Being an effective leader isn’t about telling others what to do. It’s about inspiring them to act — and to be leaders themselves. By understanding your district’s needs, you can focus on opportunities for improvement and motivate the right people to help drive success.

October brings several important opportunities to focus on well-being, prevention, and support across your school community: National Bullying Prevention Month World Mental Health Day, October 10 Red Ribbon Week, October 23–31

We continue our caring partnership with the Children’s Hope Foundation (CHF) this year. They hosted an event that honors all sponsors of the Children’s Hope Foundation. This is a way that CHF brought together its sponsors in order to thank them and show them what the donations support.

Kindness is at the core of our humanitarian mission. With support from LCIF, Lions and Leos can turn compassion into action and reach more people in moments of need. At the August 2026 LCIF Board of Trustees Meeting, 114 grants totaling more than US$13.6 million were approved to strengthen service worldwide.

The Eye-screening team of Los Leones de Mesilla have completed their Elementary children screenings!! We were blessed to have Las Cruces High School students from the HOSA program and students from the Burrell Health Sciences Attend and participate in this event. They grasped quickly to the procedures and were soon taking over the camera and completing all documentation! It was indeed a great year for showing others what Lions contribute to the preservation of vision in our y

On Saturday, September 26th, the Edgewood Lions led an Edgewood Community Park Playground Cleanup as part of a cooperative effort between the Town of Edgewood and the Moriarty-Edgewood School District. 14 volunteers including Lions, town employees, and other community members worked to clear the playground of goat heads and other weeds. This is one of the Edgewood Lion's combination of Environment and Youth Global Causes.

One of the best things about being a Lion is our service. When we stay grounded in our service, we unlock our club’s full potential. And while service is the most important thing, it’s also important that we help every Lion unlock their potential. Offering an inclusive, welcoming club environment, leadership opportunities and opportunities for personal growth helps attract new members and keep all members engaged and enthusiastic.

Being “Rooted in Service” is about more than just the service others see us do. It’s about who we are at our foundation. Our roots in service are strong, and they run deep.

The Lions International Peace Poster Contest has given middle school students ages 11-13 the opportunity to share what peace means to them through art, but also to express how peace would affect their lives, their families, friends and the world! These thoughts were shared by students in a Santa Fe southside lower income area.

The Espanola "Back to School" event in June brought several cheerful volunteers together. Santa Fe Capital City Líons had participated for several years with the Espanola Club , but this year, additional screening services and educational material were provided by the New Mexico Lions Diabetes Awareness Program in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Van with help from Santa Fe Prep Leo Sameera! Free glasses applications and instructions with frame selections were also available

You just need one member and one middle school teacher who might want to get their 11, 12 or 13 year old students to think about peace for themselves and the world and get involved in a project that pulls together creativity and kindness together. But you need to give the teachers time to incorporate this year’s theme “HARMONY IN HUMANITY” into their lesson plans for the coming school year.

A carton of 24 student dictionaries from The Dictionary Project Inc. were delivered to Lion Caroline Hess on July 6, 2026, as requested for use by the Four Corners Regional Training Institute's 70 community members. Led by City of Albuquerque's Albuquerque Volunteers and sponsored by a world-wide Baha'i initiative, the Institute's program includes learning cycles, literacy development, facilitated conversations, community engagement and active reflection with youths 15 years

Welcome to a new Lion year and a renewed opportunity to strengthen our impact. I am honored to serve as chairperson of Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF), our global foundation, inspired by the service and leadership of Lions and Leos around the world. Celebrating LCIF’s incredible reach during the 108th Lions International Convention was a proud moment. With your support, we raised US$85 million for future service. We have already started this Lion year strong, rais

Have you heard about the Helen Keller 2.0 Challenge? It represents celebrating the next 100 years of Helen Keller who started the "Knights of the Blind." The ABQ NE Lions are in for the challenge, and we will be supporting Backpacks for the Blind. Everyone donates supplies for school children, but people often forget that blind and low-vision kids need supplies too. Our backpacks provide Braille items and vision-impaired supplies for students that will last through their sch

The Clovis Evening Lions and the Quay County Evening Lions helped Blue Cross Blue Shield to screen eyes at the Tucumcari Library

The Ruidoso Evening Lions Club held its Memorial Day and Independence Day Gun Shows. We host a Kids' Scavenger Hunt at each gun show. When children find all of the hidden Lions and have their card stamped by each participating vendor, they are entered for a chance to win a Daisy BB gun and BBs. Our Gun Shows and Gun Raffles are among our largest and longest-running fundraisers. They allow us to help members of our community by providing eye exams and glasses, scholarships, an

Members of the Farmington Evening Lions Club joined with Lion Shelly Diede of the Children’s Hope Foundation at Farmington’s Riverfest on May 24, 2026. This is the foundation’s annual fundraiser, raffling off a brand-new car. The car was donated by Melloy Honda in Farmington as part of their annual donation to help children with Cancer, and their families, to be able to travel for specialized healthcare needs.

Farmington Evening Lions Club received an email from Presbyterian Children’s Services (PMS) to any party that would be interested in helping them set up the gardening project. PMS had received a grant to start this project. Farmington Evening expressed an interest and has partnered with Presbyterian Children’s Services (PMS) to begin a garden project to teach the children in their program how to plant and raise a garden. It was decided that it would begin at their Cottonwo

The Albuquerque Breakfast Lions Club was among 19 volunteers participating in the annual Burque Bee fundraiser for Ethos Literacy. Ethos Literacy is a nonprofit reading and educational center that empowers adults with literacy, language, and math skills. The Burque Bee-Team Spelling Bee was held on June 5, 2026, at the Canteen Brewhouse in Albuquerque. We were honored to have KOAT News Anchor Shelly Ribando as the host at the event.

Jennifer Halphen (second from the left), President of the Four Corners Stockman’s Association (FCSA) was invited to do a presentation at the Farmington Evening Lions Club meeting to introduce the FCSA and its work to the club. One of the Global Causes for the Lions Clubs is Youth Empowerment bringing the work of FCSA to the forefront.