In conjunction with the Club, Millfield School Music Department is presenting Stephen Sondheim’s 'Putting it Together' on 17th and 18th October in the Johnson Hall, Millfield School.
This amateur production will celebrate the music of Sondheim and promises to be a couple of very special evenings.
Part of the proceeds will be given to Lions Sightsavers to enable an eye camp to be undertaken in a third world country. An operation can be carried out to save a persons sight for a few pounds and cataract surgery has been described by the World Bank as “one of the most cost-effective surgical interventions”.
Tickets at £10.00 each are available from the Music office at Millfield School on 01458 444200.
Please come along and support these musical evenings at the Johnson Hall, Millfield School.
BRAINS OF AVALON QUIZ
FORUM DO IT AGAIN!
Consummate professionals Forum once again won the Brains of Avalon Quiz at Glastonbury Town Hall on Friday 28th January 2011.
Twenty nine teams took part in the annual quiz and once again there was a good mix of familiar faces and some new teams which lead to a most sociable and successful evening when approximately £600 was raised for Children's Hospice South West.
Forum scored a fantastic 66 out of a possible 75 points. This was their 12th victory out of 28 years that the quiz has been in existence. In second place was Tor 1st Class for the second year running and in third place The Mitre Beans.
The winning team of Mike Vowles, Pat Vowles, Mike Van Rynen and Des Summerhayes together with Lion President John Mulliner are photgraphed below.
PRESENTATION
At the club's December meeting a cheque for £1000 was presented to the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) by Lion President John Mulliner on behalf of the club and the Lions Club of the City of Wells.
Katie Crossey, who is the Regional Fundraising Assistant for TCT, accepted the cheque on behalf of the trust. In accepting the cheque she expressed the appreciation that the club had created awareness of the TCT as much as the money itself.
The TCT does not currently have a unit at a hospital in the south west but the donation will be used in the area and specifically plans are underway to start an appeal in January 2011 to build in Bristol adjacent to the Oncology Centre to provide facilities for 16 to 24 year olds.
The proceeds came from the Children's Concerts held at Strode Theatre in June.
MUSIC QUIZ
The Music Quiz took place at Ashcott Village Hall and we welcomed a little under 100 people to the evening.
Clive Hennesy took care of the questions and kept the evening rolling - thank you Clive!
There was a mixed bag of questions to cater for all tastes which kept everyone's brains alert and all present had a good evening which raised £406.
GLASTONBURY CARNIVAL
There was a good turnout of members, families and friends for the social evening held at Peter's and Mel's on the Glastonbury Carnival route.
The evening started dry and fresh and the mulled wine was flowing. Mike and Marilyn did a sterling job on the hot drinks sales and raised about £70.
The team of Lions helping with the collection set out as the parade started and we went in all directions.
Once again colleceting was a challenge and felt at times like getting blood out of a stone, although a number of us did get the odd donation of paper money. This is the only time of year when Glastonbury sees so many coppers - that is the money version!
This year the parade took three hours to pass and unfortunately with about 45 minutes to go there was a major storm and the revellers got soaked - as did we collectors! This however did mean that many were eager to offload there remaining coins quickly at the end.
Returning to Pete's and Mel's having delivered our buckets to the Town Hall the lasagne, chilli and sausage bake went down well as did a couple few more glasses of mulled wine.
All in all a good evening and let's hope that the overall collection was a good one.
MODEL RAILWAY SHOW
The Small and Delightful Railway Group held their bi-annual show at Walton Village Hall in September and once again the club provided the refreshemnts and manned the door.
As ever there was a good turnout with plenty of visitors of all ages and the standard of displays was as high as ever.
PILTON VILLAGE FETE
Once again we supported Pilton Village Fete in September and there was a good attendance at the event.
Clearly it was the day for the tombola and the soft Lions toys that we were giving away as prizes captured everyone's imagination and we had a superb afternoon taking £249 which enabled us to donate £100 to the village funds.
Thanks to Pilton for a great afternoon!
EASTER EGGS
We once again had the support of numerous local public houses and hotels who kindly helped us to sell raffle tickets to win an egg in our Easter Egg Raffle.
We would like to express our thanks to the publicans and their customers for their support which enabled us to raise a little over £500 this year.
