Charitable work

 

Much of the focus of Lions Clubs International work as a service club organization is to raise money for worthy causes. All funds raised by Lions Clubs from the general public are used for charitable purposes, and administrative costs are kept strictly separate and paid for by members. Some of the money raised for a club’s charity account goes toward projects that benefit the local community of an individual club.

 

Fundraisers

The Anthony Wayne Lions Club have annual fundraisers to raise money for our many causes.
Our annual garage sale is held every August. The proceeds of this event help fund our donations for Christmas gifts for the children of Charis House. Our pork tenderloin sandwiches are a staple favorite at the Johnny Appleseed Festival. Look for our booth in September, and try one for yourself!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Projects

Locally~

The Anthony Wayne Lions Club works with the leader dog school for the blind, blind bowlers, the Indiana school for the blind, the Indiana Eye and Tissue bank and Vision screening for pre-school kids and Diabetes screening and prevention. 

  

Internationally ~ 

Lions Clubs plan and participate in a wide variety of service projects that meet the international goals 
of Lions Clubs International as well as the needs of their local communities.   Money is also raised for international purposes. Some of this is donated in reaction to events such as the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) where Lions and LCIF provided disaster relief
locally and from around the world, with donations and commitments surpassing US$1 million.  
Other money is used to support international campaigns, coordinated by the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF), such as Sight First and Lions World Sight Day, which was launched in 1998 to draw world media attention to the plight of sight loss in the third world.   

 

Lions focus on work for the blind and visually impaired began when Helen Keller addressed the

international convention at Cedar Point, Ohio, on 30 June 1925 and charged Lions to be Knights of the Blind. Lions also have a strong commitment to community hearing- and cancer-screening projects.

 

Lions Clubs International has supported the work of the United Nations since that organization's inception in 1945, when it was one of the non-governmental organizations invited to assist in the drafting of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco, California.