One of our primary community project is maintenance of the Ritter Community House in (Lions) Community Park. In addition to being our home, the facility is available for rental by families, corporations and other groups for a modest fee. Please see our brochure in the Calendar section to learn more about how to reserve this facility for your next event.
For rate and availability information to rent the Clubhouse, please contact Lion Jack at josinski120@gmail.com.
Baldwinsville Lions Community service includes:
Collecting used eyeglasses and hearing aids at Baldwinsville Library, Lysander Town Hall, and Canton Woods Senior Center for recycling and reuse. (Over 1500 eyeglasses recycled in the past year)
Funding purchase of eye exams and eyeglasses for children whose families cannot afford them.
Financial support of Lions Club International and local community programs.
Adopt a Highway Cleanup: club members clean litter from a local roadway 4 times each year.
Earth Day Activities
Advocating for improvements at (Lions) Community Park
Feeding the elderly: Members of the club assist a local senior center (Canton Woods Senior Center) in the planning, preparation, planting, harvesting and routine care of a vegetable garden throughout the growing season. The garden typically includes tomatoes, peppers, beans, peas, cucumbers, summer and winter squash. The harvest is brought into the senior center for members to take home, assuriung the members of some fresh and healthy produce. This project usually requires a minimum of 200 hours through the growing season.
Central New York Bike Give Away (CNYBGA): Each year, starting in late fall the CNYBGA starts collecting unused bicycles from willing donors and performs necessary maintenance and repairs on the bikes to make them completely ready to ride. Members of the Baldwinsville Lions Club volunteer in the repair process each year leading up to late December when approximately 650 - 800 bikes are given away free of charge to anybody that needs a bike but cannot otherwise invest the resources to own one. This project requires a commitment on the part of members in excess of 300 hours.
Fully inclusive swing set: After 2 years of planning and fund raising, the Baldwinsville Lions Club started the purchase and installation of a fully inclusive swing set placed in (Lions) Community Park. The swingset includes a very unique platform swing designed specifically for wheelchair bound children. The set also includes 2 standard sling seats and a "Mommy and Me" swing for both a mom and child up to 18 months old to swing while facing each other. See our photo gallery for pictures of the completed swing and a wheelchair bound child using it for the first time. The preparation of the site, installation of the swing and coimpletion of the play surface required in excess of 250 hours.
Baldwinsville Lions Bike Give Away: The Baldwinsville Lions will host a FREE Bike Give Away in cooperation with the CNY Bike Give Away Foundation in the spring. Available bikes include multi speed adult bikes, youth bikes and a few tricycles. See additional information on the Calendar section.
2022 BALDWINSVILLE LIONS FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES
We have held 2 White Cane fund raisers This year. One was held in early May, 2022 at Nichol's Supermarket, the other at the Big M supermarket in October. Thank you to all who donated at these events, and Thank You Nichol's and Big M for supporting our efforts to raise funds to be used in our community.
Sale of Save Around books Starts in November 2022
SERVICE PROJECTS
TravelAuc: 6 members of the Baldwinsville Lions will be volunteering at the local PBS station, WCNY, during their annual TravelAuc where vacations and GetAways are auctioned off live and on the air. The volunteers will be staffing the phones and computer stations during bidding. The volunteers will be investing 24 hours in this service project.
