Canton Lions Club
Activities

Club Fundraising Events
  • Pancake Breakfast
    • 3rd Saturday of September (Sam Collins Day)
  • Children's Fishing Derby
    • 140 rainbow and brook trout and lots of prizes - All Free!! - May
  • Family Pot Luck Dinner
    • family and friends instead of February Dinner Meeting
  • White Cane Day
  • Poinsettia Sale - November - Deliveries first week of December
  • Eyeglass collection @ Canton Post Office & Dr. Bonelli's Office
Community Involvement

We provide financial and physical support to many organizations and events in the community. The following are just a few examples of our service to the community:

  • Boy and Girl Scout Groups
  • High School Drug-Free Graduation Party
  • Canton Creative Arts Council
  • Canton and Collinsville Volunteer Fire Departments
  • Canton Food Bank and Gifts for Canton
  • Canton Youth Basketball
  • Canton Youth Soccer
  • Canton Little League
  • Meals on Wheels
  • Canton Benefit Productions
  • College Scholarships
  • Roaring Brook Nature Center
  • Canton "Sam Collins" Day
  • Farmington River Rails-to-Trails Project
Community Projects
  • Mills Pond Recreation Park playscape
  • Canton Green Gazebo
  • First town swimming pool
  • Band exhibit at Canton Historical Museum

Low Vision and Blindness Projects

  • Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF)
  • CT Lions Low-Vision Centers
  • FIDELCO
  • Guiding Eyes Foundation
  • CT Lions Eye Research Facility (CLERF) at Yale University Hospital