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Nanaimo’s independent men’s service club

One of
a kind.
Right here.

There is exactly one Serauxmen Club on Earth, and it’s in Nanaimo. Since 1967 we’ve thrown the parties, poured the beer, run the meat draws and the golf tournament — and handed what we raise to the people in this city who need it most.

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Founded
1967
Raised for Nanaimo
$2M+
Serauxmen Clubs on Earth
1
Head offices
0

Total raised for Nanaimo since 1967 (as of the club’s 50th, 2017)

So what’s a Serauxman?

In 1967 a few young guys looked around Nanaimo’s service clubs, found the youngest members were already in their fifties, and decided to start their own. No national chapter, no international dues — just a crew of grateful guys who wanted to give back. The long name got shortened. The idea didn’t.

Good times.
Good cause.

Every event we run is a fundraiser in disguise. Grab a ticket, bring your buddies, and the money goes straight back into Nanaimo.

TodayMonthly · Black Bear Pub

World Famous Meat Draw

Third Saturday of every month. Buy a ticket, win some meat, help out Nanaimo. Simple as that.

Oct17Sat · 2 PM

Family fun · Nanaimo Yacht Club

Family Karaoke

Bring the kids, bring the grandparents, bring your best power ballad. An afternoon-into-evening sing-along for the whole family.

Oct24Sat · 3–9 PM
The custom Shut Up and Deal poker table felt

Bi-annual · Nanaimo Yacht Club

Shut Up & Deal Charity Poker Tournament

Our bi-annual charity poker tournament. $100 entry, registration opens at noon, cards in the air at 1 PM. Snacks, refreshments and supercards available. Tickets available online or at the door.

Feb ’2721Sun · 1 PM
Poster for the Serauxmen Father’s Day derby at Brannon Lake

Annual · Brannon Lake

Father’s Day Fishing Derby

Lines in at 8 AM from the Brannon Lake public dock. Prizes for sunfish, frogs, bull frogs and the biggest trout. $20 adults, kids 12 and under free, burgers and hot dogs by donation.

Jun ’2720Sun · 8 AM
A packed crowd in the stands at a Nanaimo NightOwls game at Serauxmen Stadium

All summer · Serauxmen Stadium

NightOwls 50/50

Look for the Serauxmen in the stands. We run the 50/50 at every Nanaimo NightOwls home game — half to the winner, half to the community.

Tickets & info →
AdmitEvery home game
The custom Shut Up and Deal poker table felt

Twice a year · Nanaimo Yacht Club

Shut Up & Deal Charity Poker Tournament (Fall)

The second of our two charity poker tournaments each year. $100 entry, snacks, refreshments and supercards available. Tickets available online or at the door.

AdmitFall · date TBA

Pin one up.

Got a business? Put one up. Print the big 11×17 for your window or bulletin board, or the 8.5×11 for the counter, till or staff room. Flip a poster for the details.

Every month · Black Bear Pub

World Famous Meat Draw

When
3rd Saturday · 2 PM
Where
Black Bear Pub
Tickets
Free

Third Saturday of every month. Buy a ticket, win some meat, help out Nanaimo. Simple as that.

More info & print poster →
More info & print poster →

Bring the whole family

Family Karaoke

When
Sat, Oct 24 · 3–9 PM
Where
Nanaimo Yacht Club
Admission
$20

Bring the kids, bring the grandparents, bring your best power ballad. An afternoon-into-evening sing-along for the whole family.

More info & print poster →
More info & print poster →

Bi-annual charity event ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

Shut Up & Deal Charity Poker Tournament

When
Sun, Feb 21 · 1 PMRegistration opens at noon
Where
Nanaimo Yacht Club
Entry
$100Tickets online or at the door

Our bi-annual charity poker tournament. $100 entry, registration opens at noon, cards in the air at 1 PM. Snacks, refreshments and supercards…

More info & print poster →
More info & print poster →

Father’s Day · Brannon Lake

Father’s Day Fishing Derby

When
Sun, Jun 20 · 8 AM
Where
Brannon LakeRegistration and rules at the public dock
Cost
$20 adultsKids 12 and under fish free

Lines in at 8 AM from the Brannon Lake public dock. Prizes for sunfish, frogs, bull frogs and the biggest trout. $20…

More info & print poster →
More info & print poster →

All events
Book us to bartend

From a car wash
to a ballpark.

