Lions muster funds for foster care

HUNGRY shoppers have helped the Lions Club of Peregian raise $1600 for the Anglicare Foster Care service.
The Lions Club of Peregian gave up family time on Easter Saturday (26 March) to hold a fund-raising barbecue out the front of Noosaville Bunnings where shoppers tucked into sausages to help raise the funds.
The funds are part of a larger donation given to the organisation at the club’s 22 March meeting held at Coolum Beach Hotel where Anglicare Foster Care services president Bernadette Burns was the guest speaker.
Lions Club of Peregian board member Sue Priston said the group were “simply astonished and moved” by Ms Burns’ passion for her role in the organisation and the “overwhelming need for more foster carers in our area”.
“Although there is government support, there is always need to support the children, many of whom arrive at Anglicare with nothing,” Ms Priston said.
The group also donated $500 worth of store vouchers from the local area plus a basketful of children’s new pyjamas and underwear.