What is Lions Clubs Message in a Bottle?
Lions Clubs Message in a Bottle is a simple but effective way for people to keep their basic personal and medical details where they can be found in an emergency – the fridge. The information is found on a standard form and in a common location.
Message in a Bottle helps emergency services personnel to save valuable time in identifying an individual quickly and knowing if they have allergies or take special medication.
Paramedics, police, fire-fighters and social services support Lions’ life-saving initiative and know to look in the fridge when they see the Message in a Bottle stickers. The initiative provides peace of mind that prompt and appropriate medical assistance can be provided, and next of kin / emergency contacts can be notified.
Lions Clubs International British Isles (MD105) has distributed more than 6 million Message in a Bottle kits to people with conditions such as diabetes, allergies, disabilities and life-threatening illnesses.
Bridgend Lions Club is working with surgeries, pharmacies and other bodies to distribute these bottles to those who need them.
If you would like more information, want to request Message in a Bottle kits, or can help us with their distribution, please contact us.
How to obtain a Message in a Bottle
Lions Clubs are able to provide Message in a Bottle within their local communities free of charge thanks to fund-raising and generous donations from the public and businesses. It is not just vulnerable people who benefit from Message in a Bottle. Anyone with health conditions could have an accident at home.
The Message in a Bottle kit includes a form, where personal and medical information is detailed. This is placed in the Lions branded, little green bottle, which is stored in the fridge. Two stickers are provided: one for the fridge door and the other for the inside of the property’s front door .
If you would like more information, want to request Message in a Bottle kits, or can help us with their distribution, please contact us.
What is the cost of the bottles for ‘Message in a Bottle’
There is no charge. Local clubs supply kits FREE of charge to members of the public, thanks to fund-raising and generous donations from the public and businesses.
attends the launch of Message in a Bottle.