SURREY BORDER LIONS CLUB
LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL
Twinned with Norview, Virginia, USAHISTORY
The Surrey Border Lions Club was formed in 1980 to meet the needs of the villages of Bagshot, Lightwater and Windlesham. Originally a men's club, the Surrey Border Lions Club welcomes women members
FUND RAISING
Funds raised from activities are held in a registered charity trust fund and are spent only after members vote their approval, with annual accounts subjected to audit and member's subscriptions meeting routine administrative costs. Although a smaller than average club with only 16 members, Surrey Border Lions raise about £9,000 pa and the great majority of these funds are spent on local causes.
WELFARE PROJECTS
ANNUAL
Approx 100 Christmas Parcels - for needy persons - £1,200.
Darby & Joan Clubs - £200 to each club in the three villages
Special Olympics (for disabled persons)YOUTH
Assistance to Scouts/Rangers/Duke of Edinburgh Award entrants/disadvantaged children etc MILLENIUM
Donation of ten red oak trees, plus commemorative plaque, to Windlesham Parish Council (to be planted in School Lane Field in Bagshot in October - 2000) EMERGENCY
Cases put forward by Health Visitors/other Charities/Schools/Hospices etc are considered and donations made as appropriate. £500 was donated to the Frimley Park Hospital Scanner Appeal INTERNATIONAL
More than a million cataract operations and thousands of Water Wells in Third world countries.
A donation to help an Intensive Care Senior Nurse from Frimley Park Hospital join a surgical medical aid mission to Pakistan
SOCIAL
Monthly meetings are held at 8 pm on the second Monday of each month at Ming's Restaurant, London Rd, Windlesham, to transact business in an informal manner with ample opportunities for humour. Members, partners and 'friends' enjoy Christmas Dinner at a pub venue, an informal handover lunch when club officers retire/take up office, (on a canal narrow boat in 1999) a Charter anniversary luncheon and occasional barn dances/ quiz nights and skittles evenings. The motto of Lions Clubs International is "We Serve" to which can be added - 'while having fun'!
Laurie Taylor, Club Secretary - 2007/08
Tel: 01276 452 506
