Projects

The Lions Club of Mersey - Devonport (Inc) is involved in many current projects that aim to serve local, national and/or international communities.

Mersey Devonport Lions Food Van

All of our current projects and some of our past projects are listed below.

Lions Mints Sales
Lions Christmas Cakes sales
Food Van fund raisers at local functions
Club wishing well collections and maintenance
Club Christmas food donations
Gran's Van
LEHP members visiting local primary schools performing eye checks
world festival of magic members supporting families with shows
supporting Lions Tasmania skin cancer screening van
School end of year awards donations
Lions YOTY
supporting cancer Tasmania relay for life

Gran's Van

Gran's Van has been providing help to the homeless and hidden poor of Devonport since 2006.

In 2016, the Mersey Devonport Lions club agreed to add Gran's Van as an ongoing project. The club has agreed to dedicate at least one BBQ to Gran's Van per Lions year and also to regularly donate items such as clothing, blankets and non-perishable foods from January 2017 onwards.

Felicity Sly, President Gran's Van Association, was invited to attend as guest speaker in 2016. Felicity spoke about the history of Gran's Van, Gran's Van's objectives, and her experiences of volunteering with the van. At the end of her talk, President Dennis Appleby presented Felicity with a $500 donation and a framed certificate from the Mersey Devonport Lions Club, congratulating Gran's Van for 10 years of service to the Devonport community.

More details: http://www.gransvan.org.au/