Lions Club of Stouffville
8 Park Drive L4A 1G4 Whitchurch-Stouffville, ON, Canada

Stouffville Lions Christmas Tree Decorating Contest https://www.facebook.com/stouffvilleLions

THANK YOU to all of the residents who supported our efforts with our largest fundraiser of the year; and due to COVID our only fundraiser for 2020! WE ARE OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT! WISHING EVERYONE A SAFE, HEALTHY & VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR ... Please stay tuned for further details of the CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATING CONTEST

ONLY 3 TREES LEFT .... START THE CAR!

Ok folks things are getting pretty serious here ... there was conversation yesterday of people thinking they could wait until the weekend to get their Christmas Tree from our Lions Club of Stouffville lot at the Canadian Tire Garden Centre on Hoover Park ... We don't think you should take the chance. The tally shows less than 60 trees left .... and the word on the street is they are going very fast ,,, 12 in the first hour today alone and they are open until 8. tonight Debit & credit machine is working ... what are you waiting for. Don't miss out. Lion Kelly and Lion John are there waiting for you and would be happy to help by trimming a fresh cut off the base for you! Merry Christmas everyone ***Don't forget your mask!

Oh Christmas Tree how lovely are thou branches....Stouffville Lions Lion John and Lion Kelly invite you to buy the best tree in town, lot located at the west end of the parking lot at Canadian Tire on Hoover Park Dr. "Garden Centre" If you are wanting to get a tree you better hurry ... we have less than 100 left! They are going fast! Check out the lot hours and pricing below! Merry Christmas Everyone! #StouffvilleLions#Stouffvillecommunity#StouffvilleCommunity #Lions #Stouffville #LionsTreeSales #merrychristmasstouffville

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU On behalf of the Club and the 31 Families with 72 children we were able to support this year we would like to send out a very warm & heartfelt thank you to all of the local businesses and residents that contributed to the success of the Giving Tree this year. Always remember that when we do things together we can make such an amazing impact. A couple of the parent recipients also wanted to say thank you .... their comments are here printed with per...mission. Parent #1 I felt so many emotions when I opened the envelope. I cried because this is way more than I ever dreamed. Thanks to you, the Lions Club and all the the amazing people who donated. Now our Christmas will be brighter. From the bottom of my heart thank you and God bless you all. Merry Christmas Parent #2 Thank you doesn't even seem like an adequate word to use in this circumstance but since I can't think of another word to use that can sum up my gratitude, so it's what I have to use. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the generosity shown toward my family. I was in tears last night that an organization cares so much about children they don't even know that they are willing, no questions asked to help a family provide a Christmas for their children. I hope and pray one day soon I can extend the same generosity to a family. Please extend my message to all the people who make this possible. May you all have a wonderful Christmas. God bless you all. You have blessed my family more than you will ever know. #MerryChristmasStouffville #StouffvilleCommunity #ItTakesAVillage #TheMiracleOfChristmas #generoushearts #StouffvilleLions #GivingTree #

It was a week ago I called Dave Robitaille of Stouffville HONDA late in the afternoon asking for muscle for early the next morning and AGAIN he came through! I explained we had 400 trees coming in the morning and Dave sent over a couple of his "MUSCLE" to help our Lions unload .... Last year Dave volunteered his showroom for the Stouffville Drop for #CoatsForKids ... this year the club decided not to hold the drop due to COVID but I hope we can count on Dave and #StouffvilleHonda to help us collect for next year. Thank you again Dave for being a great supporter of our many many asks! Merry Christmas #StouffvilleHonda #DaveRobitailleIsALioninDisguise #Community #stouffvillelions #stouffville

Whoot whoot!!! Effective Wednesday, Dec 2nd Stouffville Lions Tree Lot will have Debit / Credit (Visa MasterCard) as well as cash payment methods. Don't forget your mask though ... COVID protocol in effect! Keeping everyone safe!

Today is the final day to submit applications for families in need and for donations to the Gift Card Drive Applications can be found https://www.stouffvillelions.ca/2020-toy-drive-family-appli once completed, please email them to [email protected], we will confirm receipt and request you call 416-556-0579 if you have applied and not received your scheduled pick up time for Friday, December 4th, 2020 Donations can be e-Transferred to ... [email protected] Gift Cards can be donated to the drive at the Municipal Offices at 111 Sandiford Drive - there is a 24/7 secure drop box just to the left of the front door ... see the photo below with the red box. Thank you to all of our generous businesses and residents who have already donated. Remember we can do so much more #together #Stouffville #StouffvilleLions #lions

Reminder for Families in Need this Christmas, applications must be received before end of day December 2nd, 2020 for this year's distribution. Please email them to [email protected] Applications are available from the website https://www.stouffvillelions.ca/2020-toy-drive-family-appli We have confirmed receipt of every application received so far. If you have applied and not scheduled your pickup time yet, please call 416-556-0579 to schedule. Email requests have been sent out and appointments are being scheduled for Friday, Dec 4th & Saturday, December 5th. Merry Christmas Everyone!

