Passing of father causes reflection on volunteerism

Westport Lions Roar By Lion Bob Reddick The passing of my 94-year-old father this past week has caused me to reflect on volunteerism. What does it mean to be a volunteer? The dictionary defines a volunteer, “as a person who freely offers to take part in a enterprise or undertakes a task.” The benefits of … More Passing of father causes reflection on volunteerism

Westport Lions donate to Leeland Trefoil Guild

Wayne Bent and Kevin Northcott present a cheque to Vicky Chadwick representing the Leeland Trefoil Guild. The Guild, based in Westport and surrounding areas, are a senior group that makes pillow cases for children with cancer, birthday boxes for food banks, dresses for women in Africa and will be doing toiletry satchels for Interval House … More Westport Lions donate to Leeland Trefoil Guild

Lions mobility vans: 276 requests, over 1,000 volunteer hours and 24,000 kms in 2017

  Westport Lions Roar By Bob Reddick Vivian Walsh of Inverary won the January 1st $1000 calendar prize. The winning calendar number was sold by Lion Marty Hawkins Our first general meeting of 2018 started off by reading the many thank you cards and notes from people and organizations that we donated money to in … More Lions mobility vans: 276 requests, over 1,000 volunteer hours and 24,000 kms in 2017