Members of the Club will be manning stalls at various summer venues, including Coity Village fete, Laleston fete, Southerndown Fete and the Bridgend Show.
Members will also be selling tickets for the Annual Duck Race throughout July, August and September. We will be at various venues - please support us by purchasing tickets (£1 a ticket). The 2008 race will be held on Saturday 20 September.
The Annual Chess Tournament was held in conjunction with Bridgend Chess Club
The annual sponsored Swimmafun was held at Pencoed Swimming Pool.
A successful Lions Open Day was held on 16 April. Representatives of a number of Charitable organisations attended and in addition to the Lions Club, display stands were put on by Every Link Counts, MacMillan, Samaritans, Yellow, Homestart and CAB.
Among the distinguished visitors were Bridgend MP Madeline Moon, the Mayor of Bridgend County Borough Cllr Mari Jones and Chairman of the NHS Trust Win Griffiths.
The 2008 Book Fair was another resounding success, raising over £10,000 for good causes. Thanks must go to the following:
To the general public who so generously donated their books.
To the Bridgend ATC and St John Ambulance who ably assisted us throughout the weekend.
To the staff of Bridgend YMCA.
To T-Mobile for kindly donating the re-usable carrier bags which were very well received by the general public- please remember to bring them back with you next year!
To Graham Paul & Co accountants of Bridgend for sponsoring all our printing.
And finally, to all the Club Members, their partners, friends and family who all worked tirelessly over the three days (four if you count the setting up on the day prior to the opening). Also, those Members who have been working for the last 6 months in collecting, sorting and pricing over 25,000 books.