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LOCAL LIONS ONCE AGAIN THANK ELLENBROOK & Â Â SURROUNDING SUBURBS
DATE: 07 May 2010.
Ellenbrook Lions members last night celebrated the announcement at this weeks Lions Mildura Convention that “your” local Club was announced as the highest seller of Lions mints in Australia despite fierce competition from the other 450 clubs during the calendar year 2009.
Ellenbrook Lions President, Tony Turner, applauded the six person Mints team and congratulated them on their commitment, sacrifice and drive to reach their target.
Tony also joined the team in applauding the generosity of the local community, which allowed us to achieve a massive $21,585 in sales of the $0.50 mint rolls, that’s a lot of rolls!, he said. He and the team also wished to thank the 110 businesses who have assisted us in achieving the award during 2009.
Ellenbrook Lions Club was officially founded eight years ago with 25 members. Since then the club has grown and now has a membership numbering 34 and growing. The Club is fortunate to have an enthusiastic group of members who are involved in a number of fund raising projects including newspaper collections, swap meets, sausage sizzles, Xmas cake sales and the children’s train.
One area which has proved to be very successful in raising funds for community projects is the distribution of Lions Mints.
The distribution of Lions Mints has been part of the activities of the club since its commencement. Initially there were seven outlets, however during the following three years the number of outlets dropped to five. It was then that two of our members took over the distribution of the mints believing that having two members dedicated specifically to the distribution of Lions mints would lead to an increase in the number of outlets and cash collected. By April 2008 their beliefs were confirmed with the number of outlets distributing Lions Mints increasing from 5 to 53 with annual sales increasing from $100 to over $10,000.
At this stage the workload was becoming far too much for just two members, so two further members were invited to join the team. The result of having an extra two members increased the number of outlets to 78 and annual sales to over $17,000. Since another two members have come onboard we now distribute Lions Mints to 110 outlets with annual sales expected to total $25,000 in 2010.
Once again it must be acknowledged that the success of the distribution of the Lions mints is due also to the outlets, their management and patrons. Without their cooperation and honesty our efforts would be worthless. We extend our grateful thanks to them.
More good news is that sales so far this year are well ahead of last year and with the help of our wonderful supporting businesses and the generosity of you, in the community, we hope to repeat our success this year.
From the Ellenbrook Lions – thank you!
and, please visit our website, www.ellenbrook.wa.lions.org.au , to discover what we, as Lions, do for the community in return for your support.
MEDIA CONTACT: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ron Freestone
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