Carlow Lions Club

As Lions Club Number 34120 we are proud to have played our part in the great work of Lions International and served our Community for 35 years.

Our Current Activities

Recent weeks have seen the Carlow lions move into top gear in organising seasonal activities with highly successful results.

Our 0ngoing sponsorship of Youth activities has again revealed some more outstanding achievements:

Lions Youth Award

Carlow winner Paul Farrell from Presentation College receives the McDermott Memorial Award from Lion President Frank and (below) the special Merck Sharpe and Dohme prize from Lion Billy Bolton

Lions Peace Poster Competition

Winner Miranda Faul from Askea Girls School pictured with her Teacher and Principle about to receive her Prize from from President Frank and Project Organiser Lion Gerry.

A happy group - Miranda and classmates.

Youth Football

St. Patricks Club sponsored by Carlow Lions won their inaugural match in the Lions Youth Soccer Competition. After a tightly fought match against Portlaoise the Carlow team won on penalties after extra time.

Christmas would not be the same without our annual Christmas Eve visit to St Dympna's Hospital!

"We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year"

Our members sang carols and passed on gifts and cards to the patients. As usual the event was thoroughly enjoyed by the staff and residents in St Dympna's and members were treated to refreshments by the staff afterwards

Christmas Food Appeal

Carlow Lions Club is pleased to confirm that they held another very successful Food Appeal in December 2011. Incredibly generous amounts of non-perishable food items were donated together with a considerable amount of public and private cash donations

.All the money donated was used to purchase fresh food which was added to the non perishable food to make up approximately 600 hampers. All the hampers were then distributed to local needy families before Christmas with the help of St Vincent de Paul

Social Dancing

The Club held another successful month of Social Dancing nights which culminated with our Christmas Party night held on 20 December. The patrons enjoyed seasonal fare with great music and entertainment

Strollers

The Club commenced its weekly Strollers Project. This entails members and others going on organised brisk walks on pre planned routes around our town every Wednesday at 7.30pm. It.s hoped the project will bring much needed social and health benefits to those that partake.

Table Quiz

Another highly successful Table Quiz ran like clockwork under Qizmaster Lion Joe Farrell, seen belkow with President Frank and the winning team

Fellowship...good times...meeting new people... building lasting friendships...service to the community... leadership and personal development - just some of the experiences of Lions members.

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