After wrapping up our hugely successful photography competition, our wonderful judges – Amie Forbes Photography, Dianne Hodge, and Daryl Fisher – have completed the tough job of choosing the 13 winning entries, and we have put together an amazing 2017 Calendar.

Just in time for your Christmas shopping, the calendar is the perfect Samford ‘brag book’ to send to friends and relatives, or to keep yourself to remind you how fantastic our community is. For only $10 per calendar, you can have all this, and be supporting the Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation.

Email info@samfordleoclub.org.au to secure yours today!

On the 21^st June we held our annual English Rose High Tea fundraiser at Topiaries, raising money for the Australian Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation. It was an amazing afternoon filled with yummy food, huge prizes, and a lively atmosphere. Thank you to everyone that attended and helped us to raise an enormous $3883 for the Foundation! Photos from the event are up on our Facebook page and website now.

A huge thank you to our sponsors:

Ole Spanish Restaurant – $100 voucher
Pepe’s Mexican Newmarket – $50 voucher
Samford Typing and Copy Centre – assorted gift bag
Signart QLD Pty Ltd – many bottles of champagne, to be served to all guests on arrival
Samford Chicks – roast dinner voucher
Happy Berry House – $30 voucher
Girraween Flowers – floral arrangement
Samford Valley Garden Centre – $25 voucher and plant
Samford Valley Antique & Vintage – $30 voucher
Samford Chemmart Pharmacy – $50 voucher
Mark Furner MP for Ferny Grove – gift basket
Samford Patisserie – $10 voucher
Brumby’s Samford – $20 voucher
BWS Samford – cool bag and $20 voucher
Heart and Soul Samford – $25 voucher
Indian Pepper Restaurant Samford – 2 x $50 vouchers
Slab hut – Glass necklace/pendant and 2 kids books
Samford Historical Museum – family pass
John Burnham – silk roses for all guests on arrival
Arana Leagues Club – Brisbane Queensland – 2 x $50 vouchers
Cellarmasters – $50 voucher
Carpe Diem Pro Te hair salon – $85 voucher
Samford Butchers – $30 voucher
Samford Fruit and Vege – $20 voucher
Jo and David Roberts – more champagne for our guests!
Samford Garage – free wheel alignment
Madelaine and Steven Goakes – sponsorship of our Village Pump ad
Belle Property Samford and Cashmere – Belle magazines for each table, plus 2 x one year subscriptions to the magazine!
Verity Fricken (hairdresser) – 20% off voucher
Lorna Gregory – 2 kids books
John Hall – Urban OZ Harvest cook book
Cr Bob Millar, Moreton Bay Regional Council division 11 – Coffee mug pack
Scotty Barberino – $30 voucher
Ken Perkins Plants – $15 voucher
Samford Irrigation – $30 voucher
In-Line Physio Samford, Alison Ford – book and DVD
Alegria Woodfire Cafe – $80 voucher
The Flying Nun Cafe – $30 voucher

The annual Samford Show was held on the 14th-15th July, where we showed off our new professional face paint set, marquee and hair sprays! Some amazing creations were made by our members and they made the children really happy, which is what we aim to achieve. We also held a small bake sale alongside our face painting which proved to be extremely popular! Thank you to everyone who visited or supported us at the Samford Show. 

Not long after we chartered the club, we came across an organisation called Vital Connection Soup Kitchen. This organisation is partly funded by the government, and brings in volunteers to help cook and serve food to the homeless people of Brisbane. We have helped out on a number of occasions to serve food and drink to the homeless. We all go in together with one of our Leo Advisors or an adult Leo, transport the food trays to the serving area (near Roma st overpass), and serve food to the less fortunate whilst talking to them and learning about how some people live. We really enjoy our experience each time we attend, and try to get over there every couple of months. Our next visit will be in early 2015.

On the 12th, 13th, 19th and 20th of December, some of our Leos helped to sell Lions Christmas Cakes and Leos Christmas raffle tickets, alongside our Lions Club at the new Bunnings store at Brendale. We were also very fortunate to be one of the community groups fundraising there on their opening day. Our Christmas raffle prize was a large basket filled with heaps of Christmas goods – the winner was very pleased to have won it!