Sierra Vista Lions Club

Arizona - United States

 

 

Sierra Vista Lions Club

We Serve!

 

Welcome to our “What We’ve Been Doing Lately” page!
 

Here, you’ll find updates on how the Sierra Vista Lions Club has been living our motto — “We Serve” — through projects that strengthen our community and beyond.

 

🌟 AUGUST 2025 Highlights

🧶 Make-A-Blanket Morning

Partnered with Project Linus & Salvation Army → 76 volunteers created:

• 60 no-sew fleece blankets
• 10 crocheted-edge fleece blankets
• 169 quilt squares → enough to make 14 quilts!

Donations also included 33 crocheted blankets plus yarn and fabric for future projects.

These blankets go to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or in foster care.

👁️ Vision Screenings

Screened 1,450 students at 7 Cochise County Schools - using advanced SPOT Vision Screening Machines to check for 6 vision issues.  Provided completely free of charge to schools, preschools, and facilities.

👓 Eyeglass Collection

Collected used eyeglasses, sunglasses, and readers from community donation boxes.  Usable glasses will be redistributed to individuals in need globally; unusable glasses will be recycled.

🎗 Relay for Life Planning

Team captain attended planning sessions for American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

Save the date! October 25, 2025, 2–10 PM, Sierra Vista City Park.  Look for our team: “Sierra Vista Lions Roar!”

📚 School Library Volunteering

Members volunteered their time to support a local school library.

 

🌟  JULY 2025 Highlights

♻️ Aluminum Can Recycling

Collected cans and donated them to the Nancy J. Brua Animal Care Shelter.  Proceeds support the care of sick and injured stray animals.

👓 Eyeglass Collection

Continued collection of used glasses for redistribution/recycling.

🌍  Disaster Relief Donation

Donated $300 to the LCIF Disaster Relief Fund to help victims of Texas flash floods.

🎓 Scholarship Support  

Mailed out scholarship checks for our two 2025 recipients:

• $1,000 Lion Don Roll Memorial Scholarship

• $500 Lion Dorothy McGiver Memorial Scholarship

🚗 Transportation Assistance

Provided roundtrip transportation for a local resident to Tucson for a medical appointment.

🎗 Relay for Life Planning

Attended planning sessions for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life event on October 25th .

 

🌟 JUN 2025 Highlights

👓 Eyeglass Collection

🥫  Donated food to the Salvation Army Sierra Vista Corps

🎗 Relay for Life Planning

 

🌟 MAY 2025 Highlights

👓 Eyeglass Collection

🥫 Donated food to the Salvation Army Sierra Vista Corps

​🐕 Donated $200 to Leader Dogs for the Blind

🏠 Donated $100 to Forgach House Domestic Crisis Shelter

🎗 Relay for Life Planning 

 

🌟 APRIL 2025 Highlights 

♻️ Aluminum Can Recycling

👓 Eyeglass Collection

🥫 Donated $100 to Salvation Army Sierra Vista Corps food program

👁️ Paid for eye exams & glasses for 5 adults in need

🎗 Relay for Life Planning

 

🌟 MARCH 2025 Highlights

🌟 FEBRUARY 2025 Highlights

♻️ Aluminum Can Recycling

👓 Eyeglass Collection & Eyeglass Washing/Sorting at ALERT center

🥫 Food donation to Salvation Army

👁️ Paid for eye exams & glasses for 8 adults in need

🎗  Relay for Life Planning

 

🌟 JANUARY 2025 Highlights

🧶 Make-A-Blanket Morning

48 volunteers created:

• 53 fleece blankets

• 4 fleece blankets with crocheted borders

• 109 quilt blocks (for 9 quilts)

Donated quilts, afghans, fabric, fleece, and yarn also received.

Blankets are given to children in hospitals, shelters, and foster care.

Other activities:

♻️ Aluminum Can Recycling

👓 Collected 200 pairs of eyeglasses

🥫 Food donation to Salvation Army

👁️ Paid for eye exams & glasses for 6 adults in need