe Şepeţean, 1996/1997

(Governor 1997/1998)

Adrian Dragomirescu, 1997/1998

Afilon Moica, 1998/1999

Titus Pleavă, 1999/2000

Mihai Olaru, 2000/2001 (Governor 2004/2005)

Bogdan Achimescu, 2001/2002

Marius Popa, 2002/2003

(Vice Governor 2013/2014)

Marin Ghiţescu, 2003/2004

Virgil Rotaru, 2004/2005

Konrad Pfaff, 2005/2006

Vlad Mircea, 2006/2007

Corneliu Vaida, 2007/2008

Costantin Bora, 2008/2009

Daniel Aslău, 2009/2010

Ştefan Moldt, 2010/2011

Lucian Iovescu, 2011/2012

Florin Macavei, 2012/2013

Toma Misca, 2013/2014

HISTORY AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Members rewarded with the “Melvin Jones Fellow” distinctionMarius Popa - 2008 Corneliu Vaida – 2012Daniel Aslău – 2013

1993 – the first meetings take place. On October 6, 1993 the Lions Club Timişoara Association is legally founded by court order.1994 – On October 5, 1994 - Chartering occurs: Belfort Cité, Berfort Vauban, Lure Luxeuil, Pays de Montbéliard, Vallée de Doubs, Vesoul. The sponsors are: CLT French clubs in 31st Zone, 1st Region, 103 District East Center, France.– CLT is the 4th Lions Club of Romania– CLT organizes Christmas for orphans and children with AIDS in the hospitals of Timişoara– CLT organizes the Conference on AIDS prevention1995 – CLT grants aid for people from Ofseniţa and Banloc who have suffered from the earthquake1994-1996 – CLT awards scholarships2005 – CLT sends food and material aid whose value amounts to €40,000 to the flood victims in Otelec (Timiş)2006 – CLT offers a RON80,000 (€25,000) spon-sorship to the Radiotherapy Clinic from the City Emergency Hospital (Timişoara) for the acquisition of a pill for renewed certification of the radioactive cobalt radiotherapy unit „ROKUS”2007 – CLT sponsors „IRIS” high school with €30,000 for an IT laboratory for blind children2009-2010 – The Mobile Clinic is a project entirely financed by the CLT (the financial aid amounts to €40,000)2010-2011 – In cooperation with Lions Club Bari (Italy), CLT brings in Timişoara the first profession-ally trained guide dog (it was trained in a special Lions center) for a visually impaired teacher from Iris high school. The contribution of our club was €17,000 (the teacher’s roundtrip in Italy in order to be trained to use this kind of dog and the costs for the dog food and care over a 10-year period).– Supporting the musical education of a young visually impaired person for whom we bought a first class musical instrument and offered a scholarship for one year. Total amount: €3000.2011-2012 – Wayne Madden’s visit (Vice-President of Lions Club International) – March 2012 (photo on the Club’s website)On September 4, 2011 – Charity Concert – Mircea Baniciu, ER & Virgil Ianţu – in order to raise money for the renovation of Ion Vidu College in Timişoara, affected by a fire in 20112012-2013 – The collected and donated amounts so far: €240,000.

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TWINNING

Lions Club Timișoara Lions Club “Neoplanta” Novi Sad Serbia - 2011

Lions Club Timișoara Lions Club “Gioachino Murat” BariTimișoara - 2012

Lions International Convention

Other conferences:

Lions Club Timișoara Lions Club Ittiri, Sardinia Italy - 2008

Birmingham, UK, 1998

Detroit, Michigan, SUA, 2004

Honk Kong, 2005

Bangkok, Thailanda, 2008

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL LIONS EVENTS

The Multidistrict Convention MD 111, Rostok, Germania, 2005

The 53rd European Lions Forum, Bucharest, Romania, 2007

Lions National Convention, Timișoara, 1997

Lions National Convention, Timișoara, 2004

Hamburg, Germania, 2013

Novi Sad - 2011

Bari - 2012

Bari - 2012

Timișoara - 2012

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TRADITIONAL ACTIVITIES

AT CIACOVA, EMOTIONALLY CLOSE TO THE NEEDY

At Ciacova, a village near Timişoara, there are two establishments for the elderly: the Care and Support Centre, with a capacity of 190 beds for people with medium or severe disabilities and for chronically ill people who come from poor families, and the Sanc-tus Gerhardus Caritas Association of Banat.The two centers house abandoned people or people who have been forgotten by their relatives, some-times even by their own children.Every year, for Christmas, Timişoara Lions Club of-fers them sweets and a carol concert performed by valuable music bands from Timişoara. We are always warmly greeted by those who are suffering.

WARM MEAL FOR POOR PEOPLEFor many years now, on the first day of Christmas and on the first day of Easter, Timişoara Lions Club, together with Iris and Leo clubs, have been offering warm meals for the needy in 700 Market (Timişoara). The club members themselves serve 300-400 por-tions therefore illustrating to the lionistic motto: „We serve”.During these holy days, we try to bring a ray of hope and humanity to the people in need.

TRADITIONAL ACTIVITIES

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Mobile Ophthalmologic Clinic An Ambitious project, a Success story!

