Uxbridge & District Lions Club, Ontario Canada
About Us
About Uxbridge Lions Club
The Uxbridge and District Lions Club was chartered in April 1974 and is part of the world-wide Lions Clubs international. We celebrated 50 years of service in our community in 2024.
Our club is made of dedicated men and women who meet regularly to spend time to work on projects that help members of our community, our region, our province, our country and around the world.
Uxbridge Lions Club is a non-profit organization that serves the Uxbridge community by raising funds to give back to the community by donating to several non-profit and charitable organizations.
Since our charter in 1974, Uxbridge Lions Club has hosted numerous community fundraisers, cooked and served food at literally hundreds of community events and provided hands on service to many local individuals, families and organizations. Our programs vary and are continually changing to meet new needs and greater demands, but our mission has never changed from living up to the Lions Clubs International motto: "We Serve".
What We Do in the Community
In Uxbridge, we serve and have served in the following ways:
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Sponsor student achievement awards in secondary school
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Sponsor dog guides have been provided at no cost to recipient families
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Funded much needed medical equipment at the Uxbridge Cottage Hospital
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Adopt-a-Road program to clean up the boulevard along Toronto Street from Concession 6 to Cemetary Road in Uxbridge
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Host Art in the Park on the third weekend every August in which the silent auction raises funds for such projects as the Dog Guides Program and the Universal Accessible Playground which opened in July 2023.
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Donate funds to various community groups and charities
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Host fundraising events such as PetValu Walk for Dog Guides and Art in the Park
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Vision and hearing screening for senior kindergarten children in local schools
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Collect eye glasses and hearing aids to recycle to third world countries
Lions make a difference every day everywhere.
About Lions Clubs International
Lions Clubs International was established in 1917 in Chicago, Illinois by a gentleman named Melvin Jones. The headquarters is currently in Oak Brook, Illinois. Mr. Jones believed that local business clubs should expand their horizons from purely professional concerns to the betterment of their communities and the world at large. For a concise history of Lions Clubs International, click here.
There are currently 50,000 clubs world-wide with 1.4 million Lions Club members in over 200 countries. This makes Lions Clubs International the largest volunteer organization in the world. In 1945, Lions Clubs International was invited by the United Nations to draft the United Nations Charter in San Francisco, California and has supported the work of the United Nations ever since then.
The objective of each Lions Club is to serve the community - neighbour helping neighbour. It did not take long before this simple, yet broad ideal spread throughout the world.
The first Lions Club in Canada was chartered in Windsor, Ontario in 1920 and clubs across Canada have chartered since then. Currently there are 1,390 clubs with over 33,000 club members in Canada.
Lions Clubs International Causes
To learn more about these causes and special initiatives, go to:
https://www.lionsclubs.org/en/our-impact/our-service/ways-we-serve
Uxbridge Lions Club Causes
Much of the focus of Lions Clubs International work as a service club organization is to raise money for worthy causes. All funds raised by Lions Clubs from the general public are used for charitable purposes, and administrative costs are kept strictly separate and paid for by members. In Uxbridge, the money raised for a club's charity account goes toward projects that benefit local non-profit and charitable organizations.
Our Uxbridge & District Lions Club provides services and support in our community as follows:
Diabetes: Uxbridge & District Lions Club supports D Camps, Camp Huronda in particular by annual donation from fundraising.
Environment: Uxbridge & District Lions Club participates in the spring and fall clean-ups of Toronto Street from Sixth Concession to Tim Horton's store with Adopt-a-Road.
Vision: Uxbridge & District Lions Club collects used eye glasses, vision and hearing devices and does free Vision Screening in local elementary schools.
Hunger: Uxbridge & District Lions Club supports Loaves & Fishes Food Bank by annual donation through fundraising and has its Christmas Baskets Project to gift needy local families with a healthy Christmas meal, as well as gifts.
Uxbridge Lions supports the following local charities:
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Alzheimer's Society Durham
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Autism Ontario - Durham Chapter
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Big Brothers/Big Sisters of North Durham
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Bob Rumball Foundation for the Deaf
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Brandon's Eye Research
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Camp Dorset (Kidney)
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Canadian Diabetes Association
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Centre for Addiction & Mental Health
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Christmas Baskets for Local Families
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CNIB Lake Joseph Camp
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Community Care Uxbridge
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Diabetes Juvenile Camp Huronda
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Foundation for Fighting Blindness
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Glaucoma Research
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History Scholarship - Uxbridge S.S.
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Jennifer Ashleigh Child Charities
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Lions Home for the Deaf
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Precious Minds
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Sleeping Children Around the World
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Universal Playground
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Uxbridge Lions' Service Award
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Uxbridge Loaves & Fishes Food Bank
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Uxbridge Music Scholarship Trust
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Uxbridge Public Library
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Uxbridge Minor Sports
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Water Ambassadors Canada
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Windreach Farms