Saturday, 6 March
from 1pm to 7pm at Charles Harper Park.
This is our sixth annual fun day and promises to be a great day out for all ages!
MUSIC
We're going to kick off the 2010 Buzz with the Helensburgh Public School Band at 1pm, followed by two of the Illawarra's most popular and well-known Trad/Dixie jazz bands - Miss Nesta and The Rhythm and Captain Bob's Station House 7 Jazz Band.
STALLS
We are hoping to bring a more unusual and eclectic range of stalls to the 2010 Buzz - organic goods, home and handmade crafts and Fair Trade goods are welcome!
If you are a stall holder and would like a 2010 Buzz stall, please download and complete the application form.
Community and Council information stalls will present a variety of information on local activities and Council initiatives. We're building on our green theme and will be presenting eco information and tips on how to reduce your own carbon footprint with the Illawarra organisations that are there to help you achieve this.
Lions Groovy Grape stall - visit Maeve & friends to buy your BUZZ Bags, fairy dresses, cool kids' stuff and lots more!
Bag a Bargain - for the best fishing gear around!
Sky Blue Shoes - handmade leather shoes for children and babies. Visit www.skyblueshoes.com.au for a preview but buy yours at the Buzz!
Candelicious - 100% soy wax candles in over 50 fragrances!
Enjo - clean the planet.
Japix - handmade billums (string bags) with all proceeds returned to the New Guinea women who made them. As well as this, Japix has handmade cards for all occasions.
Kay's Krafts - handpainted folk art on farm implements - very rustic and very beautiful.
Party at Our Place - and party at the Buzz with your own local sweet shop and party venue!
Phoenix Trading - you loved these at the Lions Fair, so choose more beautiful greeting cards and giftwrap as well as other stationary at the Buzz.
Sunrise Nursery - beautiful giftware from your local specialists!
Illawarra Porcelain Artists - beautiful handcrafted pieces. Browse and buy at the Buzz
Aussie Rocks & Gemstones - a Buzz favoutite with beautiful stones and handmade jewellery.
Womens Accessories - featuring beautiful jewellery, handbags and more. Check it out at www.womensaccessories.com au
Usborne Books - a great range of quality books from our local distributor. Contact Annalyssa at annalyssafardell3@hotmail.com to book an Usborne Books At Home party or for your school fundraiser!
FOOD
The Lions BBQ is a must but we are hoping for more fab food vendors to be a part of the Buzz. We have The Red Kitchen, The Natural Pancake Company and Toadies Snowcones but we'd still like more :)
Our local community stalls are full of great local information and offer rewarding volunteering opportunities. Check them out at The Buzz!
OTFORD SEED SAVERS
WIRES
WOLLONGONG CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK
If your community group would like to have a community stall at the Buzz, please contact Gina at events@helensburghlions.org.au or on 4294 1371.
KIDS' ACTIVITIES
Our popular Kids' Craft tent will have some cool eco things to make and do using stuff from your recycling! You'll be amazed at the great things you can make from newspaper, bottletops and straws :)
Design and make your own badge or choose from our 'Buzzed at the Burgh' badges. These are sure to become a fashion icon!
For the big kids, we will also have, for the first time, a field of international games including boules, chess and the traditional Swedish game Kubb. Should be fun for the participants and a good laugh for onlookers!
RIDES
Fosters Amusements are back with their Giant Slide, Jurassic Park jumping castle and the Chair-O-Plane. Tickets are $4 each or buy an all day pass and save - only $15!
FUNDRAISING
To help continue do the work we do in Helensburgh, we need funds! Our course we will have a raffle on the day with some great prizes, but keep watching this space for details of our Silent Auctions and visit the Charity Tent to place your auction bid and to donate to other charities, including:
Helensburgh Lions Ugandan Education Fund, where $150 can provide a high school education
Helensburgh Lions Club Symbio Conservation Projects - working locally to protect threatened and endangered animals
The Grameen Bank - microfinance that really makes a difference to the daily lives of some of the world's poorest people
SILENT AUCTIONS (regularly updated as our generous local businesses give their support):
Raya Thai voucher; value $60. Auction bid starts at $30
THANK YOU!
Buzz in the Burgh has been proudly supported by our local businesses for the past five years. We are sure that they will continue to support us and we ask that you support them!
Helensburgh and District Lions Club
Community minded persons are welcome to enquire about our activities and membership. Our aims are to provide service and assistance to the less fortunate in the local and wider community, whilst enjoying the fun and fellowship of our own and other club members.
Fellowship... good times... meeting people...
building lasting friendships...
service to the community...
learning new skills...
leadership and personal development...
These are just some of the benefits of being a member of Lions Club, the world's largest and most active service club organisation.
We meet the second Tuesday of each month at Helensburgh Workers Club, Helensburgh.
banner photo by Rob Davenport
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
This town has no other community group like Lions!
All the money raised by your local Lions stays within our community. We raise this money by organising the annual District Fair, coordinating bookings and hire of the new sign, and our BBQ is hired by lots of sporting groups, school and other community groups, helping them raise funds for themselves.
PLEASE DONT LET YOUR LOCAL LIONS BECOME EXTINCT!!!!
We meet on the second Tuesday of each month - meeting agendas are full and business is conducted in an efficient but light-hearted way. New ideas and new members are more than welcome and would enable us to more fully serve our community - which is what we do best!
Fair Day is fast approaching and we would love to hear from any community member who is willing to volunteer a few hours to BBQ, sell raffle tickets or join the after-Fair clean-up team. Any assistance is welcome. Ring Libby on 0421 609 731 and we will find a way for you to help us that suits you.
Sincerely, Steve Wright
Helensburgh Lions Club President
