Lions Club of Werribee, PO Box 163, Werribee (2026)

The Club is actively involved in community work within the City of Wyndham, distributing more than $1,000,000 in past years to charities, welfare and community groups.

With like-minded people, we provide real change & create opportunities in our communities. Some of our projects include;
* Disaster Relief
* Pay It Forward Project
* Lions Recycle For Sight Program
* Australian Lions Hearing

Dogs
* Lions Christmas Cakes and Mints
* Australian Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation
* Lions Diabetes Awareness
* Licola Wilderness Village
* Youth of the Year
* Peace Poster
And so much more! One more member gives us two more hands, so if you are interested in being a part of our team, you can contact us via email: [email protected]

17/05/2026

65th Anniversary Celebrations - Lions Club of Werribee

Series 5 — Thanking All Our 65th Anniversary Attendees

A Full House. A Full Heart. A Night to Remember.
What a night. What an absolutely magnificent, joyful, unforgettable night.

On Friday the 27th of March 2026, the ballroom at The Hoppers Club was filled to the brim — over 100 guests, Lions, partners, dignitaries, families, and friends — gathered together under one roof to celebrate sixty-five extraordinary years of the Lions Club of Werribee.

From the moment the first guests arrived to the final raised glass at the end of the evening, the room buzzed with the kind of energy that only true community can create — laughter, fellowship, shared stories, warm embraces, and a deep sense of belonging that transcended clubs, districts, and generations.

To every single one of you who joined us — thank you.

🦁 To our District Governor, Executive Team, Past District Governors, and visiting dignitaries — your presence elevated this evening to something truly extraordinary

🦁 To the Lions from clubs across our District and beyond who travelled to celebrate with us — your fellowship is the heartbeat of Lionism

🦁 To our sister clubs and fellow service organisations — thank you for standing beside us as you always have

🦁 To our community leaders, councillors, and the Honourable John Lister MP — thank you for honouring us with your time and your words

🦁 To our members past and present, our partners, our families, and our dear friends — you are the soul of this club

A truly heartfelt thank you to every guest who travelled near or far, who dressed up, showed up, raised a glass, shared a meal, and shared a memory with us. A full house is more than a number — it is a statement. A statement that this community values service. That Lionism is alive and thriving in Werribee. That sixty-five years of We Serve still echoes loud and proud.

Looking Forward — The Next Adventure Begins.

The 65th Anniversary may be behind us, but the journey is just beginning. We are already setting our sights on bigger, bolder, more ambitious projects — initiatives that will:

🌱 Deepen our impact on the families and individuals who call Wyndham home

🌱 Bring our District and sister clubs together for larger joint service projects

🌱 Open up new and adventurous community partnerships — with schools, emergency services, youth programs, and local businesses

🌱 Inspire the next generation of Lions through the Lions Eco Club and Youth of the Year

🌱 Strengthen our facility, our reach, and our voice in the community we love

We cannot wait to share what comes next — and we hope you will continue to walk alongside us as we step into the next chapter together.

To every attendee, every Lion, every friend — thank you for being part of a truly magical night.

The memories made in that room on the 27th of March will live on in the story of this club forever.

We Serve. We Celebrate. We Continue.

Lions Club of Werribee — sixty-five years strong, one hundred hearts united, and the very best is still to come.

A heartfelt thank you to the wonderful staff at The Hoppers Club — for your warm hospitality, attentive service, and for creating yet another truly memorable evening for our Lions family.

The Hoppers Club

17/05/2026

65th Anniversary Celebrations - Lions Club of Werribee

Series 4 — Thanking Our District Leadership & Fellow Lions Clubs

The Honour of Lionism — Carried Together.

A Lions Club never stands alone. We stand within a vast and beautiful fellowship of Lions across our District, our nation, and our world — bound together by a single, powerful idea: We Serve.
The Lions Club of Werribee is deeply honoured to acknowledge and thank the District Leaders, Executive Team, and fellow Lions who travelled to be with us on our 65th Charter Anniversary night. Your presence elevated our celebration beyond words.
To Our District Leadership — Thank You:
🦁 District Governor Lion Susan Eyton — for your inspiring leadership of District 201V2 and the encouragement you bring to clubs across our region every day
🦁 Past Council Chairperson Lion Phillip Johnson OAM — for your decades of service at the highest levels of Lionism and your unwavering support of our club
🦁 Immediate Past District Governor Lion Michelle Challis OAM and Lady Phillipa — for your continued guidance, friendship, and example of what dedicated service looks like
🦁 First Vice District Governor Lion Maria Baade — for stepping forward to lead our District into its next chapter
🦁 Second Vice District Governor Lion Shirley Menz — for your commitment to growing Lionism across our District
To Our Past District Governors — Our Living Legacy:
🦁 Lion Allan Reeve PDG
🦁 Lion Lee-Ann Anselmo PDG
🦁 Lion Lou Scholten PDG
Your wisdom, mentorship, and lifelong service continue to shape the path we walk today. Thank you for paving the way.
To Our Zone & District Chairpersons:
🦁 Zone Chairperson Lion Mark Grey
🦁 Zone Chairperson Lion Malcolm Harlow
🦁 District Chairperson Lion Alan Dash
Your hands-on coordination and dedication to inter-club fellowship keep the engine of Lionism running across our region. We are grateful for everything you do.
To Our Visiting Club Presidents and Fellow Lions:
A warm and joyful thank you to Club President Lion Canh-Vinh Nguyen and the members of the Lions Club of Point Cook — our cherished sister club — for sharing this milestone with us.
A heartfelt thank you to our fellow Lions Clubs of Sunshine, Deer Park, Grovedale Waurn Ponds, Altona, Hoppers Crossing, and every other club across our District and beyond who travelled to be with us. Your fellowship is the lifeblood of Lionism.
Looking Forward — Stronger Together.
The next chapter of the Lions Club of Werribee is one we are eager to write hand-in-hand with each of you. We look forward to more joint events, more collaborative service projects, more shared celebrations, and many more opportunities — near and far — to amplify the impact of Lionism across Wyndham, our District, and beyond.
When Lions stand together, communities flourish. When clubs stand together, generations are changed.
To every Lion who graced our 65th Charter Anniversary — thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. This celebration belonged to all of us.
We Serve. Together. Always.

