St JOHN AMBULANCE - BERKHAMSTED LIONS CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS NEW LOOK

St John Ambulance has introduced a new-look service delivery uniform to be worn when its members are out and about, performing their duties in public.

The Berkhamsted unit is planning to achieve this by mid-year.  Berkhamsted Division Unit Leader Mick Mills said, “The new service delivery uniform has a green tops with black trousers and skirts and has been developed and tested over the past four years.  It will distinguish us from other emergency organisations, particularly the police.  Our current all-black uniforms will continue to be used for our meetings and ceremonial use, and by Cadets and Badgers.  Normally we replace uniforms on an individual basis as and when necessary, so the cost gets spread over the years, but our new service delivery uniform will incur a large one-off cost – in our case, about £2500.   We are delighted that the Berkhamsted Lions have donated £1000 towards this; we certainly expect to have all our senior members showing it off at the Lions August Bank Holiday Fete.  Look out, also, for our new-look St John Ambulance logo which has been discretely modified to make it stand out more.”

LIONS INTERNATIONAL PEACE POSTER CONTEST

Pupils from Berkhamsted’s middle schools took part in the annual LIONS INTERNATIONAL PEACE POSTER CONTEST. The contest, now in its 24rd year, is open to pupils aged 11 to 13, and attracts some 375,000 entries worldwide.  The theme was ‘Children Know Peace’.

KATE SAUNDERS, age 12, painted the winning poster at THOMAS CORAM SCHOOL, showing a child gazing wistfully at the world. She wrote “To me, peace means that everyone is respected for who they are, and not judged because of their religion, race or gender”

The two winning posters were entered into the Contest at district level, covering the Boroughs of Greater London and the Shire counties north of the Thames.  KATE SAUNDERS’ poster was judged the best and has been entered into the next stage of the Contest which is national level, covering the British Isles and Ireland.  The national winner will then be entered into the International Contest, the winner of which receives a cash award of US$ 2500, plus an all-expenses-paid trip to the United Nations Building in New York for the winner and two family members. 

Berkhamsted has done very well at District level before: GRACE MILLER - Bridgewater School winner in 2000, LOTTIE STENTOFF - Bridgewater School winner in 2006; ANNA SALE - Thomas Coram School winner in 2007.  In 2009, BEN CHALMERS - Bridgewater School was not only District winner, but his poster was judged best at national level and was the British Isles and Ireland’s entry to the International Contest.

Senior Citizens Party
March 31st 2012

Held at Northchurch Community Centre our March party offer around 80 local seniors an afternoon tea with; entertainment, music, raffle & bingo.

Always well received all guests have the opportunity to be collected by Lions club members using our mini bus.

Names are selected from a list – anyone wishing to be added to the list can contact:
Peter Manning – 01442 874256