Short Term Projects
SOUPerbowl Challenge
What: Lions District 49A is challenging all Clubs to donate food & $ to their local Food Pantries / Food Banks starting Super Bowl Sunday until Convention in April.
How: Each Club will collect and tally the pounds of food collected and distributed during this period. Pounds can be weighed or estimated. Each Dollar donated = 1 pound.
Reporting: Each Club participating should send their total pounds food collected and the number of members in their Club to darylm44@gmail.com by April 5, 2025.
Winner: Will be the Club with the highest weight donated per member. This puts every Club on the same footing.
We all know that our Food Pantries and Food Banks are struggling.
Let’s “Make a Difference!”
The 49A Committee on Hunger would like to invite 49B to join us in this Challenge.
Pennies for Pediatrics Cancer
Immediate Past District Governor Challenge
PDG Kathie had an idea on how to make money for one of her pet projects. She thought it would be nice to save her pennies and spare change for a purpose. It would give our members a chance to get rid of their small change and give a boost to her cause.Her goal is to raise 2k for the Pennies For Pediatric Cancer project.
The clubs are asked to send their Pennies or a check to the district by the end of June, 2025. The district would then send the funds on to LCIF in the district’s name.
Your Club project could be here.
Ongoing Projects
Aurora Borealis Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center
Eyeglass Recycling – How You Can Help
If you have used eyeglasses you no longer need, you can donate them now. Lions accept prescription and reading glasses, sunglasses and plastic and metal frames. Children’s glasses are especially needed.
You can give donated glasses to any Lion or leave at drop-off locations.
Anchorage area drop off centers here.
Coming soon, links to other dropoff centers.
You can also mail glasses to the Center. Please contact the center prior to shipping large quantities of glasses.
Aurora Borealis Lions Eyeglass Recycling & Vision Center
PO Box 55933
North Pole, Alaska 99705