	{"id":150801,"date":"2024-12-04T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=150801"},"modified":"2024-11-28T11:23:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T00:23:11","slug":"christmas-cakes-spreading-the-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/christmas-cakes-spreading-the-cheer\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas cakes spreading the cheer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORQUAY Lions Club has begun its annual Christmas Cake fundraising drive, offering hundreds of popular Lions cakes and puddings to residents in the Surf Coast community.<\/p>\n<p>Torquay Lion Brian Keane said the Lions&#8217; cakes and puddings were a treasured part of the organisation&#8217;s yearly drives, offering affordable and high quality treats to residents across Torquay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do this Australia-wide as Lions and the proceeds that come out of it is two-fold,&#8221; Mr Keane said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Each purchase of a Lions cake goes towards research into children&#8217;s cancer, mobility aids for kids with a disability and blindness prevention.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Additional proceeds from the cakes also goes into the Torquay Lions&#8217; coffers, which is then redirected into the community programs we support in Torquay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We make every cent count.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Torquay Lions have placed Christmas cakes and puddings at the Torquay Newsagent, Bendigo Bank, Offshore Physio, and the Torquay Salvos.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be cakes available at the Cowrie Market on December 15 and at each Farmer&#8217;s market.<\/p>\n<p>In total, the local Lions club has received more than 500 cakes to give to the community.<\/p>\n<p>1.5kg cakes cost $20, 1kg cakes cost $16, 900g puddings are going at $16, 400g puddings will set you back $10 and 80g cake slices are just $2.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re quality cakes, we can promise people that they are buying quality stuff, it also allows us to get into the community and meet people face-to-face and interact with our local traders,&#8221; Mr Keane said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We thank the public for supporting us with this each year and we look forward to spreading the Christmas spirit again this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORQUAY Lions Club has begun its annual Christmas Cake fundraising drive, offering hundreds of popular Lions cakes and puddings to residents in the Surf Coast community. 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