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PA Lions Club celebrates 10 years
Many projects, despite virus, assist community
JON HOUZET
John Dell was inducted for a
second term as president of
the Lions Club of Port Alfred
at its 10th anniversary,
celebrated at the Port Alfred Skiboat
Club last Saturday.
Past council chairperson
Mike Newlands acted as MC
and welcomed guests who
included Lions council
chairperson Brian van der
Decken, representatives of the
Port Alfred Rotary Club, Round
Table and other Lions clubs.
Charter president of the Port
Alfred Lions Club, Rob Brunette,
gave the toast to Lions
International and Van der
Decken gave the reply.
He said there were 48,000
Lions clubs throughout the
world, comprising 1.4-million
members.
The message from the Lions
International president was
“service from the heart”, Van
der Decken said.
“Lions International
congratulates the Port Alfred
Lions Club on 10 years of
service and many more.”
Past presidents of the Lions
Club were all invited to light
candles for their year or two
years as president. They
included Brunette, Lloyd
Stephenson, Nico Muller (who
could not attend), Norman
Elliott, Francois de Klerk and
Dell. In his valedictory speech,
Dell said the Covid-19
pandemic had changed life.
“Although we got the feeling
during the past year that we had
not achieved much, there were
quite a few projects that we
were successful with,” he said.
In July 2020, the Lions
provided face masks to the staff
of various care centres at
retirement villages, and
supported Loaves and Fishes
and Round Table with food
p a rc e l s .
They also provided the SPCA
with blankets and food, and
books for the SPCA thrift shop.
A group of Lions went to
Makhanda to hand over nine
pairs of spectacles to pupils at
Kuyasa Special Needs School.
“This is where we met Justin
du Plooy who is now our
transfer member. Here too we
met Alec Mckerrow, who has
joined our club and has become
an absolute asset as our new
s e c r e t a r y,” Dell said.
Lions also donated funds to a
local school for a classroom to
be painted, and donated teddy
bears to Port Alfred Primary
S ch o o l .
They supported the Bathurst
Show committee by buying
bumper stickers from them and
distributing them.
“The NSRI needed their
rescue vehicle’s suspension
replaced and through Dirk [de
Vos] we donated towards that.
Various other items were
donated to the NSRI,” Dell said.
Lions also donated funds to
Multi Security to erect another
security camera which proved
to be helpful in identifying and
arresting criminals.
Four wheelchairs were
handed over to Damant Lodge
which were serviced and
repaired by Rowell Smith, and
Mark Denson donated two
more chairs to the club.
Lions also recently donated
water to Damant Lodge to help
fill new tanks they had installed
during the water crisis.
They also transported
shelving donated to Retreat 2
Eden animal sanctuary.
Members also helped with
the Uitenhage Lion Motorcycle
Rally at the Bathurst
Showgrounds, and Hospice
with their golf day, and
sponsored a hole at the SPCA
golf day. They also donated
towards a roof at the SPCA.
“We sold all our Christmas
cakes well before Christmas.
“This is Lion Mike’s
[Newlands] baby and he has
made us proud,” Dell said.
Lions also held a diabetes
awareness day, offering free
screening.
They contributed R5,000 to
Huis Diaz to purchase
equipment and another R5,000
to Loaves and Fishes for
DECADE’S COMMITTMENT: The charter members of the Port Alfred Lions Club who are still
members, from left, Norman Elliott, Dennis White, Gail Turner, Mike Newlands, John Dell, Rob
Brunette and Neville Williamson Picture: JON HOUZET
Christmas shoebox presents.
Forty-eight Christmas cakes
were included.
“We are supporting the golf
academy [for development
golfers]. We have just recently
built another clubhouse for
them and further alterations are
being done,” he said.
Lions now share the Round
Table clubhouse with Tablers
and Dell said it was a win-win
for both clubs.
One of the Lions’ ongoing
projects is a monthly river
clean-up aboard Denson’s
barge, Integrity.
“We recently purchased
trees for Arbor Day and are
planting them in suitably
chosen areas,” Dell said.
STERLING SERVICE: Port Alfred Lions Club president John
Dell, left, is inducted for a second term by council chairperson
Brian van der Decken at a luncheon at the Port Alfred Ski-boat
Club last Saturday Picture: JON HOUZET
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