Asda Daubhill

Asda Daubhill, Store Collection  - Saturday 17th May 2014

We were originally invited to collect at the store the week before, but due to our clubs commitments at the Multiple District Convention in Manchester, we could not get enough people for that weekend. Luckily, we were offered the following week, and were glad to attend, as we have not collected at this store before, although they helped us out for the first time during our Christmas Appeal.

Whilst the store is not a large one, as compared to our other Asda Store's we collect at, it was still pretty busy when I joined my son, Michael, for the last slot of the day from 2PM to 4PM.

It was nice to talk to the staff at the store during our collection, an advantage of being at a smaller store, and we were grateful for several tannoy announcements, telling their customers who we were, and what we were collecting for (another first). They were also doing a raffle which incorporated our collection, as children's names who donated to our collection, were put into the raffle, which was drawn as we left.

The picture below shows off our table, with the raffle plus our message in our bottle (which we give away free), as well as one of Lion members ready to start collecting.

Thanks go to to all the staff and customers at Asda, Daubhill for welcoming us into their store.

Lion John Crompton
5th June 2014

Store Collection Morrisons Harwood

Morrisons Harwood, Store Collection  - Tuesday 4th March 2014

Following on from the collection on Saturday for Marie Curie, we has a chance to boost on own funds with a collection at Morrisons Harwood on Tuesday 4th March. This store is one of our favourites as the people who use it, tend to be very generous in their donations to Bolton Lions.

This was, however, the first time we had ever done our collecting on a Tuesday, generally we collect over weekends at this store. We need not have worried, as although I was not myself collecting (being at work) my son Michael and the retired Lions were there, and they confirmed that they were very busy.

One Lion who wasn't there, was Ray Stafford, who lives 2 minutes away from the store, but was absent as he was unwell, or 'swinging the lead' as his next door neighbour told us at the store!

The outcome of the day was a fantastic amount of £315.16 raised, which is higher than most other stores in Bolton raise at weekends, so thanks go most definitely to the people of the Harwood area.

Our next event in our busy March is our Canopy in Bolton on 22nd March.

Lion John Crompton
21st March 2014

Marie Curie Daffodil Appeal

Marie Curie Daffodil Appeal Collection  - Saturday 1st March 2014

As well as our own collections for good causes in Bolton, Bolton Lions is part of a larger organisation, this being Lions Clubs International. As part of this, we do set up partnerships with other organisations, one of this is with Marie Curie, and this sees us helping them out with a collection in March, all the proceeds of which go to Marie Curie, rather than to Bolton Lions.

So it was that last Saturday, we were collecting in Sainsbury's in the centre of Bolton, from 9AM to 5PM. As you can see from the photograph below, whilst we wear our own tabards, we dress up with Marie Curie hats, which makes us even more visible than normal.

Although I did not collect this year, as all the slots were filled before I even knew about it, I know from last year, that we are even busier when we collect for Marie Curie, than we are on our own collections, and from talking to other Lions this seemed to again be the case. I guess that this is because their name is more recognisable than ours.

At the end of the day we collected a magnificent £377.93, and thanks goes to the people of Bolton for this.

Other Lions in other areas of the United Kingdom will be collecting during the month of March, and this should help to swell the coffers of this very worthy cause.

Lion John Crompton
4th March 2014