All the items covered are open to both members and friends of the club and all can be found on the club calendar which lists important dates for the whole of 2015. You can also find the monthly Lions regional and national news bulletins by clicking the Member area tab at the top of the left hand margin of this page and then keying the password “oakbrook”.
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MAY REVIEW
May was a fairly active month for the club with two Silver over the Bridge (SOB) sessions, and the Shrewsbury Fun day plus a zone social and charter events at Newport and Middlemarches.
Blood Bikes The SOB for Blood bikes was covered in the May newsletter - but the picture of Gordon on a motorbike is well worth showing again! As a result of a very successful session on the bridge the club was able to make a donation of £300 to blood bikes. This was in addition to the money raised by blood Bikes volunteers themselves on the day so the total raised was over £400. Blood Bikes is also the Zone project for this year and at the meeting on 14th May the club agreed to send a contribution of £150.
Medical Alert Dogs was the beneficiary for the second SOB session during the month. Lions Club members were joined by Samantha Potts and her dog Charlie.
Sam lives in St Georges with husband Gary and 9 year old daughter Lydia and has a medical condition which causes up to 10 blackouts per day. These attacks arrive without warning - at least as far as Sam is concerned. But amazingly, Charlie knows that an attack is imminent and is able to alert Sam by licking her hand vigorously.
Sam lives in St Georges with husband Gary and 9 year old daughter Lydia and has a medical condition which causes up to 10 blackouts per day. These attacks arrive without warning - at least as far as Sam is concerned. But amazingly, Charlie knows that an attack is imminent and is able to alert Sam by licking her hand vigorously.
Passion Fruit Chiboust, Coconut Pannacotta
Chocolate Brownie, Chocolate Sauce
Sticky Toffee Pudding, Ice Cream
Chocolate Brownie, Chocolate Sauce
Sticky Toffee Pudding, Ice Cream
All members, friends and family are welcome. please email June Softley (4cats@talktalk.net ) or Colin Thompson (cthompson@bcs.org.uk) if you've not yet booked.
Defibrillator for ironbridge. We are still "almost there" on the defibrillator project which was covered in last month's newsletter. The cabinet housing the defibrillator unit is being installed by Council contractors. Once that has been done and the defibrillator has been commissioned by the ambulance service we will arrange formal unveiling and public training sessions. Ryan Kennedy of BBC Radio Shropshire (and Ironbridge resident) has kindly agreed to do the unveiling and Robin Bennett from Much Wenlock First Responders will do the training session.
Silver over the Bridge. SOB is our longest running fundraising activity. Essentially it involves laying sticky tape across the Iron Bridge and inviting passers-by to put down their spare coins. We also volunteer to man the Toll House on those days when we are collecting on the bridge.
We have scheduled 3 SOB sessions during June and July each focussed on a different charity:
Sunday 21st June - Midlands Air Ambulance
Sunday 5th July - Telford Young Carers
Sunday 26th July Macmillan
Each SOB session runs from 10am to 4pm and is supported by Members and Friends working in 2 hour shifts – generally 3 people on the bridge itself and one person to man the Toll House.
Additional volunteers are always very welcome so if you’ve never helped at a SOB session why not give it a try. Visitors are general intrigued by the activity and we have some really interesting conversations so the two hours pass very easily.
Ironbridge Brass Band Festival 11th and 12th July. This is one of our biggest events of the summer season. Although it is not itself a Lions club activity, members and friends of the club play a major part in both the planning and the operational support. This year volunteers are required as follows:
Friday 10th July - pre-festival working party
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July - Festival support activity
FORTHCOMING PROJECT AND FUNDRAISING ACTIVITY
Defibrillator for ironbridge. We are still "almost there" on the defibrillator project which was covered in last month's newsletter. The cabinet housing the defibrillator unit is being installed by Council contractors. Once that has been done and the defibrillator has been commissioned by the ambulance service we will arrange formal unveiling and public training sessions. Ryan Kennedy of BBC Radio Shropshire (and Ironbridge resident) has kindly agreed to do the unveiling and Robin Bennett from Much Wenlock First Responders will do the training session.
Silver over the Bridge. SOB is our longest running fundraising activity. Essentially it involves laying sticky tape across the Iron Bridge and inviting passers-by to put down their spare coins. We also volunteer to man the Toll House on those days when we are collecting on the bridge.
We have scheduled 3 SOB sessions during June and July each focussed on a different charity:
Sunday 21st June - Midlands Air Ambulance
Sunday 5th July - Telford Young Carers
Each SOB session runs from 10am to 4pm and is supported by Members and Friends working in 2 hour shifts – generally 3 people on the bridge itself and one person to man the Toll House.
Additional volunteers are always very welcome so if you’ve never helped at a SOB session why not give it a try. Visitors are general intrigued by the activity and we have some really interesting conversations so the two hours pass very easily.
Ironbridge Brass Band Festival 11th and 12th July. This is one of our biggest events of the summer season. Although it is not itself a Lions club activity, members and friends of the club play a major part in both the planning and the operational support. This year volunteers are required as follows:
Friday 10th July - pre-festival working party
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July - Festival support activity
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