SPONSORED SWIM
Local clubs, schools and other organisations joined us for our sponsored swim in March 2010 which was once again held at Millfield School Pool with the kind permission of the headteacher.
A total of 34 teams participated including entrants from the Gateway Club, St John Ambulance Cadets, local primary schools and Millfield school.
The total sponsorship of £3500 raised by the teams was equally divided between the teams choice of cause and our own charity fund.
The event provides ample opportunity for others to join with the Lions in their fund-raising without the hassle of organising an event.
NEXT YEAR'S SPONSORED SWIM WILL BE ON SUNDAY 20th MARCH 2011
For details please contact Joan Dovey on 01278 722326
MODEL RAILWAY SHOW
The annual Model Railway Show took place at Walton Village Hall in early March 2010.
There were 10 displays of varying guage on show plus a number of stalls where supplies and books could be purchased.
It never ceases to amaze members as to the skills and dexterity of the enthusiasts who bring their models along to our shows. We are most grateful to them.
Also special thanks must go to a former member, Howard "Howie" Martin, who still organises the show for us although now living in West Wales. Thanks also to the Lions' partners who help organise the refreshments.
The day raised £475 for the club's charity fund.
However one member found it all too much and took refuge in the kitchen to get forty winks before returning to the footplate!
BRAINS OF AVALON
Thirty teams took part in the annual Brains of Avalon Quiz held at Glastonbury Town Hall in January 2010. This year there was a good mix of familiar faces and new teams which lead to a most enjoyable and successful evening when approximately £500 was raised for the club's charity fund.
The winners were once again Forum who scored an impressive 65 out of a possible 75 points. This was their 11th victory out of 27 years that the quiz has been in existence. In second place was Tor 1st Class and in third place Free Godney.
The winning team of Mike Vowles, Pat Vowles, Des Summerhates and Mike Van Rynen are photgraphed below.
The youth team competition was once again well supported by teams from Millfield school and the winning team was Savill's Row who are seen below with the President of the club Rod Speed presenting their award.
MOVEMBER
Six of our members, or perhaps the six Desperados, took up the challenge to grow some facial hair to raise funds for Prostate Cancer.
The project known as Movember takes place in the month of November but we put our own slant on it by starting at our November business meeting and agreeing to "grow" until our Christmas Dinner in mid December when this final mugshot was taken.
Thanks to our supporters and in particular the Lions Clubs of Barnstaple and Crewkerne we were able to raise in ecess of £700.
In the photograph Ian Kindon is no longer sporting his "Mo" as he obtained extra sponsorship when he allowed some students to cut it off. Richard Fox (rear left) is the only member still sporting his "Mo".
Our wives are not excited about a repeat this year so perhaps some other members will take up the challenge!
CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES
The Club were invited to help Santa at Morrisons in Glastonbury this year and we were there to support him over the weekend before Christmas in the foyer of the store.
This year we were also able to look after the reindeer whilst he was working but Blitzen was a bit of a handful and did escape once although our President Rod Speed was able to capture him.
Thanks to the support of Morrisons customers we raised £769 which will be split between the CaRE Appeal for the refurbishment of the Bristol Oncology Hospital and the Club's Charity Account.
The Club would like to express their appreciation to Morrisons for their continued support.
We also supported the Christmas Tree Festival at St Johns Church in Glastonbury by decorating a tree. It was decorated in Lions colours and the decorations had details on them of lots of interesting facts about Lions Clubs International.
Special thanks to Mel Warburton for organising its decoration.
MUSIC QUIZ
The Club held its annual Music Quiz at Ashcott Village Hall on Friday 27th November 2009.
There were was a good turnout of teams participating and competition was fierce with the teams delving into their musical knowledge in categories ranging from the musicals to the 60's to classical to the modern day.
The evening raised £350 which was donated to a local part of the MS Society.
GLASTONBURY CARNIVAL
Once again a number of our members helped with the collection at Glastonbury Carnival in November on weatherwise a perfect "Carnival" evening.
As ever it was a challenge persuading the crowd to part with their cash for once again a superb show which went very smoothly. We did not appreciate that there was still so much copper coinage in circulation.
After our efforts we enjoyed a supper together at a member's house on the Carnival route - and also a few drinks. The mulled wine certainly rejuvenated us all!
