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Lions enter into the spirit of Carnival

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The theme of the float this year was the Greatest Showman" and our entry featured the young dancers from Julie Storey's "Lets Dance" group as well as president Roger and other Lions dressed up as clowns, and with club supporters joining in the fun in various silly costumes. The club's vice president bravely appeared as the bearded lady from the "Showman" movie. CLICK THE PICTURE TO WATCH THE VIDEO A small team built and decorated the float on the morning of carnival day, fuelled by bacon sarnies and coffee, and at 6.30pm it was put to the test as the procession got underway, making its w...
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LIONS ALL DAY BUSK HAD THEM ‘DANCING IN THE STREET’!

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Weymouth and Portland Lions Club held their annual “Busk” in the town centre on Saturday raising over £800 for their charity fund. https://www.facebook.com/Francesunderwoodimages/videos/1850886764996301/?t=17 Replay   Visitors and locals alike enjoyed the music with many taking to dancing in the street. Replay, as ever, gave their usual sterling performance and Tony Lowe added a touch of class to the event with his crooner style blend of classic Sinatra, Bublé and Tom Jones songs. Lions President Roger Hogbin said "We had another successful busk yesterday. So first of all, on...
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EX MAYOR JOINS THE FAMILY OF LIONS

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Lions President Roger Hogbin welcomed two new members into the family of Lions, last year’s Mayor of Weymouth & Portland Kevin Brookes and John Kelly. Roger said “ I am delighted to welcome Kevin and John into the club. They both bring new skills, ideas and experiences that will help us to continue and improve the work that Lions do with the community”.  L to R: Kevin Brookes, Roger Hogbin, John Kelly. Kevin Brookes commented “I was honoured to have been invited to join the Weymouth & Portland Lions. I worked very closely with them last year during my Mayoral year when l was ...
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March For Men – A Fathers Day Event

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On Fathers Day, Weymouth and Portland Lions Club held their first “March for Men” walk along Weymouth seafront to raise awareness of prostate cancer. 11,000 men in the UK die each year of the disease and the death rate continues to rise. It is a bigger killer now than breast cancer, yet it fails to attract sufficient attention from either the government or from many men themselves. The Lions decided to help do something about it and are supporting the Prostate Cancer charity in order to help save lives. It was a little chilly but it stayed dry for the walk and the sun peeked through the...
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LIONS HELP THE SCOUTS GET TO THE 2019 JAMBOREE IN THE USA

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Weymouth & Portland Lions have donated £500 to help send four local Scouts to the 2019 Jamboree being held in West Virginia, USA. A Spokesperson for the four Scouts said "We all feel very privileged to have been selected to represent Weymouth & Portland as part of the UK contingent at this prestigious international event and hope to make you all proud. Over 150 countries attend and in excess of 50,000 participants from a variety of different backgrounds and cultures will also be there, so it will be a fantastic opportunity to broaden our horizons and make new friends from across the...
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‘The Good Samaritans’

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Lions Clubs from Zone 1A ( Bridport, Blackmore Vale, Dorchester and, Weymouth & Portland ) chose the Samaritans as the recipients of the annual 'good cause' donation. Julie from the Samaritans receives a cheque for £2000 from outgoing Zone Chairman, Lion Mark Lockie at a Handover Lunch at the 'Gamekeeper' in Charminster. Julie, the Director of Samaritans of Dorset said, ”Samaritans are extremely grateful for this funding from the Lions. We recognise that there are many other very worthwhile charities in the area to whom the Lions could have donated this money, and we really appreciate t...
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TOP AWARD FOR HUSBAND AND WIFE LIONS CLUB TEAM

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Melvin Jones Fellowships, (MJF), named after the Lions international founder, were awarded to Past President, Lion Mark Lockie and his wife Steve at the Weymouth and Portland Lions club's 48th charter anniversary celebration at the Rembrandt Hotel. L-R, Roger Hogbin, Steve Lockie, Mark Lockie, Peter Burnett Mark has been a Lion for 40 years, firstly in Papua New Guinea, and then with the Weymouth club. Both Mark and his wife have been very closely involved with the work of the club in supporting those less fortunate then ourselves and with organising Lions events, in particular the Chris...
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