For Stouffville Lions this is our busiest time of year. Not only are we helping families in need prepare for Christmas by gathering & distributing donations from local residents and businesses but it is also the start of our biggest annual fundraising project of the year ... The Lions Club of Stouffville CHRISTMAS TREE SALES!!!! Please note COVID Protocol Applies - Masks are a must with 10 people max inside the lot! ***Please also note, Once you have purchased your tree from the Lions Club of Stouffville, post your BEFORE and AFTER (decorated) pictures here of your tree for your chance to win our 2020 Tree Contest" Merry Christmas everyone!

No coats to donate, but you would like to support Coats for Kids? Why not purchase a Tree Ornament from NinjaPrints? 100% of your purchase goes to Coats for Kid...s to purchase boots and winter clothing for families in need in York Region! Please visit https://www.ninjaprints.ca//coats-for-kids-charity-ornament to purchase your ornament! See more

Monetary and corporate donations have been coming in to help families in need in Stouffville. Did you know that you can also drop off actual gift cards as donations? Here's how...

Stouffville Lions Toy Drive 2020 is much different this year and we really need your help! Instead of toys we are asking all residents and businesses to please support the children with monetary donations or gift cards like you have overwhelmingly in the past with toys. The parents will be shopping for the children themselves so the donations are needed EARLY this year with a deadline of December 2nd, 2020 Options are Cheques, e-Transfers and Gift Cards ... full details below and on our website ... just look for the giving tree https://www.stouffvillelions.ca/2020-toy-drive-more-informa See more

We are now accepting family applications

Winter is coming!

Community Cleanup #14 Ballantrae Community Center November 7th, 2020

Stouffville, we need your donations for needy families. Please contribute what you can - any amount is appreciated!

A wonderful day for Stouffville's environment!!! Along with the help of our trusty mate Roger Davidson we were joined by Kate Dilley + Jenna Fraser, Andy & Barb Jones from the Coach House and Jack Walker + Lions Cap + John + Joe B + Chris + Carl and myself we picked up a total of 17 large green garbage bags! Great effort everyone - we made a great impact today! Thank you for joining us

We certainly hope that everyone is safe and healthy! We have our next event coming up very soon Stouffville Lions Community Cleanup - Saturday, November 7th, 2020 This month we will be heading to Ballantrae . Just north of the centre of town. We will be meeting at the Community Centre located at 5592 Aurora Rd, Whitchurch-Stouffville This is on the North Side of Aurora Side Road half way between 9th Line & Hwy 48. ... Please remember that we will supply the gloves and the bags and the grabbers but we need you to remember to bring your masks! Stay safe everyone and we hope to see you out there Saturday, November 7th, 2020 9 am - 11 am See more

Lion Roy O'Boyle, presents Stouffville Lions cheque of $1,000.00 to Diane McIntyre W-S Food Bank Oct.21st/2020 Where there is a need , there is a LION

Stouffville Lions Toy Drive 2020 will be different this year due to Covid19. Following the lead of the Stouffville Food Bank, this year the Stouffville Lions Club are asking for financial and gift card donations instead of toys. In this current COVID situation, we also want to minimize the exposure of our families, donors and volunteers, so we are asking you to help us do that by DONATING $ ONLINE or Gift Cards.... The Stouffville Lions Club accepts e-Transfers at [email protected] (we are already set up for auto deposit so no password should be required - if one is neccessary, please use "toydrive" Gift Cards and Cheques can be donated by dropping them in an envelope clearly marked Stouffville Lions Toy Drive at the Town Hall 111 Sandiford Drive (down from McDonalds) Just to the left of the front entrance there is a depository .... the Town Staff have volunteered to be our Elves this year. There will be no toys accepted at the Fire Halls this year as an added effort to keep everyone safe. The applications will be available from our website & via email shortly. Please email [email protected] for any questions. Please make cheques payable to the Stouffville Lions Club - showing toy drive on the memo line. The children will not be forgotten but we must do everything we can to keep each other safe so we all have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Volunteers and Lions In Action October 3, 2020 - being socially responsible wearing their masks and picking up garbage! Check out those kids! Awesome

What a beautiful day it was today The best part was being joined by 8 volunteers including a Scout and a Girl Guide earning their environmental badges. Volunteers included Luke, Steve, Michelle, Ryan, Collette & their kids. We also had a young lady cleanup while she was waiting for her train to depart.... every bit helps! We also had 6 Lions today, Lions Joe Boll, Roy, Cap, Carl, Chris and myself! Just take a look at the garbage that was picked up in just two hours. Next month, Saturday, November 7th tentative plans are being made for a Ballantrae Community Cleanup along Aurora Road between 9th & Hwy 48! Please mark your calendar and plan to join us wont you! Sotay safe everyone and remember gloves and masks go into the garbage ... not the recycle bins or the ground! Thank you!

