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.