St Eleanor's Lion Club renovation

The St. Eleanors Lions Club supports a multitude of causes and they are local, county wide, provincially, nationally and internationally in scope. The club was formed on April 11, 1961.  Presently they have 22 members and the St. Eleanors Lioness have another 25 members.

Groups that use the hall free of charge
1) The St. Eleanors Scout Group.                          2) Seniors Chair Yoga
3) Girl Guides.                                                          4) TOPS
5) Invitational Bridge Tournament.                        6) PEI Humane Society
7) Community Meetings.                                        8) PEI Autism Society
9) Summerside Community School Banquet.    10) People With Disabilities
11) Women’s Institute Spring Rally.                       12) Autism Society PEI
13) Park Hill Seniors Christmas Dinners.              14) Veteran’s Social November 11
15) Numerous Benefits for individuals & families who require assistance 


Activities That the Lions & Lioness:
1) Volunteers for the Summerside Boys & Girls Club Celebrity Golf Tournament (100+ man hours)
2) Physically Challenged Party 50-100 people (20-30 man hours)
3) Collecting over 2000 pairs of used eyewear for distribution to third world countries (50+ man hours)
4)BBQ for Camp Triumph (15 man hours)
5) Christmas Hampers for over 50 families (100+ man hours)
6) Auction to raise funds for community projects (100+ man hours)
7) Assistance for people who need transportation to appointments in PEI, NS & NB ( man hours vary as needed)
8) Sale of Christmas Trees for Community Projects (200+ man hours)
9) Suppers to raise funds for Community Projects (100+ man hours)


Various Groups & Organizations That Monetary Donations Are Made To:
1) The St. Eleanors Scout Group           2) The Catholic Family Services Bureau
3) Hope Air PEI.                                       4) Lions Quest for Youth
5) IWK Telethon.                                      6) Three Oaks High School Safe Grad
7) PEI Lung Association    8) The Prince County Hospital
9) SEL Senior Citizens Housing   10) Cystic Fibrosis Canada-PEI
11) Easter Seals PEI    12) Arthritis Society PEI
13) Canadian Cancer Society PEI   14) Hospice PEI
15) Meals on Wheels Summerside    16) Canadian Diabetes Association PEI
17) Autism Society PEI   18) Crime Stoppers PEI
19) Generation XX    20) Heart & Stroke Foundation PEI
21) Veterans Social November 11   22) LCIF Disaster Relief 
23) Special Olympics PEI   24) Missing Children Society
25) Relay for Life Summerside   26)Three Oaks High School Bursary
27) Shriners Canada    28) Canadian Council for the Blind Summerside
29) PEI Police Association   30) Canadian Red Cross PEI
31) Para Sport PEI            32) Portage Drug Addiction Rehab Center NB
33) Queen Elizabeth Hospital            34) Bowl for Kids Sake Big Brothers Big Sisters
35) Camp Gencheff     36) Guide Dogs School
37) Childrens Wish Foundation PEI    38) Christmas Hampers
39) Salvation Army Summerside    40) Canadian Council for the Blind Queensland
41) Mikinduri Children of Hope    42) Boys & Girls Club of Summerside
43) Christmas Daddies    44) Royal Canadian Legion Handbook
45) Sea Cadets (Summerside)     46) Muscular Dystrophy Canada-PEI

The funds we are seeking will be used to renovate the building to build two washrooms and two storage areas.  They have already fixed the multiple leaks in the basement and now need help to continue with renovations as this years budget is depleted.  The storage areas will be used by various groups including the Scout group to store their camping gear and equipment.  The Lions club has been supporting the Scouting group for more than 40 years and has always provided an excellent facilities for our Scouting youth, activities, storage and fantastic support!

The ask is simple, we are asking to get approximately 2000 shares of this post, with the hope that 1000 people would donate $10.

What will that $10 donation do?  Here are multiple ways to look at it and hopefully just one will resonate with you:

1) 10 people in our community will be directly benefit from the regular day-to-day operation
2)  It will allow the volunteers to use their time towards the 50+ great activities/organizations
3)  Is only the cost of one movie
4) Will help send used glasses to wherever they are needed around the world
5)  Will bring a smile to many youths and volunteers now and for years to come
6)  There are so many more reasons why and this post would be too long to read if we listed them all

PS If we raise more than $10,000 then the extra money will be used to continue more renovations needed throughout the facility.