Helping to make our Gabriola Island a better place to live
To create and foster a spirit of understanding among all people for humanitarian needs by providing voluntary services through community involvement and international cooperation.
The Gabriola Island Lions Club has a long history of providing hands on service to the community of Gabriola Island.
We help our Gabriola Island youth by funding high school scholarships and youth in sports, work with local elementary school’s PAC for classroom requirements and sports program equipment, the island scouts and guides, after school programs, kids help line and we foster community spirit with our youth exchange program.
We assist with funding many island organizations including the PHC food & outreach programs, our Gabriola children, the Gabriola Museum, the Community Hall, supportive housing and the medical clinic among many others. We also team up with the Gabriola Land & Trails Trust and BC Parks for maintenance of our island parks and trails.
As one of the Lions’ core missions is to fight blindness, we do our part by funding spot screening at the Gabriola Elementary School, collect used eyeglasses that are repurposed for those in need, donate funds to guide and other support dogs and purchase equipment for those that are visually impaired.
The Gabriola Island Lions Club is proud to support our island residents that are in need of a hand up. Our firewood program is one of our key service activities, providing needed warmth during the winter months. We also assist with emergency funding and mobility equipment such as scooters and wheelchairs.
Our club mission is to empower our volunteers to serve their community. meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding as Lions have always done for over 100 years.
The year is 1975. It was an incredible year for so many reasons:
In 1975, everyone had to have a mood ring while Rubiks cubes, pet rocks, bell bottoms, hip huggers and leisure suits were all the rage. It was the year that introduced us to Saturday Night Live, the disco dance craze, 8-track tapes, Pez candy, Magic 8-balls and the Altair home computer for hobbyists. 1975 saw the creation of Microsoft, the prototype Apple computer, and the start of the VHS versus Betamax video tape battle. On the radio, we were listening to “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” by BTO, “Junior’s Farm” by Paul McCartney & Wings, “Rhinestone Cowboy” by Glen Campbell, “Jive Talking” by the Bee Gees, “Love Will Keep Us Together” by Captain & Tennille, “Killer Queen” by Queen as well as (who could forget) “Get Dancin’” by Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes. In the theatres, we were treated with Jaws, Dog Day Afternoon, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. On TV we were watching MASH, All In The Family, Maude, Laverne & Shirley, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Good Times, The Sonny & Cher Show, The Carol Burnett Show and The Streets of San Francisco. It was also the year that the Gabriola Island Lions Club was founded.
The Gabriola Island Lions Club supports our island youth by providing funding for:
The Gabriola Island Lions Club supports our many island organizations by assisting with funding for:
The Gabriola Island Lions Club supports the Lions’ core mission of fighting blindness by:
The Gabriola Island Lions has always been prepared to help our island residents. We do this by:
