Welcome To
Navan Lions Club

Navan, Ontario, Canada

About Us

Our small but vigorous club has been serving the community of Navan, near Ottawa, since 1952.

Serving Our Community

This is where to find out about the services we can provide, including support to other community organisations.

Our Favorite Causes

Most of our activities involve fundraising and giving the money to individuals in need or to larger causes.

Fundraising

How do we do it, how much do we raise and where does it go?

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Coming Up

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE FOLLOWING NAVAN LIONS CLUB ACTIVITIES IN 2025

DOG GUIDES: The Pet Value Walk for Dog Guides is scheduled for Sunday, 25 May.  Registration forms will soon become available to anyone (and their dogs) wanting to participate and help raise money for the Lions Foundation of Canada, Dog Guides.

GOLF: Navan Lions Annual Golf Tournament is planned for Friday, 6 June 2025.  Information on the tournament, including how to register, will be made available on our website shortly. This event raises funds primarily for the Make a Wish Foundation.

Our Recent Activities

AS REPORTED IN THE FEBRUARY 2025 NAVAN NUGGET

President: Tony Fiorentino
Secretarial Team: Mark O’Donoughue and  Chris MacPherson
Treasurer: Bob Noakes

FUNDRAISING

It takes a great deal of effort to sustain our fundraising, but we continue to rise to the  challenge.  Here are some recent initiatives:

BINGO :  On  Friday afternoons two or three members of the Club will be found helping out in the Overbrook Bingo Palace on Lola Street. They are there to help players and verify winners, and in so doing they generate significant funds for carefully selected local charities. These charities must be for local interests only and be approved by the City.  In fact, the whole program has to meet the exacting standards of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission.  The Lions who support this  initiative have received special training provided by the  Commission.  This initiative has proved lucrative so far and local charities such as the Food Bank,  Quick Start Autism, the Ottawa Mission and several others have benefited.  Those of you with long memories will no doubt remember the Lions Bingo at the Navan Fair. It was held in a tent and later in the Curling Club.  The Bingo Palace offers an air-conditioned, mosquito free environment – somewhat superior to the tent

CURLING : Another effective fund raiser is our annual Gerry Calver Memorial Curling Bonspiel. This took place on the 6th and 7th December. It was fully subscribed with 24 teams participating and several more on the waiting list. The message is:  “register early if you want to participate”. The bonspiel raises funds for The Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.  As you might suppose, this organization supports those who suffer from this horrible disease and fosters research into better treatment. The late Gerry Calver – who was a very active member of the Navan Lions Club – suffered from this. It was heartwarming to see members of the Calver family enjoying the occasion.  A major aspect of the bonspiel is the silent auction. This is open to all and as it has many interesting and unique items up for auction. It always draws a lot of interest and this year raised $3372.

Editor’s Note; Please go to our Fundraising page at any time for more information.

PARTY!

The final event of the year was our Navan Lions Christmas party. For the second year running it was held in the Mandarin restaurant on the Tenth Line.  It has the space, it is tolerant and supportive of our craziness. And we always have Santa and his Elf.  This year Santa (Lion Bob Noakes) was approached by a girl of no more than about 6 who asked “Are you the real Santa”  – he replied “ No, but I do know him” – so if you have any requests for next year ask Bob. Was there any fundraising – “no” but we collected a whole pile of gifts for Toy Mountain.