

The Lions Club of Nelson, Est. 1945
Over 75 years of community and humanitarian service in Nelson, BC, Canada.
Lions Club #7820, nelsonlions.ca

On October 30, 2024, one of our members, Roger Ley, was interviewed on our local Kootenay Coop Radio's Kootenay Morning show.

Thanks to Deb Kozak and Mike Funergy for supporting our club!

Click here to listen to the interview

2025 Highway Cleanup

Nelson Lions and our Future Leos help clean up our adopted stretch of highway

The Lions Club of Nelson adopted a stretch of Hwy 3. Some of our members and future Leo's picked up 10 bags of garbage! Thanks everyone!

2024 Firewood Sale Fundraiser, Nov. 2nd 8AM

On Saturday, November 2 at 8am, we hosted our annual Firewood Sale Fundraiser, across from Blewett School. It was a huge success. A special thank you goes to Kalesnikoff for once again donating the logs, Alon Gelcer for the heavy lifting, Bobbi Maras for her land and equipment, the RCSCC Hampton Gray VC 81 Sea Cadets, the Nelson Leafs and all our members and friends who gave their time and muscles to make our annual firewood fundraiser another great success.

2024 Christmas Tree Pickup

Yes! We are doing our annual Christmas Tree Pickup fundraiser this year!

January 4 2025, 9AM - Noon

Please leave your tree out BEFORE 8am or our scouting crew might miss you - out and visible on your front curb (not back laneways please!)

We request a donation of $10 per tree, cash or cheques to “Nelson Lions Club” please. Leave it attached in a ziplock bag, in your mailbox or at your door - or contact us via our website to send an eTransfer beforehand.

$10/tree (minimum) donation

All trees are ground up and composted locally - nothing is thrown away!

Pick-up Truck owners! If you wish to volunteer, please contact us at con tact@ nelsonli ons.ca

We are recruiting!

Nelson Lions Club is recruiting new members! 2019 saw our club nearly double in size. We welcome both women and men over 18 years of age. No experience is necessary - we will teach skills in volunteering and leadership. Our members span 5 decades(!) with our newer members learning from those who've been with us for over 40 years!

Email membership@nelsonlions.ca

What We Do

Annual Christmas Tree Pickup
Annual July 1st Pancake Breakfast on Baker St. (held for more than 50 years)
Nelson Uphill Lions Park and Lions Point Garden on the Centennial Walkway
Catering, (Pancake breakfasts, burgers etc.)
Annual Firewood Sales
Equipment Rental - Casino Equipment, Tables, Chairs, Grills or Chuckwagon
Investors Tent - setup and take down for community events
Lions Mint Sales
Recycle used eye glasses
Club Picnics and interaction with other clubs
Contribute to Lions International for financial help to countries throughout the world suffering from man-made or natural disasters.

Email volunteer@nelsonlions.ca

Visiting Lions Welcome!

Please call ahead to join us at our dinner meetings, held in Nelson's Eagles Hall every 1st Tuesday at 6:30. We'll enjoy meeting you, and you'll receive a letter confirming your visit - help maintain your 100% attendance record while visiting Nelson, BC.

Visiting Lions are always welcome to join in any of our activities. However, if you are not able to come to a dinner meeting, the President of the club or delegate would love to meet with you.

We are a proud member club of Multiple District Nineteen of Lions Clubs International

Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization with more than 1.4 million members in approximately 46,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world.