"Our work in the coming year will focus on Youth, Sight, Hunger, Suicide and the Environment"
County Clare man Terence Mangan of the Ennis Lions Club formally accepted the chain of office of District Governor of the Lions Clubs on the island of Ireland at a special ceremony in Ennis on Saturday July 19th, 2010.
The popular Clare man has devoted much of his life to raising funds for those in need and has been a voluntary worker since 1987 with the Lions International agency – firstly with the Lions club of Ennis and since then at national and international level where he has established a reputation for raising thousands of euro for the needy and less well off at home and overseas. He was crowned District Governor of the Lions movement in Ireland in a special ceremony at the Old Ground Hotel in Ennis on Saturday July 19th.
Terence Mangan, a member of the Lions Club of Ennis for over 20 years - has helped raise funds with the Lions there for dozens of worthy projects. "The need for service has never been greater" Terrence said this week as he prepares to take on a new challenge, "as the largest humanitarian service organisation in the world, Lions Clubs are dependant on the voluntary work of their members to ensure that the organisation plays it's part in alleviating the suffering caused by disaster, distress and poverty. Our work in the coming year will focus on Youth, Sight, Hunger, Suicide and the Environment".
“The District of Ireland comprises 118 clubs from Ballycastle to Bantry, from Letterkenny to Wexford. There are close to 3,000 members involved in their own communities on the island. Lions Club International is the largest humanitarian service organisation in the world, with 1.33 million members in almost 46,000 clubs in 205 countries, states and territories. In 2007, the Financial Times voted Lions Clubs the most effective philanthropic organisation globally.
As well as annual national projects that include the Christmas Food Appeal and the Trabolgan Holiday for the elderly, Lions have been involved in the relief of distress caused by the November floods and raised almost €100,000 for this project. In the Haiti earthquake, three Lions members lost their lives and Lions in Ireland raised almost €200,000 in five weeks as part of the
Lions International response to the disaster.
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