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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016. PAGE 11.
Brussels Lions Clubth
70 years of Brussels LionsBack row, from left: Gord Mitchell, Paul Mutter, Neil Mitchell, BobKellington, Jack Knight, Frank Workman, Gerry Exel, Jim Lee, ClarenceMcCutcheon, Tim Prior, Ron Clarkson and Gary McCutcheon. Middle row,from left: Jim Prior, Greg Ducharme, Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb, LionsZone 8 Chair Mary Lou Stewart, Lions Past District Governor JohnStewart, Huron East Mayor Bernie MacLellan, Lions Past DistrictGovernor Andy Klonikowski, District Governor Joanne Klonikowski, Jack
AnniversaryCelebrations
McCutcheon, Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson, Jim Knight, JohnBoneschansker, Paul Nichol, Jean Davidson and Bryan Morton. Front row, fromleft: Kamran Zafar, Treasurer Janet Haertel, Second Vice-President Brian Keller,President John Gillis, First Vice-President Cora Alcock, Third Vice-PresidentKathy Nichol, Secretary Jim Armstrong, Master of Ceremonies Neil McGavinand Mel McCutcheon. Absent were: Klaas Jorritsma, Bob Richmond, MaxDemaray, Merle Hoegy, Jeff McGavin, Louise Poirier and Bob Raymond.
PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016. PAGE 13.
Congratulates and sends sincereappreciation to the
Brussels Lions Club for servingthe community for 70 years!
Brussels Lions Club 70th Anniversary Celebration
CongratulationsBrussels Lions Club
on 70 Years of Service
from
Brussels Legion
Branch 218
HURON FEEDINGSYSTEMS
JOE SEILIBrussels
519-887-6289
Come for a visit and see ourvarious equipment lines
Best Wishes Brussels Lionson 70 Years of Service
RADARAUTO PARTS
“You will find it at CARQUEST”
235 TURNBERRY ST., BRUSSELS519-887-9661
3878 WELLINGTON ST.,MITCHELL
519-348-8485and
20 KING ST.,CLINTON
519-482-3445
Congratulations Brussels Lions!
42309 Morris Road, Brussels, ON N0G 1H0519-887-8253 Office
Brett & Laura Fischer
Thank you Brussels Lions for 70 Years of Service
McGavinFarm Equipment Ltd.
"Celebrating 80 years in business 2016"
We can help you with ROPS(Roll Over Protection
Structures)
Walton519-887-6365 OR 1-877-887-6365
70 Years of Service ~ CongratulationsBrussels Lions!
Brussels 519-887-6273
• Crop Inputs • Crop Consulting• Crop Protection Products
• Seed • Custom Application
BrusselsAgromart Ltd.
www.brusselsagromart.ca
Congratulations Brussels Lions
Todd Wheeler Insurance Inc.
Office: 519-357-0155Fax: 226-889-8944Home: 519-887-9327
75 Sports Dr., Brussels
Thank you for 70 years of ServiceBrussels Lions!
Jacquie GowingAccounting
ServicesAccounting & Income Tax Preparation
Personal, Farm, Business & Corporate
• Monthly Bookkeeping Services• Electronic Tax Filing
519-887-9248
Thank you Brussels Lions for 70 YearsDedication serving our community
Thank you for 70 Years of Service
Downtown Brussels
CAFÉ
~ Oven barbecued chicken & ribs our Friday night dinner special as seen on CKNX.ca EAT HERE
~ Eat in or take out~ Homemade quiche, buns, baked goods,
soups, sandwiches and salads~ Live music in the Upper Deck
519-887-8011
Congratulations Brussels Lions!
BRUSSELS
38 King StreetBrussels
519-887-9740
The Municipalityof
Morris-Turnberry
Brussels Optimist
Club
Wishes to thank the BrusselsLions on their dedication and
service for 70 years in ourbeautiful community.
Municipality ofHuron East
1-519-527-01601-888-868-7513 (Brussels)
Congratulatesthe BrusselsLions on 70
Years of Service
Call us 519-887-6461
Visit our webpage at:www.brusselslivestock.ca
email us at: [email protected]
BRUSSELSLIVESTOCK
Thanks the Brussels Lionsfor their 70 years of service
to our community!
CRAWFORD, MILL & DAVIESROSS E. DAVIES, B.A., LL.B., U.L.
