SERVICE

Boston Host Lions Club is active in many notable service projects in the city. For example, the Club is an ardent sponsor of the Lions District 33K Eyemobile, providing free vision, hearing and blood pressure screenings at wellness centers, and community events.

Our current service projects include:

• Donating and collecting new and gently used books and magazines, new eyeglass readers, and greeting cards for patients' comfort at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
• Sponsoring LCI's Peace Poster Contest, promoting world peace through one child at a time, for children in Nazzaro Center's after school program, Boston Boys and Girls Club, and the West End Community Center. (Video here)

FUNDRAISING

Unlike most organizations, Boston Host Lions Club gives 100% of donations back to the community and covers all costs through dues and donations from members. Club members raise funds through our annual gift wrapping event at Barnes & Noble at the Prudential Center, yearly fundraiser 'Bunnies (& Friends) for Babies" selling chocolate bunnies at Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary and members' offices, canister collections, Lions Club mint sales and yard sales.

WHO WE HAVE SUPPORTED

All-State Band, Association for Blind Citizens, Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, Carroll Center, including their Sail Blind Program, Clara Barton Center, District 33K Eyemobile, Eliot School, Fidelco, Friends of MEEI, Friendship Works, Lions CLubs International Fund, MA Commission for the Blind, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Pediatric Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund, Mercy Ships, National Braille Press, National Education for Assistance Dog Service, Inc., Nazzaro Center, North End Against Drugs, Perkins School for the Blind, Room to Grow, St. Anthony's Shrine and Wellness Center, St. Francis House, Schepen's Eye Institute, U.S. military men and women serving in Iraq & Afghanistan, West End Community Center, individual grants for visions care and glasses, and many others.