Ashgrove/The Gap Lions Club

Ashgrove / The Gap Lions Club News

On Friday 2nd September our club had a number of members supported Hear & Say selling raffle tickets and assisting with their annual Ladies Long Lunch fundraising event at Portside Wharf in Hamilton.

Prior to Father’s day on 4th September, our club had a Father’s Day fundraiser, selling tickets in a huge raffle at Ashgrove Golf Club & Bunnings at Keperra. The winner was a resident of The Gap and a member of Ashgrove Golf Club.

On the 7th, 13th & 14th September our club conducted BBQ’s for Trek2 Health at the Trek House in The Gap for Queensland Police on their return from a trek.

Then on Sunday 11th September Ashgrove The Gap Lions Club conducted a very successful BBQ at Bunnings at Keperra, where we raised funds to assist those in need in our community.

In late September, we will be welcoming the CEO of Muscular Dystrophy as the Guest Speaker at out monthly Partners & Friends Dinner Meeting.

Upcoming Events

On 9th October our club will conduct a BBQ Breakfast early in the morning for the Queensland Police Midnight Walk supporting Trek2Health. Our BBQ consisted of Bacon & Egg Burgers and a Sausage Sizzle

On 19th October our club will be presenting a Senior Excellence Award in Public Speaking at The Gap State High School 21st, 22nd & 23rd October we will be selling Tickets in our annual Melbourne Cup Trifecta Fundraiser at Ashgrove Marketplace and The Gap Shopping Village. 23rd October we will be conducting a BBQ at the Trek House in the Gap for Reece Plumbing proudly supported by Trek to Health 25th October Ashgrove The Gap Lions Club welcomed the Clinical Nurse Manager from the Choices Program at the Wesley Hospital as our Guest Speaker at our Monthly Partners & Friends Dinner Meeting. Our club has supported this program at the Wesley Hospital by selling Christmas Cakes there to raise funds for the program to assist those suffering from cancer.

From 28th to 31st October we will be selling tickets in our Melbourne Cup Trifecta at Ashgrove Marketplace & The Gap Shopping Village. 5th November Ashgrove/ The Gap Lions Club will be celebrating 60 years of service to our local community. If you are a past club member, or if you know of someone who would like to join this special celebration, please contact Ashgrove The Gap Lions at lionatg19@gmail. com

Another great project that our club has supported is Australian Lions Hearing Dogs. For over 40 years, Australian Lions Hearing Dogs (ALHD) has been providing Australians who are deaf or hard of hearing a set of ‘furry ears’ free of charge. In 2020, ALHD delivered just over 650 Australians a professionally trained Hearing Assistance Dog. One in six Australians suffer from some form of hearing loss and this number continues to rise. Currently, more than 400,000 Australians are suffering from severe or profound hearing loss. Factors impacting these difficulties range from our aging population to noise or occupation induced hearing loss. Many are deaf from birth as well.

The Father's Day raffle ticket sales at Bunnings Keperra were well supported by shoppers Cooking up a barbecue breakfast for Trek2Health members

Hearing difficulties hurt more than just the individuals inflicted, it flows onto their friends and families. This is where Australian Lions Hearing Dogs makes a real difference.

If you would like to find out more about Lions and the involvement we have in our community or if you would consider joining Lions or become a friend of Lions please email Peter Cooper at lionatg19@gmail.com or call 0488 069 089.