Meetings

 

Ongoing projects of the Bonavista Lions Club:-

- Bonavista/Port Union Lions Clubs TV Bingo - vvery Monday at 7:30 pm

- Serve at Breakfast Program at Matthew Elementary once a month

- Visit sick residents with fruit baskets

- Air church services on community channel 

- Look at three used clothing bins placed in community by Diabetes Association

- Visits hospital, bungalow and seniors' homes with fruit/cookies trays each month

- Collects used eyeglasses on a continual basis

 

WHAT ARE WE DOING (just some of the things we’ve done over the past year)

-Visits seniors’ homes and hospital once a month

-Visits sick residents

-Donates prizes for bingos at two seniors’ homes

-Serves once a month at Breakfast program

-Collects used eyeglasses

-Sponsors contests for school  children – Peace Poster & Speakouts

-Donates books to all Kindergarten students of end of school year

-Partners with local church for soup kitchen

-Placed benches at Cape Shore trail

-Donates twice a year to local groups and charities such as minor hockey, figure skating, fire departments, schools, foodbank, splashpad, etc.

-Donates to provincial charities such as Ronald McDonald House, Janeway, Daffodil Place, Children’s Wish Foundation, etc.

-Donates to District projects such as sight, hunger, Lion Max Simms Memorial Camp, etc.

-Sponsors campers to blind, autistic, etc. camps

-Sponsors a monthly free skate at local arena

-Held a diabetes screening clinic with CareGivers

-Held Santa Claus parade, Seniors’ Christmas party and Children’s Christmas party

-Delivered fruit trays to sick and elderly during Christmas

-Donated to community group “Secret Santa” who helped the needy with gifts and gift cards

-Sponsored a Youth Exchange student to Peru

-Donated baskets to Stella’s Circle

-Donated equipment to local Red Cross

-Donated turkeys for Christmas Dinner at local church

-Held community bonfire

-Donates to sick residents for travel, etc.

-Places large tray of cookies at funeral home when a resident dies

-Since October 2017, we donated more than $40 000 in monetary donations

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