Kyneton Lions Club will continue to operate despite fears last month it may shut down due to low membership.
Members voted to continue the club’s fundraising efforts and activities with hopes to attract new members over the next year.
“We will persevere,” club treasurer Dennis Bertoncini said.
“We had the zone chairman attend our April meeting and he told members that a lot of clubs were in similar positions with declining members.
“We’re still going ahead but still looking for volunteers to assist with events and new members.
“If people come along and volunteer they can see what we do first-hand and see if they want to become a member.”
Most recently, Kyneton Lions were collecting donations for the Good Friday Appeal.
The team stationed at Kyneton’s Mollison Street and High Street traffic light intersection across both Thursday and Friday, collected $6393. This total contributed to the $18,537 collected throughout the Kyneton and district area for The Royal Children’s Hospital.
“With pandemic restrictions, it has been frustrating that we haven’t been able to get out in the community and hold our usual fundraisers,” secretary Denise Bertoncini said.
“We really hope that we can start getting out there more now.”
The club’s next exciting project is Cash-a-Can, which is taking place at the Kyneton High School bus depot on May 14 from 10am to noon. People can donate their old used cans to be turned into cash for community projects.
At the April club meeting, the club also selected its office bearers for another term. David Quarrell was reinstated as club president, Dennis Bertoncini as treasurer, and Denise Bertoncini and Lindsay Potter will share the role of secretary.
