| MEETINGS Oatley Lions Club members meet twice a month at the Oatley RSL & Community Club, 23 Letitia St Oatley. The board meeting is held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month and a dinner meeting on the 4th Tuesday. Oatley Lions Club is located in the southern suburbs of Sydney, the home of the 2000 Olympics. • Membership is open to both men and women who are interested in serving the community. • Club members regularly organise fund-raising activiites to contribute to local community projects.
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| DONATIONS TO COMMUNITY PROJECTS In 2008-09 Oatley Lions contributed $43,000 to local community projects. Fund raising projects included The Oatley Lions Festival, Music in the Park, sausage sizzles, raffles and trivia nights. The club's success owes much to th e generous support of local residents and business owners who support these activities. At the end of June club members, plus supporters and friends get together to celebrate with the annual Changeover Dinner. At this event the club's outgoing board finish there term of office and hand over to the new board. This is a time of reflection and lots of fun. |
Over the past five years donations have been distributed to:
| Assistance for the Disabled | $16,200.00 |
| Drug Awareness Program | $3,111.86 |
| Environmental Programs | $5,102.00 |
| Health Services | $21,177.48 |
| Local Community Groups | $3,069.49 |
| Medical Research | $45,458.20 |
| Natural Disaster Relief | $15,644.20 |
| Senior Citizens Welfare Programs | $19,865.90 |
| Youth Programs & Schools | $25,986.60 |
| Other Lions Clubs (drought relief) | $7,000.90 |
| Other Donations | $9,157.00 |
| $171,773.63 |
Lions International, now the world's largest service organisation was formed in USA in 1917 by Melvyn Jones. The first Lions Club in Australia was formed at Lismore in 1947 with subsequent clubs being formed rapidly. One of the first Sydney based clubs, was the Lions Club of Hurstville which was the 20th Australian club formed which happened in 1953. Being based in the southern suburbs of Sydney, Hurstville Club spawned many new clubs in this area, as well as the wider Sydney metropolitan basin.
The Lions Club of Oatley was chartered in March 1977 with 20 members and with this we became the 1076th club in Australia. Lugarno Lions was the sponsor club. In recent years Oatley sponsored the St George Hurstville Lions Club, followed by the Oatley Leo Club.
Membership is open to men and women who wish to contribute to their local community.