Next Meeting Dec 3rd Clayton Hotel, Lapp's Quay, Cork City Centre 8:00pm (All Welcome) Interested in joining Cork Lions Club? email us at info@corklionsclub.ie or come along to our next meeting Forthcoming Events Online Auction Dec 2nd - 6th Food Collection Dunnes Ballyvolane Dec 6th/7th Bag Pack Dunnes Ballyvolane Dec 12th Visit our other pages to see what we do - Christmas Food Appeal Message in a Bottle Activities Photo Gallery Charter Dinner Handover 2017 Contact Us Golf Classic Recycle for Sight Youth Ambassador Peace Poster Trabolgan Project Drive In Bingo Patricks Hill Ball Run City Centre AEDs Photo Archive SafeTALK Useful Links About Us Meetings Ongoing Campaigns Message in a Bottle  SafeTALK  Recycle for Sight  Peace Poster    Links to Lions Network Click on map to find your nearest club    Lions International Magazine     |
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to Cork Lions Club Registered Charity Number: 20205915 serving Cork since 1957 - one of 100 Lions Clubs in District 133 Ireland part of Lions International - the largest service organisation in the world Supporting Local Charities for over 67 years in Cork Next Meeting Clayton Hotel, Dec 3rd New Members Welcome! if you need to contact us email info@corklionsclub.ie Thanks to the Clayton Hotel for their continued support - https://www. Cork Lions Christmas Food Appeal 2024 Bag Pack Thursday Dec 12th - Dunnes Ballyvolane Online Auction - Dec 2nd -> 6th Food Collection - Dec 6th/7th - Dunnes Ballyvolane Online Christmas Auction in aid of Christmas Food Appeal  We plan to hold our online Auction between 10am Monday Dec 2nd - Midnight Friday Dec 6th To register as a bidder please click on Owl -  We are currently seeking items to donate - please contact auction@corklionsclub.ie if you would like to support this great cause Here are some of the items in this years auction - click on photo to go to auction site             Peace Poster Competition 2024 Friday morning, Oct 25th was peace poster competition judgement day in St Marks School, St Brendans school and Scoil Aiseiri Chriost. President Ciaran presented the prizes in each of the schools and the general standard was as high as ever and the welcome for us as enthusiastic as ever. 2024 Theme - PEACE WITHOUT LIMITS Winning peace poster 2024 from St Brendans  We also presented prizes for the best dressed student in each of the three schools - thanks to all the students and teachers who supported the competition!       New Cork Lions President for 2024/25  John Walsh outgoing president passes the chain of office to Ciaran O'Connor at the October meeting. We'd like to thank John for his great work over the last 2 years and wish Ciaran the best for the coming year! Lord Mayors Heritage Concert 2024  Cork Lions members stewarded the concert on Sat Sept 28th in Cork City Hall - big thanks to all the performers who gave freely of their time. Thanks to everyone who supported our collection, proceeds of which will support local causes.  Little Blue Heroes  Thanks to Lion Susan Turtle who organised a family day for Cork Little Blue Heroes at Fota Wildlife Park in conjunction with Garda Eddie Crockett and Garda Ruth Cummins. Huge thanks to the staff of Fota Wildlife Park for giving everyone a great day out!    District Governor Hand Over 2024 IPDG Kevin Harty passing over the chain of office to DG James O'Loughlin - big thanks to Cork Lion Kevin for his great work in the past year!!  Cork Lions at the Hand Over Ball  Lee Swim 2024 Thanks to everyone who supported this years Lee Swim !      Young Ambassador Visit 2024 The young ambassadors visited Cork during the summer - Susan and John hosted them during their brief trip to Cork  Fort2Fort 2024 Thanks to all the Cyclist, Lions and helpers who made this years Fort2Fort a great success   Cork Lions Golf Classic 2024 Thanks to everyone who supported this years Golf Classic. Special thanks to our Golf Classic sponsor Fitzgeralds Menswear who have supported us for many years.  Winners below -      Patricks Hill Ball Run 2024 This year's Ball Run was in aid of the People of Gaza and Local Charities Thanks to everyone who supported us!! We also made a presentation of a Melvin Jones award to Don O'Leary, formerly of Cork Life Centre - this is the highest Humanitarian award from Lions International and reflects the great work by Don throughout his career.  We also took the opportunity to make cheque presentations to the Defence Forces Benevolent Fund, Cork Stroke Group, Welcome English, Cork First Responders and the Rebel Wheelers.  Recycle for Sight Drop Off Locations Cork Lions club works in co-operation with Cork City Libraries to collect old glasses
City Centre Defibrillator Project Locations Click on image to go to Google Maps version  Blackpool Community Centre T23 TR7A Lions AntiBullying Campaign click on image to open a pdf of the Lions leaflet  email: antibullying@corklionsclub.ie if you would like to receive leaflets for your school Interested in knowing more about Cork Lions Club? Cork Lions Club have put together a leaflet in an attempt to convey who we are and what we are about. We have asked members to explain what being a Lion means to them and some of the recipients of Lions donation meant to them. Click on the picture to open the leaflet  |
Why not donate to Cork Lions Club? Why not join us and give something back to the community? Contact Us Recent Beneficeries Cork Dragonboats Life Centre, Shanakiel Cork City First Responders Cork Simon National Council for the Blind L'Arche Cork Blood Bike South Eating Disorder Cork Marymount Hospice Charity Shop Scoil Aislinn Scoil Bernadette Arc House Cancer Centre Hope Foundation Down Syndrome Ireland Lord Mayor's Flood Appeal Guide Dogs for the Blind Downs Syndrome Cork Cork Academy of Music Trabolgan Holiday Week Christmas Food Appeal Haven Centre in North Gate Bridge What have we done? 500 Hampers distributed in Christmas Food Appeal Fundraising Activities (over €700,000 raised for Cork causes to date) Annual Senior Citizens Holiday Week in Trobolgan Annual Christmas Food Appeal Lee Swim 2018 Various Education Projects Sandy Cove Swim Heritage Concert Cheque Presentations Bingo Night Lions Peace Poster |
