This page is under development...
On this page we present snippets about things the club did before July 2010...
- For our activities during 2010/11, please see the three main 'committee' pages - click on the links to 'Community Service' or
'Having Fun' or 'Fundraising
- For current and more recent activities, please see our 'home page' and the 'Future Events' page.
COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENTS
SCHOOL PEACE POSTER COMPETITION
Please see details of our entry for 2010
here
LOCAL BROWNIES
The Club was presented with a Mobility Scooter by the Estate of a
recently deceased local lady to be used for the benefit of local
residents. The Club has sold the scooter. The proceeds have been used
to part fund a Brownies Adventure Holiday.
BASILDON HOSPITAL RADIO
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Provision of new equipment for Basildon Hospital Radio. The picture shows the cheque for £3,000 that was presented following a
joint project with The Lions Club of Thurrock.
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The entries for 2010 have been judged by the members of the Club and the winning cards have been printed
professionally. They have been presented to the participating schools and presentations have been made to the prizewinners,
who each received a framed copy of their original entry, plus a Smith's token - and they were also listed as the creator of the
winning design on the back of each printed card. These schools took part in 2010: Abacus, Beauchamps, Grange, Runwell Primary,
and Wickford C of E. If your school would like to take part in the 2011 competition please
get in touch with us.
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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
Provision of “message in a bottle” equipment so that elderly people can
give medication details to the emergency services. This service is a
lifeline for people living sheltered accommodation, for example.
"Message in a Bottle” containers are special tubes that are kept in
people’s fridges and have all their medical and contact details on a
form inside the tube. A special sticker is fixed to the front door of
the premises to alert the emergency services to the fact that details
are contained in the fridge.
If someone falls ill at home, or has an accident, the bottles could
help medical teams quickly diagnose what is wrong. The cost of the
tubes is covered by the Lions Club.
OVERSEAS
The club supports overseas projects by providing donations, such as to the recent tragic earthquake in Haiti, but sometimes we
have the opportunity to offer 'hands on' help. In November 2009 five members of the Club visited our twin club in Harderwijk,
The Netherlands, to assist with one of their major Services Projects, which involved taking a group of about 140 elderly and
infirm residents on a boat trip on the
IJsselmeer and providing them with meals and entertainment.
For an outline list of services we have provided or supported in earlier years
please click here.
FUNDRAISING
Fundraising is a key aspect of our work, and we typically raise about £5,000 each year. Below we highlight three of our major
events during the year up to September 2009. For a full list of activities during the past year
click here.
THE CHRISTMAS SLEIGHLions and their helpers tirelessly work in
the run up to Christmas with Santa’s sleigh with both static and
door-to-door collections
, and this activity generates our biggest source of funds.
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EASTER RAFFLE DRAW 2010Our very grateful thanks to the many
pubs and clubs in the area who supported our Easter Raffle Draw,
through which we raised £750 for our nominated Charity, Canine
Partners. We also added £100 from our general funds to make a total
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ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF DAY
In collaboration with our colleagues from the Thurrock Lions Club, our Charity Golf day this year was held on Thursday July 8th
2010. A thoroughly good time was had by all the competitors and we raised over £300 for the club's general charity account.
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SUMMER ACTIVITIES
Club members were busy through the Summer months on a number of
small-scale fund-raising and 'Service' activities, including coffee
mornings, St George's Fete in Wickford, and at the Essex Air Ambulance
'Dragon Boat Race' at Hanningfield Reservoir. We also undertook our
regular support for the Essex Royals pre-season football tournament by
manageing the car park and selling the programmes
SOCIAL EVENTS
On this page we also illustrate some of our recent social events. For a full list of our social events in the past year,
click here.
DINNERS
In addition to our annual 'Charter Anniversary Lunch' in February we have at least two informal dinners together each year,
including one at Christmas and one at the end of June, when we 'Changeover' the Club's President, Vice President and Committee
Chairs. Members are able to invite guests to these functions.
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CANAL TRIP
Club members and their invited guests enjoyed a canal trip on the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, setting off from
Little Baddow one crisp October afternoon, and returning to base at nightfall.
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TEN PIN BOWLING
Every year Club Members have a night out Ten Pin Bowling.
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TALK ON JAPAN
In February 2010 the Lions Club invited Bruce Bellringer, who is a local author from the 'Ladygate Scribblers' Club, together
with his Japanese wife, Kuniko, to give us a talk on 'Life in Japan'. They also brought along some Japanese artefacts.
The talk was enjoyed by all, and in appreciation the Lions gave a donation to Bruce's sponsored Charity, the Wickford Branch
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