Recent Examples of "We Serve"

The surest way to have a net membership increase is to serve others. For 95 years Lions have made vision their signature service project. Vision is just a portion of what Lions do in their community. Many clubs are finding new and exciting way to serve others in non-vision related projects. Today, let’s highlight two of them.


The Oxford Lions Club has served the Oxford, Ole Miss campus and Lafayette County community for 80 years. It is one of the oldest Lions Clubs in Mississippi. They had met each Tuesday during the noon hour at a local restaurant. The coronavirus changed the meeting format.

Last week 11 of their members posed for a picture. These Lions unloaded trucks at a local food pantry. Then they stocked the shelves. It’s when they took a break that they conducted club business and posed for a picture.

This is what “We Serve” looks like in today’s society. That club touched the lives of numerous people in their community.

We go from one of the oldest Lions Club to one of the newest clubs for a different type of service impacting the lives of really important people.


The South Branch Lions Club is just eight years old. The club settled on the name South Branch because it combined two Desoto County cities – Southaven and Olive Branch. Since the pandemic began last winter, this club scrapped their evening meeting in a local restaurant. Now they meet on a Saturday afternoon at the home of one of their members. That format seems to work well for them.

Last week seven of their club members visited the Southaven Police Department. The club provided each police officer with a bag filled with goodies and a certificate of appreciation.

It seems that the news has a daily infatuation with anti-police stories. Lions say those stories are not real. Lions know that police, fire and emergency medical technicians are real heroes every day. It’s our way to say “Thank you”. It’s our way to remind them that their work is very important despite what the news portrays.

Two different clubs provided service to their community in unique ways. Neither club relied on a traditional vision service project. They got creative. They served their community. That’s what Lions do. They find exciting service projects that meet real needs. They have the heart of a Lion. Do you?


We Serve because Kindness Matters 

Lion Andy Kalinowski (Andy K) 
District Governor
662.549.3421 

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