Due to Corona virus situation, Winnsboro Lions are  currently meeting face-to-face once a month.  We are also communicating via email and may hold teleconference meetings if COVID situation deteriorates more.

Winnsboro Lions sponsored MD 32's first cyber club.  The new South Carolina Cyber Lions CLub was chartered last August.Currently they are meeting monthly virtually of course.  Welcome Cyber Lions!  We Serve!

Club to celebrate 90th Anniversary.  This coming May our club will celebrate its 90th birthday.  Stay tuned for plans as we develop them.

Used glasses collection boxes are stationed at selected locations or accepted by any club member.

Eye Exams and Glasses.  The club now provides indigent local citizens three eye exams and pairs of glasses each month.

Vision Screening.  Winnsboro Lions provide vision screenings to local public and private schools as requested.

Lions Brooms.  In addition to being available from all club members, brooms are on sale at Winnsboro Builders' Supply, David Branham Insurance Agency, and Stylon Boutique.  We are grateful for this assistance in raising funding through broom sales. We also sell brooms during the annual "Big Grab Yard Sale" in September and again in early October at the "Rock Around The Clock" weekend.

Food Bank Collection.  At each monthly meeting, we collect non-perishable food items and deliver those items to the local community food bank.

Contributions.  Winnsboro Lions Club contributes financially to Lions Club International Foundation, the South Carolina Lions Vision Services, Leader Dog, MUSC's Storm Eye Institute, South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, and several local charities. 

Scholarship:  Each year we award an $800 scholarship to a graduating high school senior, alternating annually between Fairfield Central High School and Richard Winn Academy.  The scholarship is based on the recommendation from the school guidance counselor and his/her committee and adjudicated by a club committee. 

Council Chair: Winnsboro Lion PCC Rhett Hair is currently chair-elect of our Lions Vision Services of South Carolina.  Lion Paul Dove is also a Past Council chair.  Lion Bobbie Dove is our 32-S Zone 8 chair.  Lion Bobbie also serves as club president.  Le. Lion Melody Hair serves as our district convention program chair.  PCC Paul Dove also serves as the MD 32 GST Coordinator and as administrator for District S.

Salkehatchie.  Each summer teenagers from around the state and out-of-state participate in one of 46 S.C. United Methodist Church "Salkehatchie Summer Service" projects throughout South Carolina.  Winnsboro Lions provided adult assistants, Gator Ade and popsicle treats, and Youth Exchange students' participation during the one week of construction/repair on homes of indigent Fairfield County citizens.  This year we worked on 4 homes, all of which required new roofs or extensive roof repairs.  This year's Salkehatchie service in Fairfield County was held July 13-20.  

Guiding Lions:  A Winnsboro Lion serves as the guiding Lion for the new Cyber Lions Club, and Lion Bobbie Dove was recently certified as a Guiding Lion.

Lion Rann Foster Annual Pancake Supper: On Monday evening, February 3, 2025, our club will hold its annual pancake supper fundraiser.  We serve more than 300 members of our community and raise in excess of $1700 annually.  This has become a well-attended and well-received event where folks linger to visit and greet neighbors.  It is then more than just a fundraiser; it is a community service occasion as well.  The 2025 supper wi;; be held at the Barn Express Restaurant due to limited access to the usual public school venue and COVID protocols.

Other Service Activities: Individual Winnsboro Lions volunteer with the Fairfield Community Food Bank; the Council on Aging; Meals on Wheels; recycling paper, glass, plastic, and aluminum at local recycling centers; Friends of the Fairfield County Library; Anemone Garden Club; Friends of South Carolina Libraries; Young Lives Matter; driving elderly patients to medical appointments; "Home Alone" weekly telephone program; "Blessing Box" ministries; and other volunteer service agencies/activities.