CONOR T. O’KEEFE, B.A., B. Mgmt., LL.B.BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS
Thank you for 70 years of ServiceBrussels Lions!
Congratulations Brussels Lions
on your 70th Anniversary
P.O. Box 69, Brussels, Ontario N0G 1H0DOUG SHOLDICE, CIP CAIB RIBO
Office: 519-887-6100 FAX: 519-887-6109 Res.: 519-887-9820
e-mail: [email protected]
Thank you for 70 years ofdedication & service
439 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9682
Spa & Gift Shop
www.solacespa.ca
Thank you Brussels Lions for 70 Years of dedicated service to our community.
Brussels Agri Services Ltd.
519-887-93911-877-887-9391
• Feed • Animal Health• Pet Food • Gates & Feeders
• Fencing • Work Clothing• Western Tack & Apparel
R.R. #3 Brussels, Ont.located at Brussels Livestock
Congratson your
70thAnniversary
Gas Bar &Family
Restaurant • Pizza, Subs • Daily Specials • Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Eat in or Take Out
Gasoline
Congratulations Brussels Lions!
Open 7 days until 9:30 p.m.390 Turnberry St., Brussels
519-887-6951
Ph: 226-889-4152
• We provide full prescription and OTC services.• We’ll deliver free. • We waive the ODB co-pay.• We’re open Monday to Saturday.• We’ll arrange for transfer of your prescriptions.• We’ll listen to what you need.
Be well.
Fax: 226-889-4155453 Turnberry St., (Main) [email protected]
BestWishes
BrusselsLions!
428 Turnberry St., Brussels
Lucy’s Crafts• sewing • knitting • crocheting • mending
Thank you Brussels Lionsfor 70 Years of dedicated service
to our community
BonnieSallows
Aesthetics Electrolysis Manicures, Pedicures, Facials
791 Sports Dr., Brussels, Ont. N0G 1H0
519-887-6661
Job Well Done!
Congratulations Brussels Lionson 70 years of service
83997 Brussels LineRR #2 Brussels, ON N0G 1H0SHOP: 519-887-6916
FAX: 519-887-6949
Greg & Jim Ryan
Thank you Brussels Lions!
FEED STORESDUNGANNON 519-529-7951
1-800-665-5675WALTON 519-887-6023
COUNTRYSTORE
WALTON 519-887-8429
440 Turnberry St., BRUSSELS
519-887-6851
42659 Walton Rd. WALTON VENTURE CENTRE519-887-9393 ~ Walton
email: [email protected] Made in Canada
Cotton Barmy Bags™ The Natural Choice
Congratulations Brussels Lions on 70 years of service
Box 1028Wingham, ON N0G 2W0Tel: 519-357-3630 Fax: 519-357-2798
Box 104Brussels, ON N0G 1H0Tel: 519-887-9491Fax: 519-887-9148
Box 610Lucknow, ON N0G 2H0Tel: 519-528-2818 Fax: 519-528-2848
Box 100Ripley, ON N0G 2R0Tel: 519-395-2633Fax: 519-395-4947
Congratulations and Best WishesBrussels Lions Club
Congratulations and Best WishesBrussels Lions Club
Thank you for your dedication andsupport to our community
BRUSSELSAGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY
Brussels, Ont.519-887-6277
www.mcdonaldhomehardware.com
McDonaldHome Hardware Building Centre
Thank you Brussels Lions for youongoing support in
our community.Wishing you all the best as youcelebrate 70 years of service.
565 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-6224
• GROCERIES • POP • LOTTERY TICKETS • ICE
• SLUSHIE MACHINES • MOVIES
Brussels Variety
Open 7 days a week
ATMMachine
Congratulations Brussels Lions on 70 Years!
Murray’s BarberShop
460 Turnberry Street, Brussels
519-887-6223
Congratulations on 70 Years
Brussels Lions!
Brussels 519-887-9616
• Windows • Doors • Decks• Additions • Roofing
Gerald ExelCarpentry
Renovations & New Construction
CongratulationsBrussels Lions
on 70 years of servingour great community!
503 Turnberry St., Brussels
519-887-6006
Best WishesBrusselsLions on
70 Years ofServing ourCommunity!
FreeWifi
122 Main St. E., Listowel
519-291-4440
Carpet One Floor & Home
“You can’t pass on TenPas, where the welcome mat is always out for you!”
