Greater Ashland Lions Club

Lions are always busy. Either helping out where needed or having events to raise money for Eye Research or other organizations supported by Lions Clubs International. These are just some of the organizations supported: Childhood Cancer, Disaster Relief, Environment (World Cleanup Day), Humanitarian (International Day of Peace), Hunger Action Month.

We will be collecting gently used coats for children and adults from October to January. For further information, please contact Lion Debbi at 508-881-2117.

For those of you who may have any used eyeglasses or un-needed hearing aids, you may drop them off at the Police Station (located in the Public Safety Building at 12 Union St), Market Basket (Pond Street / Rte.126), the VFW (at 311 Pleasant Street), or the Town Hall (Main Street). 

Our Annual Porchetta will be held on Thursday, Oct. 16 at the Ashland VFW, 311 Pleasant Street, Ashland. Look to this column for more information.

Do you have Pull Tabs? We still collect them and they get sent to the Shriners. Contact Lion Rosalie at 508-881-4743 for more info.

September Holidays of note: Patriot Day or Sept.11 (9/11). This is dedicated to remember and paying tribute to the 2,997 people killed and injured during the terrorist attack of 9/11/2001 in New York city, Washington DC and Shanksville PA. (Note: This is not to be confused with Patriots Day held in April.).

Native American Day (9/6), Grand Parent’s Day (9/7), First Responder’s Day (9/11), Constitution Day and Citizenship Day (9/17), September Equinox (9/22), Rosh Hashana (9/23) and Gold Star Mother’s Day (9/28).

Wanting to get involved in the community? We’re a low-pressure group of service-oriented folks always looking for new members. If you'd like to learn more about the Lions and our club, please contact Lion Alexis at [email protected]. 

For more club information, please check us out on Facebook: Greater Ashland Lions Club. #weserve #kindnessmatters.

We are the Lions in Purple. We Serve!

Submitted by: Lion Rosalie Porter, 2nd VP