When members of the Wyoming Lioness Club went looking for ways to attract new members, they found other groups in the growing community were in the same boat.
When members of the Wyoming Lioness Club went looking for ways to attract new members, they found other groups in the growing community were in the same boat.
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Some have lined up to join the Lioness Club for a Looking for Something to Do, community information drop-in Sunday, 11 am to 3 pm, at the Royal Canadian Legion hall on Erie Street in Wyoming.
The aim is to spread word about local community groups looking for volunteers in Plympton-Wyoming.
“We really had a lot of response from the organizations,” said Sandra Eagen, who sits on a committee working to recruit new members for the Lioness service club.
“They called me and said, ‘We’ve been thinking of doing something like that.’”
The session is also intended to help new residents of Plympton-Wyoming, a municipality where new homes have been built in recent years in Wyoming, Camlachie and Erroll Village. The new developments often attract buyers from outside of the area who may not know about all the volunteer opportunities available around them.
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“We thought we’d get together and have a day where they can come and have coffee, hot chocolate, donuts and see what organizations” are looking for volunteers, Eagen said.
About 18 clubs and organizations are expected to take part, she said.
They include a local dragon boat group, the agricultural society, sports organizations, the Plympton-Wyoming Special Events Committee, Guides, Scouts, the legion, Plympton-Wyoming Health and Wellness Center, Lambton Elderly Outreach, 4H, YMCA, the historical society, Petrolia Optimists, an outdoor club, as well as the Lions and Lioness clubs.
“It’s how interesting many organizations and clubs are out there that I didn’t even know about,” Eagen said.
“It was too many people to put into the Lions Hall” so the legion provided its larger space, she said.
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There are currently 17 members of the Lioness Club in Wyoming, she said.
“We do quite a bit” but the club would like to attract more members, Eagen said.
The service club raises money with trivia events, pie sales, bingos, pasta nights and other activities so that it can support services for the blind and visually impaired, as well as the local hospital, Pathways Health Center for Children, mental health services, food banks, Christmas for Everyone, and other causes, Eagen said.
Eagen said they have been spreading word about the information session through social media, as well as dropping off flyers at homes in one of the new subdivisions and posting flyers at local churches and community centers.
It’s the first time a community-wide information and recruiting session has been tried, and organizers are hopeful it draws a crowd, she said.
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