Southport - the Classic Resort on England's North West Coast

2009

District

105BN

IT Award

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Christmas Parcels 2008

 

For the third year in a row, Southport Lions joined with Southport Rotary and the Southport Visiter in a joint programme of fundraising, packing and distributing Christmas parcels to needy and disadvantaged folk in and around Southport. Between us, we brought a bit of Christmas cheer to more than 300 recipients of all ages, from the very junior to the very senior, and from some of the letters we have received we can tell that the cheer was welcome. For many, the Christmas parcel is a visible and tangible sign that, in a harsh world, there are those who actually care enough to do something for those less fortunate. So, to everyone who contributed, through the campaign in the Visiter, or by donating to either Lions or Rotary, a big Thank You!

Nominations for suitable recipients are received through a number of channels but the end result is the same: depending on individual circumstances, we deliver a food voucher, a toy voucher, or a Christmas Hamper.

But, of course, Christmas Hampers need packing, and each year numbers of Lions turn out on a Sunday morning in mid December to assemble all the goodies. After years of practice we now have it all off to a fine art - Henry Ford would have been proud of us!

But then there is also another side to our parcel packing: the enjoyment of some Christmas festivity of our own when the job is done. It gets really cold in there, you know!

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