Vergennes Leos Project
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Vergennes LEO Project Focuses on the Environment & Wildlife Rehabilitation
The Vergennes LEOs are very involved with and passionate about projects that benefit the earth and increase our stewardship of the environment, animals and the land. In the summer of 2023, they began a two-stage project in Addison County and received help to reach their goals from an LCIF Grant.
Partnering with Otter Creek Wildlife Rescue, the LEOs set about first creating wildlife corridors that could be used to support the soft release of injured mammals and birds. The LEOs went to the rescue first to discuss the plans and to attend a class led by Wildlife Rehabilitator & Educator Craig Newton about birds and owls. He brought several birds and spent time answering questions and explaining the connections between choices people make and their impact on the wild community. At another day event, the LEOs planted trees and bushes along brush hogged corridors of land. Each tree and bush was selected to fulfill a specific role in the creation of habitats to support the transition of rehabbed animals back to the wild.
The second phase of the project involved preparing the site and purchasing a shed that would serve as a home for rehabilitating owls. Matching funds from an LCIF grant, Otter Creek Wildlife Rescue and fundraising by the Vergennes LEOs and Lions made this project a reality. The process and interviews with both rehabbers and LEOs can be watched at
. The video was created by teen videographer Chance Koenig, who worked on the project along with the LEOs.The LEOs are extremely grateful to the local, district and national levels of the Lions Club for their support and will be returning to Otter Creek Wildlife Rescue in the spring to work on a flight cage that will connect to the owl house.
Windsor Lions Trunk or Treat
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Windsor Lions participated in our town's Trunk or Treat where we gave out 262 pieces of candy on Halloween to area youth.
The Lions Brigade Diaper Drive
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District 45 has a unique opportunity to support families throughout Vermont. As I stated in a previous letter in the Communique, state funding to the Vermont Diaper Bank has been severely cut from approximately $320,000 yearly to a FINAL $100,000. This funding helps families with limited income have access to free diapers. If any of you have purchased diapers for your family or 
grandchildren lately, you realize how expensive they are. Imagine being on a low, fixed income with a baby to provide for.
Diapers are not a luxury item on that shopping list. It’s a NECESSITY! It not only is needed for a baby’s comfort, but also for a baby’s health and wellbeing. One recipient who makes just above minimumwage who depends on the diaper bank in this area is a single father with two children, both with autism. He told our outreach staff that we can’t imagine how much this little bit of support helps him.
Strafford Area Lions Club Chili Cook-Off
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