LIONS CELEBRATE THEIR 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.
New president of Hereford Lions Club is Neil Jenkins, a former manager at the city’s Royal Mail sorting office who will be leading the Lions in their Golden Jubilee year. City born,he joined the post office as a junior postman at 16 and devoted 35 years to the service.
A keen footballer in his younger days playing for several local teams, Neil went on to spend 20 years as a referee, both in the Herefordshire League and the Southern League. He was the 4th official at the 1982 FA Vase cup final at Wembley He served on Herefordshire FA for 30 years, 16 of them as referee appointments secretary. He was made a Life Member of the FA for his services to the game.
A long standing St Michael’s Hospice volunteer, Neil has chosen the Hospice as his major Lions fund raising project for the year. He and his wife, Pauline have two daughters and three grand children.
Last year the club donated four riser reclining chairs at a cost of £2500 to St Michael’s Hospice to mark the silver jubilee of the hospice.
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.