Fundraising Update

Beecroft In Bloom and Lions Art Exhibition 2011

We hope you enjoyed the Lions Club of Beecroft-Cheltenham’s Beecroft In Bloom Festival held on 9th and 10th Sep 2011. The Lions Art Exhibition, bands, market stalls, fairy garden, scalextric cars, jumping castle, animal farm, and other children’s activities took place this year! The business houses of Beecroft joined in the spirit of the Festival by sponsoring the day and also contributing to the market day feel and atmosphere.

National Bookshop Day – Fundraising for Indigenous Reading Project!

Beecroft Cheltenham Lions Club had a successful BBQ at the Children’s Bookshop to raise funds for the Indigenous Reading Project on National Bookshop Day 20 Aug 2011.

Accessible Facilities Now Open!

After some hardwork fundraising and with the assistance of the New South Wales Government, The Lions Club of Beecroft Cheltenham was proud to be able to complete the first Accessible Facilities for people at Beecroft Village.The new facilities are accessible to people who may be frail, aged or with a disability that may mean they move with aids such as wheelchairs, motorised scooters or walking aids and includes a baby change table for parents with young children. Our thanks go to the people and businesses who helped support our fundraising program and the NSW Government who also assisted with a grant to help complete the construction of the new facility.We also express our appreciation to The Hon Greg Smith SC MP Attorney General, Minister for Justice and Member for Epping, who officially opened the facilities on 28 May 2011.

Beecroft-Cheltenham Lions Club was also very active during 2010-11 raising funds for other worthwhile projects. Earlier this year we were collecting money from the public for the Australian Flood Disasters, collecting at Beecroft Village Centre, Beecroft Station and Pennant Hills Station.

The proceeds from our Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings, Thornleigh on Saturday 12 February exceeded $800 which will also go to the Flood Disaster.

The Lions Club of Beecroft-Cheltenham would like to thank the local community for its generous support for this collection. One hundred percent of the funds collected went to the Australian Lions Foundation to reach flood victims. No administration costs are taken out of money collected by Lions Clubs.

General Fundraising

There will be opportunities for ‘hard work’ as we, hopefully, will secure more dates for Bunnings BBQs and other fundraising and service projects which will quietly continue such as Lions Mints, collecting used eye spectacles for sending to underdeveloped countries overseas, collecting used postage stamps for Parkinson’s NSW to raise much needed funds and also our regular visits to Chesalon Nursing Home for their monthly BBQs, trivia quizzes and more.

Lions Club of Beecroft-Cheltenham Inc ABN 32 154 330 089 raises funds through events, functions and sale of Christmas cakes etc and holds a Charitable Fundraising Authority number 18014. Beecroft In Bloom is a NSW registered Business Name BN98580886 registered by the Lions Club of Beecroft Cheltenham ABN: 32 154 330 089

Our club also accepts donations. However our club does not seek direct donations for which the donor seeks a tax deduction. Those donations are to our affiliated bodies Lions Australia ABN 63 592 786 032 or Australian Lions Foundation ABN 66 029 809 115 both of which are deductible gift recipients. Our club may also act as an agent to collect funds for appeals undertaken by Lions Australia or the Australian Lions Foundation.

List of Donations by Lions Club of Beecroft Cheltenham To Support Others During 2010-2011

During 2010 – 2011 the Lions Club of Beecroft Cheltenham provided funds to help the following worthy causes…

Accessible Toilet and Parents Room Beecroft Facilities for frail, aged or with a disability that may mean people move with aids such as wheelchairs, motorised scooters or walking aids and includes a baby change table for parents	$12,440.15
Flood Relief All funds collected went to the Australian Lions Foundation to reach flood victims	$4,000.00
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Cystic Fibrosis Clinic	$3,000.00
Alzheimer’s Australia	$2,000.00
New Zealand Earth Quake Relief NZ Dollars $1,000 to Lions Club of New Brighton, Christchurch New Zealand.	$791.50
Vision Australia	$500.00
Parkinson’s Australia	$500.00
Lions High School Community Service Awards	$500.00
Glaucoma Australia	$200.00
NSW Public Health Care Raffle Benefiting Lions NSW-ACT Save Sight Foundation and the Lions Clubs NSW-ACT Public Health Care Foundation.	$200.00
Lions Education Builds Bridges project	$200.00
Repairs To Mobility Scooter	$164.00
Youth of the Year Quest Awards	$80.00
Total	$24,575.65

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Plus, members devoted many happy hours to:

Preparation for and running of Beecroft in Bloom and Beecroft Lions Art Exhibition
Contributing to and enjoying ourselves at our two Trivia Nights (November and May)
Selling Lions Christmas Cakes and Puddings
Helping with Santa’s Mail box
Organising Santa’s visits to Beecroft and taking photos of Santa and the children to be emailed to parents
Assisting the Children to make decorations and gifts at the Christmas Children’s Craft Table
Assisting each month at Chesalon Nursing Home with bus trips, bbq’s and trivia functions for residents
Several days raising funds by barbecuing at Bunnings Warehouse
Supporting our Youth of the Year contestant through several levels of the Quest
Presentation of Community Service Awards to local High Schools
Collecting used postage stamps to assist Parkinson’s NSW with their project to “Stamp Out Parkinson’s”
Collecting and re-cycling used spectacles
Members attended International, National and District Conventions
Members served on N5 District Cabinet and the Lions Cord Blood & Childhood Cancer Research Appeal Committee