Woodstock Lions
What We Do and Who We Support
Lions Clubs are a secular, apolitical, volunteer service organization. We focus mainly on serving the needs of our local community as best we can, with a focus on, but not exclusively, eye care, eye health, and vision related assistance. We have no major assests (like some other clubs with halls, club houses or the like), and we aim to donate all the money we raise in a calendar year to the various causes listed below. We welcome anyone interested in joining as a member. You only need to have the desire to lend a hand to those who are in need and improve the community in which you live.
Children of Woodstock
- College scholarships for Woodstock highschool seniors
- Sports trophies for the Woodstock Middle School
- Woodstock Middle School playground financial contributor
- Woodstock Little League AED Donation
- Free eye health screenings for WES, WMS, and WA students
- Tents for Jog With Judy fundraiser for the Judy Nilan Foundation
- Windham County 4-H Foundation Campershiips
Local People and Others in Need
- Money and vegetable donation coordination to Community Kitchens of Northeast CT
- Donations coordinations and transport to TEEG (Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group, Inc, is a non-profit social service agency in North Grosvenordale, CT.)
- We support and volunteer at the American Red Cross local blood drives
- Paws Cat Shleter
- NECCOG Animal Services
Vision Related and Other Causes
- Lions Low Vision Center of Eastern Connecticut
- Connecticut Lions Eye Research Foundation (CLERF)
- Connecticut Radio Information System (CRIS Radio)
- American Diabetes Association (ADA)
- Camp Rising Sun for kids with cancer
- Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF)
