We Serve
In addition to service in vision & hearing, and community grants & vocational scholarships, we also serve in the following ways:
Hunger - support for the Garden of Hope, funding for the Snohomish Community Food Bank and Elementary School nutritional programs for kids in need
Diabetes: Camp Leo scholarships
Seniors: Support for our Snohomish Senior Center
Volunteers for annual community events such as Halloween Crossing Guards on 1st Street, National Night Out, Snohomish Block Party and many others
Learn more about our current service and follow us on Facebook @SnohomishLions or Instagram @SnohoLions
Serving Snohomish Since 1929
We Support Education
Past Presidents Randy Smith and Ron Stever were recognized by Vania for helping start the Story Maker Animation Studio at Riverview Elementary School — 2017.
Lions Merle, Ron, Cindy, Hank and Terry inspired us to support this education-oriented service. See more Story Maker videos from the Riverview kids on their YouTube channel.
We Dream
Building the Public Restrooms at 1st & B — 1990s
Lion Arne Johnson saw a kid who couldn’t get to a restroom in time and said we can fix this.
We Fundraise
Lions “Glass Breaking”— 1960s
With the help of friends, one bottle and jar at a time, we stoked student’s passions with scholarship grants.
Lions Club Garage Sales — 1980s
Lion George Nowadnick saw a need to honor our academic standouts and said let’s start a tradition. And it became our annual Top Scholar Banquet.
We Help Kids
Helping the Snohomish Boys & Girls Club make ends meet — 2020
Lion Hank saw the coming crisis and said we need to create a Coronavirus Relief Fund to help key Snohomish institutions make it through the coming hard times.
We Inspire Each Other
Building awareness of our service at the Library - 2013
Wearing the Vest
Twilight at the community garden - 2017
We wear “the Vest” in service … if at first it’s expected, in due course it becomes part of who you are when serving our community.
We Inspire Dreams
Lions Ron & Cindy led a fundraiser raffle to help start an animation studio for Riverview Elementary kids - 2018
Practicing for the “WonderGrove Wizard of Oz” world premiere - kids inspired by great teachers and visionary opportunity brought to them by the Snohomish Lions.
The Riverview Elementary animation studio inspired teacher Melissa Dilling to start an animation studio at Eisenhower Middle School - she made this for us.
We Rebuild
Snohomish Lions Club received a Lions Club International Foundation grant to help Snohomish dig out from the historic 1990 flood.
We Build
Roofing the “first community kitchen shelter” at Hill Park- 1950s
Snohomish Lions Club helped make a new park at Blackman’s Lake.
We Fundraise
Lions Weenie Wagon - version 1 — 1990s
Lion Arne said we need to do more service so we created our first “Weenie Wagon”.
We Honor
Raising the Flags on 1st Street — 2009
Lion Dean said the city needs our help to keep the flags flying on 1st Street.
We Fundraise
Lions Golf Team Defeats Monroe — 1931
Lion George Moore saw families struggling and said we need to do something. And we started the Lions Golf Tournament to raise funds in hard times - it continued well into the 1950s.
We Delight
Lions Give Children Hope and Joy — Christmas 1931