HUNTLY LIONS CLUB INC. NZ    20129/2020

President:      Peter Brown           phmabrown@outlook.com

Secretary:      Lorraine Higgins    huntly.secretary@lionsclubs.org.nz

HUNTLY LIONS CLUB INC.

The Huntly Lions Club was first incorporated in 1961, with a membership of 20 members. Their biggest project was, in conjunction with Rotary, Jaycees, local Council, and some others, they ran a queen carnival to raise money for the Kimihia Home & Hospital. The home was intended for local elderly residents to have a place to stay, with care provided and the Kimihia Home and Hospital opened, with 8 beds, in 1979. Over the years the facility has grown to providing a Dementia Unit, a Hospital unit, and a number of residential suites and rooms to cater for the elderly and infirm. In addition 14 residential units have been built on site, to cater for residents that are able to look after themselves.

Huntly Lions still supply considerable support to this facility both financially and physically.

In 2014 Huntly Lions raised funds for a monument, in the form of a Mine Poppet Head, to commemorate the tragedy where 43 miners lost their lives in an explosion. This occurred in the underground pit in the centre of the town.

All the dead are buried in the local cemetery and the local Lions spent a considerable time in restoring the graves. The monument was officially dedicated in September, 2014. Lions members raised $160,000.00, over a 7 year period, to complete the project.

Fund raising activities carried out by the club include:

Providing parking assistants for the local Stock-car meetings;

And Lions provide manpower for collections for organisations, like Arthritis Foundation; Blind Appeal; Blind Dog Red Puppy Appeal; the Big Heart Foundation; and the Breast Cancer Foundation, These organisations are national entities.

The club currently has 20 members, 18 active, , 

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