UKRAINE ACTIVITIES
Latest Ukrainian news 30th June 2022: €7,500 sent to Ennis Lions Club for passing to Orphanage in Lodz, Poland which is receiving orphaned children from Ukraine. Ennis Lions Club have direct connection with a Lions family member who is on the ground working with the orphanage and ensuring funds are properly used.
Thanks to Lion Brian Dooley and his Vintage and Classic  car team, for this generous donation. 

Malahide Lions first involvement with Ukrainian Refugees
In March 2020 the first Ukrainian families began to arrive in Ireland. Malahide Lions Club initial involvement was to assist with furniture, bedding and a cooker for a refugee family housed in Malahide. Food vouchers were also given to those newly arrived to help get them started. So many pledges of furniture and other household items were made by the community that a record of those items was documented for future use.
Sorting of donations to Ukraine in the Malahide Allotments
Malahide Lions were in contact with Mary Griffin, a local volunteer, who organised a sorting group in the Malahide Allotments (Space kindly given by the Irish Epilepsy Care Foundation) to sift through the enormous number of clothing, toiletries and other basic need donations given by local people. Lions Club members volunteered to assist with this. The donations were sorted and sent out to the Polish border to help displaced Ukrainians when they arrived there. Other donated items were given to those arriving in Ireland.

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Malahide Street Bucket Collection
It quicky became apparent that the Ukrainian War was not going to be short lived and that a dedicated Ukrainian fundraiser would be needed. A street bucket collection was arranged very quickly and held at the end of March. The people of Malahide gave generously to this appeal and €6,600 was collected. This money was used to fund the various Ukrainian activities at home and abroad. It continues to be used to answer requests for various Ukrainian projects as they arise.

Request for Ukrainian Funds
Lions Club International (LCIF) sent a request to all Lions Clubs worldwide for money to go into the ‘Refugees and Displaced Person’s Fund Ukraine’. This request came through our District Officer and €1,000 was immediately sent.

Terrance Mangan Orphanage Fund
Malahide Lions Club donated €2,000 to this fund through Ennis Lions Club where all donations were lodged and then sent out to Lodz to assist with the refurbishment of an orphanage to take 350 orphans from Ukraine. Some of these children with special and additional needs were accommodated.