Our honoured guest at our meeting this month was Charif Kaiss, Founder and President of the not-for-profit organisation Crush Kancer with a Smile, who gave a moving and inspiring talk on conquering your fears and overcoming adversity… all the way from Lebanon! Whilst this is certainly a diversion from our usual autistic-themed programme of talks […]
We had a clinical psychologist come to our Club meeting this month — Dr. Bettina Christl, of Heart and Mind Psychology! Bettina’s talk was of particular interest to our audience, since she has autistic patients amongst her many clients that come to her practice. Bettina’s talk was very well received by everyone who came. Many […]
SACLC has successfully completed a fundraiser in the form of a bicycling challenge that lasted for the month of September. The plan was to have as many members of our club get on their bikes as possible. However, only our President Tom decided to go through with the challenge. To be fair, it was a […]
Thanks to all of you who came to our inaugural online trivia fundraiser, hosted on ZOOM by the amazingly affable, and tremendously talented club secretary, Ilya! It was an unmitigated success. We raised $127 and fun was had by all The proceeds of the fundraiser will go towards the LCIF fund for the recent explosion […]
SACLC hosted a well-attended, informative and engaging presentation by Mike Tozer, CEO of Xceptional on the subject of autistic employment. It is an unfortunate fact that the unemployment rate for adult autistic people is significantly higher than that of the general population. Organisations such as Xceptional are leading the charge in redressing the imbalance, harnessing […]
Service is at the very heart of all Lions Clubs and SACLC is no exception! So when Plumtree, a leading not-for-profit organisation that supports young, disabled and autistic children and their families, was in need of assistance for their annual End of Year Celebration, SACLC answered the call and made their way to their Marrickville […]
The burgeoning worldwide family of autism-related Lions Clubs just got bigger with the birth of the Melbourne Autism Lions Club! For such a momentous occasion it was only proper that SACLC, the first Autism Lions Club in Australia, provided support for MALC’s Charter Night by sending our Secretary (Tom) down south to comely Club Kilsyth […]
With the continuing support of Niantic Labs by providing 2nd and 3rd anniversary posters and stickers, the Sydney Autism Community Lions Club conducted another successful fundraising event. The SACLC Pokemon Go Champion Challenge took place during the Oatley Lions Spring Festival at the Oatley Memorial Park on Saturday, October 19, 2019 from 9 AM till […]
Around 23 years ago, an Autistic individual by the name of Satoshi Tajiri gave the world the gift of Pokémon. On September 15, 2019, Niantic Inc. returned the favour by providing support to the Sydney Autism Community Lions Club Inc. for their Pokemon Go Tournament which was hosted during the Lugarno Lions Spring Festival at […]
In their first event after chartering, the Sydney Autism Community Lions Club (SACLC) reached out to the community in Parramatta by installing autism awareness booths showcasing different autism organisations such as the Autism Community Network (ACN), an organization that provides support for carers, families and individuals dealing with autism; Au2gether, an adult autism support group […]