As our Lions Club continues to serve in our local community, we will continue to be inspired by the dedication and vision of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, during his many years of devoted service at Her Majesty’s side. Our thoughts today are with Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family. #WeServe
We have made further updates to the website including a special page on Sightsavers, the charity which has worked with Lions for nearly 50 years. This alliance is all part of fulfilling the Lions vision of preventing anyone from loosing their vision where it is preventable or avoidable. https://www.clactonlions.org.uk/lions-sightsavers/
Further to a post in October we have now topped up our donation to the Veteran’s/Frydays Breakfast Café to assist with their arrangements to provide Christmas Meals by a further £450. Here are the details of the project .
On Remembrance Sunday, our President, Lion Tony Rowntree, accompanied by a number of other members laid a poppy wreath at the Clacton War Memorial whilst over at Brightlingsea’s War Memorial, our 1st Vice President, Lion Alan Mercer also accompanied by a number of members laid another poppy wreath. We will remember those who gave their
Another catch up on our donations with a cheque for £500 being handed over to David Bye of the Veteran’s/Frydays Breakfast Cafe to assist with their arrangements to provide Christmas Meals.
Catching up with some of our recent donations. One of our members made a load of pasties to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support as we could not hold our usual coffee morning for them. These pasties were bought by members and friends and raised £150 which we topped up from Club funds to £200
We have now added the winners of the Colchester Institute Foundation Trust Quiz Sheet, which finished at the end of March 2020, to the website at www.clactonlions.co.uk/cift-quiz-sheet-2019-20/ Congratulations to the four winners who will have received their cheques by now.
This week we are trying out the new normal with a meeting of our Trustees tonight via our ZOOM facility and on Wednesday rather than just a social get together via ZOOM, we will be holding a Business Meeting as we need to prepare for the coming Lions year even if we are not able
Following the receipt of a grant from Lions Multiple District Foundation for the UK, our Club topped up the grant and made four £300 donations last week, one to each of the Foodbanks covering Clacton, Harwich, Walton and Brightlingsea, incorporating three of the most deprived areas in the UK. We have supported the local foodbanks
Our Club has answered a recent request from Tendring Eldercare for help with funds for the aid they are giving to local people during the coronavirus crisis. A cheque for £250 was sent to them at the end of last week.
