Carrick-on-Suir Lions Club presents €5,900 in donations to three worthy causes

Sheila Power, Group Leader of Carrick-on-Suir Scouts receives a €1,400 donation from Carrick Lions Club President Maura Barrett. Lions District Governor James O’Loughlin is also pictured (right).

placeholder image — Sheila Power, Group Leader of Carrick-on-Suir Scouts receives a €1,400 donation from Carrick Lions Club President Maura Barrett. Lions District Governor James O’Loughlin is also pictured (right).

The beneficiaries are Carrick-on-Suir Scouts, Carrick-on-Suir Athletics Club's juvenile section and Childhood Cancer Ireland

Two Carrick-on-Suir clubs for children and a charity for children diagnosed with cancer have received donations worth close to €6,000 from Carrick-on-Suir Lions Club.

The proceeds of Carrick Lions Club's recent annual sponsored walk were presented to Carrick-on-Suir Scouts and Carrick-on-Suir Athletics Club's at the Club's October meeting in the Carraig Hotel.

A cheque for €1,400 was presented to Carrick-on-Suir Scouts Group Leader Sheila Power while Laura Comerford and Ray Daly of Carrick-on-Suir AC were presented with a cheque €1,000. The donations will be used to purchase equipment for both clubs.

Meanwhile, a €3,500 cheque was presented to new Lions Club members Sonja O'Connor and Sandra Keyes representing Childhood Cancer Ireland and will be presented to the charity at another date.