Lions Club of

BRIGHTON 

Box 37

Brighton,  Ontario    K0K 1H0

(District A-3, Zone 43S)

The Lions Club of Brighton

Officers 2009-10

Hugh McDonald        Tail Twister

Denys Avis        `    Treasurer

Harvey Moore        Vice President

Marion Bell            Secretary

Bob Burke            Past President

Owen Gibb            President

Don Dorland        Vice President

Ken Grieves        Director,  + Lion Tamer

Brian Burke          Director

John Stephens _(absent)    Membership

Dinner Meetings

2^nd & 4^th Mondays @ 6:30 p.m

at the new

Brighton Community Centre

75 Elizabeth St

Directors’ Meetings

1^st Monday @ 7:00 p.m.at

 the Susan Manuel Active Living Centre

  Unit 14 Prince Edward Sq.( the offices of Community Care, Brighton),

We meet the needs of our local communities and the world.

Our 1.3 million men and women in 202 countries and geographic areas conduct vision and health screenings, build parks, support eye hospitals, award scholarships, assist youth, provide help in time of disaster and much more.

Some of our local projects, recent and ongoing, are

• Support and sponsorship of many youth groups and activities in the community, including Kidspiel, a curling competition (with wooden "rocks") for school children in April each year, and the Canada Day soap-box derby;

• assist Canadian Blood Services with volunteers for 8 blood donor clinics annually

• sponsor, organize, and staff the annual Lions Art Show

• sponsor a Diabetes screening day in June each year

• raising $15,000 for Brighton Health Services Centre

• raising $5,000 as our contribution to Lions Clubs International $150 million Campaign SightFirst !!

• Assistance with Habitat for Humanity project

• Providing Christmas hampers for approximately 70 needy families annually.

• support needy families in times of financial distress

• Providing equipment, supplies and manpower for ENSS Terry Fox pancake breakfasts

• Collecting used eyeglasses for distribution to third world countries

• undertake community projects,  e.g. set up bike racks around downtown and the road cleanup each spring during Brighton's Clean Sweep

• Support for the VON (over $100,000) including the purchase of vehicles and computer equipment

• Over $100,000 in donations to Trenton Memorial Hospital

Join us in making our communities and the world better places to live.  We welcome new members.  See our Contacts links