Our Mission As Lions

To empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions clubs.

Lions is an acronym for Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nation’s Safety.

The five pillars of the Lions organization:

  • Vision

  • Diabetes

  • Hunger

  • Cancer

  • Environment

Our motto is WE SERVE.

100% of the money raised by the Lions goes back to the community or charities. 

We are the local chapter of Lions Clubs International, the largest service club organization in the world. 1.35 million members in more than 46,000 clubs serve communities in 207 countries and geographical areas around the globe. Lions Club International was formed in 1917 by a Chicago business leader, Melvin Jones, who wondered what would happen if people put their talents to work improving their communities.

The Croton Lions Club has been philanthropically serving the Croton community since 1939. It has a long history of notable members, including mayors and politicians from our village.

The current list of charities and organizations that we work with and/or donate to includes:

  • American Cancer Society

  • American Diabetes Assoc of Greater NY/NJ (Adult)

  • Bari Manor Fire Victims

  • Blue Path Service Dogs

  • Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts and Brownies

  • Brandel-Murphy Youth Foundation

  • Breakthrough T1D (aka: Juvenille Diabetes Foundation)

  • Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill (CHHOP)

  • CHHS Booster Club

  • Child Cancer Fund of NY

  • Croton Blood Drive

  • Croton Caring Committee

  • Croton Cortlandt Food Pantry

  • Croton EMS

  • Croton Fire Dept

  • Croton Free Library

  • Croton Harmon High School Scholarship Awards

  • Croton Historical Society

  • Croton Little League

  • Croton Police Department

  • Croton Seniors

  • Eyeglass Collection and Recycling

  • Free Medical Equipment Loans

  • Fuller Center

  • Guiding Eyes for the Blind

  • Harry Chapin Run Against Hunger

  • Hope’s Door

  • Hour Children (Bedford and Taconic Prisons)

  • Hudson Valley Honor Flights

  • Hurricane Victim Charities (multiple)

  • Lions Clubs International

  • LiveOnNY Foundation

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering

  • My Brother Vinny

  • SPCA Westchester

  • Toys for Tots

  • Tunnel to Towers

  • VA Medical Center, Montrose

  • VFW (Fox Eklof)

  • Vision Center on Blindness

  • World Central Kitchen

Learn more about how these organizations use the funds we donate to them.