We Serve
The Lions Club provides an Out of the Cold Dinner every Wednesday evening from November to the end of April.
The dinner takes place at our hall at 325 Fraserburg Road, Bracebridge.
Doors open at 4:30pm and a wonderful 3 course meal is served at 5:30pm.
All are welcome.
Many Lions showed up on Saturday to decorate our float entry in the annual Bracebridge Santa Claus parade.
On Sunday, members of the Club enjoyed a somewhat snowy afternoon where tonnes of candy was handed out to all the great folks who braved the weather to watch the parade.
Here’s some great pictures from the event;
The Lions Club of Bracebridge’s plan to build a 14 unit Rental Storage Facility behind the Lions Hall on Fraserburg Rd got underway on Saturday, November 23rd.
Mayor Graydon Smith and Deputy Mayor Rick Maloney
woke bright and early and, along with members of the club, attended a ground breaking ceremony, complete with a ceremonial shovel!
A big thank you to Don MacKay and the Muskoka Highlands Golf Club for organizing and hosting the annual Dog Guides Golf Tournament. Many Lions, numerous other organizers/volunteers and the major sponsor, Kubota North, helped raise over $15,000 for Lions Dog Guides.
A special thank you to RBC Dominion Securities for their extra donation of $1000 to the day.
Come on out and pick up household items, tools furniture and much more. Enjoy a BBQ while you are there.
If you have items you’d like to donate please contact the Lions at 705-645-2394. Pickup can be arranged.
The Lions Club of Bracebridge was pleased to present Mayor Graydon Smith and the town with a cheque for $10,000 for the town’s flood relief efforts.
The cheque was presented at a recent Thank You BBQ for the volunteers who came out to help during the recent record breaking flooding this past April.
The Lions Club of Bracebridge is pleased to announce the winner of the Lions MDA (All Ontario) Effective Speaking contest for the Senior French Session (Grade 10-12) held May 3-5, 2019 in Sarnia Ontario. MEGAN JAMES is a Grade 10 student at the Bracebridge, Muskoka Lakes Secondary School. She is a graduate of Monck Public School French Immersion program.
Megan has participated in the effective speaking program through the Bracebridge Lions for the past five years and has excelled at all levels.
The Lions Club of Bracebridge wish Megan continued success as she progresses through her education in Bracebridge and beyond. The club hopes that her experiences with the Lions effective speaking program helps her in years ahead and encourages other students to follow in Megan’s footsteps.
Lions Club of Bracebridge members spent time over the holidays preparing and serving food for a wonderful community Christmas Day meal, hosted by Gagnon’s Your Independent Grocer and the Lions. This is the 3rd year the club has been involved in this wonderful event. We served 225 dinners, delivered 61 and had 40 take outs for a total of 326 meals. Close to 110 hrs of time was donated by the Lions for prep, hosting and serving and 49 other community minded folks came out to help on Christmas Day. A special thank you to Lions Daniel Soucy and Art Meredith, and their Partners in Service Leslie and Janette.
We carry on this spirit all winter long serving meals for the Out of the Cold program every Wed evening. We begin in November and end in April and in that time serve over 1200 three course meals.
On Thursday May 10, 2018, Zone Chair Gord Henderson helped out Lion President Mike Guiry and sponsors induct our 2 newest Lions Tom and Dana into the club.