TENPAS DECOR
This year, the Brussels Lions Clubis celebrating its 70th anniversary.
This landmark event means that forseven decades, dedicated men andwomen from the village have beenvolunteering their time to worthycauses throughout Brussels andbeyond, making a difference.
This occasion was marked onSaturday night with a specialanniversary celebration thatwelcomed Lions, their families anddignitaries from throughout theorganization to Huron County.
The evening, which was emceed byLion Neil McGavin, also marked adonation from the Lions Club to theBrussels Legion Building Fund. Thecheque was presented by PresidentJohn Gillis and Vice-President CoraAlcock.
The first meeting in the history ofthe Brussels Lions Club was held onMarch 29, 1946. It was a Friday. TheSeaforth Lions Club, chartered in1924, that sponsored the founding ofthe Brussels club.
The Brussels club then held itsofficial charter night on Wednesday,
April 17, at which time the clubinducted its board of directors. Themeeting was held at MelvillePresbyterian Church. It began at 7p.m. and was called to order bySeaforth Lions Club President RossScott.
The inaugural slate of officersinstalled that night were: R.B.Cousins, president; L.W. Eckmeier,first vice-president; R.J. Bowman,second vice-president; Rev. H.C.Wilson, third vice-president; R.E.Johnston, secretary; R.C. McBride,treasurer; G.M. Laycock, Lion Tamer;D.A. Rann, Tail Twister and directorsK.L. Ashton, A. Wood, Dr. W.D.S.Jamieson and M. Wineberg.
The club welcomed 42 chartermembers to its first meeting.
Membership would fluctuate in thefollowing years from the chartermembership of 42. In the early 1960sthere were just 28 members, butmembership would then peak in theearly 1980s at 59. It would sit at 37 inthe 1990s.
Membership is currently 36,including five very active female
members. After first welcoming afemale member to the club in 2005,later this year the club will see its firstfemale president.
From the club’s early days,members have come from all walks oflife, including clergy, local businessowners, doctors and farmers.
After first receiving its charter, itdidn’t take the Brussels Lions long toget involved. In June, 1946, the clubhosted the popular CKNX BarnDance and collected clothing forNational Clothing Drive. Since thattime, funds have been raised for manyworthwhile projects in a wide varietyof ways.
Halloween parties were held eachyear from 1947 until the early 1960s.In 1952, a car raffle was held whichraised in excess of $2,500 – quite anaccomplishment for its time. Rodeos,minstrel shows, peanut sales, paperdrives, bingos and the Barrel over theDam contest raised funds throughoutthe 1950s and 1960s.
In 1961, the first Lions HockeyDraw was held. Its popularitycontinues to grow year after year and
has now become a major fundraiserfor the club.
Throughout the 1970s and early1980s, Polar Daize provided localswith the opportunity to have fun andfrolic in the cold, participating inskating carnivals, dances on the ice,the Polar Dip and the ever-popularThunder Mug races. Radio bingos,walkathons and canoe andsnowmobile races also helpedcontribute during this period.
In 1972, the first Lions EliminationDraw was held with the intent to raisefunds for the construction of the newarena and community centre for thevillage and the surroundingcommunity. This annual event hascontributed more than $200,000 sincethat time; money that has been spenton a wide range of communityprojects.
During the 1970s, the BrusselsLions Club was one of the drivingforces during the planning andconstruction of the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre and was one of the project’s major contributors with
a donation of more than $18,000. The single largest project in the
history of the club however, occurredin 1984/1985 when the Lions Clubdecided to build a swimming pool forthe village and its residents.Approximately $50,000 was raisedfrom various raffles and a door-to-door canvass to match an equalamount of government funding.
Even though the facility was turnedover to the municipality on openingday in 1985, the Brussels Lions havecontinued to financially support thispool through the purchase of neededequipment, funding of capitalimprovements and subsidizing thecost of swimming lessons for localyouth.
During the 1980s, the Lions helpedto promote the local businesscommunity by sponsoring Town andCountry Tradefest at the communitycentre and large dances in the newarena were also major fundraisers inthe 1980s.
