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
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.