NEWS
THE MEN’S SHED
Our Club is very keen to assist in establishing a Men’s Shed in
our region. Lion David Kerr has been leading the push from our Club and the
project has gained significant momentum with a number of articles published in
local bulletins and magazines. Indications are that this project will start
with at least 50 members. The difficult task confronting us is to seek a
suitable site for the shed, keeping in mind the need to minimise costs. We want
everyone who wants to join this moment to have the opportunity and not be
restricted by the cost. At the moment the steering committee meet every
Wednesday at the Anglican Church Hall in Moggill Rd (1pm). Our Lions club
agreed to provide seed funding for this project ($15k) and hopefully the Men’s
Shed will be successful in acquiring other sources of funding as well.
THE
This years bike ride was a total success
with over 1200 riders participating. Sponsorship this year is very good and the
beneficiaries will soon be presented with substantial donations. This Bike Ride
has now reached the stage where it can rely on its reputation to promote how
good it is. Each year we gather more email addresses to advise of the next
event and thanks to the Ipswich Hospital Foundation for administering these
emails and maintaining the web site and online registrations. Lion Bob Mcgregor
is the convenor of the ride and his tireless efforts in seeking sponsorships
and hosting the bike ride committee meetings is to be applauded. Without Bob’s
efforts we would not be where we are today. The ride has served to bring
together many of our surrounding clubs and under the leadership of Lion David
Marsden the large number of marshals are controlled.
Huey was very kind to us this year with perfect conditions and the
scenery was stunning.
SOCIAL EVENTS
While as a Lions Club we do our best to serve our community and
raise funds for charitable organisations, we also are mindful that it won’t
work if we don’t have fun in the process. Our Club has some interesting
personalities and comedians. Our meetings are enjoyable and the social side is
important. We try to fit in a few social events through the year to make it
more interesting and to attract interest for new membership. While our group is
very senior in years we are keen to recruit new members and would dearly love
some younger people join our club.