Crowborough award

Crowborough Lions Club are very pleased to announce that at the Crowborough Civic Carol Service on 8 December, the Crowborough Civic Award for Services to the Community was presented to the Club in recognition of the Club's 36 years of service to the Crowborough community. This is thought to be the first time the award has been made to an organisation rather than an individual.

Lion President David Brown said, 'This award makes everything we do feel totally worthwhile and ensures we will keep on doing it for many years to come'.

St Dunstans project off to a flying start

It was in January 1951 that Brighton Lions Club was chartered so they celebrate their ‘official' 60th birthday this month. Their charter was presented in May 1951 and, at that first charter night, the young Brighton Lions Club made its first donation. A cheque for £100 was handed to a representative of St Dunstan's to pay for the purchase and training of a guide dog for a blind Sussex ex-serviceman.

It seemed serendipitous to the Club when they learned of the MD project to raise £50,000 for St Dunstan's during their diamond jubilee year. So much so, that they agreed to raise, during the next six months, a further £100 for each of our 60 years and to donate the sum of £6,000 to the MD project at their charter night in June.