Doncaster Went Valley Lions Club

Santa and his helpers from Doncaster Went Valley Lions Club would like to thank Asda at Carcroft for allowing us to land his sleigh outside their store for the last two Thursdays. Santa sends thanks to all those people who stopped to say hello, he was especially happy to see all the good boys and girls who came to see him. He sends a special wish to the little boy who came dressed in a Santa suit and who loved to shake his belly.

Santa parks sleigh in carpark at Asda, Carcroft

Doncaster Went Valley Lions Club would like to thank all the people who have helped us to make our collection for our Christmas Fund Raising. Thanks to your generous donations this year we will be able to help those people in need who live in your local area.

Santa parks sleigh at Asda, Carcroft

At this time of year we need to spare a thought for all of those who are on their own or don’t have the things we take for granted. If you have elderly or vulnerable neighbours who have no one to share this Christmas with then why not extend a helping hand and keep a check on them especially if the weather gets worse. Why not invite them in for a drink and a chat or just make sure you wish them a happy Christmas to show that they are in your thoughts this Christmas.

Santa says sorry but with the weather playing up he has not been able to get out to Carcroft and Skellow over the last couple of nights. Hopefully the weather will have improved allowing him to get out to Arksey tomorrow.

Time permitting we will attempt to cover some of the areas have been missed this year before Santa has to get ready for Christmas Eve.

Keep checking with the website and we will try to keep it up to date with Santas schedule.

Unfortunately, due to the high winds and rain Air Traffic Control at the North Pole grounded Santas sleigh this evening. Santa sends his apologies to the people of Sunnyfields for not getting to see everyone this evening.

If there is time in his busy schedule between now and Christmas he will try and get round some of the areas that have been missed this year.

Weather permitting Santa will be back out in Cusworth tomorrow night, keep listening out for him as he would love for you to come out to see us.

Unfortunately, Rudolf has fallen ill with a cold and is unable to pull Santas sleigh tonight. Santa is very sorry that he could not come and see all the boys and girls in Scawthorpe tonight, hopefully, Rudolf will be well enough to pull the sleigh tomorrow. Time and weather permitting Santa will try and cover as much of Scawthorpe as possible when he visits tomorrow.

Due to problems at the North Pole, Santa has had to delay his trip to Doncaster today. It seems that there has been an increased number of children being good requiring Santas elves to work extra hard making additional presents. This has caused some unrest within the workforce requiring Santa to remain at the North Pole to help keep things on track for Christmas Eve.

Due to Santa’s delay we have had to cancel the visit to Woodlands tonight. We are truly sorry that we have not been able to come and see you, we will try and sort out another day for us to come and see you. Santa has said that he should be free tomorrow, so we hope that things will be back to normal from tomorrow.

Keep checking our Christmas Fund Raising page for more details, we will update it as soon as we know Santa has arrived.

Doncaster Went Valley Lions Club has announced the schedule for when they will be assisting Santa in spreading joy and cheer this Christmas. Santa and his sleigh will be guided by the club around various locations in the run up to Christmas, starting in Woodlands tonight. The sleigh will be out from about 7:15pm to 9:15 pm Monday to Friday and from about 6pm till 10pm on Saturdays. Santa will be resting on Sundays as he has to check his lists of all the children for those who have been naughty or nice over the last year. We would love you to come out and see us as we pass by your houses over the next few weeks, Santa especially likes to meet the nice children of the area to help him decide on the correct presents to deliver for them.

To help Santa the Doncaster Went Valley Lions have been working hard to ensure his sleigh is ready for his arrival. We welcome your donations to allow us to provide help to those less fortunate members of our local communities over the coming year, so please dig deep and give generously.

Doncaster Went Valley Lions Club prepare for Santas arrival

For more information and the schedule of his locations then check out our Christmas Fund Raising page. The schedule is liable to change depending on the weather so keep checking the page up to date details.

Bluebell Wood Childrens Hospice have sent a thank you certificate for the money we raised for them at the Charter Anniversary Night. We appreciate this and wish them well with their fund raising efforts and the support they give to families in their times of need.

Bluebell Wood Childrens Hospice thank you certificate

On Friday 2oth May 2011 Doncaster Went Valley Lions Club held their 33rd Charter Anniversary Dinner at the Doncaster Golf Club. A great evening was had by all that attended with over £600 being raised for Bluebell Wood Childrens Hospice and the Clubs funds.

Club President with guests of the Club

The evening was started with Grace being said by one of our newer members Lion Darryl Waller with the event was directed by Lion Terry Taylor acting as the Toast Master. The toast to Her Majesty the Queen was provided by Lion Robert Sliwinski and Vice President Lion Barry Roughley toasted the assembled ladies and gentlemen. President Lion Jim Kirwan toasted Lions International and was responded to by Vice District Governor Lion Ian Thornhill with an enjoyable speech full of laughter and joy.

The evening’s fund raising started with a raffle in aid of Bluebell Wood Childrens Hospice. As is the Clubs policy where they will match the money raised by the raffle the total presented to Danny Phelan for the Bluebell Wood Childrens Hospice was £576. During the evening a fundraising card was passed around the guests, the prizes this year being a bottle of House of Commons Whisky personally donated and signed by the Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, and prizes of two car valets kindly provided by Ringways Kia curtesy of Lion Rob.

There were a number of presentations made during the evening. Thanks were given to Mr & Mrs Moorhouse from Wifreda Beehive and Kevin Howard from Ringways Kia for their help during the Christmas sleigh fund raising last December, and for their continued support of club activites. Floral bouquets where presented to the wives of the honoured guests at the evening. President Lion Jim broke with tradition this year with bouquets and thanks being given to the wives of Lion members for all the hard work that they have put in both during the recent Christmas fund raising as well as the work they carried out throughout the year and in making the evening a great success.

Doncaster Went Valley Lions Club have launched their redesigned website with new features and new content. With its new look the site aims to make information on who we are and what we do available to everyone. We are involved in a range of charity work as part of the global work of Lions Clubs International and also within our local community.