Lions Club of Werribee — sixty-five years strong, and proudly marching forward alongside our extended Lions family.

Deer Park Lions Club Vic Lions Club of Sunshine VIC
Lions Club of Altona Lions Club of Werribee
Lions Club of Footscray Lions Club of Anglesea
Lions Club of Point Cook Inc. et al

17/05/2026

65th Anniversary Celebrations - Lions Club of Werribee

Series 3 — Thanking the Contributions

Sixty-Five Years of Glorious Service.

What have we done in sixty-five years? Where do we even begin?

✨ Raised and distributed over $1 million to charities, welfare groups, and individuals in need

✨ Marched proudly on Anzac Day, laying wreaths at the Werribee Cenotaph in honour of those who gave everything

✨ Stood beside the CFA and emergency services through bushfire, flood, and disaster

✨ Served the legendary sausage sizzles — including for stranded V/Line commuters who needed more than a bus replacement; they needed a warm smile and a snag! 🌭

✨ Organised "Werribee '84" — one of Australia's largest country music festivals — drawing 20,000 fans to Werribee Park

✨ Hosted the annual Charity Golf Day — a fixture in the local social calendar for decades

✨ Built the main barbeque area at Lions Village Licola

✨ Donated wheelchairs, Hart Walkers, and — in one uniquely touching case — a Braille typewriter to a student who simply wanted to do his homework

✨ Funded Story Dogs to nurture literacy in our youngest learners

✨ Gifted Hops the Hearing Dog to change one woman's daily life at RAAF Williams, Laverton

✨ Recycled over 7 million pairs of spectacles globally through Recycle for Sight

✨ Championed the Youth of the Year Quest and the Lions Peace Poster Program

✨ Rebuilt a school in East Timor — because a Lions badge knows no borders

✨ For twenty-one consecutive years, led brilliantly by Lion Bob Kochevatkin, walked in Relay for Life — raising over $70,000 for Cancer Council Victoria

✨ Financed and built Wyndham Lodge (now Baptcare) — still caring for our most vulnerable today

And we did it hand-in-hand with Wyndham City Council, VicRoads, Victoria Police, CFA, SES, Rotary, and so many magnificent partners — because the best service is collaborative service.

To every Lion, partner, and supporter who made these contributions possible — thank you.

16/05/2026

65th Anniversary Celebrations - Lions Club of Werribee

Series 2 — Thanking Our Leadership & Past Presidents

Sixty-Five Years. Sixty-Five Stories of Leadership.

Behind every great Lions Club stands a line of leaders who took up the torch when it was their turn to carry it — and passed it on burning even brighter.

Our club honors every Past President of the Lions Club of Werribee — the men and women who guided this club through changing decades, growing communities, and evolving needs.

From Lion Jack Smith in 1961–62 through to today, each of you added a chapter to a story now sixty-five years long.

Past Presidents — The Lions Club of Werribee (1961 – 2025)

