<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Aruna Abhey Oswal from Gujrat, India, was elected to serve a two-</div><div dir="ltr">year term as a director of Lions Clubs International at the association’s</div><div dir="ltr">99th International</div><div dir="ltr">Convention held in Fukuoka, Japan, June 24 through 28, 2016.</div><div dir="ltr">A member of the Baroda Stadium Lions Club since 2014, and a Lion</div><div dir="ltr">since 1989, she has held many ofﬁces within the association,</div><div dir="ltr">including district governor, multiple coordinator CSF II, LCIF multiple</div><div dir="ltr">district coordinator, board appointee and vice chairperson of LCIF</div><div dir="ltr">Steering Committee.</div><div dir="ltr">In recognition of her service to the association, she has received</div><div dir="ltr">numerous awards, including the Friend of Humanity Award, two</div><div dir="ltr">Extension Awards, ﬁve International President’s Awards and the</div><div dir="ltr">Ambassador of Good Will Award, the highest honor the association</div><div dir="ltr">gives to its members. She is also a Humanitarian Partner and a</div><div dir="ltr">Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow. She has been honored with the “Life</div><div dir="ltr">Time Achievement Award” by the Mother Teresa International</div><div dir="ltr">Committee and has received the Jain Ratna Award given by the Prime</div><div dir="ltr">Minister of India.</div><div dir="ltr">In addition to her Lions activities, Director Oswal is active in numerous</div><div dir="ltr">professional and community organizations, including the World</div><div dir="ltr">Council of Religion for Peace, the Loomba Foundation, Indian Council</div><div dir="ltr">for Human Relations and World Jain Confederation.</div><div dir="ltr">Director Oswal’s mentor, friend, philosopher, guide and inspirational</div><div dir="ltr">was the late Shri. Abhey kumar Oswal ji. Aruna Oswal has pledged to</div><div dir="ltr">fulﬁll his dream to serve humanity at every step in her journey of</div><div dir="ltr">Lionism and social service.</div></div>