Throughout the 1990s, the duckraces and Christmas raffles wereadded as fundraising activities and
then in 2014, an annual fiddlejamboree was added. In 2016, theBrussels Lions held their firstcommunity breakfast whichimmediately proved to be verysuccessful.
When the village’s Carnegie librarywas expanded and renovated, theBrussels Lions contributed $20,000and then in 2016 the club contributed$8,000 to the Brussels Legion’saccessibility and facilityimprovements.
As a result of the very generoussupport of the citizens of Brussels andthe surrounding area, it is estimatedthat since 1946, close to $700,000 hasbeen raised and returned to thecommunity by the Brussels LionsClub. Since the club’s inauguralmeeting, members of the communityhave entrusted the Lions with theirmoney to do what needs to be doneboth at home and around the world.
Although the bulk of the fundsraised are spent locally, the club iscalled upon to assist in other parts of
Being seenCelebrating seven decades in the community is no smallaccomplishment and the Brussels Lions Club achieved theirlongevity by being seen. Here is one of the club’s paradefloats, making its way through the streets in 1981. (Photosubmitted)
Release the ducks!The Brussels Lions Club’s annual duck race fundraiser hasquickly evolved into one of its biggest of the year, and it’scertainly a spectacle that draws a crowd when the weatherin the village is beautiful, as it so often is on the day of theduck race. (Photo submitted) Continued on next page
PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016. PAGE 13.
Congratulates and sends sincereappreciation to the
Brussels Lions Club for servingthe community for 70 years!
Brussels Lions Club 70th Anniversary Celebration
CongratulationsBrussels Lions Club
on 70 Years of Service
from
Brussels Legion
Branch 218
HURON FEEDINGSYSTEMS
JOE SEILIBrussels
519-887-6289
Come for a visit and see ourvarious equipment lines
Best Wishes Brussels Lionson 70 Years of Service
Thank you Brussels Lions for 70 Years of Service
McGavinFarm Equipment Ltd.
"Celebrating 80 years in business 2016"
We can help you with ROPS(Roll Over Protection
Structures)
Walton519-887-6365 OR 1-877-887-6365
70 Years of Service ~ CongratulationsBrussels Lions!
Brussels 519-887-6273
Todd Wheeler Insurance Inc.
Office: 519-357-0155Fax: 226-889-8944Home: 519-887-9327
75 Sports Dr., Brussels
Thank you for 70 years of ServiceBrussels Lions!
Jacquie GowingAccounting
ServicesAccounting & Income Tax Preparation
Personal, Farm, Business & Corporate
• Monthly Bookkeeping Services• Electronic Tax Filing
519-887-9248
Thank you Brussels Lions for 70 YearsDedication serving our community
Thank you for 70 Years of Service
Downtown Brussels 519-887-8011
The Municipalityof
Morris-Turnberry
Brussels Optimist
Club
Wishes to thank the BrusselsLions on their dedication and
service for 70 years in ourbeautiful community.
Municipality ofHuron East
1-519-527-01601-888-868-7513 (Brussels)
Congratulatesthe BrusselsLions on 70
Years of Service
Call us 519-887-6461
Visit our webpage at:www.brusselslivestock.ca
email us at: [email protected]
BRUSSELSLIVESTOCK
Thanks the Brussels Lionsfor their 70 years of service
to our community!
CRAWFORD, MILL & DAVIESROSS E. DAVIES, B.A., LL.B., U.L.
CONOR T. O’KEEFE, B.A., B. Mgmt., LL.B.BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS
Thank you for 70 years of ServiceBrussels Lions!
Congratulations Brussels Lions
on your 70th Anniversary
P.O. Box 69, Brussels, Ontario N0G 1H0DOUG SHOLDICE, CIP CAIB RIBO
Office: 519-887-6100 FAX: 519-887-6109 Res.: 519-887-9820
e-mail: [email protected]
Thank you for 70 years ofdedication & service
Brussels Agri Services Ltd.Congratson your
70thAnniversary
Gas Bar &Family
Restaurant • Pizza, Subs • Daily Specials • Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Eat in or Take Out
Gasoline
Congratulations Brussels Lions!
