EASTER EGG RAFFLE
MORRISONS, GLASTONBURY
Three members visited Morrisons in Glastonbury to present a Certificate of Appreciation to their Community Champion Stella.
Once again in December Morrisons hosted us for our annual Christmas collection and thanks to their customers we collected £496.90.
The club would also like to thank the staff and management at the store for making us very welcome.
MODEL RAILWAY SHOWS
MUSIC QUIZ
The club's annual Music Quiz took place in Ashcott Village Hall at the end of November and once again received fantastic suppport from the local community with nearly 80 people taking part.
Question master Clive Hennessey came up with an eclectic mix of questions accross all genres that taxed everyone and contributed to a real fun evening.
The evening raised over £500 towards the club's work in supporting those in need in our community.
PRESENTATION TO YEOVIL HOSPITAL
A cheque for the purchase of an IV pump for the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) at Yeovil Hospital was presented recently to staff from the unit. The pump is for sick babies who need drugs to be administered intravenously.
The funds were raised by the club over recent events including a very successful Chinese New Year Dinner in February attended by 70 guests.
The project was inspired by our President, Lion Wendy Lynn who lives in Pilton. Fifty years ago Wendy lost two children in their infancy and she particularly wanted the club to provide some specialist equipment to one of the local hospital’s maternity units in her year of office.
A spokesman for the club said “It was very poignant to be able to support this purchase as it is something close to our President’s heart. During our visit to the unit for the presentation we were able to see how much specialist equipment is in place in each bay all dwarfing the incubators for the poorly babies. Quite sobering!”
GLASTONBURY FIRE BRIGADE
Following their successful appeal to raise funds to purchase a defibrillator Glastonbury Fire Station has received a donation towards the purchase of life support training aids.
Glastonbury and Street Lions Club recently presented Rob Turner of the fire service with a cheque for five hundred pounds to purchase two training manikins and a choke kit.
A number of Lions visited the station to present the cheque and to hear details of the team’s plans to provide basic life support and defibrillator training to local residents. If you are interested in this training contact Glastonbury Fire Station on 01458 832647 on a Monday evening between 6.00pm and 9.00pm.
During the visit the Lions were shown the new defibrillator mounted on the outside wall of the station and available to all as well as seeing some of the new training equipment demonstrated. This was followed by a tour around the fire station and the emergency vehicles based in Glastonbury.
A spokesman for the Lions, David Atkins, said “The club is delighted to be able to support the fire crews in Glastonbury with this imitative and we hope to undertake a training session ourselves with them in the future. Our visit to the station was just concluding when the alarm went off for a “shout”. The fire fighters arrived within minutes and the fire engine sped off to a tractor fire in Greinton. Quite a close to our visit!”
CHILDREN'S HOSPICE SOUTH WEST
Our own District Govenror Lion Fred Broom from Crewkerne Lions Club undertook a trip between the three childrens hospices in the south west.
He started his trip in Barnstaple and then travelled to Wraxhill near Bristol and then drove all the way through Somerset, Devon and Cornwall to arrive at Little Harbour in Cornwall.
The club presented Lion Fred with a cheque for CHSW during his stopover in Street.
ST GEORGE'S DAY CELEBRATION DINNER
On St George’s Day the club hosted their guests to mark the day in a manner that was unashamedly English.
The evening began with a true English tradition when the Chalice Morris Men performed a number of their dances outside Ashcott Village Hall with all the guests well wrapped up on a chilly evening.
There followed an excellent three roast meat meal provided by Nick and his team at West Country Carvery with plenty of drink to help the meal go down in the hall bedecked with bunting and flags.
The day also marked the death of Shakespeare 400 years ago so after the meal there was a little culture and amusement with Carolyn Pickford helped by her friends Pauline and Christine.
During the evening there was also entertainment from John Mulliner and Anne Martin with help from husband Steve followed by an English quiz organised by Chris Ford. The evening concluded with community singing of some traditional English songs accompanied on the piano by Jenny Cole.
Lion’s spokesman David Atkins said “All in all it was a great evening with excellent food, plenty to drink and good company. We hope everyone went home happy and I am delighted to report that the evening raised over £460 for the Glastonbury and Street Lions Club Charity Account.”
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AIR AMBULANCE PRESENTATION
The club have combined with four other clubs in Somerset to provide a Baby Pod for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance at a cost of £7600.
The club were represented were represented at the recent presentation at the headquarters of the air ambulance together with members of City of Wells, Crewkerne, Ilminster and Yeovil Lions Clubs.
The Baby Pod II uses technology, materials, and design features that protect Formula 1 race car drivers from injury during a crash. The infant is secured in position by a vacuum mattress and positioning straps in a soft but rigid environment during transit whilst the pod is secured to any stretcher or trolley by straps.
