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Callander Lions Family Fun Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow what a day!  Callander’s recent family fun day was a huge success.  The town held the celebration with many vendors and attractions, including the Callander Lions.  The Lions operated a food both selling french fries, hot dogs and ice cold drinks.  On the day of the event, the temperature hovered around 37 degrees celcius (for those of you that don’t know how hot that is, try 98 degrees Fahrenheit).   The volunteer Lions worked in this heat over fryer and grills to raise money to help out in their community.  Lion Claire handled the fryer, Lion Debbra and Gail served the food, Lion Julie (from Capreol) handled the grill and Lions Brenda and Linda (of Coniston) handled taking the orders and money.  We sold out of fries and many drinks before the afternoon was over.
As special thanks to Lion Julie and Lion Lynda for coming out to help out the small club in order to run this event.

 

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Callander Lions 50/50 Winner

 

 

 

 

 

Callander Lions held a 50/50 draw recently. This was so successful that they are planning on having more of these draws in the future. The winner of the draw for $500.00 is Rosalie Torcotte of Callander. Congratulations to our winner. Don’t spend it all in one place.

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Ferris Lions Donation to the North Bay Scouts

 

 

Ferris Lions of North Bay would like to give a big thank you to the North Bay Scouting group for all their help in their Annual Tag Day. This group of 18 Scouters will be participating at the Jamboree in Helsinki, Finland along with 14-15,000 other scouters. This donation is just a little help to get them on their way. Good luck to the Scouts on this big adventure.

 

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Ferris Lions Dog Guide Meeting

 

 

 

 

Ferris Lions club was very pleased to welcome Virginia Elliot to their Lions meeting. Virginia lives in the North Bay district and is a new recipient of a Guide Dog from the Oakville Dog Guide School.  She gave an interesting talk about her experience.  Virginia Elliot is hearing impaired and was on the list for a dog for four years.  She attended the school for seven weeks where they assessed her needs and she was matched up with her dog “Morley”. The Lions Guide Dog Foundation of Canada trains dogs for seven types of impairments.

The first Dog recipient from North Bay was in 1980.  Lion Omer Lebland had to go to US Guide Dog foundation in Rochester, New York where he was paired up with a dog.  As an interesting tidbit, that dog was from a line of dogs from President Ford.

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Ferris Lions BBQ Draw Fundraiser Winners

 

Ferris Lions Club would like to give a big thank you to all who supported their BBQ draw fundraiser. Special thanks to Nippissing Propane, Walmart and Jeff and Tanis No Frills. Their winners are Shawn Gutzeit (BBQ), Marlene Bergeron ($500 Walmart Gift card) and K Jackson ($300 No Frills card). All proceeds will go back into helping the community. Ferris Lions rock!

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Ferris Lions Hold Large Yard Sale and BBQ

It was a challenging year, but very proud of our club members who always come together to serve their community. The Ferris Lions club held a giant Yard Sale and BBQ to raise funds for them to help support their community.  They would like to give heartfelt thanks to their members and the community for making their Yard Sale & BBQ a resounding success.  Special thanks to their neighbours and Food Basics for their support.

Special shout out to Lion Laurie Marcil for hosting the event at her home and organizing our event.

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45 Years Service in Lionism Celebrated

 

 

 

 

 

Ferris Lions Club, Lion Ken Gray just celebrated 45 years of service in Lionism. He is a very active member of their club and a valued member. They are looking forward to another 45 years with you. Congratulations.

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Kirkland Lake Lions Club Arts & Culture Fair Event

We would like to share our joint effort event that we Kirkland Lake Lions helped to organize with other local clubs/committees.
KL Lions joined forces with the KL Community Arts Committee, KL Museum of Northern History and KL Multicultural Group, to host our first year Arts & Cultural Fair, which was a huge success.
Thankful to local sponsors for their support which allowed free gate entry for the community to enjoy the main show, The Resilience Tour. Featuring local and international musicians, dancers and artists.
We were joined by our local classic car club, Road Legend Cruisers, as well as many local musicians that blessed us by performing half hour shows for the afternoon. Free inflatables were available, after the main show, for the families to enjoy while listening to the stage shows. Amazing day.
One special attraction was the Dunk Tank, our Lion Jim Malherbe was eager to sit on the hot seat and was a great sport for volunteering to be dunked.
In the group pic, from left to right Lions: Jeanette Foy, Jeanne Cloutier, Jen DeLenardo, Stella Malherbe, Jim Malherbe, Shanea Smith and Julia Spadetto-Forward. Manning our Sweet Treats tent where we featured Lions Tails (our version of a beaver tail but WAY BETTER, lol), cotton candy and homemade butter tarts! Of course, the sweets are always a huge hit! Also the perfect opportunity to market our Cotton Candy cart that we have available to rent in our community.
Link to the write up by our local news paper attached for further details if you would like to have a short read.
Arts and Culture Fair comes to KL (northernnews.ca)

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A5 Quilt Draw Winner Dubreuilville Lions Club

A5 Quilt Draw Winner Dubreuilville Lions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As part of our A5 convention, the committee came up with a new idea. Each club was asked to send in a patch to make an A5 quilt. The patch was to represent the uniqueness of each individual club in our district. What started out as an idea, became a beautiful symbol of our district. Pictured here are the Dubreuilville Lions who’s club won the quilt. DG Carmen Portelance personally delivered the prize and even managed to let go of it. Dubreuilville does not have a clubhouse, so they have decided to let each member take the quilt for a day to their homes. Once everyone has had a chance to show off the quilt, there will be draw and one lucky member will get to keep the quilt. This is a beautiful legacy of A5 and the pride we all take in our northern District.

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Walden Lions Team Up With the Sudbury Police SPYDR Program

Walden Lions supporting the SPYDR program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Walden Lions teamed up with the Sudbury Police to help youth in our area by supporting the “SPYDR” program.  Sudbury Police Youth Dirt Riders aka SPYDR is a free mountain bike program for youth ages 12-17. Some biking experience is required to join the team of riders. Youth are referred by Greater Sudbury Police Services members or other community partners/agencies. The criteria for a referral is a youth deserving and in need of an opportunity to participate in a free athletic activity while interacting with police in a positive environment. Some have been identified as having more risk factors than protective factors and most if not all would not normally have this kind of opportunity.

 

The program runs for 8 weeks throughout the summer beginning in July and ending in August. This program is run by School Resource officers, youth safety coordinators and historically has been open to anyone within the service who wished to participate on their own time and volunteer.

 

Some of the learning opportunities are as follows- but not limited to: proper bike inspection & maintenance, introduction to bike components, rules of the road, riding abilities, bike repairs, team building and an opportunity to build self-confidence. It is about respect for themselves, others, and their property and others. Throughout the program, our police mentors provide opportunities to discuss healthy positive decision making.

 

Another great way that the Lions are helping youth in our communitee.