THE Lions club of Bel Air, which has to its credit thousands of Projects in Service to the people of Guyana, celebrated its 60th Anniversary on Sunday.

Although the COVID-19 outbreak has put a damper on the Club’s normal celebratory activities, the event was observed at its Enachu Street, Campbellville headquarters, where the guest of honour was none other than founding member of the Group, Mr. SMV Nasser, who is also a Past District Governor 3-Star.

The group payed special attention to the contributions of Mr. Nasser, highlighting his hard work and dedication in getting it to achieve its goals, as well as being a driving force behind getting groups set up in specific communities to be able to further the reach of the Lions Club. The members presented Nasser with plaques to acknowledge his personal contributions to the development of the group, as well as shared words of gratitude to the group leader.

During the simple ceremony, the Group unveiled its Monument, the Mighty Lion, which is the symbol of the group, and celebrates and commemorated its 60 years of service to the Guyanese people through its varying outreaches and activities. Some of the activities the group has facilitated are: Work in the fields of sight conservation, education, the environment, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases, as well as holding regular medical clinics at its own Civic Centre where, in collaboration with the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, they diagnose and fill prescriptions free of cost.

The Lions Club of Bel Air also presently has the distinction of being rated among the best in the Commonwealth Caribbean, British and U.S, Virgin Islands.
The International Association of Lions Clubs, with Bel Air as one of its Chartered Clubs, is operating within its Centenary of 100 years in over 218 countries, and spending billions of dollars on alleviating the sufferings of mMnkind. Its junior arm, the Leos Club of Bel Air, is also serving in the same fields with some distinguished youths.

In celebrating this special occasion in typical Lions style, the Club arranged for 60 hampers to be distributed to several families, in an effort to continue on the group’s road of providing assistance and support. Fifty of those hampers were put together, using the resources of the group, while the other ten were donated to the group by Survival Supermarket.