Warwick
Lions Club
About the Warwick Lions Club
Warwick Lions Club Composite Picture ca. 1980
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Who are the Lions?
The Warwick Lions are people who use their spare time to get involved with worthwhile activities - both fund raising and voluntary work. That is not all; Fun and Fellowship are also part of the Clubs activities
We aim to serve the Community and have fun doing it. Have you ever been to a Camel Racing Evening?
Each month there are two Meetings and sometimes a Social Event, as all work and no play may stop the Lions Roaring!
The Warwick Lions Club was formed in 1961
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How do we raise our funds?
We organise and take part in several events during the year:
Warwick Carnival, Warwick Town Firework Display, Carols at the Castle, Race Day at Warwick Racecourse, Tin Shakes, Lions Cake Stall, Car Boot Fairs, Easter Egg Draws, Sponsored Canal Walk ...........
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Who benefits?
90% of the money we raise is spent locally.
We have helped individuals and families with needs such as a pushchair, school uniforms, a cot, furniture ........................
Senior Citizens have been taken to the Pantomime and other Shows.
Later this year we are providing funding and transport to enable some partially sighted local people to go on holiday in Norfolk.
For the elderly who live alone and cannot afford the cost of a telephone Life Line, the Club has provided the equipment on permanent loan.
There are all sorts of ways in which we help Our Community.
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Drug Awareness in Schools.
Lions have been working with a Charitable Organisation, Tacade, to produce useful teaching material about Skills for Life & Drug Awareness.
The Warwick Lions Club has paid to put these packages into all of the State Secondary Schools in Warwick. A new Package has been produced to meet the national requirements for Primary Schools. It is hoped that this can be provided to all of the Primary Schools in Warwick, with the cost being met by the Lions Club.
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International Aid.
We have made donations to a number of natural disasters which have taken place in the World, and have funded an Eye Camp in India. The money for these projects is always distributed by local Lions Clubs in the Countries concerned.
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What else?
We have an annual Tin Collection so that we can provide food parcels at Christmas.
By tradition we pay for and help with the Meals on Wheels Christmas Dinner.
Each month we help at the WRVS shop at St. Michaels's Hospital.
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Lions Facts.
It is now over 50 years since the first Club was formed in Great Britain and Ireland. We are the largest Service Club in the World, with over 1.4 million Lions working in 42,000 Clubs Worldwide!
In Britain there are 24,000 Members in 1,000 Clubs.
The Lions motto is
" WE SERVE "
We think we do, we hope you agree.
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