Committe Structure

Health and Welfare Co-ordination
The committee is responsible for monitoring tbe health and welfare of members. The committee maintains a link with members who are unwell, make visitations and provide friendship and support. The committee members may send flowers or cards to members who are unwell, have lost loved ones, and keep the Lions Club aware of difficult times.

Sight and Hearing Committee
The committee plans and organizes activities related to Vision testing and collection of glasses from sites across our Gloucester Lions Club territory. The glasses are stored and sent to a Lions warehouse in Calgary where they are cleaned and sorted and then distributed to required areas in third world countries. The committee members assist where possible with vision testing in elementary schools. Requests for financial assistance for the blind or hard of hearing residents in our territory are reviewed and advice provided to the Executive.

Community Involvement/Special Projects
This committee serves as a liaison with the overall communities within our Lions Club jurisdiction by organizing small projects that will show the Lions Club interest in helping in the communities. The group organizes activities for seniors who need support, helps drive people to medical appointments, provides volunteer help at Food Bank, does liaison work with the Findlay Creek Community Association, and much more. The committee identifies small projects that
can be undertaken by some of our retired senior members. This committee is responsible for assisting the Findlay Creek Community with their Pancake Breakfast by purchasing ingredients and serving the pancakes and sausages.

Christmas Tree Sales
This committee is the organizing and co-ordinating group for the Gloucester Lions Club annual Christmas Tree Sales Campaign. They arrange for the purchase and delivery of the trees, set up the two tree lots and organize members and volunteers to manage the tree lots over the month of December. The Committee prices the trees and advertises the lots. Funds are collected from the daily sales and deposited into the club bank account. The committees work provides the main source of revenue for the Gloucester Lions.

Membership
This committee encourages recruitment of new members and manages the membership roles. They explain the purpose of the club and its past funding. The Committee screens applicants to ensure new members are persons of good moral character and reputation and willing to actively work on all club activities. The executive must approve the applicant for membership in the Gloucester Lions Club.

Club Visitations and Conventions

This panel represents the Gloucester Lions Club at other Lions Clubs to promote co-operation and seek out new, innovative ideas that could be used by our club. They attend conventions and report back to the membership what they saw and heard.

Basketeers
The Committee serves as a liaison with the Ottawa Basketeers, a group of volunteers who assist women who have had to move with their children into safe homes and eventually into new accommodations due to family breakdown. The Lions committee puts together 3 baskets of materials that the family needs to start life in a new home. The committee purchases $500 of goods in the spring and in the fall of each year. Alternatively the committee may choose to provide gift certificate cards rather than creating baskets. The materials are purchased and delivered to the Basketeer volunteers who then distribute the basket/cards to the shelters in Ottawa.

Youth and Sport
This committee looks for worthwhile youth and sports activities that merit funding annually. They encourage participation and review requests for funding. The committee provides recommendations to the Executive.

Media Production and Marketing
Committee takes picture of our Gloucester Lions activities and puts then on our club website monthly, It maintains our website and posts on Facebook The Committee encourages input from all members and committees. The Committee provides marketing ideas and promotion of our Gloucester Lions Club activities
in areas such as membership, Xmas Tree Sales, Trivia Night and other activities as they arise.

Speakers
The Committee looks for interesting people to make presentations to monthly general meetings on a wide variety of topics. This is not limited to funding group requests but could be authors, people with interesting careers, sport stars etc.