17th Lions Festive Walk
in aid of the
Teenage Cancer Trust, Fly2Help, Parkinson’s Disease Society & local causes
Baddesley Clinton National Trust House
(5 mins from junction 5 M42)
from 9.30am Monday 28th December 2009
More details soon
16th Festive Walk Success
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| Lion Mike Colvin leads his family and friends past Baddesley Clinton Church, off for the 10 mile long walk |
The freezing but dry weather on Sunday 28th December brought out over 500 walkers for another great fundraising event, say organisers Knowle and Dorridge Lions.
‘This is the 16th year our Club have organised this great community fundraising day from Baddesley Clinton NT House’, said organising Lion Simon Newell. ‘We were delighted to welcome over 500 people who set off for the choice of 4, 7 or 10 mile walks around the area. Nearly £2000 was received in donations to Macmillan Cancer Support, Whizz-Kidz, Campaign SightFirst ll and local Lions causes during the day, and we are hopeful that those collecting sponsorship will eventually swell this figure to well over £6,000.’
‘The recent dry weather had given the lanes and footpaths time to dry out enabling more walkers to tackle the longer 7 & 10 mile sign-posted routes. Many locals who turn up every year and others that travel from further afield say it’s great to get out and get some good fresh country air and walk off the Christmas pudding with friends and family. Afterwards walkers enjoyed mulled wine and mince pies with the Lions. We thank the National Trust for allowing us to use Baddesley Clinton NT House which provides a great setting for the Festive Walks.’
If you would like to walk one of our Festive Walks download the route map:
We are grateful that all the costs of staging this Festive Walk were covered by generous support of e-on, John Shpeherd & Lexus Birmingham. Every £ raised will be forwarded to the nominated charities and other local causes.
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If you know of a company who may like to sponsor this event in the future please get in touch
Macmillan Cancer Support
Two million people across the UK are now living with, and after, cancer. Every day 780 people in the UK are told they have cancer, news that not only turns their world upside down but also affects their family and friends.
Macmillan’s ambition is to help every one of these people by providing them with the medical, emotional, practical and financial support they need.
Macmillan in Birmingham, Solihull and Sandwell needs hundreds of thousands of pounds to continue to help improve the lives of people living with cancer. We rely on voluntary donations for 99% of our income.
We are all affected by cancer. We can all help. We are Macmillan.
Visit www.macmillan.org.uk
Whizz-Kidz
Whizz-Kidz is a national children’s mobility charity and is passionate about making a real difference to the lives of disabled children and young people.
Whizz-Kidz - West Midlands Right Start Appeal aims to raise vital funds that will give many local disabled children and young people the equipment and support they need to lead more independent and active lives at school, home and play.
By signing up and raising sponsorship for Whizz-Kidz you can help us continue to change the lives of disabled children in the West Midlands.
Find out more about Whizz-Kidz at www.whizz-kidz.org.uk
Campaign SightFirst II
By the time you finish reading this page one child somewhere in the world will have gone blind. One goes blind every minute.
Childhood blindness is only one part of the global vision crisis. If nothing
is done, experts say that the world’s blind population could double to 74 million by 2020.
But Lions International will not allow ‘nothing to be done.’ We have
launched Campaign SightFirst II to prevent this tragedy, and have pledged to raise at least US$200 million to continue and expand the extraordinary work of SightFirst, Lions’ worldwide program to combat preventable blindness. K&D Lions have pledged to raise at least £8,000 this year, please help us achieve our goal.
For more details please visit www.lions-csfii.org
Local causes
We shall also retain upto 30% of the proceeds from this year’s event for locally identified causes. If you know of such a worthy cause, please get in touch now.