Lions Year 2005-06
Again the
Table Quiz night on November 24th was very successful in its new venue,
Howth Golf Club. This year the fun event realized
€4,200
for charity. Great result Lion Richard.
€10,000 sent as a matter of urgency to Lions Clubs International
Fund towards the Pakistan Earthquake victims disaster fund.
€500
granted to a local person towards defraying expences in the transport of
blankets, douvets etc to the
An acknowledgement from Clement Kusiak, Lions Clubs International Fund
(LCIF) Chairperson, expressed sincere gratitude to Howth Sutton Lions
for the generous contribution of $11,498 towards Pakistan Earthquake
Disaster Relief – 2005. ‘Restricted donations such as yours allow LCIF to quickly and
effectively ease the suffering of many in the wake of disaster…. Your
generosity will most certainly have a positive impact on many lives.’
In February Lion Joe Smith and his team put in a splendid effort in
raising over €10,000 from a gala concert by the Garda Band and the Garda
Choir in aid of St Michael's House ambulance fund (now standing at
€27,500). Howth Sutton Lions are grateful to the Garda Commissioner, the
musicians for giving freely of their services and also to St Fintan's
High School for a great venue.
Lions
Charity Walk around the Hill of Howth on May 14th attracted a good
number of perambulators. We are particularly grateful to the youth of
Ben Éadair GAA Club for participating in recognition of Howth Sutton
Lions sponsorship during the year. Well done Lion Marianne in raising
over €5,000 in your first year in Lionism.
Two Major projects undertaken by Howth Sutton Lions during the year:
The Lions
Feather project undertaken by ther Lions Clubs of Ireland in support of
measures to combat suicide among the young.
Howth Sutton Lions also have undertaken an organised programme to raise
funds in support of Lions International major fund raising campaign to
eliminate within 20 years preventable blindness among the peoples of the
third world countries.
updated July 25, 2006