This project provides support to the St Vincent de Paul Roadhouse by assisting to prepare and serve meals to Canberra’s homeless and destitute people once a week, and collecting and providing warm clothes, socks, underwear, and toiletries. We also support their annual Xmas party by donating smoked hams and fruit cake slices.

Ronald McDonald House provides accommodation for families from remote rural areas who are visiting their child in hospital. Canberra City Lions support Ronald McDonald House by sponsoring a room for families to stay in, regularly provides a breakfast for the families staying there, and donates to their fund-raising events.

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Attending school on an empty stomach can be detrimental to a child’s ability to learn. This project aims to provide breakfast to students who otherwise might not start the day with a meal, and thus improve their learning outcomes.  We help fund breakfast programs at Calwell High School and Melrose High Schools, and have donated funding towards the GLOW program for senior girl students at Calwell High School.

Speech pathology sessions are not covered by the NDIS. Canberra City Lions, along with several other Canberra Clubs provide funding for speech pathology lessons for a young boy whose family is unable to afford the lessons.

This project provides educational support to three disadvantaged Australian children including a full sponsorship for Adam and two part-sponsorships for Olivia and Lucas all three during calendar year 2023 are in Year 3 at school. These sponsorships provide school needs (uniforms, books, stationery, etc) and tutoring/mentoring through The Smith Family. We also provide Xmas and birthday cards and gifts for the children

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Lions Youth Haven is a working farm that provides a refuge and support for young people in situations of crisis. It aims to enable disengaged young people to regain self-respect and confidence, and in the outdoors to learn about and develop their own dignity in an outdoor environment. It is run by all Lions Clubs in Canberra with each Club having members on the Board of Directors. Our Club provides three members on the Board, makes regular donations to the education program, and participates in monthly working bees to assist in maintaining the facility, while two members, Lions Paul and Owen, undertake maintenance projects at LYH each week.

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This project seeks to develop the young leaders of tomorrow through a public speaking event. High School students are encouraged to answer impromptu questions from a panel of judges and then to give a 3-minute prepared presentation on a subject of their choosing. The outstanding students win a prize and then progress to Zone, District, and National events.

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The Lions Clubs International Foundation’s Disaster Relief Fund provides financial support to Lions Clubs around the world when undertaking disaster relief in their local community. Canberra City Lions Club makes regular donation to this fund to support victims of disaster such as bushfires, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and volcano eruptions. In 2021-22 the Club was awarded the Model Club 200% LCIF Award four donating $(US)1000 per member to the disaster relief fund.

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Disaster Relief Australia (DRA) provides disaster response to those affected by natural disasters, be they domestic or international. It is undertaken by military veterans with emergency responders, medical professionals, and technology solutions volunteers. DRA is a Category B Multiple District 201 Project. Canberra City Lions are providing support to DRA through the provision of a new storage facility for DRA equipment at LYH to save them the cost of renting storage space.

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This project is a Lions District 201N2 Zone 7 project. It aims to rehabilitate an area of Ginninderra Creek to its original native grassland state. The project coordinator is our Lion Mick, and the Club supports the project with members participating in the weekly working bees undertaking environmental works. The working bees are held on alternating Saturdays and Sundays.

Coordinated by our Lion Mick, the object is to recycle things that are not recycled through the ACT Government recycling bin collections: such as batteries, aluminium foil, can pull-tabs, medicine blister packs, plastic drink bottle lids. Collection buckets have been provided to members, once filled they are collected where they will be sorted by type, cleaned if necessary, and packaged. Then they are delivered to the appropriate recycling agency. This project has been expanded to become a District 201N2 Category B Project with clubs from Campbeltown to Eden in NSW participating.

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Lids4Kids rescues plastic bottle lids from landfill and recycles them to protect our environment for future generations and wildlife.

Our aim is that Lids4Kids, a collective group of volunteers that advocates and facilitates the recycling of small plastic bottle lids into sustainable products

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This is a Lions Australia National Project. Our Club assists by collecting secondhand spectacles for distribution to third world countries via Lions Clubs.

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The Club supports the Queanbeyan Hospital’s maternity ward through semi-annual donations to the Queanbeyan Hospital Auxiliary to assist in the purchase of equipment for the ward.

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Klibur Domin is a Timorese NGO based in Tibar, Timor-Leste, about 17 km from the capital Dili. Klibur Domin has three main programs: the Inpatients Program, providing care for low needs patients; the Community Based Rehabilitation program, which supports children and adults with disability and provides respite care and access to education; and the Tuberculosis (TB) Program, which provides care for patients with both TB and Multi-Drug Resistant. Canberra City Lions supports Kilbur Domin through an annual donation of funds.

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Motor neurone disease is the name for a group of diseases that affect nerves known as motor nerves, or motor neurons. These neurons degenerate and die. This causes the muscles to become weaker and weaker. This eventually leads to paralysis. MND NSW holds an annual fundraising event in Canberra “Walk to d’Feet MND”. Our Club supports MND NSW by holding a BBQ at the annual walk and donating the profits to MND NSW.

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This project is not associated with the Men’s Shed organization nor is it part of the Woodworker’s Guild. A fully equipped workshop is provided by our Club where men can get together to undertake activities such as woodworking, metalworking, and toymaking, and to talk about what is on their minds. They also assist the Lions Youth Haven Farm Manager with minor repairs around the farm.

Throughout the year Canberra City Lions raises funds and donated to a range of charities including:

• Lions CaringKids Project
• Australian Lions Childrens Mobility Foundation
• Lions Prostate Cancer Research and Treatment Project
• Cure Brain Cancer Foundation
• Australian Lions Wellness Foundation
• Lions Medical Research Foundation

The Club undertakes a number of community service activities such as:

• Support to the Vietnam Veterans’ 50^th Anniversary
• Yard cleanup for an elderly and infirm couple.