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Fundraising
In order to raise the money we require for all our welfare activities we run a series of events throughout the year. Our main fund raising event during the year is the Charity Auction held in the Lechlade Village Hall during spring. The events is our biggest logistical challenge involving all members but it provides up to £3000 to the coffers. During the year we also run the several bric-a-brac sales in local village halls. We have several functions that both raise money and provide entertainment. One popular example is the Race Night when people from around the area have an exciting evening betting on cars or horses and get a good meal as well. Its good to see some of them winning but we like it better when they go home with less than when they came!
In the weeks before Christmas we run a raffle to fund the January Senior Citizens Party. There are many prizes and we are always grateful to local businesses who donate most of then. Like many Lions Clubs we have a teddy bear stall that we take along to local school fetes and similar events. In many cases we donate the profits from the stall to the events organisers.
We also help other groups to raise funds. Often this is a better alternative to just providing cash. Examples are providing a bar at a dance or handling car parking. With the RAF Fairford airbase on our patch it is inevitable that we get roped in to help with the Royal International Air Tattoo. It means and early start on each day and we take responsibility for the gates and getting 200,000 people into the event. The RIAT committee give us a sizeable donation for our efforts
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Lechlade and District Lions Club |