Fundraisers that are a roaring success leads to Pride nomination

John Steel, Elaine Mothers and the other members of Spalding Lions Club have been nominated for Pride of South Holland Award.

The nominations for the 2018 award are flying in ahead of September’s big celebration at the South Holland Centre.

The person who nominated the Lions, said: “I am nominating the Lions Club (Spalding) because they are great.

“They were founded in 1971 and are a group of very nice people who want to improve our community and help people be happy.

“They hold lots of events to raise money that helps lots and lots of different people.

“They do a carnival in Pinchbeck every year.

“They do Easter Egg raffles every year all over our community.

“They go to Morrisson’s and Sainsbury’s every year with Santa to raise money.

“They do a stall at the Pumpkin Parade and a fancy dress competition.

“They have car boot sales for raising money.

“They hold race nights to raise money.

“They go to PHAB for a donkey derby.

“They raised money for two hearing dogs.

“They have a lot of gin nights (I’m too young to go to those!).

“They hold quizzes and people can win.

“I know they do lots and lots of things for people in my community.

“They raise lots of money to help people who need it.

“They are very friendly.

“They are my friends. I like them a lot.

“I think they are very kind and deserve to win an award.”

There are multiple ways to nominate a person or group for a Pride of Spalding and South Holland Award – there are just some vital points we need to make the entry valid.
Whichever way you send the nomination, be sure to include the following:

 Category entered
 Name of nominee
 Nominee address
 Nominee contact details
 Your name
 Your contact details
 A written reason why the nominee deserves the award
 A photograph of the nominee if possible

If snail-mail is your preferred method of communication, feel free to post your nomination to:
Pride Awards, The Spalding and South Holland Voice, 2 Goodison Road, Spalding, PE12 6FY.

You can also email in your entries to jan@tulip-events.co.uk, with the subject line ‘Pride Nomination’.

Finally, you can call Jan on 077779 895388 and request a nomination form.

Entry closes August 24.

The categories are:

 Caring Neighbour, sponsored by Mark Jepp.

 Senior Citizen, sponsored by Calthrops Solicitors.

 Community Hero, sponsored by Coun Angela Newton.

 Special Achievement, sponsored by Springfields.

 Community Sports Group, sponsored by Coun Harry Drury.

 Service With A Smile, sponsored by EMG.

 Bakkavor Local Charity Champion Award, sponsored by Bakkavor.

 Charity Worker, sponsored by Hughes.

 Young Achiever, sponsored by Molsoms.

 Volunteer of the Year, sponsored by Coun Jack McLean.

 Before and After School Social Activities, sponsored by Coun Peter Williams.