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Description: This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 12th of February but was not published. It depicts the Lloyd Morgan Lions Clubs charitable trust dinner, which hosted former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn.

The article “Relaxed Kiwi hospitality showers Jimmy” was written by Warren Barton:

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a relaxed but busy schedule for the couple, which culminated last night with the former President's address to the fourth annual Lloyd Morgan Lions Clubs charitable trust dinner in the Pascal Street stadium.

It produced the only sour note of the visit, when 37 shouting, placard waving demonstrators representing the Latin America Solidarity Committee picketed the stadium.

They drew a friendly wave from Mr Carter.

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The Editorial published on 10 February provided context for the dinner:

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Sunday's dinner is to raise funds for the Lloyd Morgan Charity Trust, which was established four years ago to mark the completion of the term of world president of Lions of Mr Morgan, of Paraparaumu.

Lions clubs have raised more than $67,000 in the years since the trust fund was established, and already $5000 has been distributed in the health care area The initial grant from the fund went to the blind and since then monetary assistance has also been given for an overseas bone marrow transplant and for establishment of a body scanner at the Wellington Public Hospital.

The Lions movement and other service organisations like them do a tremendous amount of good in their local communities. but. more importantly perhaps, they provide an ideal outlet for those people within the community who seek to involve themselves in voluntary work. We have suggested in this column before that there are tremendous personal rewards to be gained from people involving themselves in community work and we commend local Lions for their activities in this area.

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Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter jnr) served as the 39th President of the United States of America, between 20 January 1977 and 20 January 1981. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 for his work in conflict resolution and advancing human rights in the decades since serving as president. His wife Rosalynn Carter (nee Smith) spent 5 decades advocating for causes in mental health and caregiving support among many others. Together, they founded the Carter Center – which works today to foster world peace and health programmes. Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100 on 24 December 2024. Rosalynn passed a year earlier, on 19 November 2023.