Our recent activities
as reported in the November Navan Nugget
President: David Grattan
Secretarial Team: Mark O’Donoughue and John Ladds
Treasurer: Hal MacPherson
Secretarial Team: Mark O’Donoughue and John Ladds
Treasurer: Hal MacPherson
What to do with your Planter now – how to store them for winter? If you used one of our Lions planter boxes or bird houses in the year past, you now need to empty boxes of earth and bird houses or feeders of all residual caked seed.
For planter boxes, we usually just dump the removed soil into a flower bed. The important thing is to remove anything damp and put the box upside down and in a dry place. We use our garden shed, and we pile up the planter boxes. If you do this, the chances are that your box will survive intact for another season. Do not re-use the removed soil from the planters again. Buy new soil next year. If you don’t have a shed or garage where you can store a box – you can always simply put a tarp over then and try to put them on a deck or blocks. They should not be in direct contact with the ground.
If you bought a nesting box, or a bird feeder, you should clean them out and wash them in hot water with a little bleach, so they are sterilized. If you allow mold to develop this can be fatal to visiting or nesting birds. We reinstall the feeders and nesting boxes, so they are ready for next year.
We will continue to make boxes throughout the winter, and you may book ahead if you want one next summer or spring. Navan Lions will continue to market their products at Navan’s original market.
May I recommend Lion Chris MacPherson’s hand knitted woolly toques. This will undoubtedly be what the fashion conscious Navanite will be wearing this winter.
David Grattan - Navan Lions Club
For planter boxes, we usually just dump the removed soil into a flower bed. The important thing is to remove anything damp and put the box upside down and in a dry place. We use our garden shed, and we pile up the planter boxes. If you do this, the chances are that your box will survive intact for another season. Do not re-use the removed soil from the planters again. Buy new soil next year. If you don’t have a shed or garage where you can store a box – you can always simply put a tarp over then and try to put them on a deck or blocks. They should not be in direct contact with the ground.
If you bought a nesting box, or a bird feeder, you should clean them out and wash them in hot water with a little bleach, so they are sterilized. If you allow mold to develop this can be fatal to visiting or nesting birds. We reinstall the feeders and nesting boxes, so they are ready for next year.
We will continue to make boxes throughout the winter, and you may book ahead if you want one next summer or spring. Navan Lions will continue to market their products at Navan’s original market.
May I recommend Lion Chris MacPherson’s hand knitted woolly toques. This will undoubtedly be what the fashion conscious Navanite will be wearing this winter.
David Grattan - Navan Lions Club
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We are here throughout the year, ready willing and able to help with community events or to provide services such as those described below. Please contact us at any time to let us know how we can be of assistance.
Used Children's Books for Donation
As part of the Lions’ vision screening programme, we are often situated in the school libraries and notice that some schools are in dire need of children’s books to fill their shelves. Knowing how the education budgets of some schools in high needs districts of Ottawa are stretched, we have recently received a letter from two schools (Arch St. and Hawthorne) looking for assistance in this area. At this time of year, families are often looking to dispose of unwanted toys and books in preparation for the Christmas season and we wondered if instead of throwing books out, they could be recycled and used by families at these two schools. We are therefore initiating a book drive. Hawthorne school is a K – 8 school so books suitable for your teenagers would also be appreciated. Any children’s books can either be dropped off at Nifty Fifties (which takes place in the Arena every Wednesday afternoon from 12:30 – 4:30), can be given to any Navan Lions member, or you can call me (Chris MacPherson at 835-3502) and I will pick up the books from your house.
Entertaining, hosting an event, have mobility problems?
We may have what you need!
We may have what you need!
The Lions Club has 38 (96” X 30”) wooden tables and 185 plastic stacking lawn chairs that it is willing to rent out for personal or community events. For personal use the tables are available for $3.00 each for up to a week and the chairs for $1.00 each for up to a week. Special deals can be made if you are using them all or they will be used for community charitable events.
The Club also has a popcorn machine, an 18” X 36” propane griddle and a wheel chair available for a suitable donation.
Another way in which we can possibly help our community is in the loan of mobility assistance devices.
These items are available at no charge:
If you would like to make use of anything above, please contact Lion Fred at fredhhyde@gmail.com or call 613-835-3331 h or 613-601-3331 mobile
The Club also has a popcorn machine, an 18” X 36” propane griddle and a wheel chair available for a suitable donation.
Another way in which we can possibly help our community is in the loan of mobility assistance devices.
These items are available at no charge:
- Folding hand propelled wheel chair with foot rests
- Folding wheel chair, small wheels, best for indoor transport, must be pushed
- Folding walker with wheels, hand brakes and a seat
- Folding walker which can be configured with 4 legs or 2 wheels nd 2 legs
- Toilet seat with hand grips, may be used at a raised toilet extension or as a free standing commode chair
- Tub seat with back rest and sockets for hand shower
- Aluminum Cane, fully adjustable, padded hand grip
- Aluminum crutches, fully adjustable
If you would like to make use of anything above, please contact Lion Fred at fredhhyde@gmail.com or call 613-835-3331 h or 613-601-3331 mobile
