Oatley Lions

 

 

DINNER MEETINGS

Venue: OATLEY RSL 23 Letitia Street Oatley NSW
Meeting Times: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 7.15pm

Guests are most welcome to attend club meetings.
 
Lions is an international organisation of men and women who volunteer to support community projects.
 
Dinner meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month. A guest  speaker is usually invited to these meetings.
 
Gemma Sisia (pictured) was a recent guest speaker who provided a presentation about St Judes, the school she founded in Tanzania.

For more about St Judes visit www.schoolofstjude.co.tz

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LIONS INTERNATIONAL

Lions International, now the world's largest service organisation was formed in USA in 1917 by Melvin 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 neighbouring Hurstville Lions Club which was the 20th Australian club formed in 1953. Oatley Lions Club was formed in March 1977.

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THE OATLEY LIONS VILLAGE FESTIVAL  The Oatley Festival is the club's major annual fundraising project and is held annually on the third Saturday in October. 

This popular event attracts over 12,000 local residents each year and raises $30,000 for community projects.

Funds are raised from stall hire, Lions barbecues and sales at the popular Lions Trash and Treasure stall. 

The Harley Davison Bike riders (right) also raise over $2500 annually by providing bike rides These funds are donated to Children's Cancer Research.   

The next Oatley Festival will be held on Saturday 20 October 2012 and online applications will open from 1 July

For general festival enquiries This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or register at Festival Mail to receive a reminder before stallholder applications.

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Oatley Village Festival is in... 153 days

Festival Mail

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