Please join us Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 from 9 - 11 am for the Main Street Cleanup from 9th - 10th Line ... Meeting at the Go Train Station / Chamber of Commerce / Train Tracks on Main Street! Remember Gloves and Grabbers and Bags provided! Lets show some community pride with this community cleanup! Almost forgot ***PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR MASKS ****

FINALLY after 5 long months we are finally getting back to the Community Cleanups ... it will be so good to get back out and contribute ... This month we are heading to Memorial Park so please come out and join us! We will meet at the Pavilion for 9 am to hand out the bags, gloves and grabbers and then head off to clean up! Please remember to bring a mask!!! Hope to see you there! #Lions #StouffvilleLions #CommunityCleanUp #Environmental #ForStouffville

Did you know Metro Stouffville has a drop box for recycling plastic bags? It’s just inside the exit doors. Let’s all do our part to keep our community clean!

GUESS WHAT? During tonight's Lions Club of Stouffville virtual meeting we voted unanimously to donate $250 to Judy Brunton's MOBYSS in Motion campaign with CMHA Canadian Mental Health Awareness! You can help with Judy's fundraising at ... www.cmhainmotion.ca/JudyBruntonRocks DONATE TODAY AND HELP JUDY HELP OUR YOUTH!!! #DonateToday #YouthMentalHealthFundraising #DonateWhatYouCan #HelpYouthToday #MOBYSS #MentalHealthAwareness #JudySpeaksMH #LetsEndTheStigma #SupportMyFundraising

VIRTUAL WALK FOR LIONS FOUNDATION DOG GUIDES Donate if you can to Team "Smiley's Angels" A team Joanne George established in memory of Smiley, the world's most loved service dog. https://www.walkfordogguides.com/locations/team.cfm?ID=1771... Donate to Stouffville Lion Carl Vanseader's team https://www.walkfordogguides.com/locations/walker.cfm

Donate if you can to Team "Smiley's Angels" A team Joanne George established in memory of Smiley, the world's most loved service dog. https://www.walkfordogguides.com/locations/team.cfm?ID=1771 Donate to Stouffville Lion Carl Vanseader's team https://www.walkfordogguides.com/locations/walker.cfm... https://torontosun.com/health/diet-fitness/0529-lifenational

Now more than ever Dog Guides is relying on the generous support of the public. On May 31st the first ever Pet Valu Virtual Walk for Dog Guides will take place in a physically distant manner. Support Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides by going for a walk around the block, lifting some weights, running on your treadmill at home, dancing in your living room, jumping on your trampoline, or anything physically active all while practicing social distancing. Every dollar raised ...through the virtual walk will support Dog Guides' mission to assist Canadians with a medical or physical disability by providing them Dog Guides at no cost. www.walkfordogguides.com #VirtualWalkforDogGuides

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Thank you Stouffville! ****MORE PHOTOS ADDED**** The Trees of Hope give away has been an absolutely incredible experience, speaking with so many residents who were excited and looking forward to planting the seedlings with their families, Thank you to residents for responding so quickly and keeping your pickup appointment times; while keeping social distancing & everyone safe. Thank you to those that have made donations to the support of club’s future activities. Thank ...you to the residents & parents who have and continue to share with us pictures of their plantings and the precious smiles of their children. Lion Kelly & Lion Cap offered their driveways as pickup locations for the distribution of some 1,000 seedlings. Both of them shared heat warming stories that residents and parents shared with them. We were all very grateful for the opportunity to share such a family and environmentally friendly initiative; especially during such a challenging time. Please remember if you haven’t planted your seedlings yet; keep the roots moist and keep in a cool and dark location - an unheated garage would be best! Stay safe everyone and share your pictures please! Stouffville Lions Club #Environmental #TreesOfHope #family #FamilyPlanting #Seedlings #StouffvilleLions #StouffvilleLionsEnvironmentProject

Stouffville Lions Pres. John Relph presenting our second donation of $1,000.00 to stouffville food Bank, Diane, total to date $2,000.00 "where there's a need, there's a Lion "

Stouffville Lions Club project..Plant a tree of hope.

