Santa' Sleigh
Not only has Santa been in his Grotto but he has also been out in his Sleigh round the streets of Droitwich.
Santa's Grotto
Saturday 10th December and Santa is in full swing along with the ladies who are selling cakes and decorations. He has also been out on his sleigh round the town so hopefully all the children will get to see him! As always the people of Droitwich are supporting us with their donations, even in these difficult times. We are very grateful for their generosity.
Our final book sale of 2011 saw us take the total for the year to over £4000. In addition we raffled a hamper provided by Lion Carole Moseley which raised £123 and pictured above is the lucky winner Maureen Jones who had her prize presented by Santa in his grotto. We have friends everywhere!
And the winner is......
Richard Whittall whose balloon landed in a field just outside Whitby in North Yorkshire. The finders were a pair of newly-weds who will be getting a £25 extra wedding present.
The support for this event was fantastic so thank you Droitwich once again for your generosity.
A Load of Balloons!
Salt Day in Droitwich on September 10th saw us doing our great balloon race in Vines park. Over 1000 balloons were launched and raised almost £600 for our charities. Seen here Captain Mainwaring is launching his balloon.
Click on the link above for more pictures
Band in the Park August 14th 2011
We were pleased to sponsor one of this summer's band concerts in the Lido park. A good sized crowd attended an excellent concert by Worcester concert brass who played a fine mix of favourites old and new.
District Governor's Visit 11th August 2011
At our August business meeting we were able to welcome our district governor Lion Neil Chisholm to the meeting. He was making his official club visit and presented Lion President Phil with his banner and assorted badges.
Giving away the money. Thursday 28th/Friday 29th July
When we have raised money it is very enjoyable to be able to give it to good causes. On Thursday Lion President Phil presented a cheque for £325 to Michael Norris Churchwarden at St Peter's church to help towards the roof repairs to this lovely grade 2 listed building.
Then on Friday he visited Noah's ark to present a cheque for £300 to Georgina Neep, community fundraiser.
Finally a visit to the Myriad Centre to present a cheque for £300 which was happily received by Kathryn on behalf of the clients who benefit from this wonderful centre. The money came from our Easter Egg raffles in the local pubs, so to all those who contributed by buying a ticket a very big thank you both from the Lions and the people you have enabled us to help
Presentation to Acorns 25th July 2011
£1000 has a nice ring to it and that was how much we raised for Acorns from our Easter Egg raffles. So Lion President Phil was not the only one smiling as he handed over the cheque to Becky Edney from Acorns
Handover July 10th 2011
The start of another new Lions year with the handover of the Presidency from Lion Carole to Lion Phil
July 2nd 2011
Our July Book sale coincided with the opening of the Droitwich Canal after 40 years of effort by volunteers and also the start of the Droitwich music festival. We took over the empty carpet shop along with Acorns Hospice and had a great 2 day sale. We raised over £500 from books and our ladies raised £115 from cakes and jams and pickles...the marmalade was excellent!
Lions ladies Ros Wallis, Val Errington, Helen Howard and Val Sherwen present a cheque for £250 to the Worcestershire Young Carers. The ladies have had another succesful fund raising year and have been able to help a number of local causes.
22nd June 2011
Lions Ladies Ros Wallis and Angela Philips visited Lighthouse Tiny Treasures parent and toddler group to present the craft materials the group had asked for. On the right Nicky Winnall one of the organisers who contacted the ladies is pictured with some of the mums and children.
June 18th 2011
Hanbury Fete. The weather was mixed with some heavy showers but people turned out in good numbers and we had a successful day raising some £360. The key game proved particularly popular under the care of "Honest" John Barr who reeled 'em in and got their money.
