
Lions Club Vestby
Vestby, Norway
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Founded in 1966, Lions Club Vestby is a community organisation based in Vestby, Norway working on children & youth, mental health, disability +2 more.
Lions Club Vestby is a local service club in Vestby, Norway, part of the international Lions organisation. Its volunteer members work for the local community, focusing on children and young people, people with disabilities and older people. Its main programme is MITT VALG, a school and kindergarten programme against bullying and exclusion, funded mainly by the annual Lions Tulipanaksjon (tulip campaign) each late April. The club also sells sand for winter gritting, runs a youth soapbox race (olabilløp) in Son, a pensioners' Christmas party, and an annual party for people with disabilities together with other Follo Lions clubs. Founded in 1966, it reports that no members receive pay for their work.
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MITT VALG
Children & Youth · Norway
Lions Quest programme teaching social and emotional skills in kindergartens and schools in Vestby municipality, aimed at preventing bullying, violence and substance misuse.
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Vestby kommune, Kulturdøgn Son, Lions International
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