TWO PROJECTS MARK LIONS' GOLDEN JUBILEE
The motto of Hereford Lions Club is ‘We Serve’ – for over 50 years its an awful lot of service the club has given to the community.
This year Hereford Lions Club is to contribute £15,000 to help the local Alzheimer’s Society open a new Information and Advice Centre in Hereford city centre.
The Alzheimer’s project will be an internet café style drop-in centre, manned by volunteers, but with professional back up from a dementia support worker. Some 2,700 people in Herefordshire have the illness and the number is growing as the population ages.
Said Lions president, John Oldman, “I am delighted that Lions Club is able to provide the financial backing to get this much needed new community service up and running. The number of people with dementia is increasing significantly and a central accessible facility where they – and their carers – can get help and support is long overdue.”
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The club has also donated four riser reclining chairs at a cost of £2500 to St Michael’s Hospice to mark the silver jubilee of the hospice.
Lion President John Oldman (left) is pictured with Past President Martin Forder, together with Sister Ann Bicknell
Sister Ann Bicknell, of St Michael’s Hospice said of the gift of the chairs: “The patients really love them. They are a huge improvement on our existing reclining chairs.” She added: “The Lions Club over the years has supported the Hospice in so many ways and this latest gesture marking our Silver Anniversary is typical of their concern for those in the community who need extra care.
“Hereford, as well as the Hospice is indebted to the Lions Club for its 50 years of unstinting service in the city. They have made a huge impact on the quality of life of so many and the donation of these four new chairs to the Hospice is just one example of the club’s outstandingservice to the community.”
Lions Club members come from all walks of life, but have a common bond - a desire to serve the community, and have fun doing so.
New members are always welcome.