Open 7 days until 9:30 p.m.390 Turnberry St., Brussels
519-887-6951
428 Turnberry St., Brussels
Lucy’s Crafts• sewing • knitting • crocheting • mending
Thank you Brussels Lionsfor 70 Years of dedicated service
to our community
BonnieSallows
Aesthetics Electrolysis Manicures, Pedicures, Facials
791 Sports Dr., Brussels, Ont. N0G 1H0
519-887-6661
Job Well Done!
Congratulations Brussels Lionson 70 years of service
83997 Brussels LineRR #2 Brussels, ON N0G 1H0SHOP: 519-887-6916
FAX: 519-887-6949
Greg & Jim Ryan
Thank you Brussels Lions!
FEED STORESDUNGANNON 519-529-7951
1-800-665-5675WALTON 519-887-6023
COUNTRYSTORE
WALTON 519-887-8429
440 Turnberry St., BRUSSELS
519-887-6851
42659 Walton Rd. WALTON VENTURE CENTRE519-887-9393 ~ Walton
email: [email protected] Made in Canada
Cotton Barmy Bags™ The Natural Choice
Congratulations Brussels Lions on 70 years of service
Box 1028Wingham, ON N0G 2W0Tel: 519-357-3630 Fax: 519-357-2798
Box 104Brussels, ON N0G 1H0Tel: 519-887-9491Fax: 519-887-9148
Box 610Lucknow, ON N0G 2H0Tel: 519-528-2818 Fax: 519-528-2848
Box 100Ripley, ON N0G 2R0Tel: 519-395-2633Fax: 519-395-4947
Congratulations and Best WishesBrussels Lions Club
Congratulations and Best WishesBrussels Lions Club
Thank you for your dedication andsupport to our community
BRUSSELSAGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY
Brussels, Ont.519-887-6277
www.mcdonaldhomehardware.com
McDonaldHome Hardware Building Centre
Thank you Brussels Lions for youongoing support in
our community.Wishing you all the best as youcelebrate 70 years of service.
565 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-6224
• GROCERIES • POP • LOTTERY TICKETS • ICE
• SLUSHIE MACHINES • MOVIES
Brussels Variety
Open 7 days a week
ATMMachine
Congratulations Brussels Lions on 70 Years!
Murray’s BarberShop
Brussels 519-887-9616
• Windows • Doors • Decks• Additions • Roofing
Gerald ExelCarpentry
Renovations & New Construction
CongratulationsBrussels Lions
on 70 years of servingour great community!
503 Turnberry St., Brussels
519-887-6006
Best WishesBrusselsLions on
70 Years ofServing ourCommunity!
FreeWifi
122 Main St. E., Listowel
519-291-4440
Carpet One Floor & Home
“You can’t pass on TenPas, where the welcome mat is always out for you!”
TENPAS DECOR
This year, the Brussels Lions Clubis celebrating its 70th anniversary.
This landmark event means that forseven decades, dedicated men andwomen from the village have beenvolunteering their time to worthycauses throughout Brussels andbeyond, making a difference.
This occasion was marked onSaturday night with a specialanniversary celebration thatwelcomed Lions, their families anddignitaries from throughout theorganization to Huron County.
The evening, which was emceed byLion Neil McGavin, also marked adonation from the Lions Club to theBrussels Legion Building Fund. Thecheque was presented by PresidentJohn Gillis and Vice-President CoraAlcock.
The first meeting in the history ofthe Brussels Lions Club was held onMarch 29, 1946. It was a Friday. TheSeaforth Lions Club, chartered in1924, that sponsored the founding ofthe Brussels club.
The Brussels club then held itsofficial charter night on Wednesday,
April 17, at which time the clubinducted its board of directors. Themeeting was held at MelvillePresbyterian Church. It began at 7p.m. and was called to order bySeaforth Lions Club President RossScott.
The inaugural slate of officersinstalled that night were: R.B.Cousins, president; L.W. Eckmeier,first vice-president; R.J. Bowman,second vice-president; Rev. H.C.Wilson, third vice-president; R.E.Johnston, secretary; R.C. McBride,treasurer; G.M. Laycock, Lion Tamer;D.A. Rann, Tail Twister and directorsK.L. Ashton, A. Wood, Dr. W.D.S.Jamieson and M. Wineberg.
The club welcomed 42 chartermembers to its first meeting.
Membership would fluctuate in thefollowing years from the chartermembership of 42. In the early 1960sthere were just 28 members, butmembership would then peak in theearly 1980s at 59. It would sit at 37 inthe 1990s.
