We started the month off with our club dinner meeting at the Rydges Adelaide. We welcomed Megan Marotti from the CanDo Group as our guest speaker. Megan shared her experiences growing up, what CanDo are all about and the services they provide, and she taught us some Auslan (Australian Sign Language). It was informative and…
We held our annual club handover dinner on July 2nd at the Rydges Adelaide. A fantastic evening celebrating the past year’s achievements and looking forward to the year ahead. We welcomed the Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Sandy Verschoor, as our guest speaker and she was also inducted as an honorary member of our club. Immediate…
March and April certainly flew by for our Club, as it was another busy couple of months. We had members cooking BBQs for charity events and on film sets, club officer training, feeding the homeless and sponsoring puppies. The month of March started with another great meal at Rydges South Park. We inducted two (2)…
We have had a busy start to 2019 with barbecues and working bees, introducing and inducting new members, welcoming visiting UK Lions, and lots of enquiries for both upcoming events and membership. We had our first working meeting for the year in mid-January followed a couple days later by our club social night. What a…
On Tuesday 19th February 2019, The Lions Club of the City of Adelaide launched The Little Roarers Cubs Club at Annesley Junior School. A club run by 5-12 year olds with the support of Lions. In the weeks leading up to chartering the club, the cubs began creating their identity as a new group and…
Lions Club Presidents and 2nd Vice District Governor Our lions have had a very busy 2018 and the last couple of months have been no different with lots of events throughout November and December; from catered BBQs, to working bees and Christmas parties. A big thank you to all our Lions and friends who volunteered…
The year is flying by and we were very busy again during September and October. We had lots of events involving many different groups and organisations. We welcomed Libby Kosmala, paralympian, as our guest speaker at our September dinner meeting on September 3rd. We heard inspiring tales from her travels, paralympic experiences and her incredible…
Each year, The Lions Club of the City of Adelaide is proud to sponsor the ‘South Australian Citizen’s Award’ , and to present it with the South Australia Police to the person who assists police in the their duties in the community. The award consists of an individual shield, a perpetual shield, and a framed…
Last weekend, the Port Augusta Lions Club hosted the 2018 Lions 201C1 District Convention in Port Augusta. And what a weekend it was! Here’s my review of the event. Lunchtime on Friday October 12th, Lions Andrew, Matt and myself hit the road and headed to Port Augusta. We were ready to invade. It was a…
Our Lions had a fairly busy couple of months during July and August. We had a variety of different events and a lot of fun. In July we held another BBQ fundraiser at the Kensington YMCA while a sporting event was held. We fed the competitors, coaches and supporters at the event. It was a…