The following is a list outlining many of our recent projects and contributions to the local community:
Massachusetts Eye Research Fund $158,000.00+ in the past 32 years
Campaign Sight First
Support Whitehawk Jr. Football League annually
Sponsor South Attleboro Girls and Boys Basketball Teams
Sponsor South Attleboro Girls Softball Teams
Attleboro Youth Hockey
Troop 35 and Troop 1 Boy Scouts
Assisted Friends of Scouting in camp land purchase in Rehoboth
Annually sponsor several diabetic youth at the Jocylin Summer Camp
New portable generator for South Attleboro Rescue Squad
Attleboro Symphony Orchestra
South Attleboro resident who lost possessions in house fire
"Wish Come True" Program
American Legion Post #312 Memorial Day Parade
Attleboro Junior Achievement Program
Blind Bowlers Tourney
Attleboro Area Mental Health Clinic
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Attleboro High School "Blue Fish" Swim Team
Support of District 33S Eye Mobile
"New Hope" Program
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Blindness
New England Eye Bank
Lions Club International Foundation Disaster Relief fund
Support Lions Hearing Conservation
Assisted two local residents in purchase of "Hearing Ear" dog
Award two scholarships annually to students at Attleboro High and at Bishop Feehan
Built playground at Lincoln School and years later moved it to St. Theresa's Church
Hold Eyemobile Screening Clinic for South Attleboro residents annually
Purchased and installed "Crime Watch" signs for Attleboro Police Department
Attleboro Museum
Raised funds for Muscular Dystrophy victim Eddie Dobeck
Paid for plans and engineering study to clean up Lee's Pond, which the Massachusetts Legislature took under advisement
Purchased typewriter for two South Attleboro students with ,muscle disease
Paid for exams and glasses for numerous South Attleboro residents
Arranged appointments for several local residents at Eye Research hospitals
Purchased food baskets for the needy of South Attleboro
Support Lions Club District 33-S Blind Summer Camp
Purchase toys for U.S. Marines "Toys for Tots" Program
"African Famine Relief Fund"
Helped to save the life of an 11 year-old South Attleboro girl at our EyeMobile, by detecting a heart problem that her parents were not aware of
Purchased a Braille Computer for an area youth
Guide Dog Foundation
Attleboro Area Youth and Family Services
Annually sponsor a local student's participation in the Massachusetts Lions All State Band
Annually contribute generously to the local "Christmas Is for Kids Program"
Raised funds for and coordinated the "Lee's Pond Beautification Project"
Annually sponsor the Lions Youth Speech Competition in Attleboro's high schools
The "Attleboro Honor Roll" Veterans Memorial
Honored two local girls for saving a man’s eyesight in an accident
American Legion Baseball
Sponsor students to Presidential Classroom
Sponsor the townwide Dare Challenge Bowl
Purchased two cold water Rescue Suits and had two older suits refurbished for City of Attleboro Fire Department Rescue Team
Support Attleboro Little League Baseball annually
Attleboro's 300th Birthday and New Millenium Celebration
Beta Community Services
Blackstone Valley Retarded Citizens Center
Purchased a TV and VCR for the Brookside Apartment's recreation room
Helped out a child with a hearing problem
Purchased clothes for needy children
Supported the "Gloria Flood Relief Fund"
Purchased a Glaucometer for a local resident
Purchased a wheelchair for a needy resident
Lions Lazarus Project
The Literacy Center of Attleboro
Supported the "Pete's Sake School" in South Attleboro
Self Help Inc
Versa Care
Annually purchase Christmas gifts for the residents of Victorian Mansion
Purchased a TV Decoder for a deaf child
Support various Boy Scout Troop 35 Eagle projects
Annual cleanup of Lees Pond Park
The "Equador" Project
Sponsor and coordinate annual "Lees Pond Festival", as a Thank You to the public for its support of our endeavors
South Attleboro Teen Center
Sponsor the Greater Attleboro Leo Club, which in its first year won Best Club in District
Local Hospice
Constructed a wheelchair ramp for the Roy family with a child in a wheelchair
Organized several groups to purchase a CCTV Unit for the Larson Senior Center
Attleboro House of Hope
Furnished and equipped a school in Kenya as a gift from the people of South Attleboro
Donated a state of the art Heart Defibulator to Attleboro High School and paid to have staff trained in its use
Contributed to the fund to open and run the swimming pool at Lees Pond
If you are interested in learning more about Lions Clubs International or becoming a member of a local club such as ours, please do not hesitate to contact our President, Ken Benoit, at
South Attleboro Lions Club Community Involvement