The Club looks with pride upon visible contributions to the Community:
The Town’s Memorial Cenotaph – The Club’s first major project was unveiled May 24, 1929 in the town centre at the post office. The door-to-door campaign raised the funds to honour those who fell in WWI in just 5-days. Today the Cenotaph stands proudly at Mather Arch.
Fort Erie Lions Banquet Hall – When the new Leisureplex was built in 1996, the Town named the banquet hall in recognition of the Club’s past contribution to the construction of the Memorial Arena in 1948.
337 ‘Allan Troup’ Air Cadet Squadron – The Club has been the sole sponsor since the squadron’s inception in October 1943. The Air Cadets also support the Fort Erie Lions Club, by helping out at fundraising events, including being the Colour Guard at the Lions A-2 District Friendship Conventions. The Lions Sponsoring Committee works closely with the squad’s Commanding Officer to ensure the smooth running of the program.
Expansion of the Douglas Memorial Hospital – The club contributed to major construction projects at the Hospital in 1966 and 1980 with donations to the Building Fund. Today the Club contributes annually to the Douglas Memorial Tree of Lights Campaign.
Supporting Youth – In November 2017 the Fort Erie Lions joined with the Ridgeway Lioness, Ridgeway Lions, Stevensville-Black Creek Lions and The United Way of Niagara Falls & Greater Fort Erie to raise a total of $42,000 for the Greater Fort Erie Secondary School Culinary Program and Pomegranate Restaurant to equip the kitchen in the newly built high school.
At a Lions Convention in Chicago in 1925, Helen Keller challenged Lions to be her “Knights of the Blind” (