The Autism Lions Movement in Australia continues unabated with the addition of the third club in the Movement, the North Queensland ASD Lions Club! As with Melbourne Autism’s charter night, it was only proper that we showed our support for this equally momentous occasion, so once again, we sent our president Tom up north to […]
This month, we decided to embark upon our most ambitious undertaking to date: running – to our knowledge – the world’s first hackathon to be run by a Lions Club![1] Being an autistic-themed Lions Club, it was only fitting that our hackathon had an autistic theme. Equally fitting was the name we gave our little […]
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 […]
A grand tradition of Lions Clubs far and wide is the changeover meeting, in which the newly elected Club Board are welcomed and inaugurated. It is indeed a special occasion! We took this as an opportunity to relaunch our club. We sent out invitations to other Lions and members of the autistic community. In all, […]
Dear Lions, It is with a heavy heart that we write to you regarding the passing of our beloved charter member Narelle Hills. After her struggle with disease during the past months, Narelle is now in the hands of the Lord. Though we will miss her presence among us and her incredible energy and spirit […]
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 […]
In partnership with Future Academy, a Registered Training Organisation (RTO), and the Autism Community Network (ACN), an organisation providing support to families and autistic individuals, the Sydney Autism Community Lions Club Inc. has brokered an agreement to provide free accredited First Aid classes (HLTAID003) to young adults who are on the autism spectrum. With the […]
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 […]