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Christmas cakes to stop blindness

DID you know that eating a Christmas cake can help prevent blindness, well that is if you eat a Lions Christmas cake?

Auburn-Lidcombe Lions spokesperson Ralph Heness says the fruity Lions Christmas cake is baked to a specific recipe specifically for Lions Australia.
“All proceeds from the sale of these cakes will be used by Lions for their Lions Save Sight project and other humanitarian projects, including Childhood Cancer Research and their Mobility Foundation,” he explained.
Since the first Lions Christmas cake came out of the oven in 1965, Lions clubs have raised more than $65 million to provide assistance to those in need within their communities and to support many charities including Childhood Cancer Research and Emergency Accommodations Centres.
Clubs have also made donations to other organisations that assist the disabled, disadvantaged and infirm of their communities.
“Lions is very proud that 100 per cent of all fundraising goes directly back to the community including many thousands of dollars for Drought and Flood relief across the country,” Ralph.
“We need your help to continue our good work; all homes that intend to have a Christmas cake this year, make sure yours is a Lions Christmas cake.”
The cakes – Christmas Pudding, 900g, $14, Christmas Cake, 1kg, $14, 1.5kg, $17 – will be available for sale at Dooleys Lidcombe Catholic Club gift shop from late November.