Loughborough Lions Club 1 History Founded in 1917

Loughborough Lions Club 1

History • Founded in 1917 • • Lions International now has: 1. 4 million members in 46, 000 Clubs in 192 Countries 2

The Colours • Purple for loyalty • Gold for Sincerity and generosity to mankind. 3

WE SERVE Ordinary people Amazing things 4

Activities • Work in the Community • Assist in the work of the International Organisation • Have Fun. 5

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Donations • • • Breakthrough Breast Cancer LOROS Heart Link Home Start Edwards Trust Computer for Blind Lady County Air Ambulance Christmas Shelter Carpenters Arms Mablethorpe Children’s Holiday Homes. 8

Welfare • Families on low incomes to pantomime, • Donated sleeping bags for the homeless, • Elderly people on a canal boat trip, • Christmas parcels for the elderly • Children with learning difficulties to Ashby Statutes Fair 9

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Sight • • • Spectacle collection Blind Social Club Charnwood Talking News Eye Camps Sightfirst Diabetes screening 11

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Youth • • • International Peace poster competition European Music competition District football competition Drama prizes to schools Tacade -Drug awareness information to young people • Young Ambassador of the year award 14

International Twinning • Madampe – Sri Lanka • Epinal - France 15

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