Lions Club out & about in the community

Hot on the heels of 60th anniversary celebrations the Lions back in the thick of community projects

Earlier this month the Lions Club of Mount Gambier was in the throes of it 60th anniversary celebrations and at the milestone dinner a few community projects and donations were flagged meaning last week members for out in force to deliver on those promises.

Club president Stephen Bell and City of Mount Gambier Mayor Lynette Martin OAM planted a tree for the Lions Club of Mount Gambier in the Elizabeth Knight Reserve on Tuesday – the tree commemorating six decades of humanitarian service contributed by the club, in the same reserve where the City of Mount Gambier recently planted another commemorative tree marking the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

The club’s botanical advisor Lion Robin Conboy OAM recommended the species of tree fit for the purpose – Corymbia Eximia Nana, commonly known as a Dwarf Yellow Bloodwood. A mounted pink dolomite stone will be fitted with a commemorative plaque to mark the occasion. The club was grateful for the cooperation and good will of the City of Mount Gambier staff.

Lions members also headed to Boandik to present the two Aspire Happy Sleeper Chairs the club funded to CEO Glenn Rappensberg and chief operating officer Sandra Parsons. The sleeper chair is available for use as night beds for a family member staying overnight. The grant to purchase the chairs was equally funded by the Lions Club of Mount Gambier and the Australian Lions Foundation Inc. The Lions community grant program is part of the club’s 60th Charter Anniversary celebration.

COMMEMORATIVE TREE: (Above main) City of Mount Gambier Mayor Lynette Martin OAM, Eric Roughana AM, Lions Club of Mount Gambier president Stephen Bell, Fay Roberts, Malcolm Laslett, Robin Conboy, Graham Carter & Jill Austin and (inset) Mayor Marftin on the tolls.

BOANDIK DONATION: (Below main) Fay Roberts, president Stephen Bell, Boandik CEO Glenn Rappensberg, Eric Roughana AM & Boandik chief operating officer Sandra Parsons and (inset) Eric Roughana AM gives the new bed a trial run.