100 Service Ideas
Lions Clubs International encourages members to take action through diverse service ideas under key global causes. Here's a list of 100 service ideas categorized by cause:
Diabetes
1. Organize a "Strides: Lions for Diabetes Awareness" event.
2. Organize a community support group for parents of children with diabetes.
3. Volunteer to serve at a children's diabetes camp.
4. Invite a healthcare professional to speak about diabetes at your club or district meeting.
5. Partner with local healthcare providers to organize diabetes & vision screenings.
6. Distribute educational resources to increase diabetes awareness at a community health fair.
7. Organize a walking club for seniors with diabetes.
8. Provide a diabetes magazine subscription to your local library.
9. Sponsor a child in need to attend diabetes camp.
10. Donate diabetes books to your library with a bookplate to identify your club's donation.
11. Work with your local school to invite a health care professional to speak about diabetes.
12. Post monthly articles about diabetes on your club or district website.
13. Promote diabetes prevention through a radio public service announcement.
14. Sponsor a healthy cooking demonstration for people with diabetes.
15. Organize a school or community vegetable garden to encourage healthy eating.
16. Work with a community podiatrist or foot care specialist to provide foot screenings.
17. Partner with your local diabetes organization to offer programs & materials.
18. Promote community resources and online materials from LCI partners NDEP, DECA & IDF.
19. Promote the importance of an annual dilated eye exam to detect diabetic eye disease.
20. Provide educational materials to schools & physician offices.
Environment
21. Plant trees with the advice of a local environment organization on the best locations and varieties.
22. Clean up a beach, community space or roadside area monthly as a club.
23. Hold an environment-themed photo contest at a school. Plant a tree to honor the winner.
24. Challenge all Lions in your club or district to add one green habit to their daily lives.
25. Recognize a local organization or community leader for environmental conservation work.
26. Volunteer with your local park service to maintain trails.
27. Commit to "Meatless Mondays" or not eating meat one day each week.
28. Collect used cellphones and donate them to individuals in need.
29. Lead an after-school nature walk.
30. Survey homes and community areas for water leaks and contact officials for repairs.
31. Work with city officials to paint "no dumping" signs near drains.
32. Identify where to recycle toxic items and share the collection schedule.
33. Organize a mural competition to promote environmental awareness.
34. Implement a recycling drive for gently-used items to donate to charities.
35. Develop a native species demonstration garden to restore habitat and conserve water.
36. Sponsor training for farmers on making and using organic fertilizers and pesticides.
37. Produce a monthly nature program on local radio.
38. Partner with carpenters to build rain barrels and hold community training.
39. Organize an alternative transportation incentive program.
40. Establish a school garden and composting program.
Hunger
41. Volunteer to deliver meals to the elderly or visually impaired.
42. Organize a school program to provide nutritious meals.
43. Prepare food baskets for families in need.
44. Volunteer at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter.
45. Take families in need shopping for fruits and vegetables.
46. Organize a food bank benefit event with food item admission.
47. Hold a hunger walk and donate proceeds to shelters or children’s centers.
48. Create a cookbook of easy, budget-friendly recipes.
49. Distribute healthy snack packs to children in need.
50. Partner with local markets to donate food to shelters.
51. Start a food co-op to provide affordable healthy food.
52. Collect baby food and formula for at-risk mothers.
53. Host free nutrition classes with healthcare professionals.
54. Provide healthy snacks to children at childcare centers.
55. Provide transport for elderly or visually impaired people to buy food.
56. Teach children to bake bread to take home.
57. Invite a food bank speaker to a meeting.
58. Provide food-filled backpacks to kids during school breaks.
59. Host a free community BBQ or picnic.
60. Start a community vegetable garden.
Vision
61. Record books and magazines for the visually impaired.
62. Organize free vision screenings with eye care professionals.
63. Host a World Sight Day event.
64. Sponsor camps or contests for visually impaired students.
65. Launch arts programs for people who are blind.
66. Work with an eye bank to promote corneal donations.
67. Create a local directory of vision support resources.
68. Volunteer at visual rehab or training centers.
69. Organize inclusive sports events for children with and without vision impairment.
70. Fundraise and donate white canes to blind individuals.
71. Collaborate with employers to create screening programs.
72. Create discount voucher programs for eyeglasses.
73. Set up transport services for the visually impaired.
74. Host a Beep Baseball tournament.
75. Support guide dog training through fundraising or volunteering.
76. Create a technology library for visual assistance tools.
77. Build sensory gardens with braille/audio signage.
78. Support assistive technology needs at schools for the blind.
79. Collaborate with orientation and mobility trainers for inclusive classrooms/workplaces.
80. Partner with schools for the blind to provide assistive tools.
Childhood Cancer
81. Donate crafts, books, games, and puzzles to treatment centers.
82. Prepare meals for families of children in treatment.
83. Give gift cards for gas, parking, and food to cancer families.
84. Donate cancer-related books to local schools.
85. Write well-wishing cards for children in treatment.
86. Donate hats, scarves, or blankets to children’s hospitals.
87. Help arrange transport for treatment appointments.
88. Provide tutoring to children with cancer and their siblings.
89. Sponsor or organize cancer camps for children.
90. Help families share their story through photography.
91. Organize a fun activity day for young cancer patients.
92. Raise awareness through media campaigns.
93. Provide entertainment at children’s hospitals.
94. Host retreats for families of children in remission.
95. Help renovate a children's cancer center.
96. Start a support group for families impacted by cancer.
97. Learn and raise awareness about the bone marrow registry.
98. Volunteer at housing for families of children in treatment.
99. Assist at camps for children with special needs.
100. Host a youth wellness and nutrition awareness day.
