Locally the Lions Club serve the
community in case of fire or disaster. They collect eye glasses for
International Distribution, and support other projects such as Leader
Dogs for the Blind, Habitat for Humanity.
They are supported financially
from proceeds from the Concession Stand at Baseball games and the
Demolition Derby.
Since our beginning in 1917 The
Lions have been united in a single cause: helping those less
fortunate. We are tackling the tough problems like blindness and drug
abuse as well as diabetes awareness -- and finding help and training for the
deaf, disabled, underprivileged and the elderly. In fact,
whatever the community needs to make life better, we're there to help.
We are the youngest major social
service organization, yet we have grown to be the world's largest.
Back in 1925, when Helen Keller
challenged the Lions to become "Knights of the Blind," she could not have
possible imagined the impact of Lions commitment to blindness prevention.
Bringing rays of light to the darkness of countless people around the world,
Lions have established the majority of eye banks worldwide, funded
ground-breaking research on leading causes of blindness, organized eyeglass
recycling efforts and helped hundreds of thousands of visually impaired
people develop the skills to live productive lives.
We are the Lions . . . and, we
serve.