The Lions Club of Winchelsea

The Winchelsea Lions Club recently emptied out and sent off the collection of paper for recycling, raising over $1,000. Stored in the shed built for the purpose next to the Winchelsea Senior Citizens Club, several tonnes of paper was despatched to Colac Cardboard Recycling and Winchelsea Lions duly received just over $1,070 in return. The community support for the Lions' recycling venture has continued to enable a steady income from this source, with Winchelsea residents regularly dropping off old newspapers, magazines and cardboard. Over a tonne a week is being received.

Examples of the local benefit of such fundraising include $200 worth of bulbs and flowers to beautify Hesse Rural Health reception garden, $250 donation to Hesse Rural Health as part of their Murray-to-Moyne bike ride fundraiser, and total funding for a new "What's On" sign for Winchelsea Primary School. The Winchelsea Lions Club has a llist of a lot more achievements and support for very local causes as well as support for wider national and even international programs.

With a new website (winchelsealionsclub.org.au), Winchelsea Lions aim to make it easier both to keep up-to-date with what they are doing and to contact Lions. The ongoing financial income from recycled paper is an essential part of the success of the Lions Club, and Lions members appreciate the assistance of the people of Winchelsea. Another successful fundraising activity is the bagging of sheep manure - at the typical working bee, around 250 large bags of sheep manure are filled, tied and stacked which are later sold on Cape Otway Road for $4 each. Help is always welcome, see the website for details of the next sheep manure working bee and just turn up.

If you or someone you know would like to join in building and improving our thriving Winchelsea community, contact Rob Knuckey (Membership) on 5267 2375 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to find out more and be invited to a Lions meeting - "connections, influence, friendship and philanthropy" is what Lions is all about. See for yourself.