Bantry Bay Lions Club meets at 1900hrs on the 2nd Thursday of the month at St Gobins School, Bantry.
We are looking for New Members, if you are interested, and think you have something to contribute to the local, national and international community, please do contact us!
The Lions attended the annual Parade in Bantry with an improved Lion thanks to Peter Marran and his many little helpers. The new steel framework is lighter, and more stable, and easier to collapse and store.
The message "We are looking for New Members" was clear for all to see. Thanks to all who attended and Gerry Desmond for the photos.
Rowa Pharmaceuticals Ltd. are very proud and honoured to partner with the Lion’s Club Bantry for their “Message in a Bottle” initiative.
This will be promoted at the District Convention on March 2nd
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Rowa Pharmaceuticals Ltd. are very proud and honoured to partner with the Lion’s Club Bantry for their “Message in a Bottle” initiative.
The Bantry Bay Lions held their annual food appeal in Bantry on December 14, 15 and 16.
Non-perishable food items and money were donated to give a total value of €2,650.56, a superb response from the community.
As a result, 56 food hampers were delivered by the Lions Club to the Saint Vincent De Paul organization for distribution to needy families in the local community.
Special thanks to Jim O’Keeffe at SuperValu and to Eamonn Maginer and all the excellent SuperValu staff for their help.
John Dervan
FROM THURSDAY 22ND NOVEMBER UNTIL SATURDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2018 the Lions, with help from many friends, and masterminded by President Nora and Lioness Meg Wilson ran a PopUp Brick-a-Brack sale. There was masses of 'stuff' donated, some very good bargains to be had too.
Here is Nora with the team working
Several Lions set up the Paintball Arcade for another year in the 'Our Lady of Mercy National school' in Bantry.
This proved very popular with the children and parents, and we managed to raise €183 for the Lions and €183 for the national school.
Another great success
Special mention and thanks to Sandy and the RAWR charity shop who provided many cuddly toys for prizes.
The Lions Peace Poster Competition is run this year with 'Kindness Matters' as the theme.
We had entries from 9 schools who all attended the presentation in the West Lodge Hotel on 10th November.
We were fortunate to get the local artist Hammond Journeaux to be the Judge for us. She very kindly spent time talking to the audience about all the entries, one by one, then revealing the overall winner.
“Little Steps” is a peer support group for families bereaved by suicide
It meets on the first Monday of every month (except Bank Holidays) from 6.30 to 8.30pm at the New You on Marino Street in Bantry.
Call Nora at 087-7905053 or Adrienne at 087-6599526 for more information or to advise of your attendance.
This is an event which takes place each year in July was on the 14th this year.
As always we were able to support this year's Agricultural Show. The weather was against us, with rain all day until the show finished at 1600hrs.