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1. Determining and funding community
needs, including local college scholarships and aiding persons
of need in the area.
2. Supporting the annual Coon Rapids Snowflake Days celebration
and maintaining Lions Coon Creek Park.
3. Annually holding pancake breakfasts with the proceeds going
to benefit the community.
4. Sponsoring and helping Cub Scout Packs, Boy and Girl Scout
Troops in the community as well as the North Metro Leo Club.
5. Supporting health screenings at Coon Rapids High School,
school co-curricular activities and actively presenting our
“Books for Bango” Program in our nine elementary schools.
6. Providing glasses and hearing aids for the needy in our city;
collecting used eyeglasses & hearing aids for recycling and
helping fund the Wellness Van, a joint venture between Mercy
and Unity Hospitals and the Lions.
7. Helping with summer recreation camp programs at Camps Friendship,
New Hope and Needlepoint.
8. Assisting with the Salvation Army Bell Ringing during the
Holidays, the annual White Cane Days event to benefit the Lions
Eye Bank of Minnesota, the Hooked on Fishing Kid’s fishing clinic
held each May at Coon Rapids Regional Dam Park and the Project
New Hope program for veterans.
9. Sponsor the annual Spring Classic Golf Tournament and the
Winter Wine & Epicurean Delights Extravaganza.
10. Advancing the work of Lions
Clubs International Foundation that assists people around the
world.
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