Service Projects
Here are a few details about the Service Projects that the Port Carling Lions are engaged with every year. For any questions about any of these projects, please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you. portcarlinglions@gmail.com
Student Bursaries
Deadline for Application is December 21st, 2025.
If you are a student presently enrolled in post secondary education, and your home is in the geographical region served by the Port Carling Lions Club (Port Carling and Bala Communities), you are eligible to apply for the Port Carling Lions Club student bursary.
Hanna Park Skating
When? Weather dependent, Mid January to Early March
The skating area is managed by the Port Carling Lions Club and is run by volunteers just like you! We’d love if you wanted to come and learn about the process of building and flooding a rink and/or help shovel and maintain the rink. Just send us an email at PortCarlingLions@gmail.com to get involved!
Beer and Liquor Bottle Returns
When? Year round!
Keep those wine, liquor, and beer bottles and cans out of the landfill by donating them to the Port Carling Lions Club! Returnable bottles and cans (please note that we cannot accept pop or other cans, bottles, and jars) can be left at the signed collection area at the Eveleigh Road transfer station in Port Carling.
Roadside cleanup
Every spring, the members of the Port Carling Lions Club and supporters help to keep our community litter-free by picking up trash along a stretch of highway 118 east of downtown Port Carling. If you’d like to join us, send us an email at PortCarlingLions@gmail.com to help out for the morning.
Lions Park on Ferndale Road
Soccer field and space to play, walk, snowshoe. Big plans are in the works for grand improvements to the park including an off leash dog park, bike pump track, accessible walking trail, pickleball courts, accessible playground, and more! Stay tuned! Get involved: PortCarlingLions@gmail.com
Lions garden at Hanna Park
The Port Carling Lions plant and maintain the garden in the parking lot at Hanna Park every summer. We hope you have enjoyed it while you’ve been down visiting the park!
Assistive devices loans
Available Year round. We have a collection of assistive devices for loan. Contact us PortCarlingLions@gmail.com or visit Angela at The Apothecary Shop in Port Carling for loans of assitive devices information.
Peace poster contest
When? September
For over three decades, Lions clubs around the globe have been sponsoring a very special art contest in schools and youth groups. Creating peace posters gives children everywhere the chance to express their visions of peace and inspire the world through art and creativity. Port Carling Lions Club offers this contest to the youth of the area through the local schools.
Effective Speaking Competition for Youth
Lions International invites all 47,000 clubs in 217 countries to hold local effective speaking contests and where possible take local winners on to district and multiple district events recognizing the achievements of local winners. The Port Carling Lions Club supports this inititiave through the local schools. The purpose of the contest is to provide an opportunity for competitive effective speaking and to stimulate self-expression and independent thinking among students.