Lions in the Headlines

Lions Clubs Headlines

Whether a community project or a global effort, Lions are regularly in the news. Read recent examples of media coverage and Lions clubs headlines.

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• Saipan Marianas Lions Club (Northern Mariana Islands) donates books and shoes to local students. 

• Darien Lions Club (Illinois) raises over $40,000 for local service programs. 

• Fort Myers Beach Lions Club (Florida) celebrates 60 years of service. 

• Gulf Shores Lions Club (Alabama) hosting "Dinner in the Dark" event to benefit sight impaired. 

• La Vernia Lions Club (Texas) hosts vision screening event for local schoolchildren.

• The new Hearing Assessment Center opening at Cape Coast School for the Deaf, funded by Cape Coast Lions Club (Ghana) and LCIF.

• Newtown Lions Club (Connecticut) partners with Connecticut Counseling Association to provide services to families and first responders affected by shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. 

• Sterling Heights Lions Club (Michigan) member sees firsthand how service projects are making an impact in the community. 

• East Gosford Lions Club (Australia) step up to help family with a special needs child. 

• Eynon-Archibald Lions Club (Pennsylvania) holds Snowflake Gala to raise money for leader dogs to help sight impaired. 

• Rockland, North Westchester and Putnam Lions (New York) organize benefit concert to raise funds for Superstorm Sandy relief and Sandy Hook School tragedy. 

• Grand Junction Lions Club (Colorado) announces $125,000 in grants for local charities.

• Baxter Lions Club (Minnesota) donates book sets to local elementary school as part of International Reading Action Project.

• Liberty Lions Club (Texas) promotes Flags Across Liberty Program. 

• Oregon Lions Club teams up with local foundation to provide free health screenings.

• The Monett Lions Club (Missouri) donate $1,300 to local elementary school to purchase books for children.

• El Paso Lions (Texas) gather to commemorate Pearl Harbor. 

• Humberston Lions (UK) stage successful Santa Fun Run for the fifth straight year.

• Grayslake Lions Club (Illinois) teams up with local high school students to deliver holiday food baskets to local residents in need. 

• South Philadelphia Lions (Pennsylvania) sponsor 20th annual Christmas luncheon for blind and visually impaired. 

• LaGrange Lions (Illinois) start fundraising drive to help give the gift of sight to local siblings. 

• Local Lions in South Carolina help fund toy drive for over 300 disadvantaged kids.   

• Bayville Lions Club (Canada) bottle drive nets thousands of dollars in donations for local causes.

• Warner Robins Lions (Georgia) are one step closer to realizing dream of a new park for children with disabilities.

• Lions Quest program launched in Padubidri schools in India.  

• Hamden Lions Club (Connecticuit) member collects coupons for returning Marine and family. 

• Corbin Lions Club (Kentucky) sponsors Christmas basket campaign for 64th straight year to help needy families.

• Forney Lions (Texas) collect record number of “angel” requests for holiday event.

• Moorestown Lions Club (New Jersey) Holiday Parade remains a local tradition for over 50 years.

• Oak Harbor Lions (Washington) put Christmas tree sales toward local projects.

• Chittaway Lions (Australia) deliver much needed donations to local hospital.

• The Sutton (Mass.) Lions Club donated an AED to a school where a student died of cardiac arrest in 2010 while playing basketball.

• District 2-F1 (Texas) partnered with Sears to take 45 deserving boys shopping with a budget of $235 each.

• The Scunthorpe (UK) Lions have raised more than half-a-million pounds for local causes since the group formed in 1963.

• The Creswick (Australia) Lions Club supported a playground.

• The Benton (Ill.) Lions Club provided a pizza party for classrooms that collected the most eyeglasses.

• The Norwin Lions Club started an initiative to keep kids from going hungry during the weekend.

• More than 1,000 people attended a health camp organized by the Lions Club of Mangalore Midtown (India).

• The Houston County Lions Club provides blue lights for the city to use during November for Diabetes Awareness Month.

• The Agawam Lions Club donated hand-crank bicycles to people who use wheelchairs.

• The  Palmer Rapids and Area Lions Club donated $1,000 to the Pembroke Regional Hospital Foundation’s MRI fundraising campaign.

• Indian River (Del.) High School students hosted their first annual Leo Club Book Drive.

• The Cologne (Minn.) Lions Club donated 64 dictionaries to third-grade students.

• The Lions Club of Penang Host (Malaysia) hosted a meal for 170 people from eight “charitable homes” in honor of the nine-day Nine Emperor Gods festival or Kew Ong Yah. 

• The Chelmsford (UK) Lions Club partnered with other community groups to clean up a river. More than 100 volunteers participated in the litter pick up. 

• The Manheim (Penn.) Lions Club is partnering with a car dealership as a fundraiser for its BRAKES (Be Responsible And Keep Everyone Safe) program. 

• A teenager collected 83 pairs of glasses for the Garden City (Mich.) Lions Club.

• A playhouse built by prisoners of Manawatu Prison in New Zealand was raffled off to raise money for the Rewanui Kindergarten and Feilding Lions Club.

• The Levittown (N.Y.) Lions Club showcased two puppy guide dogs to raise money for America's VetDogs program.

• The Wheat City (Canada) Lions Club partnered with the city to build a multi-use park that includes mountain biking trails, benches, picnic tables and a fenced-in area for small dogs.

• The Kona (Hawaii) Lions Club built five picnic tables and 12 benches for schools and parks in the community.

• The Lions Club of Pattaya-Pratamnak (Thailand) donated six wheelchairs to residents.

• The Medlake (Ohio) Lions Club donated 10 acres of land to the township.

• The Peru (Ill.) Lions Club donated six sign language dolls to students with disabilities.

• Lions in District 403A launched the first Braille Reading Center in Liberia.

• The Market Harborough (UK) Lions Club organized a blind walk through town for World Sight Day.

• The Sherborn (Mass.) Lions Club donated $2,965 to the library to fund a video magnifier.

• The Bushkill/Smithfields (Penn.) Lions Club donated $2,000 to help a child who has cancer.

• The Bridlington (UK) Lions Club donated new specialized toys to a nursery school for children with developmental needs.

• The Conroe Noon Lions Club (Texas) has partnered with LSC-Montgomery for an eyeglass drive.

• The Marine City (Mich.) Lions Club organized and hosted Oktoberfest in its community.

• The Ballard (Wash.) Lions Club will help build a new section of the Sensory Garden, which will include plants with various textures and fragrances planted at wheelchair height.

• The Camarillo-Somis Pleasant Valley (Calif.) Lions Club took 35 students to Target for back to school shopping, spending $150 on each child in need.

• The Ashby-De-La-Zouch and Coalville (England) Lions Club organized a trip to the fair for more than 600 children with disabilities, an effort it has taken up for more than 30 years.

• The Northgate Lions Senior Recreation Centre in Alberta re-opened.

• The Grand Junction (Colo.) Lions Club donated $23,000 to community organizations.

• The Mount Lions (New Zealand) Club wants to turn a former croquet lawn into a community garden.

• The sixth annual Imperial Lions Club (Calif.) Glasses for Kids event provided free vision screenings and glasses for children and other free health services for adults.

• Oveido-Winter Springs (Fla.) Lions Club partnered with The Forgotten Ones charity to assist those who cannot afford eyeglasses or eye surgery.