Membership is currently 36,including five very active female
members. After first welcoming afemale member to the club in 2005,later this year the club will see its firstfemale president.
From the club’s early days,members have come from all walks oflife, including clergy, local businessowners, doctors and farmers.
After first receiving its charter, itdidn’t take the Brussels Lions long toget involved. In June, 1946, the clubhosted the popular CKNX BarnDance and collected clothing forNational Clothing Drive. Since thattime, funds have been raised for manyworthwhile projects in a wide varietyof ways.
Halloween parties were held eachyear from 1947 until the early 1960s.In 1952, a car raffle was held whichraised in excess of $2,500 – quite anaccomplishment for its time. Rodeos,minstrel shows, peanut sales, paperdrives, bingos and the Barrel over theDam contest raised funds throughoutthe 1950s and 1960s.
In 1961, the first Lions HockeyDraw was held. Its popularitycontinues to grow year after year and
has now become a major fundraiserfor the club.
Throughout the 1970s and early1980s, Polar Daize provided localswith the opportunity to have fun andfrolic in the cold, participating inskating carnivals, dances on the ice,the Polar Dip and the ever-popularThunder Mug races. Radio bingos,walkathons and canoe andsnowmobile races also helpedcontribute during this period.
In 1972, the first Lions EliminationDraw was held with the intent to raisefunds for the construction of the newarena and community centre for thevillage and the surroundingcommunity. This annual event hascontributed more than $200,000 sincethat time; money that has been spenton a wide range of communityprojects.
During the 1970s, the BrusselsLions Club was one of the drivingforces during the planning andconstruction of the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre and was one of the project’s major contributors with
a donation of more than $18,000. The single largest project in the
history of the club however, occurredin 1984/1985 when the Lions Clubdecided to build a swimming pool forthe village and its residents.Approximately $50,000 was raisedfrom various raffles and a door-to-door canvass to match an equalamount of government funding.
Even though the facility was turnedover to the municipality on openingday in 1985, the Brussels Lions havecontinued to financially support thispool through the purchase of neededequipment, funding of capitalimprovements and subsidizing thecost of swimming lessons for localyouth.
During the 1980s, the Lions helpedto promote the local businesscommunity by sponsoring Town andCountry Tradefest at the communitycentre and large dances in the newarena were also major fundraisers inthe 1980s.
Throughout the 1990s, the duckraces and Christmas raffles wereadded as fundraising activities and
then in 2014, an annual fiddlejamboree was added. In 2016, theBrussels Lions held their firstcommunity breakfast whichimmediately proved to be verysuccessful.
When the village’s Carnegie librarywas expanded and renovated, theBrussels Lions contributed $20,000and then in 2016 the club contributed$8,000 to the Brussels Legion’saccessibility and facilityimprovements.
As a result of the very generoussupport of the citizens of Brussels andthe surrounding area, it is estimatedthat since 1946, close to $700,000 hasbeen raised and returned to thecommunity by the Brussels LionsClub. Since the club’s inauguralmeeting, members of the communityhave entrusted the Lions with theirmoney to do what needs to be doneboth at home and around the world.
Although the bulk of the fundsraised are spent locally, the club iscalled upon to assist in other parts of
Being seenCelebrating seven decades in the community is no smallaccomplishment and the Brussels Lions Club achieved theirlongevity by being seen. Here is one of the club’s paradefloats, making its way through the streets in 1981. (Photosubmitted)
Release the ducks!The Brussels Lions Club’s annual duck race fundraiser hasquickly evolved into one of its biggest of the year, and it’scertainly a spectacle that draws a crowd when the weatherin the village is beautiful, as it so often is on the day of theduck race. (Photo submitted) Continued on next page
PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016.
Brussels Lions Club 70th Anniversary Celebration
GODERICHLIONSCLUB
CONGRATULATIONSto the Brussels Lions Club
on their 70th Anniversary
LucknowLionsClubWe would like to wish the
Brussels Lions Club a Happy 70th Anniversary.
Congratulations Brussels Lions
DungannonLions Club
CongratulationsBrussels Lions on your
70th Anniversary of serving thecommunity and beyond.
Wishing all the best for the future.
