The Club

The Libertytown Unionville Lions Club is proud to serve those in our community and people throughout the world. Presented below is a summary of our service activities since our founding in 1949:

• Scholarships –since 1964 over $55,000 in scholarships have been awarded to students of our community.
• The Libertytown Area Sports Association (LASA, formerly Libertytown Recreation Council) has received financial help and their electric scoreboard from the club. 
• Medical Equipment is available for loan to local citizens including hospital beds, walkers, canes, commodes and wheelchairs.   
• Poinsettias are delivered to sick and elderly members of the community at Christmas – between 40 to 50 each year 
• Libertytown Volunteer Fire Department receives financial assistance each year. The land the fire department occupies was given to them by the Libertytown Unionville Lions Club in 1965.
• Liberty Elementary School – We support programs financially not covered by state or county funding.  Students are invited to participate in the Lions Clubs American Heritage Essay Contest. 
• The Libertytown Food Bank – a direct service of the St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church.
• Eye glasses and exams. The club maintains a relationship with an Ophthalmologist and an oculist where community members are sent after reviewing their qualifications for receiving vision service help.
• The Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF) – a fund from which grants are made to Lions clubs for needs in their community beyond their ability to support as well as major catastrophes throughout the world.  
• Lions Vision Research Foundation (LVRF) – a foundation of Multiple District 22 established in 1991 concentrating on clinical, research and training in low vision located at the Wilmer Eye Clinic of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.
• Lions Youth Foundation (LYF) – a foundation of Multiple District 22 provides grants to Lions Clubs for use in youth related projects. 
• Lions Leader Dog Program  – This Lions organization located in Michigan trains and supplies leader dogs at no cost to the unsighted recipient.
• Vision Screening is provided to Pre-School Children.
• Boy Scout Troop 1062 located in Libertytown was supported financially and is now disbanded.
• Frederick County Hospice – many community members have benefited from this very special service organization.
• The Medical Eye Bank of Maryland established by Lions of Multiple District 22 collected, stored and distributed eye corneas.  This service is now performed by a commercial medical organization