Lions Club Projects
Through our annual fundraisers we are able to support many local, state, national, and international iniatives in the areas of Youth, Community, Vision & Diabetes, and Environment. Your support of our fundraisers makes the following possible:
Local Youth
Yankeetown School Student School Supplies - through a local initiative called Stuff The Bus!
An annual contributor to Kidz Eatz, a weekend pack pack program that provides weekend meals to area students.
Now in its 18th year, IYLC Annual Citizenship Awards to Students nominated by teachers at Yankeetown School. Each Award recipient receives a Citizenship Award, Medallion, and a $25 cash award.
Annual contributor to the Yankeetown School Teacher Appreciation Day with a gift for every treacher and staff person at Yankeetown School and Follow That Dream Daycare, usually during the first week of May.
Annual support of Yankeetown School's Safety Patrol Program by purchasing Safety Patrol supplies and tee-shirts for their end-of-year trip.
Annual Christmas Family Giving - family gifts and grocery gift certificate.
Yankeetown School After-school ACHEIVE Program weekly athletics project. Lions Club Volunteers organize and supervise an after school athletics program every week. We welcome volunteers from the community who would like to particiapte in this project. Yankeetown School requires a background check to participate.
Vision and Diabetic Health 
Diabetes is the signature cause of Lions around the world. Trained and certified members perform Diabetes Screening and Diabetic Retinopathy Screening at area events free of charge.
IYLC contributes annually to the Lions International Foundation that partners with other organizations to fight hunger, promote youth, improve childhood cancer survival rates, among other causes internationally.
In Florida IYLC contributes to Florida Lions Youth Exchange Scholarship Program, Southeastern Guide Dogs, Conklin Center - a training center for visually handicapped individuals, Project Right to Sight - This project combines the group efforts of the Lions Clubs and Eye Care Professionals to provide reconditioned, recycled eye glasses, at NO COST, to homeless and uninsured people living in our Central Florida Community, and the Florida Diabetic Retinopathy Foundation who serve Floridians dealing with diabetic retinopathy.
The Inglis Yankeetown Lions offer vision care assistance to residents of Inlgis and Yankeetown who meet the guidelines which includes income and residence status. If you need assistance contact the vision chairperson at 352-505-7936 and leave a message to see if you qualify for assistance. The calls are returned once a week, generally on the weekend. Or visit our Eyesight Assistance page on this website for an application.
RECYCLE FOR SIGHT
The Inglis-Yankeetown Lions have several "Recycle for Sight" collection stations throughout the community. Used prescription glasses, sunglasses and eye glass cases are collected. A group of Lions in the Ocoee,Fl area sort, grade and pack the glasses collected in the local zone. These glasses are sent to international locations and give those who would otherwise not have the opportunity to have their vision corrected through lense technology the gift of sight. Recyle your used glasses!
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LIONS DISTRICT 36-O YOUTH EXCHANGE SCHOLARSHIP
Each year the Lions of District 35-O give a $1000.00 scholarship to one or more outstanding high school seniors in the district. The student receiving a scholarship is expected to apply it to college expenses whether it is for books, lab fees, computers or other directly related expenses.
The deadline for submitting the scholarship application is in Febuary every year. Applications are sent to area High Schools - check with your guidance department for your application.
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Environmental Projects
Quarterly roadway cleanup along two mile stretch of State Road 40 from the Yankeetown Town limit to entrance of the Withlacoochee Gulf Preserve.
Lions Fight Hunger
As an annual contributor to Kidz Eatz, a weekend pack pack program that provides weekend meals to area students, Inglis Yankeetown Lions help our most vulnerable have healthy meals when they are away from school.
