Other Celebrations:

• White Cane Day (10/15)

– It allows those that are blind more freedom to more around.

• Boss’s Day (10/16)

• Happy Halloween (10/31)

Our Annual Porchetta will be held on Thursday, October 19th at the Ashland VFW, 311 Pleasant Street, Ashland. It’ll start at 6:00pm and be catered by Marconi’s & Co. Tickets are $25/each and can be purchased by contacting either Lion Debbi at 508.881.2117 or Lion Alexis at 508.881.3022. No tickets will be sold at the door.

Again this year we will be selling Classic and Victorian Wreaths and Swags for $25 each. Please contact either Lion Cheryl at 508.881.7056 or Lion Ro at 508.881.4743.

Monies raised through various events benefit local and Lions Charities.

Our annual Coat Drive will run from October 2023 until January 2024. Please donate warm winter coats for children and adults. For Pickup: contact Lion Debbi at 508.728.4912 or visit these sites for drop-off: Town Hall on Main Street, Dunkin’ on Memorial Drive (entrance to MBTA Rail Station) or Shear Perfection on Homer Ave (across from the old train station).

We would like to thank all those that stopped-by to see us at the Ashland Farmers Market, donated to us at our White Cane Day toll road  and visited our booth at Ashland Day.

Do you have any used eyeglasses hanging around? We’ll take them! Please bring them to the Police Station (located in the Public Safety Building at 12 Union St), Market Basket (Pond Street / Rte.126), the VFW (at 311 Pleasant Street), or the Town Hall (Main Street).  

Wanting to get involved in the community? We’re a low-pressure group of service-oriented folks always looking for new members. If you’d like to learn more about the Lions and our club, please contact Lion Alexis at [email protected]. 

For more club information, please check us out on Facebook: Greater Ashland Lions Club. #weserve #kindnessmatters.

We are the Lions in Purple. We Serve!

Submitted: Lion Rosalie Porter, 2nd VP