Marc will lead the Alberton Lions Club
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The Alberton Lions Club recently inducted their 52nd president, Marc du Plooy, who started his year in office on July 1.
Other board members are Keith Hollman (club first vice), Jimmy Wilson (club second vice), Melinda Strydom (club secretary), Sandy King (club membership chair), Tammy du Plooy (club service chair), Ian King (Lions Clubs International Foundation), Mukesh Dayah (club treasurer), Tania Steyn (club director) and Tiaan Kotzé (club director).
On their Facebook page, the club welcomed the board members for the coming year.
“The club’s vision is to increase service through networking. Over the past 51 years, the club has been committed to helping their community under the five International Lions service pillars: vision, hunger, diabetes, paediatric cancer and environment.
“Over the past year, the Alberton Lions Club members volunteered over 3 000 hours and spent or distributed over R1.2-million to serve over 106 000 people,” said Marc.
More about the club
“Every journey begins with a single step. One act of service, one encouraging word, one gift of generosity is often all it takes to bring hope where it’s needed most,” said Marc.
“Over the last 100 years, the kindness of Lions and Leos has multiplied across borders, oceans and continents. With over 1.4 million members, we now have an opportunity to truly change our world.
“That’s why we’re uniting our global service around five areas of need. These global causes present significant challenges to humanity, and they believe it’s their turn to meet them.
“We serve the community of Alberton and surrounding areas through hard work, fun and love.”
Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organisation, with more than 1.4 million members in approximately 45 000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world.
The Alberton Lions Club is a part of Lions Clubs International, a network of volunteers who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities
You can follow and support what the Alberton Lions’ members accomplish by visiting their Facebook page or website.