Glastonbury and Street Lions Club Christmas Collection at Morrison’s in Glastonbury helped fund their contribution.
A representative for the club said “Many do not appreciate that the Air Ambulance services get no direct funding from central government and so we are delighted to be able to join together with the Lions clubs in Crewkerne, Ilminster and Yeovil to provide equipment that will enhance the emergency services that our air ambulance can provide.”
SOMERSET LEVELS FLOOD APPEAL
Together with friends and supporters Glastonbury and Street Lions Club collected £6644 for the Somerset Levels Flood Appeal.
Collections took place at Sainsbury's in Street and Clarks Village plus collections at the Ashcott Village Supper, Strode Theatre, Pilton Post Office and Quiz and the Small and Delightful Railway Show in Shepton Mallet.
The response from the general public whilst collecting was remarkable with very much a sense that local people wanted to help local people.
Our National Association granted a £11,000 flood relief grant from the Association's Disaster Fund and clubs in the south-west contributed money to the fund which reached in excess of £50,000.
Our assistance helped over forty families get back in to their homes.
Lions worked with the Somerset Community Foundation
RIDING FOR THE DISABLED
Mary Adams from the RDA receiving a cheque from Lion President Peter Warburton on behalf of the club and City of Wells Lions together with Sarah Alsop of Somerset Music, Liz Leyshon from Strode Theatre, members of the RDA and members of both Lions clubs.
The Burcott & District Riding for the Disabled Association has received a significant boost to their funds thanks to the Mid Somerset Musical Spectacular.
The group which is part of the Riding for the Disabled Association has been established for over 25 years and meets at the Burcott Riding Centre, near Wells. The were presented with £1000 from two local Lions Clubs – Glastonbury and Street and the City of Wells.
The funds were part of the proceeds from the concerts jointly organised by the Lions and Somerset Music which take place each year at Strode Theatre in June.
The riders come from schools and establishments all across the Mid-Somerset area and attend the sessions which are always held on a Tuesday during term time. Currently there are about 25 clients who either come as individuals with a parent or carer or within a group from their school.
The group provides a therapeutic session which normally involves riding but will also include spending time with the horses and ponies, getting to know them and learning about how to look after them.
Lion President Peter Warburton with Mary Adams of RDA
Lions spokesman David Atkins said “The two clubs always ensure that the proceeds of these concerts go to children related groups. This year the concerts raised over £2600 and half the proceeds went to our co-promoters Somerset Music and we felt that the Riding for the Disabled at Burcott was a great local group who would benefit enormously from the donation.”
Mary Adams from the group said “ As an association we have to secure all our own funding and whilst Burcott Riding Centre is very supportive we do incur some significant costs and to receive support from the two local Lions clubs is very much appreciated.”
To find out more about the Burcott & District Riding for the Disabled Association please contact Mary Adams on 01278 662278
SPONSORED SWIM
Over one hundred local children and adults took part in the annual Glastonbury and Street Lions Club Sponsored Swim at Millfield School Pool in March which raised over £2850. The proceeds will be split equally between the participants chosen cause and the Lions club's charity account.
There were teams from a number of local schools including Charlton Mackerill, West Pennard and each of the three Millfield schools plus Glastonbury Town Football Club and the Gateway Club.
A team of three girls from St Dunstan's School, Nicole, Kelsey and Sophie, also swam raising funds for a trip to South Africa next year when they will gain valuable insight into cultural diversity, team work, planning and responsibility. They also hope to be able to undertake some voluntary work in the primary feeder schools whilst on their trip.
The teams each swam for 25 minutes raising sponsorship from the number of laps swum in the time. There was plenty of noisy support from friends and families who came along to watch the event.
The spokesman for the Lions, Peter Warburton, said "Once again this event has received excellent support from a number of local schools, clubs and organisations and we thank the swimmers and their sponsors for their support. We are most grateful to the headteacher at Millfield School for making the pool available to us for the event and for arranging for the life-guards who were on duty for the morning."
PRESENTATION
At the club's December meeting a cheque for £1000 was presented to the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) by Lion President John Mulliner on behalf of the club and the Lions Club of the City of Wells.
Katie Crossey, who is the Regional Fundraising Assistant for TCT, accepted the cheque on behalf of the trust. In accepting the cheque she expressed the appreciation that the club had created awareness of the TCT as much as the money itself.
The TCT does not currently have a unit at a hospital in the south west but the donation will be used in the area and specifically plans are underway to start an appeal in January 2011 to build in Bristol adjacent to the Oncology Centre to provide facilities for 16 to 24 year olds.
The proceeds came from the Children's Concerts held at Strode Theatre in June.
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