"Rosemere Presentation 21.11.12" |
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On Wednesday the 21st.of November,the Provincial Grand Master Bro. Peter Connolly visited the Rosemere | |
Cancer Foundation at the Royal Preston Hospital to present them with a cheque for £6700. | |
He was supported by Bro. Paul Snape, his Special | |
Representative, Bro. Stuart Cowburn, leader of the | |
Mark Ionic Charity Group, together with | |
representatives from the Mark Lodges of Leyland and | |
Chorley and ladies of the Rosemere Lymphoma | |
Cancer Support Group. | |
The money was raised from the generous charity | |
donations by the members of Lawrence, New Temple, | |
Leyland and Aeon Mark Lodges and the Leyland and | |
Lawrence R.A.M. Lodges. | |
Left: RW Bro. Peter Connolly, PGM with Judith Clough | |
and Eric |
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This large donation of £6700 would not have been | |
possible had it not been for a large “top up” grant | |
from the West Lancashire Mark Charity Fund. | |
This equipment is to support the work done by the | |
late W.Bro. David Clough Chairman of the Lymphoma | |
Cancer Support Group who was very active and | |
respected Mark Mason. The equipment purchased to | |
aid the diagnosis of Bladder Cancer, by use of a | |
“State of the Art” Camera System with Narrow Band | |
Imaging for the Urology Dept. | |
Pictured Right: Tracy Pritchard, Maureen Hodson | |
and Judith Clough all from the Lymphoma Group | |
along with Sue Thompson and Laura Stephenson | |
who are both from Rosemere. | |
Pictured left: VW. Bro. Paul Snape Special | |
Representative, Tracy Pritchard, Maureen Hodson, | |
RW. Bro. Peter Connolly, Judith Clough, Sue | |
Thompson, VW. Bro. Stuart Cowburn, Ionic Charity | |
Group Leader and Laura Stephenson. | |
Also provided are 10 Portable DVD Players for | |
Chemotherapy units at Preston, South Ribble, | |
Chorley, Morecambe Bay, Blackpool & the | |
Fylde Coast. | |
These DVD's will ensure that all patients have | |
relevant and quality information. They will cover the | |
majority of essential need to know information,and | |
will signpost to other places or resources that | |
may be of benefit. | |
Right: Stuart Cowburn, David Rotheram, Trevor | |
Partington,Laura Stephenson, Donald Stephenson, | |
Peter Connolly, Judith Clough, Geoff Catterall, Sue | |
Thompson, Tracy Pritchard, Maureen Hodson and | |
Paul Snape. | |
This equipment will support many cancer patients | |
in the Lancashire and South Cumbria area. | |
Brethren,I am sure you will all agree that this is an | |
example where your generous Mark Charity donations | |
are being used for the benefit of people less | |
fortunate than ourselves. | |
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This Article was covered in the Lancashire Evening Post both at the time and later as a photo feature, | |
our thanks go to all who made it possible. | |
Report by V.W.Bro .Stuart Cowburn |
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Photographs courtesy of Paul Snape | |