Wandong-Wallan Lions Club donated a conveyor belt toaster to Kilmore Primary School’s breakfast club supporting students to have a meal in the mornings.
Lions Club members donated the item to the school’s breakfast club last month, where the wellbeing team and students were excited to receive the toaster, allowing students to become more involved in breakfast preparation.
President Daniel Rossignoli said when the club discovered the school was looking to purchase a conveyor belt toaster, it was time for them to reach out.
“The needs of the breakfast club are increasing and increasing with people with work commitments, and obviously struggling in the current environment,” he said.
“I think it’s really fantastic for us to be able to do that in the community, not just for the school, but especially to help kids out that are there each morning.
“Most schools will run some form of breakfast club, but it is to provide those kids that need a little bit of help in the morning to get ready and those parents that can drop off and have a good meal with the teachers surrounding.”
It’s not the first time the club has helped primary schools throughout the shire, previously lending a hand with Christmas hampers for families and is expecting to contribute more donations to other primary schools.
Mr Rossignoli, a younger president who has been in the role since July, said the club has had good engagement with the community over the past 12 months.
“We’ve also got a $1000 donation that we’re doing to St Pat’s to support purchasing a piano for their music program and on top of that we’ll be running a hamper program to support the schools again for Easter,” he said.
“I think we’ve identified that the schools are probably the outlet for us to re-engage with the community and those in need without, people feeling the need to step forward and ask for help.
“We’ve got the schools to facilitate that help where they know people are in need, so the schools in Wandong, Wallan and Kilmore are probably where we’re going to channel a lot of our effort.”
The club is looking to grow its members and will be running a membership drive at some point this year with a golf day at Kilmore Golf Club.
The club has meetings on the second Wednesday of each month at Wallan Community House at 7.30pm, where members of the public are welcome as guests.
