BBC’s Children in Need mascot – Pudsey Bear, made a flying visit to New
Milton’s Fawcetts Field, to support The Lions Club of New Milton &
District’s Car Boot Sale.
The last Car Boot Sale of the 2024 Season held on Sunday 1st
September, is organised annually by the Club especially to raise funds
for BBC Children in Need.
The event raised some £296 and after the Council charges for the use of
the field of £100 have been paid, the Club will be donating a minimum of
£196 to the BBC Children in Need Appeal which this year is held on the
third Friday of November.
Alan Watson, President of The Lions Club of New Milton & District
commented that “the Club will be back with their Programme of Car Boot
Sales on Sunday 6th April 2025, from when it is hoped that
the Club will stage their Sales on the first and third Sunday of each
month through to September. Apart from this Special Event for the BBC
Appeal, the rest of our Car Boot Sales help us to build our Welfare
Funds, which last year enabled us to donate more than £10,000 to local
and national good causes”.
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At their Club Meeting on Monday 22nd
July, Alan Watson, the President of The Lions Club of New Milton and
District, accompanied by Lion John Evans, presented Jill West of the
Oakhaven Hospice, a cheque for £1,300.
These monies were raised as a result of a Raffle which was held during the Charity Golf Day at Barton on Sea Golf Club back in June, which was masterminded by Lion John Evans. This Annual Event was again this year a roaring success, despite some early very blustery weather which taxed some of the participants golfing prowess.
This Presentation was the first since the ‘&
District’ was added to the Club’s name, to more accurately reflect the
newly enhanced geographic area that the Club now covers, including
Milford on Sea, Lymington, Brockenhurst, Lyndhurst and all the villages
in between.
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50%
of the Funds raised at the Easter Extravaganza on the New Milton
Recreation Ground on Saturday 8th April will be donated to the people of
Ukraine via New Forest for Ukraine. The Group will also have a
collection point for goods to be donated to Ukraine. Please see the list
of urgent requirements to be shipped to the refugees in Poland and
directly into Ukraine (https://www.newforestforukraine.co.uk/requireddonations
). If you have any goods you would like to donate to the people of
Ukraine, either bring them along to the Collection Point Stall on the
New Milton Recreation Ground on Saturday 8th April - or alternatively
send your telephone number to
alan.watson@newmiltonlions.org.uk
or call him on 07771 754025 and he will arrange with you a suitable time
to collect the items from you and deliver them to the Collection Point
for you.
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Recently, the Lions Club of New Milton donated £1,000 to New Forest for Ukraine to enable them to puchase 2 Generators to be sent to the people of Ukraine. To date the New Forest Group has donated some 150 Generators to the Ukraine.
The picture shows a very happy Ukrainian Lady who has received a Generator from this programme, to provide electricity to her house as all the infrastructure has been destroyed.
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