Tailem Bend Lions roar for their community

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Post-COVID, the Lions Club of Tailem Bend continues to roar, celebrating the unique Princes Highway town and beckoning past and present community members back to their pride.

Club president Doug Holmes, of Murray Bridge, said the group was very proud of its pursuits in bringing positive change to its town.

Most would agree that Tailem Bend ticks most of the boxes when it comes to being recognised as an affordable, well positioned country town with a safe and vibrant community.

Being a strong community, people take pride in their environment, respecting and supporting one another regardless of age, gender, race, or creed.

A bypass, to some highway townships, would seem like a death sentence.

Some of those towns whose economies rely on through traffic survive and even thrive, while others may dwindle; fortunately, Tailem Bend was not bypassed and is thriving with fresh projects being announced every year.

Being a part of Australia’s national Highway One, thousands of travellers on the Princes Highway pass through Tailem Bend every day, some bound to complete a big lap of mainland Australia for something like 14,500 kilometres, making this iconic national highway the longest in the world.

Tailem Bend is much more than a 24-seven stop-over for travellers.

Detouring off the highway, one will discover the main street, Railway Terrace, a vibrant business and commercial district, and a great spot to stop for a rest.

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“It’s been exceptionally gratifying to have been able to financially assist so many community projects, like Tailem Bend’s Uneek Animals enclosure, the Pangarinda Botanic Gardens at Wellington East, the Tailem Bend hospital, the Tailem Bend cemetery, Taberefta Homes and the Tailem Bend RSL remembrance gardens,” Mr Holmes said.

“We want to do more.

“If you have any worthy community project that needs help, please let us know; we may be able to help financially and also put you in touch with other service groups to help your project come to life.

“We have a resilient group of dedicated volunteers who regularly carry out fundraising activities throughout the district, helping to bring back pride into their communities.”

If you are a Tailem Bend community group and have a project coming up that could do with some additional financial help, please be sure to have a chat with Mr Holmes.

• More information: Call Doug Holmes on 0401 239 630.

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