The Roar

Lynn Oborne | Feb 15, 2023

As mentioned in previous articles, the Lions is a Service Club and Youth is one of our focus areas. The Peace Poster Contest is an example of how Lions reach out to youth. It encourages children to make a drawing with the theme representing “Peace”. The LOL Lions Club is pleased to announce that a special award was recently presented to Abby Weiss, a grade 8 student at Clarendon Central Public School in Plevna. Abby's Peace Poster was chosen amongst many entries submitted throughout District A3. Her drawing advanced to other levels in the competition and, in the picture, Abby is receiving an award for being one of the 10 contestants who reached the Multiple District level. We are so proud of her achievement. The student who eventually wins at the international level would have the honour of visiting the United Nations in New York City and addressing the thousands of Lions attending the UN convention. We hope to one day have a Land O’Lakes student win that honour.

February is proving to be another very active month at the Lion's Hall in Northbrook. As a continued Service we are focusing on Hunger and have started another month-long Food Drive. Please drop off non-perishable food and hygiene products such as paper towels/toilet/tissue. This can be done anytime that the Hall has an event going on, for example Monday Darts, Tuesday Euchre and Thursday Bingo, all between 6-9 pm. The donations will be delivered to the Food Bank in Cloyne. Our target is 600 lbs of food...please be generous.

Carrying on the feeling of kindness, Bingo players will be given a free chocolate bar during the month of February.

The Lions fence is now adorned with hearts and cute figures sending out Valentine wishes to our community. On that theme, we are offering a special Romantic Dinner on Saturday, February 18th between 6-8 pm, followed by a Valentine’s Dance 8:15-1 am. Details can be found on our Facebook page. Come join the fun.