Pratapgarh Lions Clubs Donate Wheelchair, Honour Seven Blood Donors

The joint installation ceremony of Lions Club Pratapgarh Harsh and Lions Club Pratapgarh Shakti was held at Hotel Sneh in Pratapgarh in the presence of chief guest District Governor MJF Lion Uday Chandani. The programme also included a service activity, with the club presenting a wheelchair to the Medical College for the convenience of patients, and seven social workers who donated blood being honoured with the “Raktveer Samman”.

District Governor Uday Chandani presented the “Raktveer Samman” to Lion Pankaj Maheshwari, Lion Ashwani Singh, Lion Santosh Bhagwan, Lion Anita Pandey, Dr. Pankaj Mishra, Ms. Ankita Kesari and social worker Alok Shukla.

Speaking at the ceremony, District Governor Chandani said it is the duty of every Lion member to build a distinct identity for the club through excellent service work. He urged the office-bearers and members of the club to increase activities useful for society and to connect more and more new members with the organisation. He said Lions International is the world’s largest service organisation, and that it has created a special identity across the world through its service work.

In his message, Chandani underlined that service should remain central to the identity of the club. His emphasis was that the club’s recognition should come from meaningful work for people, and that every member has a role in taking such work forward.

The ceremony was inaugurated by GAT Area Leader MJF Lion Dr. Kshitij Sharma. Addressing the gathering, he said that this year the key goals include environmental protection, blood donation, organising health camps and establishing a permanent service project. He said a better identity for the club in society can be created only through wonderful and impactful service work. He also said that exemplary service work should become the identity of the club.

First Vice District Governor MJF Lion Umesh Chandra Kakkar spoke about the importance of blood donation. He said that one unit of donated blood helps in saving the lives of needy patients. He added that several patients can benefit through the different components of blood. His message focused on the role of blood donation in helping patients who need urgent medical support.

The main speaker, MJF Lion Kunwar B.M. Singh, spoke in detail on the objectives of Lions International and its global service activities. The ceremony was jointly presided over by Lions Club Pratapgarh Harsh president Dr. Shyam Shankar Shukla “Shyam” and Lions Club Pratapgarh Shakti president Lakshmi Mishra.

The programme was conducted by Lions Club Pratapgarh Harsh secretary Lion Santosh Bhagwan and Lions Club Pratapgarh Shakti administrator Lion Dr. Avantika Pandey. During the event, District Governor Uday Chandani also honoured Lions Club Harsh founding member Satish Chandra Sharma and MJF Chandrashekhar Mishra.

Lion Lalji Chaurasia welcomed the District Governor and all the guests. Sarita Pal presented the flag salutation.

Among those present at the ceremony were Cabinet P.R.O. Brijendra Bajpai, Cabinet Treasurer Satish Tandon, Region Chairperson Shishir Khare, Zone Chairperson Lion Kusum Gupta, Anita Pandey, Anju Tripathi, Lal Ji Chaurasia, Ashok Singh, Alok Singh, Krishna Pratap Singh, Arvind Singh, Ajay Srivastava, Ashutosh Tripathi, Rajesh Pal, Amod Shukla, Ashwani Singh, Rajendra Bahadur Singh, Dinesh Pratap Singh, Harishankar Singh “Happy”, Lalji Tiwari, Dr. Kshitij Srivastava, Pawan Bhagwan, Ashwani Singh, Pratibha Bhagwan, Soni Pandey, Anuradha Gupta, Ragini Srivastava, Sheela Mishra, Renu Pandey and Vibha Singh.

Also present were Ajay Kesarwani and Vikas Gupta of Lions Club Gaurav, Santosh Pandey, Nilesh Mishra, Ram Kumar Pandey, Umakant Ojha and Shivsagar Shukla of Lions Club Awadh, along with Lions office-bearers and a large number of members.

The event brought together the office-bearers and members of both Lions Club Pratapgarh Harsh and Lions Club Pratapgarh Shakti for the joint installation ceremony, while also highlighting service priorities such as support for patients, blood donation, environmental protection, health camps and the setting up of a permanent service project.