Service areas
Get your club involved in one of these childhood cancer service areas and see how your service will help achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.
PATIENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT
Ensure patients and their families are adequately supported, and address the most common barriers to obtaining necessary treatment.ORGANIZATION OR FACILITY SUPPORT
Identify needs and opportunities to serve childhood cancer organizations or facilities to make a difference by expanding accessibility to treatment and services.CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY
Raise awareness of the impact of childhood cancer, educate your community members and create positive change.LCIF grants
Several types of foundation grants are available to support childhood cancer service throughout the world.
CHILDHOOD CANCER GRANT
LCIF Childhood Cancer grants empower Lions to improve the quality of life for children receiving treatment and their families.MATCHING GRANT
LCIF Matching grants provide equipment and construction for large-scale projects that address unmet humanitarian needs.DISTRICT & CLUB COMMUNITY IMPACT (DCG) GRANT
Through the DCG program, 15 percent of unrestricted contributions to LCIF are transformed into grants that fund local projects on a club and/or district level.Recent childhood cancer grants
From July 2023 to May 2024, LCIF has awarded 19 childhood cancer-related grants totaling US$1,840,527. View the report.
Partners
Global HOPE
Stories
Wishing big for childhood cancer
Thanks to the care his daughter, Finley Holland, received at the St. Jude Affiliate Clinic in Peoria, Illinois, Lion Tony Holland wanted to give back to the hospital. That’s why he turned to LCIF to help him “wish big” and make a difference for more than 5,000 kids living with cancer and their families.
Cause area flyers
Learn or educate others about improving outcomes for children with cancer in your Constitutional Area (CA), as well as LCIF grant funding available to support childhood cancer service.
- CA I – USA (U.S. and Affiliates, Bermuda and Bahamas)
- CA II – CANADA
- CA III – LATIN AMERICA (South America, Central America, Caribbean & Mexico)
- CA IV – EUROPA (Europe)
- CA V – OSEAL (Orient and Southeast Asia Lions)
- CA VI – INDIA
- CA VI – ISAME (India, South Asia, Middle East)
- CA VII – ANZI (Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia)
- CA VII – AUSTRALIA
- CA VII – NEW ZEALAND
- CA VIII – AFRICA
Educate your club
Use these helpful tools to learn more about childhood cancer, educate your community, or plan your next childhood cancer service project.
