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Fundraising
LIBRA Campaigner Receives
Melvin Jones Fellowship Award
Dedicated LIBRA supporter Trevor Jones, from Woking, received aMelvin Jones
Fellowship on 2 nd December 2015 in recognition of his outstanding fundraising
efforts for the Lions International Blood Research Appeal (LIBRA)
Trevor received lifesaving
treatment for Acute Myeloid
Leukaemia under the
supervision of the
Haematology team atKing’s
College Hospital and he
decided to launch a
fundraising campaign for
LIBRA as away of giving
something back to the
Haematology Department.
With the support of family
and friends, he launched a
campaign on 1 st March 2013
and within 18 months
£20,000 had been raised.
PICTURED BELOW: King’s Patient
Trevor Jones holding his Melvin
Jones Fellowship (MJF) Award
Trevor received the MJF
Award during the LIBRA AGM at
King’s and was congratulated by
Trustees, along with many special
guests including Nick Moberly, Chief
Executive ofKing’s College Hospital,
and Professor Ghulam Mufti, Head of
King’s Haematology Department.
District Governor of 105 SE Lion Bob
Prebble presented Trevor with the
award, alongside Lion Alan Bartlett of
Woking Lions Club. Alan, former
LIBRA Treasurer, and the members of
Woking Lions Club made the MJF
Award application earlier this year.
They provided Trevor with support
during his campaign and he also
attended some of their Club
meetings.
Following the award presentation
Trevor made atouching speech and
he commented: “I am humbled to
receive this prestigious award and
would like tosay ahuge thank you.
Ireceived such great care at King’s
and can’t thank the haematology
team enough. When Iwas receiving
treatment Ipicked up aLIBRA
newsletter and decided to raise funds
for the charity asitsupports the
department that saved mylife.
“I am also grateful to the nursing
staff at King’s, my friends and family
who have supported me throughout
my treatment. Iwill treasure the
award and really appreciate Woking
Lions Club securing it for me. Iam
delighted that the funds we have
raised will help to save the lives of
other blood cancer patients.”
Trevor, the figurehead of the
fundraising campaign, his wife Julie
and their close friend Ann Roberts
organised various fundraising
activities for LIBRA and inspired
others to get involved. From race
nights and pamper evenings, through
to amagic supper and Grand Finale
Ball –Trevor and his team worked
tirelessly to generate funds. One of
their biggest achievements was
securing a£3,000 grant from the
Lloyds Bank Community Fund 2013
for Woking.
The funds raised by Trevor and his
family have been donated to LIBRA’s
Giving 4Growth Campaign inaid of
the Haematology Department. The
campaign target is £200,000 and
these funds are urgently required for
the development of three laboratories
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PICTURED: Nick Moberly, Chief
Executive at King’s College Hospital,
Professor Ghulam Mufti, Head of
Haematology at King’s, and LIBRA
Chairman Lion Andrew Lodge
including the Cellular Therapy
Laboratory, Stem Cell Laboratory and
the hospital's Rayne Cell Therapy
Suite, alicensed cleanroom facility.
The Rayne Cell Therapy Suite is
dedicated to the manufacture of
advanced experimental therapies
including anew cell vaccine by
immune gene therapy for the
treatment ofAcute Myeloid
Leukaemia (AML), the first of its kind
in the world.
To find out more about the
Giving 4Growth Campaign in
aid of LIBRA, please visit:
www.libralionscharity.org
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