Thousands of pounds have been handed to local good causes by Burnham-On-Sea’s Moose International Lodge 123 during the group’s annual charity donations hand-out.
Brainwave and Burnham and Highbridge Gateway club each received donations at the group’s fun race night. Also, both Devon and Somerset Air Ambulance and Weston Hospice Care shared the pot of £9,000 at the lodge’s monthly meeting.
Money was collected at Tesco, Sanders Garden World, Welcome Break motorway services and Somerfield in addition to fundraising events during the past year.
Moose International is a fraternal organisation based on family values that raises money for local and national charities, and provides supports for each other. The lodge meets on the fourth Thursday of each calender month at 7.30pm in Berrow Village Hall.
Devon and Somerset Air Ambulance received £3,032 from the ladies and £1,670 from the brothers. John Stokes, Moose Governor Terry Cornelius, Air Ambulance fund-raiser Nicola Hawkings, Joan Stokes, Lady President Yvonne Cornelius, and Maggie Gully.
Rebecca Crump of Brainwave receiving a cheque of £300 from the lodge’s ladies circle – Rita Harris and Ladies Circle President Yvonne Cornelius.
Gateway members receiving £300 from the lodge brothers. Pictured are Anne Lawrence, Gateway member, Gateway leader Barbara Thorogood, Moose Governor Terry Cornelius, Gateway member, and Gateway Chairman Arthur Thorogood.
Weston Hospice Care received £2,839 from the ladies and £1,536 from the brothers. Pictured are Moose Governor Terry Cornelius, Moose Secretary Laurie Lillycrop, Sue Sweet from Hospice Care, Lady President Yvonne Cornelius, Dot Anderson, and Sheila Fautley.