1961–62 — J. Smith
1962–63 — H. Carter
1963–64 — J. Bellin
1964–65 — M. Lawson
1965–66 — A. Barnes
1966–67 — F. O'Neill
1967–68 — J. Banfield
1968–69 — J. Smith
1969–70 — B. Nation
1970–71 — H. James
1971–72 — A. North
1972–73 — G. Viney
1973–74 — M. Rushford
1974–75 — P. Matlock
1975–76 — A. Cameron
1976–77 — M. Gibbs
1977–78 — D. Hume
1978–79 — J. Carroll
1979–80 — R. Westwood
1980–81 — J. McClure
1981–82 — A. Bain
1982–83 — J. Le Cras
1983–84 — J. Whiting
1984–85 — B. Scudamore
1985–86 — B. J. Thompson
1986–87 — B. G. Thompson
1987–88 — F. Organ
1988–89 — A. Stephens
1989–90 — P. Buchman
1990–91 — W. Charles
1991–92 — M. Selzer
1992–93 — G. Pickersgill
1993–94 — I. Joss
1994–95 — W. Whiting
1995–96 — G. Fenton
1996–97 — D. Atherton
1997–98 — B. Shields
1998–99 — R. Rixon
1999–2000 — W. Raw
2000–01 — J. O'Brien
2001–02 — M. Selzer
2002–03 — K. Crump
2003–04 — D. Mullett
2004–05 — B. Kochevatkin
2005–06 — D. Ryan
2006–07 — D. Gray
2007–08 — L. Scholten
2008–09 — J. Cancian
2009–10 — L. Crump
2010–11 — D. Harden
2011 — P. Saunders
2011–12 — M. Eather
2012–13 — M. Dodge
2013–14 — B. Hudgson
2014–15 — Z. Gould
2015–16 — P. Morris
2016–17 — K. Cook
2017–18 — T. Henderson
2018–19 — D. Mullett
2020–22 — S. Anselmo
2022–23 — J. Zaldivia
2023–24 — M. Harlow
2024–25 — R. Loh

The Charter members lit the flame. You kept it burning.

We Serve — and we stand on the shoulders of giants.

16/05/2026

65th Anniversary Celebrations - Lions Club of Werribee

Series 1 — Thanking Our Charter Members and Earliest Lions of our club

To Those Who Dared to Dream — Thank You.

On the 16th of February 1961, fourteen remarkable men gathered at the Bridge Hotel in Werribee — a town of just 5,000 souls — and dared to ask a powerful question:

"How can we make life better for the people around us?"

From that single evening grew sixty-five years of service, sacrifice, and selfless love for this community.

With deep and humble gratitude, the Lions Club of Werribee honours Our Charter Members and Earliest Lions — the Lions whose vision lit the torch we still carry today.

🦁 Lion Jack Smith
🦁 Lion John Banfield
🦁 Lion Laurie Earl
🦁 Lion Frank O'Neill
🦁 Lion Alan Barnes
🦁 Lion Ted Dowling
🦁 Lion Kermode
🦁 Lion Jim Bellin
🦁 Lion Jack Coone
🦁 Lion Sandy North
🦁 Lion Neville Hudson
🦁 Lion George Raphael
🦁 Lion Bert Davis
🦁 Lion Joe Callanhan
🦁 Lion Herb Carter
🦁 Lion Feddersen
🦁 Lion Peter Matlock
🦁 Lion Maurie Dougherty
🦁 Lion Murray Lawson
🦁 Lion Tony Mantello
🦁 Lion John Fagan
🦁 Lion Ian Luhrs
🦁 Lion Ron Cutler
🦁 Lion Roy O’Neill
🦁 Lion Tom Jobson
🦁 Lion Jack O’Toole
🦁 Lion Bernie Robinson

You could not have imagined that the seed you planted that evening would grow into a mighty, flourishing tree — one that today shelters hundreds of thousands of people across the City of Wyndham.

Your vision is alive. Your legacy is thriving.

We Serve — because you showed us how.

Photo: Werribee Lions Club Charter Members, March 1961

16/04/2026

🦁 Every conversation matters. Every insight counts. Every member teaches. 🦁

What an extraordinary evening with our Lions at Lions Club of Werribee

Last night proved something we already know but love to celebrate — every single person around our table carries a lifetime of unique experience, skills, and wisdom. When we bring those together, something truly special happens.

Over a wonderful meal, we opened the floor for one of our most cherished traditions — member-led knowledge sharing — where our own in-house experts became the speakers, and our curious minds became the students. 🎓

A heartfelt thank you to Lions Aminah, Asja, Bob, Doug, Heather OAM, Muthu, Merv, Russell and our many other brilliant contributors who shared their hands-on expertise across our favourite Lions activities:

🔥 BBQ & Sausage Sizzle Events – the art and science behind a great community BBQ

🚗 Car Park Management – logistics, flow, and making it look effortless

✅ The Do's and the Don'ts – real stories, real lessons, priceless experience

💳 Tyro/FPOS & Event Tech – embracing the tools that make our service smarter and smoother
And a special standing ovation for Lions Dina, Mel, Rocel and Veronique — whose sharp, thoughtful questions drew out the gold from our experienced members. Great questions are the engine of great knowledge transfer. 💬🔑

We are also deeply grateful to have Lion Mentor Allan guiding our club's journey — nurturing talent, connecting experience to opportunity, and ensuring that the Lions spirit is passed on with care and intention to every new generation of members. 🌟 His presence and guidance remind us that mentorship is the highest form of service within our club. 🙏

It's not just the events we run — it's the knowledge we pass on, the skills we transfer, and the future leaders we grow right here at our dinner table. Tonight's newest member is tomorrow's most experienced voice. That's how our club stays strong, relevant, and unstoppable across generations.

We don't just serve our community — we invest in each other. Through fellowship, laughter, good food, and the genuine exchange of ideas, we build something far greater than any single event: a culture of continuous learning and shared purpose. 🌱

🦁 We Serve. We Learn. We Grow. We Have Fun. 🦁

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