The full story →

1967

A car wash at the Tally Ho

A handful of young men wash cars at the Tally Ho Hotel. The first fundraiser barely clears a hundred bucks. A club is born.

1974–76

Coal mine to ball diamond

The club becomes a major fundraiser to turn the old mine site behind NDSS into a real ballpark.

July 31, 1976

The Mick comes to town

Mickey Mantle, Johnny Bucyk and George Reed headline the opening of Serauxmen Stadium and a Serauxmen sportsman’s dinner.

2017

Serauxmen members on the steps of the B.C. Legislature in Victoria, October 2017
On the Legislature steps, Oct. 2017

Fifty years strong

The City declares Serauxmen Week and members are introduced in the B.C. Legislature.

Today

Still no red tape

Meat draws, poker, derbies, burgers and a bar crew for hire — still raising money for Nanaimo, one event at a time.

Aerial view of Serauxmen Stadium and the sports fields behind NDSS, with Nanaimo and the Strait of Georgia beyond

Our biggest legacy

Serauxmen Stadium

The old mine site behind NDSS was coal slag when Nanaimo Minor Baseball needed a field. The Serauxmen stepped up as a major fundraiser. On July 31, 1976, Mickey Mantle helped open the park — and today the Nanaimo NightOwls play West Coast League ball there every summer, with the Serauxmen running the 50/50 in the stands.

~2,000

Seats

745

Third Street

’76

Opening day

Who we help

People in Nanaimo who’ve fallen through the cracks.

We provide support for individuals who find themselves in unusual circumstances and really need a helping hand: situations that aren’t under anyone else’s umbrella. Of course, we help out other worthy organizations too. Some of the ones we’ve backed:

  • Boys & Girls Club
  • Royal Canadian Legion
  • Child Development Centre
  • Literacy Nanaimo
  • Haven House
  • Nanaimo Search & Rescue
  • Tsunami Wheelchair Basketball
  • Island Deaf & Hard of Hearing
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Respite Care Unlimited
  • Upper Island Music Festival
  • Children’s Literacy Foundation
  • Nanaimo Unique Kids Organization
  • Nanaimo Brain Injury Society
  • Vancouver Island Festival Society
  • SD68 Bursaries

Lee Odgers

Every year

The Lee Odgers Memorial Bursary

Awarded annually to students of outstanding merit, in memory of Lee Odgers.

Cheques,
not red tape.

What we raise goes straight back out the door, handed over in person to the people doing the work.

Serauxmen members at the ballpark presenting a cheque to the Sea Wolves Men’s Cancer Pack

$1,652

Sea Wolves Men’s Cancer Pack

Cheque presentation to the Nanaimo Brain Injury Society

Cheque presented

Nanaimo Brain Injury Society

Donation presented at Risebridge

Donation

Risebridge

Serauxmen members handing over a $5,000 cheque

$5,000

[Recipient]

Ask us for help

Know a family or group that needs a hand? Tell us. We keep it simple.

Pull up
a chair.

Business owners, tradesmen, managers, guys who just moved back to town. If you’re grateful for what you’ve got and want to give some back, you’re our kind of member.

Serauxmen members and friends in costume at the club Halloween dance

The Halloween dance crew

Club meetings

2nd & last Monday

of every month · 7 PM at the NIC, Nanaimo Minor Hockey offices

750 Third St, Unit B, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5S5 · Map →

Come to a meeting

Call, text or email
any one of us.

Come to the next meeting as our guest. No forms, no pressure. Just show up.

The home team bench.

Become a sponsor →

Three ways
to pitch in.

01

Show up

Buy a meat draw ticket, enter the derby, fill a poker table, sing at karaoke. That’s the whole trick.

02

Sponsor

Put your business on a golf hole, a derby prize, or the home team bench. Talk to us.

03

Donate

E-transfer or cheque to Serauxmen Service Club, P.O. Box 363, Nanaimo BC V9R 5L3. Email info@serauxmen.org for details.