Ventura Downtown Lions Charities
past events have supported
these fine organizations:
- All Star High School Football (scholarships for local high schools)
- American Cancer Society
- Bell Ringers (Salvation Army)
- Boy Scouts
- Buena High band & German Club
- Camp Teresita Pines
- Canine Companions for Independence
- City of Hope (cancer research)
- Cottage Home Foundation (foster care)
- Dudley House
- Eye exams and eyeglasses for needy
- Flag Day at local elementary schools
- Food Share
- Fred W. Smith Foundation (interest-free loans for college)
- Holiday baskets for needy families
- Interface – Children and Family Services
- Leadership Ventura
- LEFSC Mobile Screening Unit
- Leo Clubs at local high schools
- Lions Clubs Internation Foundation (disaster relief & much more)
- Lions in Sight (eyeglass recycling)
- Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation
- Lions Wilderness Camp (hearing disabled kids)
- Lions World Services for the Blind
- Miracle League of Ventura County
- Peace poster contest
- Project Lifesaver (tracking devices for seniors)
- Project Understanding
- San Buenaventura Mission
- Sight First I & II (raised over $300,000,000 for vision programs)
- Southern California Lions Eye Institute
- Southern California Lions Eye Institute (SCLEI)
- Student Speakers Foundation
- Ventura County Coaches Association
- Vision Loss Support Services
- Western Lions Ear Foundation
- Youth exchange (in over 60 host countries)