Rebuilding the Lions Club in Bourke
Story by Tricia Duffield
Service organisation and the volunteers who run them are often considered the backbone of rural communities, but many clubs face a dwindling pool of supporters and an uncertain future.
Now, Bourke local Emily Simpson says it’s time to breathe new life into the Lions Club of Bourke, which was once a pillar of the community before it closed years ago.
Emily reached out to former district governor for Lions, Michael Ryans from the Bathurst chapter, who had already tried to revive the Bourke club without success.
“We tried to revive interest in the Bourke Club, but the distance defeated us,” Michael said. “When Emily saw a newspaper article that we’d done at the time, it sparked her interest and she contacted me.”
Michael said that, with someone now on the ground in Bourke who was interested, he had decided to have another go.[…]
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