HISTORY OF BRANDON LIONS CLUB/LOCATION
OF BRANDON.
Brandon Lions was
chartered on the 11th August 1979 and serves the community of the township of
Brandon. It still retains the services of two of its Charter members - Charter
President Albin Scemlowski and Ben Harris
Brandon is situated
EIGHTY (80) kilometers south of Townsville in the state of Queensland. The
closest town to Brandon is Ayr which is just 5 kilometers to the south.
Brandon's economy is dependent on the Sugar Cane Industry, with most of the
town's inhabitants (and also the club members) being employed by CSR Sugar
Mills. Current population is approximately 900. Facilities in the town are
fairly basic but we do have ONE PUB - THE BRANDON TAVERN and a BOWLING GREEN -
BRANDON BOWLS CLUB Inc.
VISIT OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE - MD 201 -
Q2.
Visit the site of MD201 Q2 by clicking on the District
logo. The logo shows MD 201 - made up of of Australia and Papua New
Guinea. The shaded area in black is our District 201-Q2.
The Kangaroo stands for Australia the Crocodile represents
the State of Queensland. The Bird of Paradise on the right is the national
emblem of Papua New Guinea.
MD201-Q2 is one of the few
districts in Lions that cover two countries - makes our work that much more
interesting.
Our District this Lionistic year
(2003/2004) has as its District Governor Ms. Beryl Ahern. Her slogan is “Fun
and Service go hand in hand” - the intention being to encourage Lions to go
back to having some fun whilst working for their community. A visit will bring
you up to date on all our activities and plans/projects for the future.
IN APPRECIATION
In
recognition of the contribution of the Lions Clubs of Turkey, especially Lion
Dr. Enzar Tore, in providing free web page hosting for Lions Clubs everywhere,
the Lions Club of Brandon. proudly displays the flag of
Turkey on our site.
Click on the flag to go to the web site of Lion Dr. Enzar's home club - the
Lions Club of Canakkale.
As an extension to the
Turkish Lions' contribution, the Brisbane Ekibin Lions Club of MD 201 Q1
(Australia) offer assistance to Lions Clubs who want to take advantage of the
Turkish Lions offer, but are not familiar with web publishing. They've already
set up many sites for Lions Clubs world-wide, using Lionwap.
If your club wants to be on the internet, and would like some help, leave a
message in the Ekibin Guest Book by clicking on the image above. This is a FREE
SERVICE, so you don't spend a cent for their work. As Lionwap is also FREE, this
means you get a web site that you NEVER have to pay for. - Is that a deal or
what?
All your Club has to do it have some-one update and maintain your page, which
needs not take more than a few minutes each month. The Ekibin Lions will even
give you some tips on that!
