Trentham Lions Club is a group of like-minded men and women who have been gathering together to serve their community since 1984.
There is a strong philosophy within Lions that serving should be fun. Trentham Lions meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month, alternating between dinner and business meetings.
Dinner meetings often include a guest speaker, and are held at a number of different local venues. Trentham Lions also enjoy theatre nights, visiting other clubs, and getting together socially on other occasions to build a strong bond of friendship.
SERVICE
Some Lions activities are service based while others are intended to raise funds which are then channelled back into the community. Indeed, some are a bit of both.
Service activities include: 1/ Monthly Farmers Market 2/ Delivery of a Birthday Cake to each of our local residents on the occasion of his/her 80th Birthday. 3/ Participation in the annual Australia Day ceremony in Trentham. 4/ Co-ordination of the 11am Anzac Day service for the RSL. 5/ Good Friday Appeal 6/ Wood bank – Supply of firewood to community members 7/ Spudfest – participation 8/ Cool Country Carers Support group 9/ Twilight evening – participation 10/ Christmas cakes and pudding sales 11/ Various working bees in public places to assist in beautifying the town. 12/ The Annual staging of ‘Carols in the Park’ – this is held on the 1st Friday of December 13/ Christmas Eve – Santa’s visit to Trentham 14 / Assisting other community groups/ community members upon request
PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES
Trentham Lions are best known for the Quarry Street Lions Park, developed during the late 1980’s – early 1990’s.
Also, Trentham Lions pledged both money and time to the addition of the new Hostel at the Hospital. A large proportion of the funds raised by the Club was donated to the Hostel at that time.
More recently Trentham Lions engages in projects such as:
The hugely successful Trentham Farmers’ Market in the town square on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 9:00 AM. to 1:00 PM.
This Market runs right throughout the year – the weather is no obstacle for Trenthamites, we are hardy Cool Country People. There are usually 18 to 25 stalls selling only top quality produce at very affordable prices – come along and Stuff Your Pantry.
Sale of Lions Christmas Cakes and Lions Mints. This continues all throughout the year under the control of Lion John – a most friendly Lion.
Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization with more than 1.4 million members in approximately 46,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world
