This is Lion Linda Boucher, of the Sault Ste Marie Lions Club, receiving her Years of Service Chevron having completed 10 years a Lion!! She has been and is currently their Health and Wellness Committee Chair. Congratulations, Lion Linda!
MCTV Lions Christmas Children’s Telethon Supports Local Breakfast Program
The CTV-Lions Children’s Christmas Telethon has been helping to support children and lower income families for decades and is still going strong. The Telethon made a presentation to support the local breakfast program at St. David’s Elementary School in Sudbury. This school is in one of the lowest income areas in Sudbury and many students use this program. The Telethon is proud to support our children to give them a great start to their day so that they can concentrate on schoolwork and not empty bellies.
Presenting the cheque are Lions Joan and Bruce Kutchaw from the Minnow Lake Lions club, just one of the clubs that volunteer each year at the telethon.
SPCA Gets Donation from the Minnow Lake Lions
The SPCA of Sudbury is a wonderful organization that works hard to get every dog and cat in their possession adopted to a loving home. Your reporter adopted one of these cats last September and have not regretted it. The Minnow Lake Lions also wanted to help out these vulnerable animals with a $1,000.00 donation. This money will go a long way helping to give the animals in their care the food, shelter and love until they can find their forever home. As you can see, there are currently a couple of playful puppies waiting for a home. The Lion club not only helps people, but the littlest members of our community.
Minnow Lake Lions Help Out Our Outreach Program
The Minnow Lake Lions believe in helping out those who are the most vulnerable in our community. The Red Coats are an organization that goes out onto the streets and helps those who need it most. They provide clothing, snacks, deliver meals from soup kitchens, minor medical and sometimes they just are there to listen. This can be the most valuable of all the services they offer to someone who is alone, scared or just has given up on life. The money donated by the Lions will go towards helping them keep their van on the road and supplies to help their clients. Thanks to all of the amazing work that both the Lions and the Red Coats do each day.
Minnow Lake Lions Give to Those in Need
The Minnow Lake Lions have always tried to help those who need a hand up and that tradition is continuing. Donations were made to several local organizations that deal with helping low income and the homeless in the Sudbury area. The New Hope Outreach Services, also known as the Samaritan Centre, owns the building that houses several services in our downtown core. In addition, they provide a place for the homeless to access free telephones, internet usage, once a week hairdressing services, mental health counseling, job counseling and income tax filing. Also operating out of this centre are the Blue Door Kitchen and the Elgin Street Mission. The Blue Door Kitchen provides lunches Monday to Friday, while the Elgin Street Mission provides breakfast and dinner 365 days a year.
These amazing groups work each and every day with the most vulnerable in our community. The Lions motto is “WE SERVE” but there are also others that do the same. Thanks to the Minnow Lake Lions and other Lions clubs, these groups will be able to continue to serve.
Lion Ginette, Theresa from Blue Door, Lion Brenda
Lion Brenda, Pastor Amanda from Elgin Street Mission, Lion Ginette
Lion Brenda, Mark from Samaritan Centre, Lion Ginette
More Awards for Our Capreol and Minnow Lake Lions Clubs
The Capreol Lions Club presented a Melvin Jones Fellowship to Lion Richard Clouthier at a recent meeting with Zone 47N Chair Lion Jeanne Lachance. Lion Richard is always ready to help out with anything and this award is well deserved. 
The Minnow Lake Lions presented a Melvin Jones Fellowship to Lion Joan Kutchaw. Lion Joan has been on many committees and has been a secretary for the club several times. Where it be a roadside clean-up, the garden, or helping out the community, she is always there to work. 
Another Minnow Lake member, Lion Leanne Furchner was awarded a Progressive Melvin Jones Fellowship. I don’t think that there is anything this wonderful lady hasn’t done. Well, we keep trying to get her to run for District Governor, but no luck so far. 
She has been involved with many conventions , Cabinet Secretary, club Secretary, Membership Chair, many committees in the club and the 1st female member of the Minnow Lake Lions Club. She helped pave the way for those of us after her. Congratulations to both Lions Joan and Leanne on these recognitions. 
A5 Murder Mystery
A lot of people think that Cabinet meetings are boring. Well, you haven’t been to an A5 cabinet meeting. Each Saturday night, we have some kind of event or entertainment that helps bring us all together as a team and I dare say friends.
At the last meeting, the Chelmsford Lions 2023 hosted us with a meal and a murder mystery “Murder at the Grill”. This was a great idea for both the food and for the fun we had. Several members of the cabinet, including this reporter, were asked to help play some of the characters. Although we read our parts, some added accents and wicked acting had everyone in stitches for the evening. It was worth the price of admission just to hear our DG Lion Sam with a Lebanese accent try and do a Russian one. Many of us got into our parts whole heartedly and not many guessed who the murderer was. Can you guess from the picture, who the murderer was?
Looking forward to next year to see what we come up with for the meetings to top this.
1stVDG Lion Bob, DG Lion Sam, Lions Sylia, Brenda, Ron, 2nd VDG Lion Jerome, Lion Muriel, PDG Lion Bob, front Lion Chantal and PDG Lion Carmen.
St Joseph Island Lions Inducting More New Members
The Lions of St. Joseph Island Club has been growing again. They kicked off the new year by inducting 3 more new members. Club President, Lion Mike Trainor inducted the members and the whole club welcomed them to the wonderful world of Lionism.
Hudson Lions Club Donate to School Breakfast Programs
The Hudson Lions Club presented Kerns Public School and Elk Lake Public School with donations to their school breakfast programs. Pictured left to right are – Lion Laurie Taillon, Principal Shannon Sayeau, Lion Larissa Ouimet, Lion Gwen Welch, Lion Chelsea Manners and Secretary Candace Aitchison.
Chairperson’s Medal Received by our District Governor Lion Sam Khoury
Our own District Governor Lion Sam was presented with the Chairperson’s Medal for LCIF