Isle of Axholme Lions

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Celebrating 100 years of service. Click the logo for more information

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The Isle of Axholme Lions. A charitable organisation serving the Isle of Axholme, North Lincolnshire UK, since 1966.
(Part of Lions Clubs International)
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The World's Largest Service Club Organization
Lions Clubs International, a service membership organization of over 1.4 million members worldwide founded in 1917 in the USA.
Our 46,000 clubs and 1.4+ million members make it the world's largest service club organization and also one of the most effective. Their members do whatever is needed to help within their local communities. The Lions motto is "We Serve." Local Lions Club programs include sight conservation, hearing and speech conservation, diabetes awareness, youth outreach, international relations, environmental issues.

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The Isle Lions celebrated 50 years of service the the Isle of Axholme last year, to celebrate the International organisations 100th anniversary this year, we are undertaking individual and varied projects with all the schools in the Isle of Axholme. More details will appear later in the year when the complete project itinerary with the schools has been completed.

First presentation to schools for our Lions Centennial project

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Isle Lions President Richard Baker presents a plaque to Westwoodside C of E primary Academy headteacher June Richardson at a school assembly, while children from the school show of some of their photographic equipment presented to them by the Lions. To celebrate the Centenary of Lions International, the Isle Lions are sponsoring all the schools in the Isle of Axholme, with a project of their choice to the value of £500.

Mrs Richardson said "Westwoodside Church of England Primary Academy was delighted to be presented with new digital photography equipment to support the children's learning and to provide a record of events in school. Digital photography allows the children to record learning, use images and video in their work as well as providing a record of their school experiences to share with others and keep for the future. The children were very pleased to receive the cameras and said, The cameras will be really helpful so we can capture more special moments!"

Save your old pound coins for Santa!!

We will be bringing Santa around the Isle in December, so please save your old pound coins for him, he will be pleased to have them
More details & itinerary nearer December

20 Years of Twinning!

We've been twinned for 20 years with our friends, in Holland, the Lions of d'Bernisse, so some of us are travelling to Lille for the weekend to meet up with them and celebrate on the 20th to the 23rd of October. An album of pics will inevitably follow!

Promoting the Message in a Bottle scheme.

Isle Lions President Richard, right with Lion James, pictured at a recent Crowle Market.

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Lions Unite to help Local Blind Charity

Seven Lions Clubs in Northern Lincolnshire responded to a request by Lincoln and Lindsey Blind Society to provide assistance in providing their Sight Impairment Officers with Magnification Kits to allow them to visit those in need of visual aids to try them in their own home and decide with specialist assistance which aid suits them best.
Together, Brigg and District, Winterton and District, Scunthorpe, Caistor and District, Barton, Grimsby and Isle of Axholme Lions Clubs amassed £3,700 to provide all three Officers in Northern Lincolnshire with a kit at the cost of £1,165 each.
The picture shows Elena Fraser-Green together with members from Caistor, Brigg, Winterton and Isle of Axholme Lions Clubs who met to see just how useful the kits would be in bringing the service into people’s homes, rather than travel some distance with failing sight.
Elena Fraser-Green said “We are delighted that the Lions Clubs are supporting sight impaired people in North Lincolnshire. For elderly people struggling with sight loss, a visit at home from one of our expert Sight Impairment Officers who can arrange the right magnifiers will make life a lot easier. On behalf of all of them, a big thank you!”
Anyone in the area wishing assistance or support with sight problems can contact Lincoln and Lindsey Blind Society on 01507 605604 or see their website at www.llbs.co.uk

August BBQ

Many thanks from the Isle Lions to Lion Ian Tonge & Pam, for allowing us to invade their lovely home & garden for our annual barbecue. It was an excellent social event with good food, company and some drink, along with the excellent weather they had arranged for us. We had special guest's, Paul & Mariette Rijkse, from our twin club, de Bernisse in the Neherlands, who were enjoying a few days holiday in the UK.

