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Members and guests at last Saturday's dinner. :: alain j. gheysens
Lions' Club launched with New Year charity dinner

Lions' Club launched with New Year charity dinner

JENNIE RHODES

Tuesday, 17 January 2017, 09:31

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The Lions' Club Balcón de Europa celebrated their New Year dinner last week, their first large event since the new group formed nine months ago. The dinner took place at the Mar Bella restaurant in Nerja and more than 30 members and guests, representing the wide range of nationalities that make up Nerja's population, shared the evening. Councillor Cristina Fernández also attended the event.

The club's president, José Plaisant, from Belgium, gave an introductory speech in which he used the story of an anthropologist who visited the Xhosa tribe in Africa and learned the word, 'ubuntu,' meaning 'I am because we are,' from a group of children. This and other speeches given by José and vice-president, Elke Lange, were given in or translated into English, French and Spanish by Laura Viqueira, who is the club's vice-secretary.

A raffle and auction of paintings by local artists and donated by ANEDA (Asociación Nerjeña de Arte) raised a total of 479 euros, which will be donated to the different charities and organisations the Lions' Club Balcón de Europa supports.

So far the new organisation has helped a local school with an art project, in collaboration with the Estudio de Pintura Infantil de Nerja (children's painting studio), and future projects include a charity padel tournament, for which the club is looking for sponsors.

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