Some of the volunteers at the Westport Lions Reuse & Recycle Centre located at 5295 Salem Road.
Co-mangers of the R & R Centre Bruce Maynard and Jeannette Harper.
Westport Lions Roar
By Lion Bill Garland
The 2024 Westport Lions Reuse and Recycle season is off to a great start. The community continues to respond to our program by donating furniture, appliances, decorator items, tools and sporting equipment. Centre co-managers Jeannette Harper and Bruce Maynard are pleased with the constant flow of goods coming and going from the Centre.
The Lions R & R Centre has become a fixture in our community as it provides a multitude of benefits:
- Significantly reduces the number of discarded items going to landfill.
- Provides youth, seniors, cottagers and homeowners with a low-cost source of home furnishings, decorator items, tools, sports and exercise equipment.
- Provides residents with a fast, zero cost and easy way to dispose of items which are no longer needed.
- Generates revenues that enables the Westport Lions to expand our support to the community.
Co-managers Jeannette and Bruce ask the community to please refrain from dropping items off at the Centre when it is closed. We can only accept items that will be reused by others. Items that are not suitable or of high enough quality for use by others, can not be accepted. Many items that have been dropped off when the Centre is closed have been of unacceptable quality and would not be reuseable by others. The Lions Club now has the burden of taking these unapproved items to landfill.
To pre-approve the acceptance of your donations please email pictures of your items to our managers:
maynardb9@gmail.com
We invite you to visit the R & R Centre, any Friday or Saturday morning from 9 am to 1 pm, during the summer season. We are 1 km west of the Beer Store in Westport at 5295 Salem Road.
We accept metal and electronic recycling items, offer our Medical Equipment Loaning Program and a drop off location for lead fishing tackle in support of the Wolfe Lake Association’s “Get the Lead Out Program” (fishleadfree.ca).
You can communicate with the R & R Centre using Facebook messaging for the fastest response or leave a message at 613 273-5789. We also accept debit and credit payments.
Thanks to all our supporting customers and we look forward serving you this summer season.
Westport Lions Club 