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An ASDA collection - Derek and Evelyn Stickland with emergency bottles inthe foreground.

OUR BOTTLE scheme, launched in 2001, provides the emergency services and other professionals with the vital details of any illness, allergy, medication, doctor, next of kin, someone to contact and even if a pet is around, should they be called to that person's home as the result of a sudden illness or personal accident. All this information is on a completed form in the container.

Details of the individual which is completed by them or their representative is stored in a small plastic container hence "The Bottle" which is kept in the fridge. This is considered to be a place in each individual house that is easily found, as opposed to a cupboard.

To alert the emergency services of the existence of this ‘Bottle’ a small sticker is placed in an obvious place inside the front door and another on the fridge door. Hopefully the bottle with it’s information will not be required, but it does give a real comfort factor to those utilise this simple facility.

2007/2008

PRINCE'S TRUST received £400 from ASDA Christmas collection etc.

TRAMPOLINING club for children received £200 towards new equipment.

NURSERY in Madagascar was given £250. Our Club has strong links with Madagascar through two former Lancaster University students.

MORECAMBE Youth Brass Band was better dressed after we gave £100 towards new uniforms.

HOMELESS Action, Lancaster received a number of donations totalling £874.

BENDRIG Trust received £276 to enable a disabled person to join them for an outing.

SENIOR citizens were invited to summer and Christmas parties at costs of £273 and £343 respectively.

BOWLAND Mountain Rescue were helped with a £75 donation.

FUNDRAISING included a series of collections at local supermarkets, Morecambe book sales, and a jazz evening as well as assorted raffles, tail twister fines etc.

 

2006/2007

Selling books in Morecambe

HOMELESS in Lancaster were helped with donations totalling £762 to Lancaster and District Homless Action Service.

CHAIRS suitable for the elderly were purchased for a Lancaster church hall used by a senior citizens' club. Cost was £236

EMERGENCY packs were provided for patients admitted to Lancaster Royal Infirmary at a cost of £121.

CHRISTMAS 2006 events, including a senior citizens' party, entertainment at retirement homes, and help for Meals on Wheels totalled £450.

SUMMER's party for senior citizens cost £273.

SPECTACLES no longer needed by their owners were collected by members, Alvin and Trevor for an international sight charity. They have passed on over 3,500 pairs. The Club also sent £100 to the Lions Sight First Two project.

LIBRA, an international Lions sponsored blood research project was given £100. Another £100 went to TACADE, a Lions backed education initiative for schools highlighting alcohol and drugs misuse.

CHILDREN suffering impairment of sight due to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear reactor were helpd with £100 given to the Belarus Trust, a Lions backed project.

EDUKIT boxes with basic educational materials were provided for children in third world countries. The Club bought 80 boxes at a cost of £100.

 

2005/2006

Christmas boxes were presented to International Aid in 2006 and 2007

SUPPORTED Lions District appeals for Blackpool special needs youth games, the Shanghai Special Needs Olympic Games, the Amazon appeal for a medical aid boat in South America, and Medic Alert. Total of £400.

GAVE £132 to Lancaster Homeless Action.

PAID £100 to the North West Army Cadet Force Trust Fund.

SPENT £500 to help Cancer Care, St Johns Hospice, Lancaster.

MEALS on Wheels were helped with a £132 donation.

SUPPORT dogs were given £75.00.

LOCAL athlete, Kara Nwidobie, was given £100 to help her compete in the discus at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.

MEDIC Assist International was helped with a £50 donation.

LIONS District appeals for youth, LCIF, Sight First Two; Wateraid, DG Partners Appeal, and Edukit totalled £566.

PICADILLY Garden project for people with special needs was given £100.

CHILDREN'S Safety Education Foundation was helped with a £646 donation.

CHRISTMAS Night Shelter received £195.

SPONSORSHIP of a duck in the Lancaster YMCA duck race cost £250.

PLUS many other smaller donations to help local individuals and organisations.

 

2004/2005

HELPED with the school fees for a Ugandan pupil through Tom Jenkinson, a local retired doctor who talked to the club about his work with an international Rotary medical aid scheme.

HELPED a young lady go on an Operation Raleigh expedition.

LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE LIONS CLUB dug deep into its reserve at short notice to send £2,000 to help victims of the Asian tsunami distaster sending £1,000 to UNICEF and £1,000 to LCIF (Lions Clubs International Fund).

WITH the help of a donation from NatWest Bank bought a  four player air hockey table for Skerton Community Centre, Lancaster.

REPLACED the annual ASDA Christmas draw with a highly successful Christmas collection, as well as running smaller collections at local supermarkets.

ORGANISED summer and Christmas parties for local senior citizens.

BOUGHT a two seater buggy for a young mother to help her take her twin children to events run by a local family support group.

HELPED local young people to take part in special projects and trips.

RAN a successful Lions peace poster competition in conjunction with Ripley St. Thomas High School, Lancaster.

AFTER over 20 Chinese cocklers lost their lives in Morecambe Bay the Lancaster and Morecambe Lions Club made donations both to the Chinese community support fund and to the Morecambe RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) who played a key part in the rescue and recovery operations. We also raised funds for the RNLI's Home for the Hover Appeal.

HELPED at Warton, Carnforth village sports.

STEWARDED at several events including the West End Festival in Morecambe, Morecambe kite festival, and at open air theatre in Happy Mount Park, Morecambe.

WENT to see Dukes Theatre Canterbury Tales open air production in Williamson Park. Picnic, wine and stunt bums.

ORGANISED charity golf tournament at Lansil Golf Club.

BLOWN along Morecambe prom for our second fundraising pram push

2003/2004

WITH the help of an Abbey Bank award, helped the Skerton Family Centre, Lancaster, buy games equipment to be used with primary age group children, including some with special needs.

HELPED Thurnham and Glasson Community Primary School building fund.

PROVIDED a cooker for a needy Morecambe resident.

LINKED with Lions North West District to support a junior athletes meeting in Blackpool and the Special Olympics in Glasgow. Also helped the District's youth appeal.

GAVE a local grammar school student financial help in gaining work experience in the USA.

SUPPORTED Warton village Children's Sports Committee.

WROTE cheque to help national event organised by Lancaster University Scout and Guide Association.

ORGANISED both summer and Christmas parties complete with entertainment for local senior citizens. This including providing the elderly ladies with a new pin-up - the youngest Father Christmas in the business!!

RUN Christmas draws at ASDA, Lancaster, which annually raise over £1,000 and which is distributed as small value ASDA shopping vouchers to individuals and families needing a little extra help at Christmas.

RUNNING a highly successful "Have you got the bottle?" emergency container scheme involving all the major emergency services and local medical practices and pharmacies.

THE Club has also started promoting the MedicAlert Scheme, again with the help of local medical and pharmacy centres.

HELPED organise a very wet Lions Zone car boot sale at the Westmorland Showground

WORKING closely with Lancaster's Rainbow Friendship Centre for elderly people including helping at the Centre's charity line dance in Lancaster Town Hall.

TOOK the Club's Mascot, Lanky Lion, for a fancy dress pram push along Morecambe Promenade and raised over £350 for charity and gained plenty of publicity for Lions.

BOUGHT sleeping bags, hats, and scarves for Lancaster's Homeless Action project. It is easy to forget that the homeless need help during the summer as well as in the winter

THE Mobile Chaos motorcyle club presented a cheque to Lancaster and Morecambe Lions Club following a charity motorcycle rally.

CLUB members took part in a fund raising swim at Salt Ayre, Lancaster, swimming pool. Running a charity golf tournament at Lansil Golf Club, Lancaster has also raised valuable funds.

THE Club decided to launder some money and help the local environment by taking over responsibility for the charity wishing well on Morecambe sea front.

ITS members regularly help with the Lancaster talking newspaper project which provides taped news for the local blind community.

MEMBERS wore tabards to distinguish them from the scarecrows when the helped direct traffic for the Wray Scarecrow festival, near Lancaster. Other marshalling has been done at Westmorland County Show and at Cartmel Show.

FINANCIAL help has also been given to a number of Lions district, national and international projects. Locally our club has helped a number of community projects, and helped young people, both individuals and groups, to take part in trips, events, and activities that they, and their families, would not have been able to afford on their own.

 

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