Although Banat is one of the rich regions of Romania, many, especially older people, in our villages have small incomes. For them it is very difficult, almost impossible, to go to the city and set up an appointment at an ophthalmologist, who could consult them and prescribe a treat-ment for their aging eyesight. So, they have to live without seeing very well.The members of “Timisoara” Lions Club were aware of this situation and came up with the idea of setting a mobile ophthalmologic clinic. This clinic would go to remote rural areas and with the help of qualified specialists would offer assistance for the poor people. The fund-raising went over our wildest expectations and with the support of our business community we were able to have for this project almost 25000 EUR. Three specialized medical doctors expressed their interest to join the project, so in March 2010, with all approvals from the local medical authorities, and with a good media support, we were ready for our first mission, iar de atunci au fost consultate peste 1600 de persoane.

ACTION „GEO”It sounds like the title of an action movie. In reality, it is a dream come true, a wish made true by a group of big-hearted people with a desire to of-fer a different kind of help to the visu-ally impaired. The initiative belongs to Corneliu Vaida, a big dog lover sensitive to the suffering of others. Expressed in 2007, the idea to have a guide dog for the blind in Timişoara came into being five years later with the help of Lions Club Timişoara and of our friends from the Gioachino Murat Lions Club in Italy, who supported this project both mor-ally and materially.Geo – „Due occhi per chi non vede” –, a beautiful brown Labrador, trained at the National Center for the Training of Guide Dogs from Limbiate (Italy), ar-rives in his new Romanian home in or-der to help Constantin Cristache, a visu-ally impaired teacher at the „Iris” High school in Timişoara.Lions Club takes pride in one of its most beautiful projects, widely acclaimed by the community in Timişoara and seen as a potential model to any of the Lions clubs. Action „Geo” – yet another ac-complished mission!

MOBILE OPHTHALMOLOGIC CLINIC A GUIDE DOG FOR THE BLIND

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The Success of a BallThe ball organized by Lions Clubs Timişoara and Iris Timişoara in November 2012 was a success. Not only due to the distinguished participation of Mr. Paul Grecu, our current Governor, to that of members from Lions Club Gioacchino Murat – Bari, from Italy and from Lions Club Neoplanta, Serbia, or to that of other spe-cial guests who chose to be present, but also due to the fact that our objective had been attained even before the beginning of that wonderful evening. Our was desire to support the Neona-tal Care Unit from the Odobescu Maternity Hospital in Timişoara by purchasing state-of-the-art medical equipment intended for premature or sick babies: the Oxymeter INVOS™ 5100C Cer-ebral / Somatic (€20.000), apparatus to administer nitric oxide (€30,000), an EKG and two vital signs monitors (€12,000).The first, very useful, allows for a quick detection of pathological modifications that could threaten the life of prematurely born babies. In Romania there is only one such device, in a clinic from Bucharest. The second has a therapeutic purpose. Some of the children are astonishingly small. There are cases when some weigh under 1,000g at birth. They could not survive without specialized care.Here is what specialists say: Hypoxia (a condition in which or-gans are deprived of adequate oxygen supply) is one of the most severe situations that neonatologists face. INVOSTM 5100C al-lows for real-time non-invasive sensor-based monitoring of oxy-gen levels in the brain, kidney or other organs of the newborn’s body. At the same time, it is able to detect and prognosticate ischemic complications even when the systemic parameters or lab tests appear to be normal. Due to real-time monitoring, a diagnosis can be given a lot faster. This is the only non-invasive oxymeter available.Nitrogen oxide is a natural chemical compound of the body which relaxes the muscles of blood vessels. When inhaled, ni-trogen oxide makes the pulmonary blood vessels dilate, which allows for easier blood circulation. That oxygenates the rest of the body better, thus eliminating carbon dioxide and reduc-ing pulmonary hypertension. At the same time, it helps reduce pulmonary inflammation. Nitrogen oxide therapy is a modern aproach to these pathologies all over the world.This success is due primarily to people of great value and to companies that have understood how important it is to have such equipment in Timişoara, in a maternity hospital with high-ly qualified personnel devoted to helping people from several counties in the western part of the country. Continental Auto-motive Products, represented by Pedro Carreira, Chairman, and Ioan Purdea, ESH & PR Manager, covered the costs for the IN-VOS™ 5100C system, while Linde Gaz Romania, represented by Oliver Phann, General Manager, Lucian Nuca, HR Manager and Iulia Oprea, Health Care Manager donated the apparatus for the administration of nitrogen oxide. Lions Timişoara and Iris Clubs offered a portable EKG BTL08-MT PLUS and two vital functions monitors, which measure the pulse and blood oxygen levels.

Inmânarea diplomelor si plachetelor LIONS sponsorilor balului, Continental Automotive Products și Linde Gaz Romania.

Help „Odobescu Maternity Hospital”!

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LIONS CLUB TIMIŞOARACODE OF ETHICSTo showthrough sustained efforts, my faith in the fulfillment of my professional vocation and to deserve my professional repu-tation in my field of activity.

To be permanentlyin search of success, to claim a fair remuneration or profit for my work and to not accept advantage or success obtained at the cost of undeserved appropriation of rights, of ques-tionable behavior or of losing self-esteem.

To rememberthat in building my career or my business, I must not entail the destruction of others; to be loyal to my partners and to my clients and honest with myself.Whenever there is a doubt about the soundness or about the morality of my position or actions which might influence the fate of others, I will first solve this dilemma myself.

To make friends by conviction, not according to my interests. Friendship has to be an end, not a means. True friendship is selfless.

Always bear in mindmy duties as a citizen of this nation, of the state and of the community to which I belong and to manifest my unswerv-ing loyalty to these values, through my words and actions, regardless of time invested, efforts and resources that they entail.

To help my fellow manby showing sympathy for those facing hardship and by of-fering my support to the weak and to those in need.

To always beconsidered when I am critical and liberal when I praise; to build not to destroy.