June 14th 2011
Ros Wallis and Angela Phillips from the Lions ladies visited Dodford Holiday Farm to present a cheque for £360 from the money raised by Lions ladies this year. With Lions Phil and Bill in tow as chauffeur and photographer! We were shown round this delightful place that offers a rural experience to many children from deprived inner city backgrounds.
http://www.dodfordfarm.co.uk/
If you would like to know more about them the above link takes you to their website
May 27th 2011
Race Night
The Royal British Legion were our hosts for a charity race night which raised £500. most of this will be given to the Kingfield Day Centre in Droitwich. We were pleased to see some people from Kingfield on the night and they seemed to be well into having a flutter on the horses!
May 13th 2011
Our big social event of the year our Charter Night dinner and dance. This is a celebration of the founding of the club and this year is our 26th anniversary. We all dessed up and had a meal at the Droitwich Golf Club who did us proud.
April 30th 2011
Today was the St Richard's Day Festival in Droitwich and we took over the empty carpet shop for the day to run a book sale, tombola and our ladies ran a cake stall. The total takings for the day were not far short of £1000, which in difficult times just shows how generous the people of Droitwich are....and how much they like a bargain book and good home-made cakes!
April 16th 2011
Time again for our annual blossom run. We took a party of local residents to Bidford upon Avon via the famous blossom trail. This year we had both sunshine and blossom. Our ladies had prepared a fine tea, with a little hindrance from members particularly Lion John Barr who declared himself official cake taster.
Lots of pictures in the gallery.
Italy and Sweden crowed Champions of the Lions Club European Championships
On Wednesday 16th March 240 girls in 24 teams from 15 schools in and around Worcestershire took part in the inaugural Lions Club European rugby championships at Sixways Stadium. There were three competitions; mixed age group TAG, Year 7/8 contact and Year 9/10 contact.
Each team was allocated a country who have played in the Women's European Championships and battled it out for the Lions Club Trophies.
In the Year 7/8 competition Chase narrowly lost to Woodfield 2nds in one semi final and a weary Nunnery Wood missed out on a final place beaten by a strong Woodfield 1st team. The final was between Sweden (Woodfield 1) and Romania (Woodfield 2) and Sweden emerged victorious running in some fantastic tries from their own half.
In the Year 9/10 contact, the tournament was run as a round robin competition, with some very close games, it came down to the wire. Ireland (Bewdley) won the league and then took on Italy (Nunnery Wood) in the final. Two well-worked tries saw Italy clear and they took revenge to beat Ireland and win the trophy.
The TAG competition demonstrated some excellent running and passing skills from all teams. Luxembourg (Droitwich Spa) won Pool One and Russia (Aston Fields) topped pool Two and will fight for the Lions Club trophy at half time in the Warriors Vs London Welsh game on the 19th March 2011.
The winners will be presented the trophy by ex Internationals Donna Kennedy (Scotland) and Karen Jones (England).
A big thank you to all the schools for their overwhelming support of girls' rugby, without you the tournament would not have been possible. Thanks also to the Lions Clubs for their sponsorship and volunteer helpers and to the students from Worcester University's women's team for their help. Finally thanks to the Warriors community department for hosting and refereeing the event.
This event was the result of a Lions Clubs youth initiative.
Czech Presentation
Droitwich Lions had lots of visitors at their March Book Sale last Saturday when they made presentations to five local organisations. Some of the club's members thought they were meeting visitors from the Czech Republic and brought along Czech flags to welcome them; but the real purpose of the presentation was to hand over five large CHEQUES to representatives of the needy causes.
The money was raised by the Lions over the Christmas period from their sleigh which toured Droitwich and from the Grotto which was set up in a vacant shop in St Andrews Street. Saturday's presentation was a good opportunity to get all five groups together at the Book Sale in front of regular customers who visit the event which is held each month outside The Parish Centre of St Andrews church
The organisations which shared £1750 between them, were Acorns Children's Hospice, The Myriad Centre, Snoezelen, Noahs Ark Trust and the Kingfields Day Centre from Droitwich.
They are pictured receiving their cheques and Czech flags from the Lions who had worn their Santa hats for the day as a bit of fun to remind passers by of the money raising activities organised by the club over Christmas.