Presentation of Cheque to Macmillan Cancer

Lisa McGrogan was our guest speaker at the Friday meeting on 19th July.

Lisa is a fund raiser for Macmillan Cancer Support and she gave the members a short and informative talk on the fund raising efforts required to enable Macmillan Cancer to give support to patients suffering from what is now a disease affecting one in every three people in some way.It is necessary to raise in excess of £2million per year to run the Charity.Lisa also talked about the increasing incidence of Cancer in a aging population, where survival rates from other illnesses are improving with advances in medical care

After the talk the President David on behalf of the Club presented Lisa with a cheque for £1250 to Macmillan Cancer Support.The money was raised at the recent John McDonough Millennium Golf Day at Dunmurry Golf Club