The St. Kitts Lions Club has 40+ members -- a group of men and women who identify needs within the community and work together to fulfill those needs. Since the Club’s chartering in 1979, its members have worked on a variety of projects in the local community, including:
- Accessible Sidewalks
- Adopt-A-Space
- Back-to-School Presentations
- Children Home assistance
- Children’s Fun Day
- Christmas Hampers
- Diabetes Awareness
- Donating wheelchairs
- Equipment to General Hospital
- Eye Screening for Eye Bank Week
- Festival of Choirs
- Harris Home Chicken Project
- Hearing Aids to School for Deaf
- Hurricane Relief
- Journey For Sight
- Kiddies Park at JNF Hospital
- Mary Charles Hospital Donations
- May Fair
- New-To-You
- Prison Visits
- Saddlers Elderly Home luncheons
- School Library Project
- Scholarship Program
- Sight Conservation Awareness
- Sight Night
- Special Olympics Games
- Specialized Surgery Abroad
- Street Name/Signs
- Tree Planting
- Vision Testing
- Welcome-signs (Airport Roundabout)
- Wheelchair Ramps
- World Service Day Cleanup
- and many more...
Proceeds from fundraising events go to various charities, scholarships and other causes to which the club contributes.
Motto: The motto of every Lion is simply "We Serve". What better way to express the true mission of Lionism?
Slogan: The slogan of the association is "Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nation's Safety (LIONS).
Official Colors: Royal colors of purple and gold. Purple stands for loyalty to friends and to one's self, and for integrity of mind and heart. Gold symbolizes sincerity of purpose, liberality in judgement, purity in life and generosity in mind, heart and purpose toward humanity.
Emblem: Gold letter "L" on circular purple field bordered by circular gold area with two lion profiles at either. Symbolically, the lions face both past and future -- proud of the past and confident of the future.
Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization with over 1.3 million members in approximately 45,000 clubs in 200 countries and geographical areas around the world. Since 1917, Lions clubs have aided the blind and visually impaired and made a strong commitment to community service and serving youth throughout the world. For more information about Lions Clubs International, visit www.lionsclubs.org.
WHY BECOME A LION?
As a Lions club member, you can:
1. grow personally and professionally by participating in our programs and community service projects
2. expand your network by developing relationships with community and business leaders around the world
3. make a difference everyday in your community, reach out internationally
4. have an impact on both local and international humanitarian issues
5. have access to membership discounts and services around the world, etc...
LIONS INTERNATIONAL PURPOSES
· TO ORGANIZE charter and supervise service clubs to be known as Lions clubs.
· TO COORDINATE activities and standardize the administration of clubs.
· TO CREATE and foster a spirit of understanding among peoples of the world.
· TO PROMOTE the principles of good government and good citizenship.
· TO TAKE an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community.
· TO UNITE the clubs in the bonds of friendship, good fellowship and mutual understanding.
· TO PROVIDE a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest; provided, however, that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be debated by club members.
· TO ENCOURAGE service-minded people to serve their community without personal financial reward, and to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavors.
Membership is by invitation!
THE ST.KITTS BASSETERRE LEOS & LIONS CLUB is affiliated to LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL
