Shoebox Appeal

Shoebox Appeal

Shoebox Appeal “For it is in giving that we receive.” ― Francis of Assisi The Christmas Show Box Appeal is a national project operated by TEAM HOPE, an interdenominational Christian development aid charity operating in working with children, and through them, into...
Lions Spectacles Collection

Lions Spectacles Collection

Lions Spectacles Collection Lions Clubs International have a long association with supporting the blind ever since Helen Keller challenges Lions International to become ‘Knights for the Blind’ in 1925.    The Lions Clubs International British Isles & Ireland...
Syrian Refugee Crisis

Syrian Refugee Crisis

Syrian Refugee Crisis Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity. They are children, women and men who leave or who are forced to leave their homes for various reasons, who share a legitimate desire for knowing and having, but above all for...
Sightfirst

Sightfirst

Sightfirst The opportunity I bring to you, Lions, is this: … Will you not help me hasten the day when there shall be no preventable blindness; no little deaf, blind child untaught; no blind man or woman unaided? I appeal to you Lions, you who have your sight, your...
Nepal Earthquake Response 2015

Nepal Earthquake Response 2015

Nepal Earthquake Response 2015 Thurles Lions Club responded immediately by donating €3,000 from its Charity Account. The 2015 Nepal earthquake which killed more than 7,000 people and injured more than twice as many occurred on 25 April 2015, with a moment magnitude of...