West Norwich Lions
Registered Charity No. 1154145
I am pleased to continue contributions to this, our local newsletter and hope there is something of interest to all in these few paragraphs. So many people do not know what Lions are other than the beautiful African creatures most of us have only seen in on TV wildlife programmes. So I hope that I am giving you more insight into what and who we actually are, which is just ordinary folk with some spare time and energy to give back into our community while having fun meeting new people.
Speaking of having fun, a group of 10 people from the West Norwich Lions Club joined a local coach 5 day tour of Middle England in early March enjoying marvellous bright sunshine in Warwick, Lichfield and Stratford Upon Avon. We came back late Friday evening and Saturday morning we were straight back to collection mode with buckets at Tesco's Mile Cross. A wonderful £461.60 was collected from the generous customers on that day with our aim to provide a Defibrillator at Clover Hill Community Centre. It will take several more collections to make the total needed, so more dates to follow at Roy's and B&M's at Mile Cross.
West Norwich Lions were very pleased to have a visit from the Charity Keeping Abreast. Caitlin Quinn along with Richenda and Martin Buck, who many of you know on dry days display books, jigsaws and other bric a brac outside their home in Sunny Grove in aid of this great Charity. Caitlin gave us excelent insight into the workings of Keeping Abreast, the support, information and sharing of experiences by pairing people (mostly women) who are facing a life changing operation with women who've survived one. We were then very pleased to present a cheque for £1700.00 to help them continue their great work.
Please contact Patricia Moore on 07868724266 if you have a question or enquiry.
West Norwich Lions
Meet at Clover Hill Community
We had two very interesting presentations in March, the first being from Keeping Abreast they gave us a good insight into what happens after surgery and informed us how breast cancer affects women and men. Keeping checking. We presented them with a cheque for £1,700 which we raised during our Christmas collections.
Then we had Headway and another interesting presentation. Their CEO Claire told us their aim is to improve day to day life for every individual they work with. They offer a number of services, activities & support in the community to hundreds of clients, family, friends and carers each year. We were delighted to present them a cheque for £500.
During March we held a bucket collection at Tesco's Harford Bridge store and raised £461.60p. This is going toward a defibrillator to be used in Bowthorpe, in addition to the one at Roy's. We are also planning another collection at B&M Mile Cross over the Easter weekend and this again is going towards the defibrillator. These are vital pieces of equipment which can save lives and the one outside Roy's has been used. If you should be that way and see someone checking it this will be a member of our Lions group making sure all is in order.
I would like to remind you, that if you are a local club or organisation and would like help in fund raising please get in touch and we will see what help we can give. We can help at fetes, do bucket collections, hold Race Nights and marshal events. We would also love to meet you and if you feel you have time to give to your local community just get in touch, our are details are below.
For further information please contact Lion Patricia Moore on 07868724266 or patmoorelion@gmail.com
West Norwich Lions
Registered Charity No. 1154145
I am pleased to continue contributions to this, our local newsletter and hope there is something of interest to all in these few paragraphs. So many people do not know what Lions are other than the beautiful African creatures most of us have only seen in on TV wildlife programmes. So I hope that I am giving you more insight into what and who we actually are, which is just ordinary folk with some spare time and energy to give back into our community while having fun meeting new people.
Speaking of having fun, a group of 10 people from the West Norwich Lions Club joined a local coach 5 day tour of Middle England in early March enjoying marvellous bright sunshine in Warwick, Lichfield and Stratford Upon Avon. We came back late Friday evening and Saturday morning we were straight back to collection mode with buckets at Tesco's Mile Cross. A wonderful £461.60 was collected from the generous customers on that day with our aim to provide a Defibrillator at Clover Hill Community Centre. It will take several more collections to make the total needed, so more dates to follow at Roy's and B&M's at Mile Cross.
West Norwich Lions were very pleased to have a visit from the Charity Keeping Abreast. Caitlin Quinn along with Richenda and Martin Buck, who many of you know on dry days display books, jigsaws and other bric a brac outside their home in Sunny Grove in aid of this great Charity. Caitlin gave us excelent insight into the workings of Keeping Abreast, the support, information and sharing of experiences by pairing people (mostly women) who are facing a life changing operation with women who've survived one. We were then very pleased to present a cheque for £1700.00 to help them continue their great work.
Please contact Patricia Moore on 07868724266 if you have a question or enquiry.
