LIONS CLUB OF MAITLAND

Ms JENNY AITCHISON (Maitland—Minister for Regional Transport and Roads)—Congratulations to The Lions Club of Maitland who have been engaging and supporting the Maitland Community for the past 70 years. Following the 1955 Maitland floods the Lions Club of Maitland not only gifted 55 blocks of land but also relocated several homes for victims of the flood. Over the years the club has donated equipment to the Maitland Hospital, a special school bus for disabled children, and provided an ambulance and a car for the district nurse. The club have also provided and enhanced recreational facilities and parks, provided Maitland's first Tourism Information Centre; and even designed and provided Maitland's Coat of Arms and Mayoral Chains. I would like to recognise the efforts of Life Members former Mayor of Maitland Bob Gee OAM and his wife Melva, Col Cairns, also my former NSW Parliamentary colleagues Andrew Gee MP, Federal Member for Calare and Maitland City Councillor Sally Halliday. The Lions Club of Maitland continues to offer community activities that promote fun, friendship and family and have demonstrated an ability to harness the goodwill and diversity of skills and resources in our community to improve the lives of others. What an incredible legacy!