Brighton Lions Club has been serving the local, national and international communities for more than sixty years and we would like to share with you some of our achievements.

17 March 2010

Tonight's decisions

We have agreed to make a donation of £600 to the 9th Brighton Boys Brigade Company to assist with the running costs of their minibus. The fund day in the Royal Pavilion Gardens in June will be in aid of Downs View School and we have pledged £3,000 to them for thier playground project conditional on them raising the balance of the funds needed.

13 March 2010

Peace Poster Winner



Yu-Min Chen, a 13-year-old girl from Taiwan, Republic of China, created this year's winning poster in the annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest.

Chen said she wanted her poster to "show that children hope to live in a peaceful world."

About 350,000 children ages 11, 12 and 13 in 70 countries around the world participated in this contest. Her poster was chosen for its originality, artistic merit and portrayal of this year's contest theme, "The Power of Peace."

11 March 2010

Zone Olympics

The third event in the Zone Olympics, a competition between the clubs in Zone 2A, was held yesterday. This was a ten-pin bowling match which was wone by a team from Newhaven, Peacehaven and Seaford Lions Club. In second place was a team from Brighton - just two points behind - so we have retained our place at the top of the league table.

06 March 2010

And back out again!

Patcham Under 14s played Meadow Sports Under 14s (sponsored by Guildford Lions Club) last night. Meadow were too strong for the host team and won by 9 goals to 1. It was little consolation to the lads from Patcham that the team Meadow had beaten in the previous round had conceded 14 goals, so Patcham had at least done better than that.

03 March 2010

Patcham back in!

Horley having pulled out of the MD U14 International Football Competition, Patcham United have been reinstated aand are now playing the team sponsored by Guildford Lions in Round 2. The match will take place this coming Friday, at Waterhall, Brighton, with an 8.00pm kick off.

02 March 2010

Relief for Chile

Lions Clubs International Foundation is committed to aiding communities affected by disasters, including the most recent disaster in Chile following an 8.8 earthquake on February 27. The earthquake is one of the largest ever recorded, and more than 700 people are dead and 2 million people displaced as a result of the devastation to more than 1 million residences. The earthquake hit near the second largest city, Conception, and more than 60 earthquake aftershocks have been recorded.

"Many of you know firsthand how quickly the Foundation acts after disaster," said LCIF Chairperson Al Brandel. "I have tried to call and sent messages to our two Past International Directors who live in Concepcion, but have not been able to reach them yet. LCIF staff and I will continue to try to contact them, as well as the District Governors and Council Chairperson of Multiple District T."

There are four districts in Chile, and three emergency grants each for $10,000 have been awarded to Districts T-1, T-2 and T-3. District T-3 includes the city of Conception, the hardest hit area in the country. Lions Clubs International Foundation awards approximately US$2 million each year in emergency grant funding, in addition to grants for larger disasters.

As more information is known after contacting the Lions in Chile, it will be posted to this Web page.

A designated account has been created for those wishing to make donations specifically for Chile earthquake relief.
Donors can:

* Donate online at www.lcif.org/donate. Select Disaster and include “Chile Earthquake Relief” in the comments section.

* Make a credit card donation with a MasterCard, Visa or American Express. Fax the following information to LCIF: name, address, phone number, credit card type, credit card number, expiration date, and amount of the donation. If you are a Lions member, please provide your clubs information. LCIF's fax number is (630) 571-5735.

* Mail LCIF a U.S. dollar check drawn on a U.S. financial institution. Make the check payable to Lions Clubs International Foundation, noting "Chile Earthquake Relief" in the memo. Please send the check to LCIF, 300 W. 22nd St., Oak Brook, IL 60523, USA, Attn.: Donor Services.

* Make a direct deposit of local currency into an existing LCI account. Send a copy to LCIF via fax to (630) 571-5735.

* Do a direct wire transfer. For assistance with this option please contact LCIF Donor Assistance at donorassistance@lcif.org.
* Complete the single or multiple donor disaster donation form.

For questions, please contact LCIF at donorassistance@lcif.org or (630) 203-3836. Board policy states that designated funds are not eligible for Melvin Jones Fellowship credit. Donors wishing to receive Melvin Jones Fellowship credit may wish to consider instead making a donation to the LCIF general fund. Un-designated donations for MJFs and PMJFs make up as much as 80 percent of the donations to the Foundation's general fund, which supports standard grants, emergency grants and major catastrophe grants.

Donations from U.S. residents are tax deductible. Donations from residents of other countries are tax deductible as permitted by the individual's country tax laws.