Welcome to the Fort Qu'Appelle & District Lions Club webpage. The Lions Club has been active in our area since 1961. Currently we have 38 members and are actively involved in many projects in the community.
We are looking forward to another exciting year, as we continue with our community projects and fundraising. The club is always looking for new members. Membership to join Lions is open to all, by invitation of a current Lions Club member. Prospective members may attend a supper meeting as guests of the club. They are also welcome to attend any business meeting. Contact a Lions member for details on how you can be involved in your community or if you are interested, please visit our contact page and send us an email.
Meetings and General Information ( currently holding only zoom meetings)
The Fort Qu’Appelle and District Lions Club meets twice per month, on the first and third Thursday. The first meeting is a supper meeting at the Senior's Centre. Catered meal served at 7:00 p.m.
The third Thursday is the business meeting when general club business is discussed. This meeting is held in the Senior's Centre and meetings start at 7:30 pm
Some of our regular events include hosting the 'Annual Senior's Christmas Supper', The 'Echo Lake Road Race' annually on May long weekend, the 'July 1st Parade', and the 'Annual Fort Qu'Pelican River Race', followed by Children's Races on Echo Beach. We also assist with families in need, support the Christmas food Drive, Auction Sale lunches, and support various groups and organizations in the Valley. Current ongoing activities we support include, Jerry Rheum Memorial and Volunteer Ambulance Assoc. Scholarships to a Fort Qu’Appelle graduate, Kidsmen park clean up and development, Fort Knox Jr. Hockey Team, maintenance of North Hill welcome gate, Large Canadian Flag on Nose Hill, Legion Texas Hold’em as dealers, Casino Night Lakeview Lodge, & assisted with Security at Treaty 4 Ball Tournament. We also collect used eye glasses and aluminum tabs (pop & beer cans)
Our Annual Fort Qu'Pelican River Race is held on July 1st and we drop 5000 Pelicans into the Qu'Appelle River, to see which one crosses the finish line first. We give away half of the gross sales in prize money. Profits are donated back to Lion's Projects in our communities.We make annual donations to such organizations as Blind Sports, STARS, Diabetes, CNIB, Lions Foundation of Canada, Lions Dog Guides, and others as requested.
Check out our page frequently for updates and new information on exciting projects....
Our Lions Club President for 2021 -2022 is Larry Bedel
President's Message:
The 2021-22 Lions year is now into the 2nd half of our year. As a Club we have been trying to practice safe health practices with the fall session having seen our business meetings being held via Zoom and most of our supper meetings cancelled. We are now at the stage as a club to start returning to some more "normal" routines and Club activities are being planned for the spring/summer season. Our big fundraiser, the Lions 7th Annual Fort Qu'Pelican Race, is kicking off its sales as of March 1, 2022 and we look forward to a successful event on July 1st.
Best wishes to all for a safe and healthy 2022.
Larry Bedel
President
President's Message:
The 2021-22 Lions year is now into the 2nd half of our year. As a Club we have been trying to practice safe health practices with the fall session having seen our business meetings being held via Zoom and most of our supper meetings cancelled. We are now at the stage as a club to start returning to some more "normal" routines and Club activities are being planned for the spring/summer season. Our big fundraiser, the Lions 7th Annual Fort Qu'Pelican Race, is kicking off its sales as of March 1, 2022 and we look forward to a successful event on July 1st.
Best wishes to all for a safe and healthy 2022.
Larry Bedel
President