Tokoroa City Lions Projects "We Serve"

The wood is sourced from forest owners, from council sources, from private donations and can be cut into rings by our Lions or by the justice department if they happen to have someone on PD with a chainsaw ticket. Splitting and stacking working bees are common during the season.
We always generate project funds by managing the access into what used to be the Kinleith forest for Taumata. This has continued since CHH owned the forest and reflects the concern Taumata has for being a "good neighbour" to Tokoroa. Our management is to make sure the forest is not used as a dumping ground for the rubbish someone had on their trailer before going out to collect wood and to make sure no one gives in to the temptation to cut up the saw logs on the skid just because its easy to get at. Both of these have happened before and clearly Tokoroa needs to be an equally "good neighbour" to Taumata if this privilege is to continue. The money we make all goes back to projects or donations normally within Tokoroa. It's a win-win and we thank the public for supporting us.   Close

If you would like to be informed by email of changes to the firewood situation

(eg closure of the forest for fire danger, opening and closing dates, the current location etc) then you can register on this web site. Just go to the "Newsletter" tab and add in your name and email address.

This is a double confirm registration system - after you submit your registration you will receive an email with a link to confirm it is really you. Click the link, our server is updated and you are fully registered. If the link does not work copy it and paste it into your browser - some IT departments or security software disable such links for security reasons. If even that fails send a note to the webmaster care of the contact tab on this site to be entered manually.

Note your email is kept strictly confidential to the web server only - it will never be sold or given away or revealed to anyone for any reason ever.   Close

Hancock's have made to ensure this works for the benefit of all in Tokoroa.

A designated point of the forest will be open each weekend and Lions will notify the public through this web site, facebook, email, and other means such as posters or the news media.

The public will be free to follow the designated route to this point during the open hours of 8.00am to 2.00pm. At any other times unauthorised people on those roads will be trespassing and security will deal with them in the normal manner.

The rules are common sense:
◊ $10 per standard trailer - proportionally more for high sides, tandems etc.
◊ Safety requirements as per common sense - hearing protection, chaps, etc.
◊ No living trees to be touched - and we hope that is obvious.
◊ Logs piled on a skid are clearly not firewood
◊ Stay in the area allocated
◊ Proper care on all company roads
◊ Lights on when on company roads
◊ No dumping of rubbish etc - empty your trailer before you come
◊ Light no fires & no smoking.   Close

We have a shed in Whakaruru St that is leased from the council

for a peppercorn rental and we obtain wood from a variety of sources - council, Carter Holt Harvey Pulp & Paper and the Plywood mill, private donations of wood from farmer's wood lots and the like.

It is cut into rings either by the Corrections department if they have a person on PD with a chainsaw ticket or more normally by our members.

We move the wood from outside storage where it is dried for an initial period and then into our shed to maximise the drying we can obtain during the summer period. We normally deliver in winter and have been able to get two deliveries in to most of our clients each year.

The process is limited by the time our members have to do this work and their energy levels given that we are all aging too.

We have set up a newsletter function to let our clients know when a delivery is scheduled so they can be home to receive it. While not many pensioners have email the number is increasing all the time.
If you would like to make this happen for someone, send a message to us through the contact address on this site.   Close

The club has a member who is a skilled graphic artist (Unlimited Signs, Tokoroa). He has the very latest printing equipment available and consequently we are able to enter the market with modern high definition graphics as well as the more traditional designs and competitive prices.

The equipment available also extends to embroidery where we are able to embroider any thing we can get into a computer file onto any material such as apparel (jackets, shirts, caps etc) or table cloths etc.
Our banners are made by Lions and the profits stay within the Lions movement to be used for various Lions objectives. Check out what we have made so far by going to the gallery and checking through the banners album. It may inspire you with some ideas.
Pricing details are: $14.75 per banner for orders up to 60, $14.25 for orders from 60 to 100, $13.75 per banner for orders 100-200 and $12.95 per unit for orders greater than 200. We have a design fee of $140 (one off) for the design of a new banner. Note that these charges are all inclusive of both GST and the Royalties we pay Lions International for the use of the Lions logo. A $10-$20 P & P charge also applies (reflecting actual costs). Pricing for other items - shirts, glasses, golf balls etc are available on application.
We continue to grow - so give us a go! Contact Dexter at 07-886-7733 (027-614-3570)   Close

Glasses can be etched, key rings, woodwork etc. BBQ Aprons are another line we have embroidered with the Lions Logo - the list is endless and we aim to be able to do it all.

The stand-up "Lions Event Signs" display graphics customised for your club or regular event and can be altered with different graphics in the future should that become necessary.

These are available at $385 each provided in a vinyl bag designed to keep them looking great for years. They are printed on corflute - an extremely durable board with a layer of aluminium each side over a base board. They are weather proof and come with a plastic base that can be filled with water to resist wind.

- including the swimming platform that used to be there. You will still see some of our past Lions remembered on some of the seats that we concreted in around the lake walk.

Together with the Host Lions Club, our club was involved in development work at the Coulsons Hill Lookout including fencing, painting and the like. It was a good project, spoilt a little by the vandalism that occured just after we had finished, but a further working bee and the effects of the halfwits had been removed, the fence repaired and the site was again looking fairly good.   Close