HART WALKER BOY DOING WELL

We supplied a $6,600 Hart Walker to a local child last year. Besides being physically unable to walk as a normal child he also suffers from many other illnesses. He is a beautiful boy and now progressing very well according to our club member Lion Tim Woodham, who is in contact with the family. We don’t wish to impose upon the family so a small group of Lions may visit the family soon to for a very quick photo shoot with the local media. We try to avoid personal publicity for those we have helped. But sometimes it is essential for our club to get Lions news into the media whenever possible. However without the approval of those involved we avoid all publicity. Raising funds to help the disadvantaged is always difficult and we thank those kind members of the public who help us achieve what would otherwise be impossible.  

 CHRISTMAS TRAILER RAFFLE

The Christmas Trailer raffle provide a top result for the club thanks to a great effort by Chairman Barry Shepherd. Manning the trailer for so many days over many locations is not a simple task. Getting enough members to fairly share the workload is not easy. “It was OK and we got through it well” Barry said in his usual happy way.The trailer raffle started at Terrigal shops in November and then onto Wamberal shops, IGA Erina and Franklins new store at Erina Heights.  Finally it onto a long run at Erina Fair where it was drawn on Christmas Eve at 2PM. The winner was a resident of Tramway Road North Avoca. The Trailer was delivered there immediately after the drawing. Our club raised $6,123 which will assist local communities.

LIONS CHRISTMAS CAKES

Acting President Barry Shepherd and Lion John Sneyd ran the Lions Christmas Cakes Project this year. 43 cartons of 9Kg cakes and 5 cartons of large cakes were sold. Total profit of $1,333 was a great result for our the club under difficult circumstances. Our usual Christmas Cake Chairman, Walt Roset, advised the Club in May 2007, that due to health reasons, he would not be able to continue in that position for Christmas 2007.  We we were not able to find a replacement. With a lack of volunteers we operated on a special reduced sales plan which supplied only our larger reseller customers (shops and organisations).  

CAR BOOT SALE

While Gosford City Council still maintains it’s very tough water restrictions we have had a lot of rain and also some bad luck with rain over recent months on our monthly CBS Sundays. For years we were in a drought. The February CBS started off with clear skies but rain swept in well before lunchtime and made it not possible to continue. Our car numbers were down with sellers not trusting the weather. Our BBQ still raised $236. The project continues to be a winner with excellent organisation and planning. The committee might need to consider a giant circus tent for these rainy days.  

CLUB WEBSITE

Last year, following a proposal from Walt Roset the Board approved our club starting a website. It’s construction started in December 2007. It is expected to achieve a number of things. Promotion of our club, providing up to date information on our projects like the Car Boot Sale and Christmas Trailer raffle, seeking to attract new members and providing a club history, etc. 

The website can keep our club history in a permanent and easily accessible form. It’s difficult to store such history safely in paper records. Lion Walt Roset will set up the site. To assist us we have received a $500 value website sponsorship for our club from “webchameleon.com.au” a leading Central Coast email marketing company.