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Author Lion Paul

A Lion since 2010, with service experience roles in clubs, district and multiple district.

Cure cancer while you sleep

Grid computing is a powerful tool that allows researchers to vastly speed up their calculations, and get results in months instead of years. Join me, and hundreds of thousands of others who volunteer their computer’s idle time to research efforts… Continue Reading →

Religion and Politics

Sooner or later, everybody finds somebody who disagrees with their views on politics and religion. The Lions Clubs International Purpose is designed in part to avoid confrontations along these lines. It reads in part: To Provide a forum for the… Continue Reading →

Levee-generated project ideas

Our recent Lions Levee event was a great success! We had a couple of dozen people show up. The crowd included people from various social services, from a veterans’ care home to a community centre, and several in between. Many… Continue Reading →

A short history of Lions Clubs International

Map image By Kristian Vangen (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons Here’s a short history of Lions Clubs International. The first Lions Club was founded in 1917 in Chicago. The organization became “International” in 1920 with the founding… Continue Reading →

Lions Levee

Coming this January 20: We are inviting friends, neighbours, and community members to come talk with us. We seek new ideas for service and fundraising projects. And we’d love to work with new people. If you would like to come,… Continue Reading →

Built by Lions

Wondering what Lions have done near you? Here are a few highlights. Agincourt Recreation Centre 31 Glen Watford Drive, Toronto A gift from the Agincourt Lions Club made the Agincourt Recreation Centre possible. The Agincourt facilities let people swim, skate,… Continue Reading →

A testimonial to our work!

You might have heard about the VIP Car Rally SCGM Lions helped organize. Our Lions District started the project in the district’s west end over 30 years ago. One of our club’s Lions brought the rally to the Scarborough area… Continue Reading →

Lions-CNE Peewee Baseball Tournament

Founded in 1954, the Lions-CNE Peewee Baseball Tournament is the oldest and most prestigious event of its kind in Ontario. Thirty-two teams of Toronto and southern Ontario 12- and 13-year-olds compete over 8 days. From the CNE web site: For… Continue Reading →

Diabetes Month

November is Diabetes Month in Canada and the US. Diabetes is one of 5 key service areas within Lions Clubs internationally. Diabetes earned Lions’ attention by reaching epidemic proportion in too many parts of the world… including Canada. “With a… Continue Reading →

What is being a Lion like?

Are you thinking about joining a Lions Club, but you’re a little unsure what to expect? Let’s fix that. Lions Clubs expect their members to take part in club meetings, to help out with club projects, and to pay annual… Continue Reading →

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