Lions Contributions

In 2024-2025

The Niantic Lions contributed over 3000 hours of labor and donated more than $30,000
to various local causes and District 23C events.

Activities and Donations

The Niantic Lions Club operates the Niantic Lions Charities, a 501C3  registered organization, and is
proud to be involved in a great many local civic and charitable activities. Some of these are listed below.

Some Niantic Club Activities

2024-2025

In 2024-2025 we contributed over $35,000 to various causes. See sidebar on the right for details.

  • ELHS Scholarship Awards
  • Celebrate East Lyme
  • Community Aervice
  • SightSaver Day
  • 10K Run Traffic Control
  • Food Fest-Outdoor Arts and Craft Show
  • Care Baskets for the Homeless
  • Journey for Sight
  • Kettlecorn Sales
  • Sponsers of the Shoreline Leos Club
  • Driving Miss Daisy
  • Eye Glass and Hearing Aid Pickup
  • Diabetes Eye-screening
  • PeacePoster Competition
  • Service Person of the Year
  • Christmas Food Baskets
  • Lions Service Day/Twin Havens Cleanup
  • Gazebo and Tree Decorating

Club Contributions

 In addition to supporting Connecticut and Lions International eye research programs, the Niantic Lions also contribute generously to several local organizations, causes and charities. Some of these are listed below. We are a certified 501(c)(3) Corporation, as such your donations are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by the IRS for charitable contributions.

Charities Service Projects

  • Holiday Food Baskets
  • Niantic Bay 10K run
  • Senior Center Dinner
  • Service Person of the Month
  • Shoreline Leo Club
  • Twin Havens Cleanup
  • Glasses and Exams for the Needy
  • New London Soup Kitchen
  • Martin House
  • Bikes for Kids
  • Alzheimer’s Association
  • Boy Scouts of America
  • Yankee Brass Band
  • Adopt-a-Family

District 23C Projects

  • Governors Visitation Charity
  • Lions Club Int’l Fund (LCIF)
  • Campaign SightFirst II
  • CT Lions Eye Research Foundation
  • Lions Day 50% to CLERF
  • Lions Low Vision Center
  • Diabetes Awareness Program
  • Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation
  • Camp Rising Sun
  • CT Radio Info Center (CRIS)
  • Peace Poster Competition
  • Juvenile Diabetes

East Lyme Projects

  • ELHS Scholarships
  • ELHS Sports Complex Flagpark
  • ELHS Student Recognition
  • ELHS Viking Band
  • EL Library sight impaired material
  • Food Service for EL Bike & BBQ
  • Gazebo and Christmas Tree Decorations
  • Care & Share of East Lyme
  • McCooks Bandshell

Charitable Grants

  • Center for the Blind
  • Hospice of SE CT
  • Smith Harris House
  • Special Olympics
  • United Cerebral Palsy