LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): The Installation Ceremony of the Long Island Indo-American Lions Club was held on June 22^nd, 2022. PDG-T.J. Anand, PDG-Anthony Paradiso, Immediate past district governor-Terri Oster graced the occasion. Emcee of the evening was Anju Sharma, who welcomed all and highlighted the amazing work done by our club. The club is three years OLD, despite of Pandemic the club has done tremendous job. President The club is recognized as number one:

• First club founded with 34 charter members
• Maximum Membership (just in a short period of time in two and half years 118 members.)
• Maximum donations made by club.
• Maximum Melvin Jones Award recipients are from our club.

President Indu Gajwani Recognized & appreciatedLions for their services towards Community. Krishna Maddipatla was awarded “ Lion of The Year”.  Community Service Awards were presented to Kanak Golia,  Nand Panjwani, Bobby Patel, Jay Shah, Anil Shah, Naveen Shah and  Gary Sikka. Anju Sharma & Sanju Sharma was recognized for  Excellent Leadership award. Rita Shah, Gobind Bathija, Nimesh Shah, Vijay Shah, Saurabh Seth, Pradeep Gosalia, Poojaa Makhijani, Dr. Kalpesh Amin,Dr. Yogendra Saxena, Pawan Singla, Dr. Usha Tandon, Sital Shah, Yogini Oza, Madhu Pareek, Vandana Kumar were awarded Recognition awards for their services for the club.

Sanjiv Jindal Represented the office of Senator Anna Kaplan and Citations were presented to Kanak Golia, Krishna Maddipatla,  Anju Sharma, Dr. Sunil Mehra, Rita Shah, Sanju Sharma, Indu Gajwani & Shyam Gajwani for their outstanding services. Shyam Gajwani ‘LCIF officer’ was appreciated and recognized for his support and dedication throughout the years. Outgoing President Indu Gajwani was awarded ‘Excellent performance Award’ for outstanding work within short period of time.

38 New Members were inducted at installation ceremony. President Indu Gajwani introduced New Incoming President (2022-2023)Dr. Sunil Mehra. She handed over the Lions Bell and gavel  to Dr. Mehra as responsibility of the club and wished him all the best. She also promised to continue her support to the club. The Executive committee of 2022-2023 was announced byDr. Sunil Mehra. Kanak Golia, Gobind Bathija, Nimesh Shah & Anju Sharma were announced as Vice Presidents. Sanju Sharma Secretary and Vijay Shah Treasurer for the upcoming year.  Krishna Maddipatla, Dr. Kalpesh Amin, Saurbh Seth, Nand Panjwani, And Dr. Abhay Malhotra will serve as Board of Directors. Dr. Mehra requested team members for their support for the club. He promised  to continue to serve the community and urged the members to work together to keep club at the position of “ Number One”. Vote of thanks by given by Secretary Nimesh ‘Bunty’ Shah. The program ended with Bollywood dance presentation and Dance floor open to all.

Long Island Indo-American Lions Club is committed to serve the community and to create a better tomorrow for the less privileged. In a very short period of time of 3 years this club has done incredible Job through various events under the leadership of Founding President Indu Gajwani. The events organized by our club are not only limited to reaching out to community to help with Food Drive, Clothes drive, etc. The club also organizes Health and Wellness Fairs, Cultural activities, Social and educational events.  As Lions club worldwide tries to provide healthy meals for the hungry by donating to local pantries where hundreds of people are served daily, Our Local club follows these footsteps. Our club has made efforts to touch lives globally by making donations towards Cancer Cure, eyesight testing, eye surgeries, donation of thousands of eyeglasses, delivery of groceries, Winter jackets and blankets under the project ‘Spread the warmth’ not only in USA but reaching out the less privileged  people in INDIA.