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Santa and his Sleigh in the Vale of Belvoir 2011

With the aid of his many helpers, Santa embarked on his annual trek around the Vale of Belvoir Villages this year. Both a community service and fund-raising event at the same time, this year saw £4,009.18 raised for charity, these being Dove Cottage Hospice, Rainbows Children’s Charity and The Vale of Belvoir Responders. A fantastic time was had by all, and a great pleasure to see all the children’s happy smiles as they got to see Santa!

		Santa’s present to Red Cross Thanks to the wonderful efforts of Lynne Marsden, Matlock Derwent Valley Lions Club held a Pudding Night in the Darley Dale Methodist Church Hall. The proceeds, of £500, are being donated towards the cost of a Red Cross Emergency Support Vehicle More on this story
		Boxing Day Duck Race 2011 Venue: River Devon, Bottesford, from Washdyke Bridge to St. Mary's Church on 26th December 2011 Boxing Day again! Hard to believe the end of a very rewarding year for the Vale of Belvoir Lions. A marked difference to last years Duck Race...we actually had fair weather, mild for the time of year at around 10 degrees, a flowing river, well sort of, and no ice to break through!!! More on this story
		County Council Recognition for Service At a special ceremony, held recently at The Dome in Buxton, Matlock Derwent Valley Lions Club was presented with an award for Excellence in the Community. Under the heading “Volunteering and Fundraising” a citation was read out, followed by the presentation of the award by Cllr. George Wharmby, More on this story
		Santa and his Sleigh in the Vale of Belvoir 2011 With the aid of his many helpers, Santa embarked on his annual trek around the Vale of Belvoir Villages this year. Both a community service and fund-raising event at the same time, this year saw £4,009.18 raised for charity, these being Dove Cottage Hospice, Rainbows Children’s Charity and The Vale of Belvoir Responders. A fantastic time was had by all, and a great pleasure to see all the children’s happy smiles as they got to see Santa!
		St Dunstan’s Potential to help Members of Lions Clubs International Many of our members are ex-Service personnel and as such some of them may now be suffering a deterioration in some of their faculties including sight impairment. Hopefully given the publicity generated over the past 12 months by the MD Appeal for St Dunstan’s there will be an awareness of the services and facilities provided by St Dunstan’s for current and ex-Service personnel More on this story
		DISTRICT YOUTH EVENTS Three young people, sponsored by Winterton Lions Club, have been awarded the first Gold Seal Awards in District 105E through the Young Leader in Service initiative. They received their certificates from DG Robin at the recent cabinet meeting. More on this story
		MANSFIELD LIONS CLUB TREE PLANTING On Saturday 19th November, as part of their International Presidents challenge of planting 1000,000 trees, Members of Mansfield Lions Club planted 35 Lime trees in Fishers Lane Park Mansfi eld. Help with planting came from Andy Chambers Parks Development Officer of Mansfield District Council and Friends of Fishers Lane Park. More on this story
		HIGH ALTITUDE FUND RAISER When Lion Don Cowie’s friend Len Dixon suffered and died from the effects of motor neurone disease, he decided to do something about it. The task he set himself was to persuade sponsors to part with their money by doing a free-fall parachute jump. You might say that many people have done this already, but the real challenge is that Lion Don is the oldest member of the Grimsby Cleethorpes Lions, at the tender age of 81 !!! More on this story
		LIONS SIGHT WEEK – MANSFIELD On Saturday 15th October Mansfield Lions Club had a stall outside the Four Seasons Shopping Centre Mansfield to promote Lions Sight week. They were joined by Councillor Sally Higgins Chairman of Mansfield District Council and two members of Mansfield Blind Society, Kath with her dog Vogue and Bryan with his dog Pluto More on this story
		LIONS SIGHT WEEK – CONINGSBY & TATTERSHALL Coningsby & Tattershall Lions were able to use the empty Robert Bell’s Estate agents on Saturday 8th October and a variety of display boards and presentations were available to the general public. They had a steady stream of visitors who enjoyed a cup of coffee whilst browsing their year books. They also promoted the Message in a Bottle scheme and gave out some bottles and collected spectacles during the week. More on this story