Service is how we contribute to our communities — but let’s take it one step further. Let’s share our stories and make our clubs more visible through marketing and advocacy. As you serve, tell others about the incredible work you do. When we show how our service impacts the community, we can expand our reach, attract more Lions and community partners, and serve even more people.

The time of the Zoom meeting is 7:00 pm Just sending a friendly reminder that we will be having a D40 Lions Den Zoom Meeting with DG Joel on Friday, October 16th and chat about this month's topic, "Getting Involved"

The $200, $150 and $100 prizes again will go to our Lions Clubs International Foundation to be credited to each club’s Melvin Jones Fellow fund! Here’s your chance to increase your club’s health and Club Melvin fund to honor a Lion or community member deserving of recognition.

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 District Digest

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.

Deadline to register before the fee goes up $10 is November 5th.

Our 3rd Annual Statewide Lions FOOD DRIVE was a success!!! Participating clubs raised nearly $5000 to help their local food pantries and charitable organizations and we collected...drum roll... 10,576.26 pounds of food, a new record for food donations!!! Great work D40 Lions! We are making a difference in fighting hunger in our very hungry state. ROAR!

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.

The Edgewood Lions Club participated in the annual Lions Food Drive on September 12th. Volunteers from Scouts Troop 640 and the East Mountain Food Pantry joined with our club to collect 972 pounds of food and $567 in cash donations. Even in this time of high prices, Edgewoodians came out in force. A special surprise was when the Edgewood DeMolay chapter came by and dropped off 3 shopping carts full of food. ROAR!

Don’t Forget The Students Who See The World Differently

Carlsbad Downtown Lions Club participated in the Second Annual Statewide Community Lions Food Drive. Lions Johnny, Melissa, Micky, Sally, Gemma, Roxann, Jerry, Gus, Dick, John, and cub Liam took shifts at La Tienda.

Ironman 70.3 came to Ruidoso in July! Team Leader Lion Paula Locke, husband David Locke & her daughter Lion Beth dedicated so many hours to ensure that Ironman 70.3 Ruidoso went well! They volunteered for multiple shifts over throughout the week for this monumentous event. We were all overjoyed to volunteer for this event. Ironman brought so much life and excitement to our village. The athletes were so kind and courteous. They loved the challenge that Ruidoso presented.

Albuquerque Lions hosted a food drive for Roadrunner Food Bank of New Mexico on September 12, 2026, at the Walmart Neighborhood Market located at Juan Tabo & Montgomery in Albuquerque, NM. Fifteen Lion Club members reported at 8:30 am in the parking lot at Walmart to prepare for the food drive. We completed the food drive at 2 pm with the delivery of the donations to the Roadrunner Food Bank: Total pounds of food: 1,501 (approximately 1,274 meals) & monetary donations: $468.2

The Carlsbad Community Lions Club participated in the state annual food drive for its second year in a row. Close to 160 pounds of food was collected by the club and donated to our local packs for hunger organization, which provides weekend meals for school children in need every week! Thank you, club members, Linda and Bob, for spearheading this year's efforts, and KR Scott for organizing this state-wide event!

District Governor Joel held his first Cabinet meeting in Moriarty, NM on August 8th. It was a good meeting and it was also good seeing other lions from New Mexico Clubs. DG Joel had lots to talk about and other members had some information to take back to the clubs. All in All, it was a great day to be a LION!!! ROAR!!!

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.