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24 Phonebox Magazine | October 2024RECENT DONATIONSDonation to Cowper and Newton Museum Summer House GardenWe agreed on a donation of %u00a3250 towards the C&N Summer House garden project. The project aims for the garden to become one of the leading examples in the area of medicinal herbs and native plants that would have been around in Cowper and Newton times.Donation to Local Young EquestrianWe had a lovely response and photo to our recent message about the young equestrian from the young girl%u2019s mum:%u00a0%u201cThank you so much for supporting my daughter Lottie in achieving her dream of representing England at the Royal Windsor Horse Show this year. Your support was incredibly helpful and very much appreciated.%u201dLions Youth Exchange ProgrammeLions District runs a Youth Exchange Programme supported by NP&O Lions (amongst other Clubs), whereby a number of young people from around Europe visit England and are hosted by English families. This year the visitors are coming for a day to meet representatives of local clubs in the District Governor%u2019s garden in Caldecotte. NP&O Lions were invited to attend this social to meet the youths and support the zone. Each club in our zone had been asked to make a modest donation to cover the cost of the food, drinks, and other expenses.%u00a0It was a real pleasure to meet these young people from all over the world %u2013including France, Spain, Germany, Scandinavia and several Eastern European countries %u2013 even one lad from Mexico %u2013 really nice young people, so polite and friendly (and who all put my meagre foreign language skills to shame!)SERVICE ACTIVITIESBOFF / FOLIO %u2013 %u2018Kids Zone%u2019We helped out at FOLIO%u2019s event by looking after the Lucky Dip stall and selling our temporary tattoos.Message in a Bottle During this period, we delivered another batch of our Message in a Bottle (MIAB) %u2013 this time, to Cobbs Garden Surgery.Hearing Aid RecyclingIn addition to specs, we also recycle hearing aids. (Just drop them off at one of our specs collection points - (we%u2019ll sort them out)). The items are recycled/repurposed and used again by those in need! Retired Lion John Ferris is our champion for collecting hearing aids. During this period, he sent off 275 sets on our behalf. Thank you, John!Ukrainian Art ExhibitionOne of our members is Ukrainian, so we are helping to promote this exciting new exhibition %u2013 by putting up posters, posting on Facebook and reporting the event here. We were also delighted to be invited to attend the launch event for a beautiful and very moving art exhibition organised by the Ukraine Appeal and The Chernobyl Relief Foundation in the UK at the Milton Keynes City Central Library. The exhibition was curated and co-organised by our very own Lion Tatiana.Newport Pagnell & Olney Lions (CIO)The exhibition highlighted the work of 37 internationally acclaimed British and Ukrainian artists including award-winning, worldwide renowned guest artists Arabella Dorman, Inge Borg Scott, Boyd & Evans %u2013 and refl ects their interpretation of the sentiment: %u201cWhen I think about Ukraine, I%u2026%u201d The main exhibition was held from 6th-27th September 2024 within the framework of Heritage Open Days themed Routes, Connections and Networks and curated to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Independence Day of Ukraine. There were many local dignitaries in attendance who all spoke with passion about the still serious situation in Ukraine.In addition to the artwork, we were treated to the fabulous TGI Choir and around a dozen other local musicians %u2013 and we were also treated to delicious food and wine.FUNDRAISINGLions Toast EventOur next Lions toast will be taking place on 15th November in the Carlton House Club and if any of your family or friends would like to come along, simply give us their contact details via our contact us page and we will keep them posted. The massively infl ated prices some whisky is selling for these days is creating a hype around the product and there are certainly genuine investment possibilities for anyone willing to take a risk with their cash. A new breed of entrepreneur is entering the whisky arena, but unfortunately, so too are less salubrious individuals operating scams aimed at parting people of Olney from their hard earned money.Our Whisky Enthusiast and retired Lion, John Ferris will be hosting the event, on what is driving this interest, the pitfalls, scams and successes of those who have made/lost signifi cant sums in what we are calling, %u2018Investment Times%u2019. We will also be including a %u2018drink the dregs%u2019 evening when the remnants of past events will be %u2018on tap%u2019 along with an appropriate food course in our event which certainly can%u2019t be described as %u2018pie in the sky%u2019! Pop into our Website and follow the links to the Lions Toast for more detailed information and to see what our past events have been like.It should be an interesting and educational night! For more details, please see our %u2018Investment Times%u2019 poster on our Facebook page.Dickens of a ChristmasThis year, Dickens Day and our Grand Craft Fair will be on Sunday, December 1st. We will be holding our annual craft fair in the Olney Centre, and we are looking for crafters of high-quality, hand-made items to take stalls at this event. In the fi rst instance, to register your interest and for more info, please contact our Event Manager, Lion Angela, at dickenscraftfair@yahoo.com.MEETINGS AND SOCIALS%u2022%u2002 We shot along to the Clay Shoot event organised by Rushden Lions%u2022%u2002 We hosted the first Quarterly Zone Meeting to meet with other neighbouring clubs and to exchange details of our activities and achievements%u2022%u2002 We attended the Dickens of a Christmas planning meeting with OTC and other Dickens stakeholdersLions Youth Exchange Programme Clay Shooting Ukrainian Art Exhibition Summer house garden project