Sydney Welcomes International Runners for Lions Charity Run

Eight runners from Australia, Canada, Poland, Germany & Ukraine and support crew are participating in the Lions Charity Run from Sydney to Melbourne this weekend.

The Lions Charity Run will culminate with the opening ceremony of the 2024 Lions International Convention at the Melbourne Convention Centre, 21 June 2024.

The Lions Club of Hornsby is coordinating this special 946KM event that is uniting seven towns – Sydney, Goulburn, Canberra, Gundagai, Holbrook, Shepparton and Melbourne to raise funds for Marri Mittigar – a co-educational special assistance school for children and young people of refugee experience.

“We are excited to start running this Sunday,” said John Lockyer, Past President Hornsby Lions Club and Lions Charity Run Coordinator.

“There are over 100,000,000 forcibly displaced people in the world today. Over 42% of them are children. Our goal is to make a significant difference in our local and international community, and we invite everyone to join us in this important mission.”

Runners include:

Mariusz Szeib, Grzegorz Brodziak, Jacek Tre Becki and Kasia Barudin from Poland. Susanne Hindahl-Reede from Germany, Victoiriya Yashkchuk from Canada, Roman Monastyrskyy from Ukraine and Australia’s own Sari-Elle Kraemer who has just finished the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon, placing as 3rd foreign female and 7th overall in the international category.

The run will start at 100 Cumberland Street, The Rocks at 8.00am sharp on Sunday June 16.

For more information on where to meet the runners or donate, please click here.

The Lions Club of Hornsby is committed to serving the local community and addressing global challenges through various charitable activities.

For 65 years, the Club has been a pillar of support, contributing to numerous causes and fostering a spirit of cooperation and compassion.

In 2023, the Lions Club of Hornsby led the establishment of the four modern modular Warsaw Information Centres and Medical Clinics located in 4 cities and 330,000 Ukraine refugees have been processed through them.