2017/2018 President installed

Outgoing President Ian Tonge , right hands over the presidents badge of office to 2017/2018 President Richard Baker, at a dinner held at the Black Bull Inn, High Levels.

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22nd Lions Annual Golf Day raises £1500

The Isle of Axholme lions annual golf day took place at The Lincolnshire Golf Course, Hirst Priory, with over 65 golfers taking part. This was the 22nd year this event has taken place and was blessed with good weather once again. Organisers, Lions members, Terry Condliff and Colin Ridley thanked all the players and the hole sponsors for their continued support, which enabled the event to raise £1500 for the Lions charity account.
Special mention was made to the greenkeeping team, for the the superb condition of the course once again and the catering team who kept everyone fed and watered extremely well.

  Men                                       Ladies
1st John Clark                      1st   Jennie Shield
2nd Rob Little 2nd Jillian Holgate
3rd   Chris Lea                      3rd   Rima Lever

Nearest the pin:            Keith Whall
Ladiies longest drive:    Debby Mackinlay
Men longest drive:        Mark Mc Donough
Nearest the pin in two Dave Gamble.

Lions Golf pic shows Isle Lions Pres Ian Tonge presenting Debby Mackinlay with her ladies longest drive award (above) & Jennie Shield with the winning ladies trophy (below)

Lion President-Elect Richard (3rd left) joined Lion James, along with wives Karen & Debby, for a trip to Scunthorpe General Hospital, and duly delivered a box of Cuddly Lion toys each to A&E and to Disney Children's ward. So the first part of our commitment to the so-called "Trauma Lions" scheme, jointly with other local Lions clubs, has been completed. They are pictured with hospital members of staff.

Acoustic night in Haxey Memorial Hall

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Many thanks to Lions Chris & Albert for oraganising the superb Acoustic Night held in Haxey Memorial Hall, which raised several hundred pounds. What an absolutely talented group of amateurs we have in the area.

Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization. We have 1.35 million members in more than 45,000 clubs in over 206 countries and geographic areas. Founded in 1917, we are best known for fighting blindness, but we also volunteer for many different kinds of community projects, including caring for the environment, feeding the hungry and aiding seniors and the disabled

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The Isle of Axholme Lions Club was formed in 1966 to raise funds for a variety of projects important to local communities and to support Lions' national and international charitable causes. Situated in the Westernmost part of North Lincs, separated from the rest by the River Trent with Doncaster to the West and Scunthorpe to the East, the two main towns are Crowle and Epworth, there are 12 parishes containing 21 settlements, in an area of approx 52,000 acres and a population around 19,000. We are part of Lions Clubs International, British Isles & Ireland, in District 105E covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland.

We are twinned with the De Bernisse Lions Club in the Netherlands, it is located to the South of Rotterdam, we have a very close relationship with the club, both socially and fund raising, having experienced several exchanges and jointly funded projects together

Our main fund raising is during December (1st - 24th) when we travel all over the Isle of Axholme with Santa's float, this has raised many thousands of pounds a year, over several years.

We also hold a giant Easter egg raffle over the three weeks up to Good Friday. Locating about 35 eggs at various pubs, shops, schools and other premises throughout the Isle.

Our annual golf tournament in June, now in its 22nd year, hosted at the Lincolnshire Golf Club, Hirst Priory, between Belton and Crowle, is another regular fund raiser which has also raised thousands of pounds over the years.

Other fund raising events, past and present, have included numerous quizzes, Burns suppers, sportsman's dinners & entertainment evenings, barbecues, bonfire nights, auctions, carol singing, hog roasts, even clay pigeon shoots and splat the rat!

**Latest Isle Lions support /donations**

£650 Haxey preschool Playgroup, play area repairs, (dependant on them raising the balance)
£400 Changing Lives for vulnerable people, computer equipment.
£300 Friends of the Islanders, visit to a pantomime.
£1000 LCIF Hurrcane Relief
£560 Ealand Academy of Preforming Arts
£400 Belton Guides
3400 Owston Ferry Christmas Lights