Part of tonight’s Downtown Christmas Market will be the 15th annual Strathroy Lions Tree of Light celebrations. myFM talked with chairperson of the event Mariette Desjardins who told us that the event itself has gone through some changes over the last 15 years.

Desjardins told myFM everything gets underway at 6pm tonight.

If you’re planning on attending, Desjardins says it would be very appreciated if you brought something with you this evening.

She added a heartfelt thank you to the municipality for their partnership and assistance with the placing of the lights on the tree.

This week, the Strathroy Lions Club hosted a District A1 Zone 7 meeting to make a special presentation of their zone project to the Strathroy Middlesex Hospital Foundation. We talked to Zone 7 Chairperson for District 1 Mariette Desjardine.

The total donation from 6 clubs was $4200 and Desjardine says it’s just what Lions do.

The contributing clubs were from Strathroy, Mount Brydges, Delaware, Melbourne and Glencoe.