{"id":40263,"date":"2025-11-25T06:22:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T06:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/?p=40263"},"modified":"2025-12-08T08:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T08:27:29","slug":"a-quarter-century-of-nurturing-young-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/a-quarter-century-of-nurturing-young-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quarter Century of Nurturing Young Minds"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Thane North Lions Club, District 3231-A2 marked a proud milestone on September 14, 2025, with the Grand Finale and Prize Distribution Ceremony of its 25th Inter School Competition.<\/p>

For 25 years, the Inter School Elocution and Peace Poster Competition \u2014conducted in partnership with the Thane North Star Leo Club \u2014 has provided a creative platform for students to express themselves through speech and art. What began as a modest effort to engage local schools has grown into an international event that connects young voices across continents.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This year\u2019s celebrations reflected that evolution, both in its global reach and through the launch of a new category: Ideathon (Digital Presentation). The first phase was held online on September 7, followed by the grand finale in Thane a week later. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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  • 65 schools from Thane and Palghar districts participated, with over 400 students showcasing their talents.<\/span><\/li>
  • The Elocution competition reached an international stage, with participants from 10 countries\u2014including Brazil, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Cameroon, Nigeria, the Philippines, Indonesia, and South Africa. <\/span><\/li>
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    25 school principals from Thane were felicitated on the occasion. The celebration was graced by District Governor Trevor Martis; MCC Manish Ladage; Mr. Vilas Padhye, Registrar, Dr. Homi Bhabha State University; and Leo District President Leo-Lion Shivani Shah, among others.<\/p>

    Conceived under the leadership of President Prasad Khopkar, and supported by an investment of \u20b95.5 lakhs, the event reaffirmed the club\u2019s long-standing commitment to youth development. Now in its 36th year of service, the Thane North Lions Club continues to leave a meaningful mark on the social, educational, and cultural landscape of its community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Thane North Lions Club, District 3231-A2 marked a proud milestone on September 14, 2025, with the Grand Finale and Prize Distribution Ceremony of its 25th Inter School Competition. For 25 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[728,468],"tags":[2294,2290,292,2288,2283,2291,2286,2285,2287,2284,2289,115,2293,613,2282,607,2292,590],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40263"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43785,"href":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40263\/revisions\/43785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}