Lions Club Projects & Donations

• Donations to the local Food Shelf
• Christmas food baskets of groceries delivered to 300 families and individuals in need
• Providing scholarships to graduating seniors from Monticello High School
• Founders and management partners of Monticello Riverfest
• Serving at community events – Riverfest, Bertram Chain of Lakes picnic, Frostbite Challenge, others
• Provide work crews to help at Camp Friendship, a summer camp for handicapped children and young adults – Located on Clearwater Lake near Annandale

• Serve at an “Ice Cream Social” at Camp Friendship
• Sponsoring programs in the local schools – Legionville Patrol Camp, Quest, Others
• Purchase of eyeglasses for children in need
• Collections of hearing aids and eyeglasses for Lions CIub International to distribute to those most in need
• Purchase of wigs for cancer patients in need who have lost their hair in treatment, referred by New River Medical Center Cancer Center
• Delivery of Meals on Wheels
• Decorating for the Holidays in West Bridge Park

• Reading for “Times on Tape” and distributing to local sight impaired citizens
• Building ramps for the handicapped in need
• Staffing Bingo night for nursing home residents
• Providing a chili feed for Firefighters, and an annual Firefighter of the Year award
• Donating to the Lion’s Eye Bank
• Donating to the Lion’s Hearing Foundation
• Donating to “Leader Dogs for the Blind” and “Can-Do Canines”
• Planting trees in and around the community
• Construction of buildings in the parks in Monticello
• And many other special projects and donations since the Monticello Lions were chartered in 1975