Stouffville Lions Club GIVE AWAY 1000 TREES OF HOPE Hello everyone, hope you are all staying safe!... We know how difficult it has been with the self isolation and its been a long time since we have been able to get out and do a community cleanup together So your Stouffville Lions have purchased 1,000 seedlings to give away to the residents of Whitchurch Stouffville. These seedlings are to be planted in your front or back yards; as long as they are on your own private property. We have 3 different species available for selection: White Pine, White Spruce and White Cedar. Please do some research to decide which species would be best for you and let us know. We have them bundled in 5’s 10’s and 25’s. If 5 is too many, perhaps you can share with a neighbour? They are all approx 12" seedlings! Please pm us and we will provide you with instructions of how you can pick them up. Don’t worry, we have already figured out the social distancing! We will share all of the details; you just need to let us know how many of what species you are wanting to plant in your yard for HOPE! All we ask in return is to have you post pictures of the planted tree(s) with you and your family around the tree(s) Thank you and stay safe Stouffville Lions Club April 2020

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What a fabulous impact we made today! All together there were 12 of us and so much was collected! We found along with still a lot of snow, and some of the trash that we tried to pick up was still frozen in the ground. We cant wait until the snow is all gone and the ground is thawed so we can clean up even more! Thank you to... Roger Davidson, Steve & Michelle (aka Joe Lion), Anne, Jeny, Francesca, Francesca’s Dad & another Mom with her two girls that I’m sorry I didn’t get your names? Missing from the photo is Lion Roy O’Boyle who also joined us today! Thank you everyone for coming out this beautiful Saturday morning! #StouffvilleLions #CommunityCleanUp #Community #Volunteers #WS #Stouffville #LionsClub

Stouffville Lions are planning events to promote planting of 1000 trees , visit us at the Home show April 24,25,26 and find out all how you can help.

Lions Community Cleanup ... Come and join us everyone ... 9 am to 11 am Saturday, March 7th, 2020 Hoover Park & Weldon Road (meet in front of the High School) To get this snow gone by Saturday, we need a heat wave & some rain dancing .... lets get busy!

We need a heat wave to melt this snow for the Lions Community Cleanup scheduled for Saturday, March 7th. Think

Stouffville Lions are planning events to promote the planting of 1000 trees, visit us at our booth at the Home show April 24,25, 26 and find out how you can help

Lions dessert meeting at 6:30 Monday, Feb 24th at 8 Park Drive "Latcham Hall" ... Guest speaker Mary Bresser of Welcome Wagon" If you would like to attend please let us know at [email protected] or simply message here and we will be in touch!

We would like to thank each and every one of the 14 residents who attended our first Wine & Cheese event at The Coach House Pub Tuesday February 18th for making it such a fabulous success!!!! We shared details of the projects that your Stouffville Lions are currently involved with and shared stories of what it means to be a Stouffville Lion. Finally we explained why we need your help to carry our work well into the future! We received great feedback and interest in learning more and becoming involved ,,,,, THANK YOU!! There were some residents that couldn't make this date so we will have another event ... stay tuned for details and be sure to let us know if you would like to participate!

Sign up for the Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides and help provide Dog Guides to Canadians with a medical or physical disability If your 2020 resolution is to get ...more active well we’ve got the perfect opportunity participate in the Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides! This event is typically a 5k walk, accessible to all, you don’t need a dog to participate (but we do welcome all 4-legged friends!), has no registration fee AND best of all, thanks to our title sponsor, Pet Valu, 100% of the proceeds go back to the raising and training of Dog Guides. Join this fun event that takes place in approximately 300 communities. To find a walk near you visit www.walkfordogguides.com #WalkforDogGuides #LFCDogGuides

WHY WE GIVE Last night, we thanked those who donate blood. And our players heard this amazing life-and-death story: Aary is 13 y/o & searching for a #StemCell match. Go to blood.ca/HGB to join the registry today!... Learn more at: @Match4Aary #HockeyGivesBlood Canadian Blood Services Thanks also to: Lions Club of Stouffville

Did you know ... When you support your Stouffville Lions Club you are supporting your 1st Stouffville Scouts. Thank you Stouffville! Supporting their trip to the Jamboree - memories made that will last a lifetime!

If we, your local Lions Club, were to have an informal and fun / Wine / Beer and Cheese gathering to share what being a Lions member is all about would you attend? Twelve people have responded to date!!!! ... The event is confirmed for (Feb 18th) if you would like to join us, please do let us know! Thank you!!!!

With our recent blast of winter and the current weather forecast we highly doubt that the snow will be gone in time for the February Community Cleanup in a few days ... so instead, we will meet Saturday, March 7th at 9 am with hopefully no snow (fingers crossed) for another installment of Community Cleanup!! Also, don't forget to let us know if you would like your neighbourhood selected for the next cleanup! As always, thank you for your support!

ALOHA, another fun night at Stouffville Lions club meeting, thanks to Membership committee Lion Richard, Lion Kim and Lion Valentina. the Membership committee is also planning a wine and cheese get together, membership drive Feb.18th, 2020our 83rd year of serving our community.