Once again March Lions Club, with the help of the Rotary Club of March, are working together to take Santa on a tour of the streets of March.
All the money raised this year will support YPM - Young People March Youth Centre, whose goal is to provide a safe and cared-for environment in which 7 to 25-year-olds can access positive experiences to enrich and capacitate their successful transition from childhood to adulthood.
They are open six days a week, offering drop-in sessions targeted at a wide range of different groups.
Alternatively, or indeed as well, we will be collecting unopened tins or packets of food with long best before dates for donation to March Foodbank.
If you could please have these donations ready in a bag for volunteers to collect, it would be appreciated.
The dates we are going to be out and about March are:
· Thursday 4th Dec – Berryfield, Dagless Way then County Rd, Norwalde Street, Robingoodfellows Lane, Acacia Grove, Ash Grove, Maple Grove, Robingoodfellows Lane, Regent Avenue, Hereward Street, Cromwell Road
· Monday 8th Dec - Cavalry Park from The Avenue end, Worsley Chase, Kelsey Way, Fleetwood Close, Cavalry Drive, Fairfax Way, Cavalry Drive, Suffolk Way, Bretton Avenue, Hunter’s Chase and Cavalry Drive up to Upwell Rd mini roundabout.
· Wednesday 10th Dec - Burrowmoor Road starting near the Police Station, Birchwood Avenue, Brewin Avenue, Cherrywood Avenue, Cherryholt Avenue, Ellingham Avenue, Gaul Road, Turnbull Road, Riverbank Close, Gaul Road, and Oxbow Crescent.
· Tuesday 16th Dec - Creek Road, Foxglove Way, The Parks, Riverdown, Creek Road, St John’s Road and St John’s Chase.
· Thursday 18th Dec - Eastwood Avenue, Upwell Road, Green Street, Asplin Avenue, Smith’s Drive, Papworth Avenue, Badgeney Road, Mallard Way and Badgeney Road finishing at the Co-Op.
· Monday 22nd Dec - Elliott Road, Yarrow Close, Truman Avenue, Elliott Road, Peas Hill Road, Russell Avenue, Peyton Avenue, Russell Avenue, Norwood Road, Gresley Way, Southwell Close and Norwood Road finishing at Wisbech Road mini-roundabout.
We will also be stopping by Broad Street, near to the War Memorial, on December 24th between 9:30am and 12pm.
This year you can again track Santa’s live location and donate online.
Detailed routes and a link to the tracker will be posted on our Facebook page – March Lions Club CIO, or you can visit march-lions.org.uk/santa for more information.
Each night we aim to be starting at about 6 pm and to finish no later than 7:30 pm.
If you miss us on our travels, March Lions will also be collecting with the sleigh for our Charitable Fund at Sainsbury’s on Saturday 13th December and Tesco on Saturday 20th December between 9am and 3pm.
Our elves have also been hard at work this year overhauling our sleigh.
Supported by a grant from March Town Council, and the donation of a sleigh from another Lions Club in Essex, we are pleased to unveil it and look forward to bringing it around town!
So why not come out and give Santa a wave.
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