Each Lion club is a resource for those who live in their community and need eyeglasses or hearing aids, but cannot afford them. Used eyeglasses collected by Lions and other volunteers are recycled at one of ten Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers throughout the world.

A free vision screening program for children. Utilizing a special digital video camera images of the child’s eyes are taken and analyzed. A report is then printed showing the results. Conditions checked for include near and far sightedness, stigmatism, anisometropia, cataracts and strabismus.

Located in Rochester, Michigan, is a Nonprofit Organization that is committed to providing the legally blind with a means to assist them in living a full and more independent life.

Eye-Bank provides corneal tissue for transplantation, supports eye and vision research and promotes public awareness of the need for eye donors.

The camp can house up to 160 children and welcomes children who are visually impaired, hearing impaired, cancer patients and those with juvenile diabetes.  They aspire to provide a premiere outdoor recreational/educational facility providing opportunities for people of special needs to enhance self-worth, attain independence, acquire social skills and realize their full potential as human beings.

Located in Taylor, MI, is a unique, private non-profit agency, providing five-day residential, day care, and consultation/evaluation services to blind, multi-disabled children ages one through twelve.

A partnership between the Lions service organization, The Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University. Their mission is to focus on service to the hearing needs of the community and the medically underserved in the area.

As one of the largest hospital-based children’s speech and language centers in the United States, they provide a variety of specialty care programs for children with speech and language disorders such as:

The primary objective of the Lions program is to reduce the number of new cases of blindness caused by diabetic retinopathy through diabetes education, early detection and treatment, and support of research. Lions are especially encouraged to conduct awareness activities during the month of November–Lions Diabetes Education Month.

Since its inception in 1976, Madonna University’s Office of Disability Resources (O.D.R.) has assisted more than one thousand (1000) students with disabilities.  The O.D.R. employs four full-time employees who work as a team to create the best possible learning environment for students with disabilities. They are sensitive to the needs of individual students and are also fluent in American Sign Language.