BOOK & JIGSAW SALE
We held a secondhand book and jigsaw sale over the middle weekend of October 2009 in a vacant shop in Street High Street.
The Lion second from the right is David Jarvis who is now a member of Ripley Amber Valley and was a member of our club for many years before moving to Derbyshire. Thanks to him for his support one afternoon!
There was a good selection of books of all types and jigsaws of varying size and difficulty.
The shop was open from 10.00 to 16.00 each day and we raised £377 which will be sent as our club's contribution to a new Eye Hospital being built in Ghana in partnership between Lions Clubs International in the UK and Moorfields Eye Hospital.
The Lions Club of Glastonbury & Street would like to thank the shop's owners for allowing us access to the premises for the two days of our sale.
EASTER EGG RAFFLE
Once again the club raffled Easter Eggs in the area during the period up to Easter.
This year £649 was raised which is a small increase on last year. Quite a remarkable outcome given the current financial climate.
Those locations who supported this project were:
Cowshed, Clarks International
Beckery Resource Centre
The club wishes to thank these locations and their customers, clients and employees who supported this fund raising event and helped us to once again
help those less fortunate than ourselves.
MODEL RAILWAY SHOW
The club's annual Model Railway Show took place Saturday 7th March 2009 at Walton Village Hall.
There was an extensive exhibition of model railway layouts and stalls to entertain and impress those who visited the event.
Excellent refreshments were provided by a team including Jeannie, Jenny and Peg assisted by numerous Lions.
Special thanks go those all those enthusiasts who brought along their layouts for everyone to enjoy and especially to Howard Martin - Howie as he is affectionately known - who organised the event. Howard, a former member of Glastonbury and Street is a member of Haverfordwest Lions Club, and organises the whole day from afar.
Due to the support of the general public the day will have raised in the order of £500 for the Lions Charity Account.
SPONSORED SWIM
This year's Sponsored Swim took place on Sunday 22nd February 2009 at Millfield School Swimming Pool with the permission of the headmaster.
The event once again gave the opportunity for local clubs and organisations to raise funds for both their own use and the Glastonbury and Street Lions Charity Account
This year over 20 teams took part including ones from St John Ambulance, Gateway and Millfield School. The amount pledged on the day was in excess of £2000 - a magnificent result!
The club would like to thank all the participants, helpers and sponsors and in addition a special thank you to the staff at the pool who provided the vital lifeguard cover on the day.
BRAINS OF AVALON
The annual Brains of Avalon took place at Glastonbury Town Hall on Friday 30th January 2009.
The hall was packed with 37 teams competing in the 26th year for the winner's title and the coveted shield.
The winning team was The Riflemans, scoring 57 out of a possible 75 points. They put an end to the 10 year winning streak of Forum who came second and third place was taken by Norman Conquest. Savill's Row came out on top of the seven youth teams participating this year.
The proceeds of the evening, which included a raffle, was almost £550 which will help top up the Lions Charity Account.
CHRISTMAS COLLECTION AT MORRISONS IN GLASTONBURY
The Lions, together with Santa Claus, collected for The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance and Lions Local Causes during his visits to Morrisons in Glastonbury during the period up to Christmas.
A presentation was made to the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance at the March Business Meeting. Jane Hamlett accepted the cheque for £500 on their behalf.
Thank you to everyone who made donations with special thanks to Morrisons for allowing us to be sited at the store for three days.
MUSIC QUIZ
The Club held a Music Quiz at Ashcott Village Hall on Friday 28th November 2008.
There were 16 teams participating on the evening with over 70 people stretching their musical knowledge in categories from jazz to the 70's to classical to the musicals.
Thanks to the support of those who attended nearly £300 was raised to go to Lions Local Causes.
BOOK SALES
During the summer months of 2008 two book sales were held - one in Street and the other in Glastonbury. Each day was blessed with excellent weather which was a relief as we were in outside venues in each location.
The proceeds of both were donated to Campaign Sightfirst II, the global campaign of Lions Clubs International to fight preventable blindness throughout the world.
Our thanks go to those who donated books for us to sell and to those who came along and purchased books from us to help raise £630. Special thanks go to the Trustees of the Street library gardens and to the Churchwardens at St Johns Church in Glastonbury whjo allowed us to use their grounds for our sales.
