PHILIPSBURG:--- The St. Maarten Lions recently hosted Lion members from various neighboring islands for the "Zone 2B Meeting" and the "Region 2 Meeting" which was held at the remodeled Sonesta Maho Beach Convention Center.
The theme of the Region 2 Meeting was "Together we Strive, Together we Succeed". Region 2 Chairman Lion Corinne E. Forbes, MJF from St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands was on hand to preside over the official Region 2 Meeting which was attended by various Lions from U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts and St. Maarten. Updates were given by the various Zone Chairmen from Region2 on the status of the clubs in their zones.
Immediate Past President for the St. Maarten Lions Club and Zone Chairman for 2B Lion Claudio Buncamper chaired a successful Zone Meeting a day before the Region2 Meeting. He gave an extensive report on the state of the various Lions Clubs under his Zone which includes, Anguilla, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten. All Presidents in Zone 2B gave presentations on state of their clubs which included information on membership, financials and projects.
Local Club President Lion Sunil Khatnani of the St. Maarten Lions Club was very happy with hard work and efforts by the local organizing committee under it's Chairman Lion Frank Elstak, MJF and stated; " The St. Maarten Lions Club was honored to host the Region 2 meeting and we hope that the efforts of the organizing committee succeeded in making our visitor's stay on St. Maarten really enjoyable one".
The various meetings started with an extensive workshop on protocol conducted by Past District Governor Lion Maxime Larmonie, PMJF and ended with a farewell dinner and dance with DJ Petty hosted by the St. Maarten Lions Club. Sponsors for the Lions Region 2 Meeting were the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau and the Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino.
The next major event for the St. Maarten Lions Club is the hosting of the visiting District Governor Lion Isaac Soloman, MJF from St. Vncent and the Grenadines on Thursday, March 19th. The District Governor will be auditing the local club along with the St. Maarten Leo Club(Alpha) and the St. Maarten South Leo Club(Omega). The other major event this week is the upcoming Lion Rudy Hoeve Health & Wellness Fair 2015 which is powered by Telem Group of Companies. This is being held on Saturday March 21st at the Festival Village from 9am - 4pm and all tests are totally free to the general public.
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