Especially for winners of the cook off, Chef Raymond Haymes and Paul Fedj of Churchill Natural Meats who took home the coveted BEST SLIDER trophy. The sun shined down upon Pelham’s first ever local slider throw down, hosted by the Fonthill Lions Club to fund raise for their community service. Attendees at the event savoured […] Read more…
Fonthill Lions/Lioness Canteen – A Pelham Canada Day Tradition
700 hundred lbs of potatoes later we still are catching our breath after another very successful Canada Day canteen at Harold Black Park. Thank you to the many, many #Canada150 celebration attendees who supported our Fonthill Lions Club & Fonthill Lioness with your purchases of Burgers, Hot Dogs and our ever popular hand cut Lions […] Read more…
Fonthill Lioness Donations
On June 27th, Fonthill Lioness President, Cheryl Werner presented a cheque for $500 to Kirk Weaver, Pelham Public Library. This donation will be used to purchase large print books. Fonthill Lioness President, Cheryl Werner presented a cheque for $500 to Beth Cotter, Pelham Cares. On June 27th, Fonthill Lioness President, Cheryl Werner presented a cheque […] Read more…
We Serve – 100 years and Counting! Fonthill Lions Proud Lions International Motto Makers
On June 7th, 2017 Lions Clubs around the world are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Lions International. This is a special time for our members – for the past 100 years, Lions clubs have served their communities and touched the lives of millions of people. Lions Clubs International was built upon two words: “We Serve” […] Read more…
Canada’s First Official Drone-Racing Track
Pelham is now home to the first permanent Model Aeronautics Association of Canada (MAAC) sanctioned FPV multirotor field in Canada. The drone-racing track is located at the Fonthill Lions’ Gordon L. Klager Park thanks to a partnership between the Fonthill Lions and the Niagara FPV Squad. FPV racing is an exciting new sport that combines […] Read more…
Sewing the Seeds of Change in Zambia
Our Fonthill Lions Agriculture Night Guest Speaker, Aaron Breimer is part of a humanitarian mission that helps farmers in Zambia improve their community through agriculture. As an agronomist with Veritas Farm Management Services, a farm business consulting company, Aaron Breimer works with Ontario Farmers to implement the latest in agricultural techniques and practices. He never […] Read more…
Fonthill Lions Launch ‘Message in a Bottle’ Project
The Fonthill Lions Club officially launched our new community initiative ‘Message in a Bottle’ on Thursday March 16th at the Lookout Ridge Retirement Home. A large gathering of Lookout Ridge residents attended the program presentation made my Lions Ric Gretzinger, Jake Dilts, Al Crowe and Cathy Berkhout-Bosse. They demonstrated their support by volunteering to organize […] Read more…
Thank You Effective Speaker Participants
We would like to thank all of the schools in the Pelham area as well as the Welland French Schools and Home School that sent students to our Effective Speaking contest on February 22. Thanks to all the contestants, your speeches were informative and entertaining. In our eyes you were all winners. To all the […] Read more…
Annual Lion-Kin Meeting – 25 Years of Community Partnership
For the past 25 years the Fonthill Lions and the Kinsmen Club of Fonthill & District have celebrated the annual tradition of holding a joint club meeting at the start of the year. This year it was our turn to host and we gathered together with our Kin friends on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at […] Read more…
Fonthill Lions Half and Half Draw Winner
The annual Fonthill Lions Half and Half Draw was made on October 15th at the Fonthill Lions Hall and the lucky winner was Paul Comi of Port Colborne with ticket number 0589. Congratulations Paul! Read more…