Club History

The Baldwinsville Lions Club was chartered in October 1948. The club's nearly 60-year history of service to the local community began with 36 original members who hoped to make a difference.

Under the guidance of club president Robert Dosh, the Baldwinsville Lions' first community project was to sponsor a Christmas party for 30 needy children, which became an annual event for the club. During its second year, the club organized a five-day village carnival as a major fundraiser to finance its many projects.

Since our inception nearly 60 years ago, we have continued to support the primary goals of Lions International, to help the blind and visually handicapped in our community by providing leader dogs, training, personal aids such as canes, talking clocks, scales and watches, and transportation. We also collect used eyeglasses for the underprivileged throughout the world and help with funding of eye exams and glasses for those in need locally.

The Baldwinsville Lions Club also awards annual scholarships and supports Ithaca Camp Badger and Lion's Camp Hickory, a two-week summer day camp for kids with type 1 diabetes at Lions Community Park on the Seneca River in Baldwinsville.

Some of the many club service projects have included providing TTY machines, visual doorbells, and the construction of a handicap ramp at a home in Baldwinsville.

Funding for projects in the past have included games of skill booths at local festivals such as Seneca River Day, Beaver Lake's Golden Harvest Festival, and Oktoberfest as well as the White Cane Days, raffles, and our annual 'Spring Fling' brunch, silent auction and raffle.

We're always looking for new members who are looking to help make a difference in their community.