Follow Us Today!• Our annual Central Square Apple Festival is our major fund raiser. It is held the last full weekend in September. Along with paid vendors, we invite non-profit organizations to set up a booth free of charge so they can raise money themselves.
• Have a group that knits/crochet hats and mittens all year. These are donated to our children during The Central Square Lions Christmas Basket give a way each year.
• Support Oswego County Opportunities with their spring fundraiser.
• Support our sponsoring Fulton Lions with their events such as Lions Loot or Duck Race.
• In the spring we host a “Spring Fling” Craft and vendor show.
• We host an annual yard sale usually in June.
• Adopted deployed soldiers from Fort Drum in Watertown, NY. We send them care packages throughout their deployment time.
• Collect used glasses throughout our community to donate back to Lions International.
• Annually host a FREE dinner for our local senior citizens each spring.
• Hosted our first FREE Family Fun Day this August 14, 2025
• Worked with a local Girl Scout Troop in developing an All Inclusive playground – where our focus was on the memorial garden to honor those who have died.
•Assisted cleanup during Earth Day as well as the day after “Fireworks on the River” Celebration.
• Our annual Chamber of Commerce Wine Tasting Event.
• Winter carnival for Oswego County children.
•Hastings Fire Department and Divine Mercy Church Friday fish fry in the spring.
Where the money goes...100% of our profits are donated back to those in need annually. Local school, food pantries as well as local organizations and beyond to meet the initiatives of Lions International. Those initiatives are: Vision, Hunger, Diabetes, Disaster Relief Efforts, Environmental, Humanitarian, Youth, Childhood Cancer and Mental Health. We also have an emergency fund for local families as needed for such things as fire, fatality, and sickness.
Currently we are saving to sponsor a wish child through Make A Wish.