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Community Organizations

Uxbridge & District Lions Club

The Uxbridge & District Lions Club has served the Uxbridge community since its charter in 1974, operating as a local chapter of Lions Clubs International under District A-16. The volunteer club meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7:00 p.m. and runs community fundraisers whose proceeds are returned to local causes, including its road toll events, the Elgin Park food booth open from mid-May to mid-September, the annual Christmas basket program for families in need, free vision and hearing screening for local schoolchildren, and support for Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides, Uxbridge Hospital, and many other local charities. Membership is by invitation and community members can also take part as volunteer Friends of Lions. Prospective members are invited to email the club to attend a meeting and learn more about its work.

Faith Communities

Uxbridge Baptist Church

Uxbridge Baptist Church is listed in Durham Region's business dataset at 231 Brock Street West, Uxbridge, Ontario. Its recorded business activity is religious organizations. Contact the business to confirm current services and hours.

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Food Banks

Uxbridge Loaves & Fishes Food Bank

The Uxbridge Loaves & Fishes Food Bank is a community charity providing healthy and nutritious food to Uxbridge Township residents experiencing food insecurity or crisis, in what its mission calls a communal and dignified manner. Operating from St. Andrew's Chalmers Presbyterian Church at 40B Toronto Street South, the food bank serves registered clients every Wednesday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. New clients can register in person during operating hours with photo identification and proof of Uxbridge residency. Food donations can be dropped off at partner locations including Zehrs, Pharmasave and Trail Capital Pharmacy, while larger donations and food drives are arranged by contacting the food bank directly. Monetary donations can be mailed to the food bank or made online, and its current-needs list is kept up to date on its website. All services are free and confidential.

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Libraries

Uxbridge Public Library

The Uxbridge Public Library has served the Township of Uxbridge for more than 125 years from its historic main branch at 9 Toronto Street South, a building designated historic since 1981 and recognizable by its distinctive clock tower. A second branch serves the hamlet of Zephyr. Residents and workers in the Township can sign up for a free library card to borrow books, video games and more. Public services include free Wi-Fi and computer access, eBook and digital audiobook loans, and a selection of digital resources, alongside programs for all ages such as the genealogy club, the summer reading program, and book clubs for adults, tweens and teens. Uxbridge branch hours: Monday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Associations & Advocacy

Uxbridge Scott Agricultural Society

The Uxbridge-Scott Agricultural Society is a not-for-profit corporation formed under the Agricultural and Horticultural Societies Act of Ontario, whose registered trade name is the Uxbridge Fair. With roots going back to 1862, the Society hosts the annual Uxbridge Fall Fair on the weekend after Labour Day at Elgin Park in Uxbridge; the 2026 fair runs September 11 to 13. The fair celebrates local agriculture with horticulture, homecraft and livestock competitions, a truck and tractor pull, demolition derby, horse shows, a cruise-in car show, midway rides and live entertainment, drawing about eight thousand visitors and a thousand exhibitors each year. The organization is governed by an elected board of directors and more than two hundred and fifty volunteers who staff some thirty-five committees, managing everything from entries to grounds. Members meet at the annual general meeting each year, and new volunteers and exhibitors are welcome to take part in the community's signature country fair.

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Community Organizations

Valleys 2000

Valleys 2000 (Bowmanville Valleys 2000 Inc.) is a local non-profit group dedicated to protecting, developing and promoting green space and hiking trails in Bowmanville. It works exclusively with the Municipality of Clarington to develop, enhance, promote and preserve trails, river bank improvements, informational signage, fish and wildlife habitat, and special natural areas along the Bowmanville and Soper Creek river valleys, abiding by standards set by DFO, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, CLOCA and the Municipality. Its long-term 'Resilient Circle of Green' vision would join the Bowmanville and Soper Creek trail systems into a connected loop of greenspace around Bowmanville. Projects include digital wayfinding stations, the former Bowmanville Zoo lands park vision, annual valley clean-ups, and a commemorative forest program. Contact: valleys2000@gmail.com, 905-431-4779 (as published on the organization's official website).

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Volunteer Organizations

Victim Services of Durham Region

Victim Services of Durham Region (VSDR) is a registered charity (charitable business #890809767RR0001) founded in 1997 and based in Whitby. It provides free, confidential crisis response, intervention and prevention services immediately following a crime or sudden tragedy, on call 24/7 in response to police requests. Trained crisis intervention counsellors and volunteer responders help victims on-site or by phone, connecting them with longer-term resources and supports. VSDR also delivers prevention and education programs, including human trafficking and healthy-relationship workshops in schools and training for service providers. Contact: (905) 721-4226 or 1-888-579-1520 ext. 3400, victimservices@drps.ca.

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Faith Communities

Victory Church

Victory Church is a contemporary Christian church at 593 Alma Street in Port Perry, Township of Scugog. Per its official site: 'Victory has two services happening each week. Friday at 7:00pm. Sunday at 10:30am.' Sunday services are casual and relaxed, with contemporary worship, Bible-centred teaching, and a dedicated kids' program (nursery for babies, preschool and elementary worship until 10:40am before moving to their own program). Outreach includes praying for people in the local park, canned-food drives supporting the Operation Scugog Food Bank, and missionary work including a mission in Cuba caring for the elderly and building homes and Bible schools. Office hours: Tuesday to Thursday 10:30am to 4:30pm.

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