DISTRICT 201 V6 CLUB NEWS
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MOULAMEIN
Wood cutting, mints sales, officers, school, Cabinet
meeting, inter-club visits, school gardening, Trauma Bears, Club Changeover
GUNBOWER
Christmas cakes, Lions mints, hospital visits, Lions
Park maintenance, watering nature strips, battery collection, work on catering
van, Red Cross Heart Appeal, Convention, Landcare & Lions project – tree
planting & watering, canoe marathon, Southern 80, Aquatic Festival, Cohuna
Hospital bingo, 5 members attended inter-club visitations.
BARANDUDA
Trivia night at Baranduda Scout Hall – 120 people attended, Lion club Raffle, cutting horse gate in conjunction with Border Lions, Meals on Wheels, open gardens, Christmas Cake sales, family picnic at Hovel Tree, community information night, Cleanup Australia, working bee at Baranduda Primary School, 4 wheel drive expo gates (with Border Lions Clubs), driver reviver for Labour day
TOCUMWAL & DISTRICT
Lions mints, Lions hostel maintenance, raffle, Lions
cakes, cemetery maintenance, Lions retirement village, school park slashing,
equipment maintenance, reunion catering, race day catering, block slashing,
held 25th Changeover Dinner, $1000 was presented to Tocumwal
Historical Air Museum. President Len Soule Snr set precedence by giving all of
the Lions Members a Certificate of Appreciation as recognition of a wonderful
year. Also recognised were non-members
Rob McLaurin, Geoff Gowth, Pat Brown, Barbara Clarke and Rosita Baker. At a BBQ held at the home of Lions Jim &
Elaine Ball, president Len also presented a Certificate of Appreciation and a
small gift each to six youthful volunteers for the courteous way in which they
helped with the Aerodrome Reunion catering. Hosting a Youth Exchange from
Michigan America.
LOCKINGTON
Successful Changeover with number of visitors, long
standing member Lion Bill Williams transferred to Echuca Club, helped cleanup
town for Tidy Towns competition, successful Golf day
HOWLONG
Hosting youth exchange for Japan, meeting with Hume
Shire Council representative to arrange for club participation in the Olympic
Torch relay run through Howlong – the club will arrange decorations and sausage
sizzle, lions mints & candy, working bee held at Boomerang Garden to plant
1200 seedlings, Howlong Lions Charity Golf Day raised $1,000. One lion and
partner attended Convention in Perth
ECHUCA
The new trees growing well in Lion Park, with
ongoing maintenance, meals on wheels, Lions mints, three girls applied for
youth exchange, Club Welfare officer helping sick members
COHUNA
Lions
mints, Lions firewood for ages, Lions Golf Day Annual event, cemetery community
cleanup, youth services canteen
BAROOGA
Market,
Ginya Court administration, preparation of documents for extension, Debutante
ball training, working bee, setting up hall Luncheon – Yarrawonga organised by
Tocumwal Lions Club, Children’s Hospital appeal
BALRANALD
Wood competition, sausage sizzle, wood Raffle
DENILIQUIN
Bingo,
market catering, Lions mints, wood delivery, community assistance, catering at
festival, sight services, seed collection, move pensioner to new address, take
down banners, Deniliquin Show, Cleanup Australia
STANHOPE
Conducted a successful raffle with a difference,
called “A pig in a Barrow” raffle. The
porker was donated and reared by local piggery, slaughtering donated by the
Echuca abattoirs, cut and packed by local butcher, vegetables donated by local
greengrocer, wine donated by local supermarket, wheel barrow at cost of local
farm supplier. The raffle was drawn in
Main Street with a profit of $700. Ladies
also conducted a street stall on the same morning resulting in $120
LAVINGTON
Lions mints, meals on wheels, 4 Lions Ladies worked
at Elderly persons’ home, attended debutante practice for 8 nights, cleaned and
stocked kiosk, prepared food and worked kiosk at Harness racing meetings,
attended MD201 48th Convention in Perth, Club Board held
disbursement night for year fund approx. $30,000, attended Cabinet Changeover
evening and Cabinet meeting, one Lion and Lions Lady attended International
Convention
HAY
Riv raffles, deb ball practice, radiotherapy raffle,
wood delivery to pensioners, wood raffle, blood donations, BBQ catering, dinner
for Geraldton Christian College Claughton House
EAST LODDEN
Members attended changeovers at Eaglehawk,
Lockington, Pyramid Hill & Leitchville, cutting firewood, 12 members
attended Blood bank, sponsor state of ward football, attended Zone meeting,
attended officers school, donated $250 to 201V6 Foundation
YACKANDANDAH
Lions mints, aid to elderly, attended Convention,
recycling.
UPPER KEIWA VALLEY
Lions mints, local paper collection, pondage
garden-maintenance, music, muster, paper shed clearance, Lions Tawonga Lookout
maintenance
OAKLANDS & DISTRICTS
Bingo at Oaklands Bowling Club each Friday, Lions Mints,
cleanup museum, painting of RSL hall, museum and town entrance signs,
changeover dinner, induction performed by Lion Reg Randall
MOAMA
Held changeover dinner with 41 Lions in attendance,
successful Charity Golf day held with Legacy, Local sign writer Greg ‘Craftsman
Signs’ Edwards presented the club with a sign for the mechanical monster in
Moama Lions Park. The late Bruce Milgate donated the ‘pump engine’ 20 years ago
and visitors were intrigued because they never knew what it was, but now thanks
to Greg they will. The Moama Community Village units in Berry Street are to be
named in memory of the late Bruce Milgate.
The Lions Club of Moama to honor the memory of Bruce Milgate 1930-2000
will dedicate “The Bruce Milgate Retirements Units”. Lion Bruce Milgate was a charter member of both Echuca &
Moama Lions Clubs. A Lion for 34 years
and Life Member of Lions International
PYRAMID HILL
Successful Bowls day, organised Community Fete, held
auction of goods, 5 members attended Blood Bank, repairs to RSL Hall
TUNGAMAH & DISTRICTS
Lions mints, hospital visits, raffles
FINLEY
Wood raffle, cemetery and sporting complex
maintenance, attended local changeover, working bee at Finley lake making
improvements to toilet block and BBQ, 1 ‘Vital Call’ installed
TONGALA
Manned football gates, catered for local clearing
sale
LEITCHVILLE
Cleanup roads for rural pride, Red Shield Appeal,
Wood day for senior citizens, cleanup station area, donations to Trauma, ADLF,
Cord Blood, V6 Foundation
ELMORE
Cleanup with Adopt a Highway, distribution of trees,
removed and cut wood, Lions mints
KATAMATITE
Cemetery maintenance, Lions Park maintenance, Kids
with Cancer appeal
KIEWA TANGAMBALANGA
Service mint outlet, donation to Red Shield appeal,
community car & meal on wheels, mow Dederang PS, and collect money at local
football gate, catering for Australia Day
BARHAM
Barham Lions
received appreciative sentiments from Swan Hill Salvation Army when they
recently presented a cheque for $1410.
A great effort from Barham Koondrook.
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