Serving the Community since 1974!
Key examples of major benefits provided to the community by Lugarno Lions
Local
- Providing community buses for Riverwood Community Centre and Georges River Community Services
- Installing an above-ground pool in Evatt Park to provide water safety lessons for children
- Introducing waste paper collection in the area
- Sponsoring students from local high schools in the Lions International Youth of the Year contest
- Producing a local community access newspaper titled “Lugarno Scope”
- Providing a people carrier/scooter for the severely handicapped residents of Whitehall Nursing Home, Revesby
- Developing an “Easter Wish” program supplying home repair assistance for needy local residents
- Jointly funding, with Department of Sports & Recreation, the bike track around Gannons Park, Peakhurst
- Providing Christmas Hampers for needy families in the local area
- Supporting local organisations such as Salvation Army, State Emergency Services and Rural Fire Service
- Supporting local schools
- Provision of wheelchair-accessible vehicle for local family
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Hospitals
- Funding the Hydrotherapy Pool at St George Hospital (in conjunction with other local Lions clubs)
- Donating over $500,000 for Cameron Wing of St Vincents Hospital
- Funding a Cancer Research Laboratory for the Royal Hospital for Women
- Contributing significantly to the Calvary Hospital Building Fund
- Sponsoring overseas children for “hole in the heart” operations at St Vincents Hospital
- Providing a heart-lung machine to Bandung Hospital in Indonesia
Service & Support
- Providing funding and equipment for a freezer unit for the Exodus Foundation, Ashfield
- Hosting of youth from overseas in the Lions International Youth Exchange program
- Scuba diving event for visually impaired and disabled
- Provision of IPADs for children on the Spectrum
$3.87M
Funds raised since 1974
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