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Alton Lions Easter Eggstravaganza Brings New Equipment & Toys For Bushy Leaze

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Sunday, 6th May, 2012
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This year’s Alton Lions Easter ‘Eggstravaganza’ has resulted in a £1250 donation to Bushy Leaze Early Years Centre! The money raised will be used to buy digital cameras, remote controlled toys and building equipment to be used to help develop hand-eye coordination in the children. Pictured are Alton Lions President Peter Bacon with Lion...
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Alton Lions Launch SpecTrek 2012

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Wednesday, 14th March, 2012
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Spectrek is one of the great global recycling projects organised by Lions Clubs International and involves collecting and redistributing spectacles no longer required by the owner to new users in developing countries. Millions of people in developing countries have uncorrected refractive errors (near-sightedness, far-sightedness or astigmatism) that can be easily diagnosed and treated with...
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Lion’s Leap Year Quiz Raises Money for Brian’s Well

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Tuesday, 6th March, 2012
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The Lions Leap Year Quiz held Friday (March 2nd) at the Royal British Legion Club (RBL) in Anstey Park provided a testing time for a wide range of teams from Alton, Four Marks and Holybourne. After an enjoyable but mind teasing trial with only a break for a very tasty curry, provided by Lion...
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Alton Lions Help Four Marks First Responders

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Friday, 2nd March, 2012
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Alton Lions have provided funds to enable an embryo Four Marks Community First Responder group to progress a key element of their training programme. Community First Responder Schemes are teams of volunteers who are trained to a nationally recognised level and provide life saving treatment to people in their local communities. They are trained...
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Alton Runners Reward Lions £2000

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Saturday, 25th February, 2012
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Lion President Peter Bacon receives a cheque from the Alton Runners, Men’s Captain, Guy Henshaw, for £2000 recognising the effort the Lions Club of Alton contributes to the success of the Alton 10 Road Race and the Downland Challenge 10K & 5K fun runs each year. This donation forms an important element of the...
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Alton Lions Launch their ‘Eggstravaganza’!

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Friday, 24th February, 2012
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This week Lion Bill Guest and Lion Sarah O’Donoghue launched the 2012 Alton Lions EGGSTRAVAGANZA in aid of Bushy Leaze Children and Family Centre. This fund raising project provides eggstra large chocolate Easter Eggs to outlets in Alton and local villages together with an un-named soft toy Lion. Players’ eggschange one pound to choose...
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Christmas Message from Alton Lions Club

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Thursday, 15th December, 2011
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Dear Sir, On behalf of The Lions Club of Alton and all the people we help at this time of year, I am writing to thank the people of Alton, Holybourne and for the first time this year, Four Marks for giving their generous support to our appeal. In spite of the current severe...
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Alton Lions Commits To Brian’s Well in Africa

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Wednesday, 7th December, 2011

Lion Brian Green who joined Alton Lions in 1983 and served as Club Treasurer and President, and as District Treasurer suddenly passed away in 2011. Rather than sending flowers in his memory Lions, friends and colleagues made donations that totaled a magnificent £1381.  In his early career Brian worked in Africa and developed understanding...
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Lions Grrrrrrreat Afternoon Tea Party

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Wednesday, 9th November, 2011
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Alton Lions welcomed nearly a hundred senior citizen guests to the annual tea party in the Alton Maltings and especially those who came from local residential homes. To make the day a special occasion the room in the Maltings had been decorated with balloons and in the centre of each table was a beautiful...
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