Vernon Lions Club - Lions e-Clubhouse

ACTIVITIES

2022-2023

April 2023 activities

NORTH OKANAGAN VISION SCREENING SCHEDULE

DATE	TIME	SCHOOL	VOLUNTEERS
Monday April 3	8:05 AM	Bastion Elementary 2251012 Ave, Salmon Arm Principal: Joel Menzies 250-832-3741	Sharon Trudy Judy
Tuesday April 4	8:09 AM	Hillcrest Elementary 1180 20 St Salmon Arm Principal: Jodi Garries 250-832-7195	Sharon Trudy Deb S (Armstrong)
Wednesday April 5	8:05 AM	Randero Elementary 6285 E. Ranchero Dr Salmon Arm Principal: Doug Cumming 250-832-7018	Sharon Peggy Dianne
Thursday April 6	8:20 AM	Salmon Arm West Elementary 4750 10 Ave, Salmon Arm Principal: Laura Jegues 250-832-3862	Trudy Eric Valene
Tuesday April 11	8:00 AM	Silver Creek Elementary 935 Salmon River Rd Salmon Arm Principal: Sydney Griffith 250-832-8282	Sharon Neil Mc (Enderby) Pam Mc (Enderby)
Wednesday April 12	8:12 AM	South Broadview Elementary 3200 6 Ave, Salmon Arm Principal: Heather Gobbett 250-832-2167	Sharon Judy Jackie
Thursday April 13	8:30 AM	South Canoe Elementary 5970 10 Ave., Salmon Arm Principal: Jared King 250-832-3122	Trudy Eric Valene
Friday April 14	8:25 AM	Shuswap Middle School 171 30th St SE, Salmon Arm Principal: Scott Anderson 250-832-6031	Trudy Eric Valene
Monday April 17	8:30 AM	North Canoe Elementary 6451 50 St NE, Canoe Principal: David Wellingham 250-832-4950	Sharon Mike T (Lumby) Joe D (Enderby)
Tuesday April 18	8:40 AM	Carlin Elementary Middle 4005 Myers Frontage Rd Tappen Principal: Shane Corston 250-835-4520	Sharon Judy Jackie

March 2023 Activities

Our club has kept busy planning our spring projects. We have many exciting events coming up beginning in April helping the Zone Vision Screening project in Salmon Arm, Tappen, Canoe, Celista and Sorrento.

Nominations were conducted for our April election with all positions filled.

February 2023 Activities

February 27 Lion President Sharon Cain inducted Lion Sylvia Herchen into the Vernon Lions Club.

February 4th we entered the Winter Carnival Parade. The theme this year was TV shows.
Our float represented The Flintstones.

A huge thank you to Westwood Electric for lending us their flatdeck and allowing us to use their shop to assemble our float .

January 2023 Activities

January 30th two new members were inducted into our club. A warm welcome to Peggy Price and Kayla Zimmerman.

The second charity poker tournament was another success. Join us for another evening of poker fun on April 29 at ANAF..

December Activities

Dec. 7 - Our Lion elves delivered gifts for a family through Archway Society for Domestic Peace. We also put together gifts and food hampers for two other families making for a wonderful Christmas for each family.

Our annual Christmas party on Dec. 15 with Santa making smiles!

November Activities

Nov 8 - No Stone Left Alone - ceremony with elementary school children to place a poppy on the gravesites of all the fallen soldiers resting in Coldstream Cemetary.

Nov 11 - Representatives from the Lions club attended Remembrance Day ceremonies in Vernon and at the Indigenous cenotaph. Lions Ralph Whittle and Sharon Cain attended at Kal Tire Place

Nov 12 - Charity Poker Tournament

Lion Ron Mare - chair Vernon Lion helpers

Nov 17 - Induction of New Members

Lion Dianne McIntosh sponsored by Lion Eric Reckhard

Nov 24 - Vernon Lions presented several charities in our community with funds to help their programs.

Nov 26 - Carnival of Lights - sponsored by the winter Carnival Society. Vernon Lions served hot chocolate at the event at the Civic Plaza and Spirit Square outside city hall. Donations for the chocolate go to Diabetes needs in our community through VJH Admin.

October Activities

October 29 - Our Shredding event was very successful with 10 volunteers helping our community dispose of their private documents. A fun day for everyone involved.

Oct 23 - Camp Winfield Improvement meeting. The Vernon Lions Club made a donation of $16,078 to camperships. This was money raised at the annual golf tournament. The Club also donated and additional $2,000 to camperships and $2,000 to facility improvements.

October 17 to Nov 17 - Vision Screening in SD22

The Lions Clubs of Multiple District D-1 - Vernon Lions Club and Lumby Lions Club are screening children in 14 schools in School District 22 throughout October and November.
Following this program the children in School District 83 will be screened by the Enderby Lions Club and the Armstrong Lions Club

We use a Welsch Allyn SPOT Screener, which is a handheld portable devise designed to quickly and easily detect visual discrepancies such as:

Astigmatism (blurred vision)
Myopia (near sightedness)
Anisometropia ( refractive power)
Hyperopia (far sightedness)
Strabismus (gaze)
Aniscoria (pupil size)

The SPOT Screener scans both eyes at once from a non-threatening 3 foot range. We will be screening children in Kindergarten, Grade 3 and Grade 6. Parents will receive a notification prior to screening dates. Another notification will be sent to parents when children are recommended to see an Optometrist for follow up.

Lions from District D1 attending the Annual Convention Oct 13-15, 2022

September 2022 Activities

Sept 10 - Pancake breakfast for Parkinson Walk at Polson Park

Sept 8 - Appreciation BBQ for Nixon Wenger employees at Polson Park

Sept 3-4 Serving pancake breakfasts and lunches at the Veron Annual Horseshoe Tournament at
Alexis Park.

July 10 - The Vernon Lions prepared a pancake breakfast for exhibitors of the Show n' Shine car show in Polson Park

2021-2022

Sept 18 - Shredding event to raise funds for community needs

Oct 16 - Bottle drive to raise funds for community needs

Nov. 9 - No Stone Left Alone - Lions participated to help grade 5 students place poppies at veteran grave sites in Coldstream Cemetery.

November/December - Project Christmas Elf - The Vernon Lions contributed funds to provide Christmas gifts and food for a family of five.

February - The Vernon Lions supported the Vernon Winter Carnival by participating in the annual parade.

March - The Vernon Lions president joined the presidents of Rotary and Optimist clubs to install a new signs on the highway for the Optimist club.

May - 7 Camp Winfield Clean Up - every year several Lions join in the clean up project to prepare the camp for the camping season.

May 1 - the Vernon Lions held their first Yard Sale at the Kal Tire site on Anderson Way. (no photos available)

May 28 - The Vernon Lions annual golf tournament was held at Spallumcheen Golf & Country Club. This tournament raises funds to provide camperships for disabled children at Camp Winfield.

June 5 The Vernon Lions served a pancake breakfast to the exhibitors at Creative Chaos.

June 25 The Vernon Lions held their annual Ducks for Dogs race at Polson Park. This family day event raises funds to provide service dogs for autistic children in the Vernon area.

2020-2021

May 15,2021 - several Vernon Lions spent the day at Camp Winfield for a spring clean-up of the grounds. Here is a quote from one of the crew : " Just wanted to say yesterday was a wonderful experience and I found the facility absolutely amazing. The place is huge and must take a lot of work to keep it maintained. I don't know all who is responsible for the upkeep, but I now understand that Lions need to do what we can to keep it going now and in the future. ."