TRURO LIONS CHARTER LUNCH

Truro Lions Club celebrated its 52nd Charter Anniversary Lunch at the Greenbank Hotel in Falmouth on Sunday 2nd April 2023.

thanks to Lions Julian Collinson, Peter Read, and Richard Moore for organising the lunch, Lions Sue Gibbs, Anna Stanning and Liz Barnes for an excellent raffle, and to all our guests who came along to celebrate with us. Finally, he thanked his wife Norma for her unstinting support.

He also described the activities for both fundraising and service, and in particular the fantastic amount of over £4,000 raised for the Earthquake Appeal for Turkey and Syria.

President Geoff presented long service awards to Lions Peter Willett (35 Years) and Liz Barnes (10 Years) plus honourable mentions for Lions

President Geoff Kaye and his wife Norma hosted the lunch with distinguished guests, District Governor Elect Lion James Mathers, and his wife Lion Gail, together with a great representation from other local clubs including St Austell, Newquay Towan Blystra, Camborne and Redruth, and Hayle and Penzance. Also attending was Past District Governor Lion Lesley Clarke and Zone A Chair Lion David Broadhurst.

John Cardew (45 Years), Steve Powell (10 Years) and Richard Moore (10 Years not present) and Lion Mick Pawlak (20 Years), who had received their awards at a recent Club Meeting.

All the speeches were well received, with a good sprinkling of humour.

Thanks to Lion Alan Downie and his wife Lesley for taking the photos.

The event was very successful, with excellent food and service provided by the hotel, and entertainment provided by Anton Mullan with his renditions of many 1960s hits, especially some Beatles classics.

President Geoff thanked all members and partners for their support during his year and gave special

Trauma Teds

Members of the community have been knitting Trauma Teds that the Club now gives to the Minor Injuries Unit at Launceston Hospital.

These act as a comfort and distraction therapy to young children in distress. Comments from parents recently include: Thank you so much for these as they really do make a difference, with my son being rushed in for treatment. It was a very traumatic time for him but having one of the bears made him feel so comfortable and safe. He’s now named him ‘Ginge.’Another lady said, “My daughter absolutely loves her little bear, thank you so very much. She’s named her Lucy and provided her with lots of comfort when she had to spend a night at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.

This shows how much a small item knitted with love can make such a difference to our young children.

These have also been given to the local Ambulance, Police and Fire Services, for them to give to children in distressing situations.

The dementia units at the local care homes have also been recipients, where they are adored and loved by the patients.

We are delighted that we are able to help our local youngsters in distressing situations, as well as those local disadvantaged elderly people.

It is wonderful to be of service to our local community, which supports our efforts.