Selwyn Times: January 31, 2018

6 Wednesday January 31 2018
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Malvern Lions’ history
The
Malvern
Lions Club
president
Tony Mitchell
writes about
the history of
the club
THE Malvern Lions Club was
established in 1971, and will
celebrate 50 years as a service
club to the local and wider
community in September 2021.
The club’s foundation
president was the late Ramsey
Gibson.
Mr Gibson and existing
member Colin Stott, played
leading roles in getting the club
chartered. The club has two
other charter members in Roger
James and John Inch, but also
has a good balance of experience
and age, with many younger
members joining the team in
recent years.
Optimum membership numbers
are maintained at about 50-
55. As a charitable organisation,
the club receives many requests
for financial and other support
from the community.
According to our resources,
the club responds by making
monetary grants and by providing
a range of other assistance
each year to several individuals,
FRIENDS: The Malvern
Lions Club at a convention in
Blenheim.
groups and organisations from
the local area, the Canterbury
province and nationally. Emergency
grants are also made at
the board’s discretion.
The main source of income for
the club is through members catering
at several events that take
place throughout the Malvern
area. The club’s catering facilities
have been updated in recent
years to provide a very high and
efficient standard of service, of
which club members are very
proud.
Other typical activities include
running casino nights for organisations
as fundraisers, selling
pea straw, organising an annual
golf tournament for a worthy
recipient, publishing a phone directory
every few years, assisting
with the Coast to Coast event,
and helping with street appeals
in support of other charities,
among other things.
The success of the club is due
to the dedication and willingness
of its members to get
behind the leadership, and to
freely make themselves available
to support fundraising events
and activities. Members derive
great fellowship and enjoyment
from working on the various
projects, and through having the
privilege of supporting many
people, community projects
and organisations through our
activities.
To maintain optimum membership
numbers, the club’s
board approves, as required, the
induction of new members who
display a commitment to community
service, and who have
the enthusiasm and resources
to participate regularly in club
meetings and projects.
Monthly meetings of all members
are held at the Coalgate
Tavern where we have been
exceptionally well hosted and
catered for since 1971.
district council asked
families – including that
of Lisa Hurrell who was
murdered in 1998 – to
clean up the ornaments
left at its burial
sites, or the
memorabilia will
be removed
Gill Hubert – We
had a couple of things
on our father’s grave
and we had to remove
them.
ManaEddie Hayes – As
much as I understand how
important a grave is to a family
(my mother died suddenly when
she was 44), I do understand
the council’s perspective. Some
grave sites can be very cluttered
and it would make it very difficult
to maintain the grounds.
Anna Louise
– Not on the grass in
front of headstone?
People may trip? Who
the heck’s walking
on a grave in the first
place? You never walk
on a grave.
Russell Olds – As
far as I’m concerned, the family
have paid for that plot so they
own it . . . plenty of flowers is
great.
TREASURED:
The district
council has
asked families
to clean
up items
surrounding
grave sites.
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