It was in January 1951 that Brighton Lions Club was chartered so we celebrate our ‘official' 60th birthday next month. Our charter was presented in May 1951 and, at that first charter night, the young Brighton Lions Club made its first donation. A cheque for £100 was handed to a representative of St Dunstan's to pay for the purchase and training of a guide dog for a blind Sussex ex-serviceman.
It seemed serendipitous to us when we learned of the project for Lions Clubs across the country to raise £50,000 for St Dunstan's during our own diamond jubilee year. So much so, that our members agreed to raise, during the next six months, a further £100 for each of our 60 years and to donate the sum of £6,000 to the MD project at our charter night in June.
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