LIONS CLUB OF ST AUSTELL

Md 105-District SW
St. Austell United Kingdom
Club Number:20009

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LATEST NEWS...........TWINNING great success in Pornichet last month........PLANT SALE - £1350 raised .........TRAIL CLEANING complete - until next time......RACE FOR LIFE - thanks to the marshals who officiated........HOSPITAL FETE Bouncy Castle & stalls this Sat 1 til 5

Current Members: Lions Bryan Arthur, David Bawden, PDG Robbie Bhonsle, Bob Branney, Mike Collins, Norman Cross, Roger Dovey, Charles Gay, John Goodenough, Brian Goodman, Steve Hickling, John Howe, Jim Jiwa, Barry Merrifield, Alan Moore, Bob Moore, Geoff Oswald, Ray Payne, Graham Pearce, Colin Phillips, Bill Roberts, Martyn Robinson, Chris Sampson, Eric Scorse, Gerald Sleeman, Barry Smeath, Philip Snell, Guy Wardle

EASTER 2009

Our giant Easter Egg Competition, a new event this year, raised around £500 for our charity funds. Tickets were sold in the town on the Saturdays leading up to Easter and also at 3 pubs in the area.

The New Xmas float team were again in action doing collections at Asda and the Co-op and raised a further £600. The fund now stands at £5834.21,

CHRISTMAS 2007

Christmas was a busy time for our club with 15 nights out on the float (pictured right) in all weathers. Thanks are due to the various businesses and friends who helped us to man it. In addition we did a pub collection, a Gala Evening at the local sports centre for 200 handicapped and helpers, some Xmas parcels, and Saturdays at the local supermarkets- see opposite for details. As a result of our efforts almost £3,000 was collected on the float, and £750 on the pub collection night. In addition the collections at the supermarkets are detailed in the opposite column.

The Xmas float (pictured here) has served us and the community of St Austell very well over a number of years, and is nearing the end of its life. We need a replacement and during the last few months we have been raising funds for this. In addition we have applied for a lottery grant, and the Coop have given us a generous donation of £2000. The supermarket collections went very well and the 3 Saturday events totalled £2,272. To date we have raised over £5000, a commendable effort in such a short time. If anyone would like to help with this appeal please contact Bryan Arthur on 01726 77193 or email MBPennycoed@aol.com

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The Duck Race season is now finished with takings in excess of 4,000 which will be donated to charitable causes. £500 has already gone to the St. Austell Hospital League of Friends and the rest will go to Childline (NSPCC) and local primary schools.

Thanks are due to all helpers who turned out in the poor weather in July and beginning of August, but primarily to the general public who supported the races by sponsoring the ducks.

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To see the latest on Lions International contributions towards Tsunami Relief click here   NEW Lions movies click here

Our club was chartered in 1969 and we have 28 members For details of nearly £4,000 raised by our Xmas activities click here Latest news on Lions efforts after 'Katrina'

Recent membership award

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Our Environmental Project is in conjunction with the Cornwall County Council's Environment & Heritage Service to help to maintain part of the St. Austell to Mevagissey cycle and walking trail. We have spent 8 evenings clearing the worst sections, and the path is now passable with ease and enjoyment. We have been thanked by the many users. Last October officers from the County Council officially inspected the 'new' path and presented us with a commemorative plaque, followed by a mobile refreshment reception. After all the hard work, a monthly clean is all that is required to maintain the path.

                The September 2007 Task Force

 

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    Our club participate in the 'Message in the Bottle' scheme

    as a joint project with the Soroptimist Club of St Austell

   This link will also explain the scheme

  

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We have made a donation of £1000 to the Boscastle Flood Appeal.In addition, the club has made a major contribution to the local fire service. Our donation of £1,000 is to help a scheme to provide fire alarms for needy families. A recent survey has shown that fires are much more common in homes without the protection of an alarm.

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Collection and Tombola in Asda Superstore.

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Other recent donations include:

Funding for Polkyth Activities & Interests for the Disabled (PAID) Lions Special Olympics Coastguard Watch Junior Cricket Tours & Equipment Children's Hospice SW Fire at St. Stephen Water Aid & Overseas Education Peru Trek for Cancer Research UK Aid for African Student Eye Camp in India Donation to Wheelchair Junior Rugby Tour International Youth Camp Treatment for young person Cornwall Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre The Merlin Project Amateur Operatic Society Raleigh International Caprera Residential Home Medic Alert Doubletrees School Athletics Reclining Chair LCIF Local boy Andes expedition Diabetes Research Bugle Music Festival St Austell Hospital League of Friends

St. Austell Music Festival St. John Ambulance The Sunrise Appeal Royal British Legion Mt. Edgcumbe Hospice Overseas Aid Lions Youth Activities Treverbyn Church Bluebell Appeal Water Well St. Blazey Church Large Print leaflets Bereavement Care Tacade Moorfield Eye Bank Headway, Cornwall Mindinfoline St. Johns Church Boscastle Appeal Datalink(Message in bottle) Kids for Kids St Austell Breast Care Support Belarus Trust Local entrant World Transplant Games Forget me not Raleigh International

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The 2006 duck race season started on July 24, and finished on September 1st after 7 Friday night events. The takings were a superb £3,750. We have donated £1000 to our local Breast Cancer After-car Support Group, and the rest goes into our charity account for future donations

For details of the 2007 season see top of page

Photographs of our last race

 

Showing our French twin club the logistics of a duck race!

See activities page for more details of the twinning

 

click on "Babel Fish" - individual flags not working at the moment

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