Chemung Lake District Lions Club

September 23, 2025: Del Clark was the lucky winner for our end of season prize of a handmade 'beaded' picture of cars at our Cruise Night car show. The picture consists of 6,000 beads and took 2 months to put together. Lion Melissa is the artist and she is shown here (in the middle) between Lion President Steve (left) and the winner Del Clark (right). Congratulations Del!

September 23, 2025 - Last Cruise Night car show for this season - Lion Secretary presented cheques of $1000.00 each to Five Counties Childrens' Centre, Ennismore Community Centre, and the Bridgenorth United Church Food Bank.

Diabetes Canada, on September 8th at our Monday night Cruise night, showed up with their truck to collect small household items including clothing, etc. The driver (middle) stood with Lions Hans (left) and Lion Dale (right) and helped our community with their donations as they arrived. The truck was filled to the brim with all the generous donations from our community. Great job everyone!

THE LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND DOG WALK WAS A SUCCESS. NEIGHBOURS BROUGHT THEIR DOGS AND WALKED ALONG WITH OUR LIONS. PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR ARE ALREADY IN THE WORKS. DETAILS WILL FOLLOW CLOSER TO THE DATE IN THE 2026-27 SEASON. THE REAL CANADIAN SUPERSTORE WILL AGAIN BE HOSTING THE WALK FOR LEADER DOGS. THE LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND FUNDRAISER IS TO HELP YOUR COMMUNITIES' VISION & HEARING IMPAIRED.

LION JOHN WAS ALSO PRESENTED, BY OUR OWN DAVE SMITH, M.P.P. PETERBOROUGH KAWARTHA, A CERTIFICATE INVITING LION JOHN TO A GUIDED TOUR OF QUEEN'S PARK; SEATING IN THE MEMBERS GALLERY FOR QUESTION PERIOD; LUNCH WITH MPP DAVE SMITH PETERBOROUGH KAWARTHA IN THE 'IN CAMERA DINING LOUNGE' ALONG WITH 3 OF HIS COMMITTEE MEMBERS. SUCH AN HONOUR FOR A GREAT JOB!

LION JOHN MORRIS, A MEMBER OF THE CHEMUNG LAKE, BRIDGENORTH, ENNISMORE DISTRICT LIONS CLUB, IS DISTRICT CHAIR, LEADERS DOGS FOR THE BLIND IS QUITE THE CELEBRITY. ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2025, HE WAS ALSO AWARDED THE HOLNBECK AWARD AT THE 2024 CIVIC AWARDS, PRESENTED TO HIM BY MAYOR JEFF LEAL AND COUNCILLOR DON VASSILIADIS. JOHN HAS ALSO VOLUNTEERED FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS OF THE COUNCIL OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE AND IS CURRENTLY A BOARD MEMBER. HE ALSO VOLUNTEERS FOR THE TIME IN MY SHOES (TIMS) PROGRAM AND SERVES AS A MEMBER OF THE PETERBOROUGH TRANSIT LIAISON COMMITTEE. JOHN HAS BEEN BLIND SINCE BIRTH. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK JOHN HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN HIS LIFE.