"Rosemere Presentation 21.11.12"
 
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
 
 
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.

 
   
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

  
Photographs courtesy of Paul Snape