The 2025 Noosa Queensland Day Awards are all about honouring generous-spirited local volunteers and recognising the incredible difference their efforts make to the community.
There are dozens of deserving nominees who will be honoured at Sandy Bolton MP’s Queensland Day ceremony at The J on Friday 6 June.
In this article, we put one of those nominees in the spotlight – David Watts from Tewantin Noosa Lions Club.
David’s volunteer efforts with Tewantin Noosa Lions Club have spanned 25 years, which is an impressive achievement in itself.
However, David has taken his volunteering to the next level, holding multiple Lions Cabinet Positions including the District Governor of 56 clubs in the District of 201Q4 Central Queensland in 2020 which was the first time that the Tewantin Noosa Lions Club had a representative of this level since its inception 58 years ago.
David has also held multiple executive positions with the Tewantin Noosa branch over the years including Treasurer, twice President and twice Secretary.
“David has been instrumental in arranging many new local community projects for the Lions including guiding the annual distribution of around $40,000 of funds back to the community. He is a man dedicated to serving others which is why we have nominated him for this award,” current president, Michael Roach said.
David can often be found helping out at many of the Lions activities, such as supporting those with disability needs, hearing medical dogs program for diabetes, car parking, walk to school program, little Nippers and Sailability.
He has donated countless hours of his time to raising funds and helping those in the community that are not travelling too well due to financial or health circumstances and helping to build the community through legacy projects such as Lions Park and the Meals on Wheels facility.
Tewantin Noosa Lions Club welcomes anyone who wants to join this fun group and help make a real difference to the community.
The Noosa Electorate Queensland Day awards are an initiative of Independent Member for Noosa, Sandy Bolton MP with sponsorship support from Noosa Today and Cooroy RSL.
All local community groups can nominate, until 12pm on 19 May 2025, up to two individuals who have not received a Noosa Queensland Day Award before and have volunteered their time or provided pro-bono services for a minimum of two years within the Noosa state electorate.
To complete an online nomination, visit www.sandybolton.com/qld-day-awards. Hard copies of nomination forms can be downloaded from this link and are also available from Sandy Bolton’s office at Suite CB05, 28 Eenie Creek Rd, Noosaville, across the carpark from the Ampol Noosa Civic petrol station or by calling 5319 3100.
