Terryville Lions Club Website

Club History

Chartered in 1942, the Terryville Lions Club is a service organization located in Terryville, Connecticut.

The Club and its members are part of the world's largest and most active service organization;

The International Association of Lions Club.

Lions are people who volunteer their time to humanitarian causes in their local, regional, and world

communities. By conducting service projects and raising funds, Lions strive to help those in need,

wherever need exists. Every Lion is dedicated to community service and improvement.

The Terryville Lions Club is very active in the local community, as well as on the state and national levels.

Members of the Terryville Lions serve in key leadership positions within the statewide Lions organization.

Each year the Terryville Lions Club:

-Awards four-year scholarships to high school graduates
-Provides sponsorship to Boys and Girls State
-Sponsors various youth league teams, including soccer, Little League, softball, Babe Ruth, and

American Legion
-Contributes to eye research, hearing, and diabetes causes
-Provides eye exams and glasses to the less fortunate
-Supports organizations such as the Ambulance Corps, Public Library, Lock Museum, recreation facilities,

and school activities.
-Service projects: Children's Halloween Night, Kite Day, Easter Egg Hunt, Blood Drives, Christmas Baskets,

Holiday Decorating Contest, World Service Day Community Project, Baldwin Park Christmas Display

-Service to the blind and visually impaired is one of the Lions' most significant activities. Lions also participate

in service activities emphasizing diabetes awareness, education and research; work with the physically and

mentally impaired; environmental issues; community welfare; international understanding and youth.

The work of Lions since 1917 has resulted in:

-Services to the blind, including guide dogs, eye screening, white canes, and a wide variety of employment

opportunities and vocational training.

-Establishment and operation of a majority of the world's eye banks; resulting in over 10,000 sight restoring

cornea transplants every year.

-Hospitals, clinics, playgrounds, parks and thousands of facilities that enhance day-to-day life in communities.
-Creation of SightFirst, a worldwide blindness prevention program that aims to eliminate preventable and

reversible blindness worldwide.

-Immediate disaster relief and support for rebuilding efforts.