Lions plan events

By Fran Peppernell

As we step into the new year we are looking forward to providing some enjoyable events for the community. Upcoming events will be the Easter Bunny Scramble, Anzac Day Service at Stanwell Tops and, of course, our Country Fair. We will also be supporting the Lions’ focus areas of Health, Humanitarian, Emergency Response, the Environment, Research and Innovation.

It is good to know that when you buy a sausage at a Lions BBQ, a Lions Christmas Cake or mints, it continues to help. When a natural disaster strikes, like the current terrible earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the Lions through its foundations are able to provide grants and help support the immediate needs and recovery stages of disaster relief operations.

If you’d like to be involved, please come along to a meeting held on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at Helensburgh Hotel at 6.30pm. Or contact us on info@helensburghlions.org.au the shop almost never had to shut due to the hard work of a core group of volunteers keeping the doors open.

Amanda says: “Flame Tree has been so important to me over the last 15 years in fostering a community of people who want to see sustainable access to local food, who want to support local networks of food growing and find ways to avoid the cycle of disposable packaging going to landfill.”

The Illawarra is lucky to have this community store that provides an alternative to the large supermarkets, providing local growers and producers a place to sell to customers. Flame Tree urgently needs more customers, more members (though you don’t need to be a member to shop at Flame Tree) and more volunteers to share the load.

For more information, contact Flame Tree at flametreeshop@gmail.com or just pop into the store. Everyone is welcome.

Above: Thirroul’s Amanda Harris was one of the inaugural directors Visit flametree.coop