8 April. On our way back from an RAF ex-apprentices weekend in Cornwall we call on Tracy Shepherd at The Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester. She, we hope, will be carrying on the good work of her predecessor in supplying lots of old hearing aids.
18 April. On the same trip we hand over two audiometers and a hundred hearing aids to Lion Tony Williamson, of the Lancing and Sompting Club. They are on their way to our friends in the Ukraine.
28 April. Off to the Lions Clubs main convention in nearby Eastbourne, the second sunniest place in England after Hastings! There we hope for a haul of hearing aids. However, I must take one of Kate Davis�s audiometers to John Cheetham of Peterborough Lions for him to pass to Cllr John Fox. John is off to the Ukraine in May, Vinnitsa I think?
1 May. Our weekend at the convention in Eastbourne proved most fruitful including hopefully, more donors of equipment. Also we gleaned three audiometers from the north, via Lion District Governor Huw Kershaw and a selection of unidentified, as yet electronic devices. We have a box of hearing aids from various clubs, as yet unpacked but they will be acknowledged when we can.
8 May. Now unpacked we can thank Stuart Gratrix and Lions of 105BN, Dennis Kemp of Rye Lions, Vicki Skeels of The Hearing Care Centre in Colchester, John Moore of Glantawe Lions and Ed Hall of 105EA. I am sure that there are others but they were anonymous.
10 May. About 400 hearing aids are on their way to Frankland Prison. We are also presenting them with the figurine that came from a girl in the Philippines recently. Five years ago she received one of our hearing aids from Lion Dr Hugh Thom. As a result she can now communicate easily, has been trained to make statuettes and figurines and is earning a good living. Tell us a more heart-warming story?
16 May. A very welcome 21 body aids and 72 in the ear hearing aids arrive from Gerald Adams of the West Exeter Lions Club as promised. They send behind the ear aids to a twin Lions Club in South Africa.
16 May. Masses of checked out hearing aids arrives from Frankland, just in time to send off before we go on holiday.
17 May. Deirdre Nicol gets 50 high gain aids for her imminent visit to Jordan. A hundred are heading to Dr Chandra Jayasuriya in Colombo Sri Lanka, her first consignment. Then 120 in the ear aids plus 94 behind the ear ones for Lions Dr Hugh in the Philippines. That should make some folks happy.
31 May. On our return from our Canadian travels we find a copy of �Yours� magazine on the doormat with a feature inside highlighting the Project. As a result, hearing aids are flowing in from kind readers from all over the country. All are most welcome. Our grateful thanks are due to Bridget Davidson at Emap in Peterborough, who contacted us in the first place.

Next page