Opportunities to Support Lionism

Lions International District 27-A2Lions Gifting Opportunities Page

With so many different Lion's projects, there are just as many opportunities to give support.

The first thought when "Donate" is mentioned is money and money is a commodity that is always in short supply. While there are many different ways to make financial donations, what about donating your corneas is you pass? You could show off your support for Lionism by purchasing a Lions license plate. Last year, a major portion of the support for our Wisconsin Lions Camp came from deer hides donations. So read on and find your way to support Lions.

Donate Your Deer Hides

Donate Your Deer Hides to Our Camp - For current information, Click Here.

Local Charities

- at your club discretion

Lions Clubs International Foundation - LCIF

300 W 22nd Street, Oakbrook IL 60523-8842

Make checks payable to Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF). This is the official charitable organization of Lions Clubs International; LCIF supports Lions’ compassionate works by providing grant funding for their local and global humanitarian efforts.

When making a donation to LCIF you can designate where you want your gift to go. You can even split the total amount between different programs.

If you do not designate a category, it will go to the area of greatest need.

Leader Dogs For The Blind, Inc.

1039 S. Rochester Rd., Rochester Hills, MI 48307
Make checks payable to Leader Dogs for the Blind, Inc.

Leader Dogs for the Blind provides guide dogs to people who are blind and visually impaired to enhance their mobility, independence and quality of life.

Regular Club Contribution of $250 or more provides the Lions Club with a banner patch.
Buy A Brick - full-size inscribed brick(Club or person's name) in the brick plaza with a donation of $250 or $500.
Founders Tribute to honor an individual club member for his or her service, dedication and commitment to Lionism and Leader Dogs for the Blind with donations of $500, $1,000 or $2,500.

Melvin Jones Fellowship

Gifts of $1,000 to LCIF allows someone to be recognized as a Melvin Jones Fellow. These gifts can be made in installments. A Melvin Jones Fellowship is the highest honor someone can receive from the Lions Clubs International Foundation. Make checks payable to Lions Clubs International Foundation and indicate a person to be recognized or state that someone will be recognized later.

Wisconsin Lions Foundation - WLF

3834 County Road A, Rosholt WI 54473
Make checks payable to WLF.

These funds are considered undesignated and may be used for any of the six programs of the Wisconsin Lions Foundation (Wisconsin Lions Camp, Eyeglass Recycling Center, Community Diabetes Education Project, Hearing Aid Project, Children’s Vision Screening and Youth Projects) per their budgeted needs.

Or, you can write one check and attach a list of where you would like the money designated. See following example:

WLF	Lions Camp	$ 1,000
WLF	Diabetes Education	$ 50
WLF	Eyeglass Recycling	$ 100
WLF	Hearing Aids	$ 500
WLF	Vision Screening	$ 250
WLF	Youth Projects	$ 150
	Total	$ 2,050

If you do not designate a category, it will go to the area of greatest need.

Additional ways to support the Wisconsin Lions Foundation:

Friends and Honors Garden - gifts of $2,500 or $5,000 allows you to place a half-diamond plaque or full-diamond plaque in the garden in memory of someone.
Wall of Honor - gifts of $500 will help with the continuing building needs.
Annual Fundraisers - Birch-Sturm Golf Outing; Lions Camp for Kids (annual raffle); Deer Hides for Camp
Friends of the Foundation
Wish List

Lions Pride Endowment Fund of Wisconsin, Inc.

3834 County Road A, Rosholt WI 54473

Make checks payable to Lions Pride Endowment Fund of Wisconsin, Inc. Lions Pride is an endowment program established to fund future Wisconsin Lions Foundation statewide projects, including Lions Camp, using investment income from the endowment fund.

Birch-Sturm Memorial Fund, Inc.

3834 County Road A, Rosholt WI 54473
Make checks payable to Birch-Sturm Memorial Fund Inc..

A club or person can donate money to the Birch-Sturm Memorial Fund Inc. With a $1,000 donation, a person can be named as a Birch-Sturm Fellow - the highest honor a Lion can receive from the Wisconsin Lions Foundation.

Investment income from the Birch-Sturm Memorial Fund is used to support the programs of the Wisconsin Lions Foundation per their investment/grant policies.

The Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin, Inc.

300 W 22nd Street, Oakbrook IL 60523-8842

Donations provide for the continuation of the Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin programs. Individuals and clubs can recognize individuals with the Knight of Sight Fellowship Sight by donating $1,000 or Gift of Sight for $500. The Knight of Sight is the Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin’s highest form of recognition presented to an individual. Contributions can be made over the course of four years.

Knight of Sight Fellowship - donation of $1,000 or more
Gift of Sight Award - donation of $500

Youth Exchange

C/o PDG Larry Braunschweig, 815 Glenwood Ct Watertown, WI
Make checks payable to District 27-B2 Youth Exchange.

The Youth Exchange program is a world-wide exchange of youth (ages 16-22). Youth come to Wisconsin for four-six weeks in the summer. The youth exchange participants attend a camp for one week, with all the other students from around the world that are living in Wisconsin for the summer. Youth from Wisconsin also travel to countries throughout the world for the same type of experience.

Donations to this program help provide financial support for the students traveling from Wisconsin to other countries and support for the Youth Exchange Camp each summer.