Congratulations on your
70th AnniversaryFrom
Clinton LionsClub
Continued from previous pagethe world through LionsInternational. These initiativeshave included such things ascollecting used eye glasses foruse in developing countries,funding to help in the preventionof disease such as leprosy andblindness as well as faminerelief, literacy programs andproviding financial aid forvictims of natural disasters suchas hurricanes, earthquakes andfloods.
Health and special needscharities such as the CanadianNational Institute for the Blind(CNIB), Easter Seals, CrippledChildren, Canadian Associationfor the Mentally Handicapped,deaf, blind, The RonaldMcDonald House, victims ofdisaster and many local familiesin need have also been thebeneficiaries of the club over theyears.
Closer to home, the BrusselsLions continue to providefinancial support to a vast arrayof local communityimprovement projects andprograms including, sportsclubs, boy’s and girl’s clubs,school bands, area parks andrecreation facilities, youthgroups, home and schoolassociations, church groups andSanta Claus parades.
The Brussels AgriculturalSociety, local hospitals, foodbanks and a host of localcharities too numerous tomention continue to benefit
annually from the support of the club.The club has been a long-time supporter of
the Lions Youth Exchange program, both inproviding financial support to localparticipants travelling to other parts of theworld as well as hosting participants fromother countries and assisting with theDistrict’s Youth Exchange Camps.
In 2013, the club revived the Leo Club afternearly 25 years with 15 members inducted onits charter night. The club’s charter wasofficially presented on Monday, Sept. 23. Theclub’s first executive was: Seth Nichol,
president; Sean Mitchell, vice-president; Sarah Mitchell,secretary and Emily Mitchell,treasurer.
The Leo Club continues to bevery active and has taken onmany fundraising programs andprojects on its own since thattime, including a new sports padbeside the community centre,which has seen its use risesteadily since its opening lastyear.
The Brussels Lions firstintroduced the local Leo Club in1976. At first, it was very popularwith local youth, but it faltered inthe 1990s before being rekindledin 2013.
Success in any organization islargely dependent upon theparticipation and dedication ofits membership. The BrusselsLions Club has been fortunate tohave a constant mix of both long-term and new, younger memberscapable of working together.
New members are immediatelyplaced on club committees tobetter acquaint them with thefunctions of the club. Havingserved at the committee level,members are encouraged toproceed through the clubexecutive ranks with the ultimategoal of serving as club president.Aside from allowing members ofthe club to serve the community,membership in the club providesmany other benefits. Leadershipskills, public speaking, fun andfellowship are only a few of therewards of being a member of theLions Club.
The Brussels Lions Club continues to meeton the second and fourth Mondays of themonth, taking July and August off.
All members of the Brussels Lions Clubpast and present, as well as the localcommunity, shall be forever grateful to thegroup of gentlemen who got together in thespring of 1946 and chartered this fineorganization. Brussels and the surroundingcommunity have benefited for the past 70years from their foresight, and from thededication of members, both past and present.
The next generationThe Brussels Lions Club resurrected the LeoClub program in 2013 due to a great amountof interest from youth within the village. Afterseveral planning meetings, the club began,sponsored by the Brussels Lions. Here isSean Mitchell, left, receiving the Leo Club’sofficial charter in September of 2013 fromGord Mitchell. (File photo)
The icing on the cakeThe Brussels Lions Club celebrated its 70thanniversary with a special celebration onSaturday night. All members were welcomed,as were Lions dignitaries from all across thearea and both Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobband Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson. Tokick off the evening, long-time members JimKnight, left, and Jim Armstrong cut theceremonial anniversary cake. (Jim Prior photo)
The Lions
Club ofAtwood
Best wishes to the Brussels Lions
on 70 years of service
Congratulations
John JohnstonMDA Council Chair
from
Brussels Lions Club
We would like to congratulatethe Brussels Lions on their
70th Anniversary
AUBURNLIONS CLUB
Happy 70th AnniversaryBrussels Lions Club!
Blyth Lions Club
Enjoy your celebrations!
Happy 70th Anniversary Brussels Lions Club
Wishing you all the best as youcontinue to serve.
Londesboro & District Lions Club
Lions Clubof
WinghamCongratulates the
Brussels Lions on their 70th Anniversary!
We wish you all the best as youenjoy your celebration.