Lions News

Tim Steenberg inducted as President

Posted by on July 7, 2018 in Blog, Gala Events | 0 comments

Tim Steenberg inducted as President

Our new Lions President was recently inducted by PDG (Past District Governor) Liz Houston. Pieter Muyburg, accompanied by wife Janet, presented the president’s chain to Marinda Steenberg, wife of LPE (Lions President Elect) Tim Steenberg. Master of ceremonies was André Gilliland and the new cabinet for 2018/9 was announced. The members are: Lion Amanda Fourie (Treasurer), Lion Retha Stigant (Secretary), Lion President Tim Steenberg, Lion André Gilliland, 1st Vice President IPP Pieter Muyburg (Membership) and Lion Martin van...

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Lions World Wide Service for Hunger and Poverty Project

Posted by on January 22, 2016 in Community Projects, Hunger Relief, Senior care, Youth | 0 comments

Lions World Wide Service for Hunger and Poverty Project

In support of the “Lions World Wide Service for Hunger and Poverty Project”, the Wellington Lions donated funds to Moms for Wellington, a local charity providing meals to over 200 children during their Thursday meetings. The Wellington Lions also donated funds towards meals at the Newton Community Centre. This charity provides meals to around 35 retired pensioners twice a week.       Moms for Wellington Newton Community Centre

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Day in the Country

Posted by on November 1, 2015 in Lions Projects, Social | 0 comments

Day in the Country

Presented by Wellington Lions Club on the 1st November 2015. This social called “Your Potjie Day” by so many of our regular visitors takes place once a year somewhere in the vicinity of Wellington. This year was the 7th time that this has taken place. The day was blessed with pouring rain – so badly needed – but we still had a fun day and from the feedback that we are getting from the clubs they really enjoyed the day and the food. This event was started to make use of the unused fresh meat that we have left over after treating...

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Tree planting in Victoria Park

Posted by on September 23, 2015 in Blog, Community Projects | 0 comments

Tree planting in Victoria Park

In May 2013, the late Almarie du Toit donated a number of yellow wood tree seedlings to the Wellington Lions Club. An environmentally conscious couple gave each guest at their wedding a yellow wood seedling as present. Unfortunately some overseas guests could not take their trees home and asked that Le Bac Estates (their wedding venue and Almarie’s employer at the time) donate them to a service organisation. The remainder of these trees were planted in Victoria Park, Wellington, by members of the Wellington Lions Club. These photos are...

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Running shoes donated to Voor-Groenberg Primary School

Posted by on September 19, 2015 in Blog, Community Projects, Youth | 0 comments

Running shoes donated to Voor-Groenberg Primary School

The Wellington Lions Club recently donated running shoes to 4 promising young athletes from the Voor-Groenberg Primary School. These athletes were all selected to take part in the Boland regional athletics championships in order to qualify for the Boland Trials.

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Norsa baby starter pack donation

Posted by on September 4, 2015 in Community Projects, Lions Projects, Youth | 0 comments

Norsa baby starter pack donation

In support of International Lions Clubs President Yamada and Lions around the world, the Wellington Lions Club recently donated 48 baby starter packs to Norsa Wellington. NorSA Community Care is a nonprofit organization and a designated child protection organization registered by the Department of Social Development, Western Cape. NorSA was established during 2006 in co-operation with PROCARE and Children of the World Norway. The main focus of the organization is changing the destiny of families and children in need. NorSA develops, manages...

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Presidential induction – Retha Stigant 2015/16

Posted by on June 20, 2015 in Blog, Gala Events, Membership | 0 comments

Presidential induction – Retha Stigant 2015/16

Lion President Retha Stigant joined the Wellington Lions Club in April 2008. This will be her second term as president in the 7 years that she has been a member. This illustrates in no small way LP Retha’s strong leadership drive and we all know her as a determined, resourceful and creative Lion who sees challenges, not problems. During her time as a Lion she also served as Regional Chairperson (2014/15) overseeing the activities of four local clubs (Franschhoek, Paarl, Wellington and Malmesbury). Here are some photos taken during the...

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Wellington Lions welcomes a new member

Posted by on June 20, 2015 in Blog, Membership | 0 comments

Wellington Lions welcomes a new member

Wellington Lions Club is proud to introduce our newest member, Ernst Bouwer. Ernst is self-employed and was introduced to the club by Lion Tony Mc Queen. Baie welkom Ernst! We hope you will enjoy the work we do towards improving the Wellington community and that you will make some life-long friends along the way.

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Fire in Bains Kloof

Posted by on April 23, 2015 in Disaster Relief, Emergency Response, Lions Projects | 0 comments

Fire in Bains Kloof

Anyone able to assist the firefighting efforts currently under way in Bains Kloof, here is a list of individuals you can contact that will best be able to advise you on how/where help is needed: Food and drinks for the firefighters: Christine (Zu’ Bar): 083 324 3166 Hedwig: 084 583 8959 Feed for the horses affected by the fire: Wayne: 076 616 3753

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Senior Braai 2015

Posted by on April 19, 2015 in Lions Projects, Senior Braai, Senior care | 0 comments

Senior Braai 2015

Every year the Wellington Lions Club invites more than 300 of our local seniors to a braai and some entertainment. It is one of our longest running projects and very popular with everyone. Here are some photos of the day. The rest of the photos and videos have been uploaded to our Flickr account.

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