Van Buren Lions Club
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Participated in Red Cross drives
Provide funds for Boys Band program
Provide free school lunches
Provided shoes and braces for crippled children
Placed a "Moral Code for Youth" in all county schools
Participated in Boy Scout activities
Conducted a county-wide athletic day
Gave wheelchair to a paraplegic
Gave crutches to a crippled child
Held picnics for underprivileged children
Financed surgery for a needy person
Raised funds for Tri-State Hospital in Memphis
Erected service flag for members in the armed forces
Held Blind Fund auction
Equipped school Safety Patrol
Staged minstrel shows
Contributed equipment for school playgrounds
Starting in 1949 and continuing today, making sure everyone has glasses that need them
Conducted a broom sale benefit for the Blind Center in Little Rock
Participated in purchasing a high school football scoreboard
Sponsored exchange students
Sponsored students to Boy's State
Provided funding to Arkansas Enterprise for the Blind
Built the 1st public tennis court
Provided funding to the Mid- South Lions Sight and Hearing Service
Built a six-way basketball court at J.J. Izard School
Built bleachers along side the City Park Swimming Pool
Provided funding for new city street signs
Financed and installed handicapped playground equipment in City Park
Sponsor the Lions International Peace Poster contest in the junior high schools
Financed and constructed a new pavilion at Van Buren's Diamond Center baseball complex on Kibler Road
Replaced deteriorating sign at King Elementary School
Provided funding to the "Dig N It" garden program at the Van Buren Housing Authority
Provide Christmas baskets for the needy
High school football training camps
Provided incidental expenses for County health nurse
Conducted city tennis tournaments
Built an East-side highway arch inscribed, "Southern Gateway to the Ozarks"
Performed county census of blind people
Obtained and distributed Braille materials
Provided transportation for a blind student
Distributed white canes to the blind
Sent cigarettes overseas during World War II
Formed and sponsored a junior baseball team
Installed street markers on city streets
Made city park improvements
Ran Lighthouse for the Blind seal sales
Manned Salvation Army kettles
Raised funds for the Blind Adjustment Center
Bought stage curtains for the Van Buren High School
Provided lighting for City Park
Erected the fence around Blakemore Field
Participated in purchasing a car for the high school All-Sports Coach
Provided funding to the Boys and Girls Club
Provided funding to the Lions World Services for the Blind (formerly Arkansas Enterprise for the Blind)
Supported the Junior High Honor Society
Financed and built a pavilion in City Park
Provided picnic tables in City Park
Provided support to the Stepping Stone School in Alma
Supported Zion's Children Home at Bond Special
Provided funding to support the on-going programs at Van Buren's Field of Dreams sports complex
Provided funding to the Van Buren Police Department's child car seat program
Financed new chairs for the Butterfield Junior High Auditorium
Provided funding for granite signs on Hwy 64 that welcome folks to Van Buren
Erecting a flagpole in front of the Crawford County Courthouse
Replaced deteriorating sign at J.J. Izard Elementary School
Funded new major-league type sunken dugouts at Field of Dreams showcase field.
Remodeled the billiard room at the Boys and Girls Club
Financed new PA speakers at a Field of Dreams field
Sponsored a team competing in the 2007 Cal Ripkin Babe Ruth 12-year old World Series
