We Are Lions. We meet the needs of our local communities and the world. We have over 2.3 million members worldwide in 206 countries. We conduct vision and health screenings, build parks, support eye hospitals, award scholarships, assist youth, provide help in time of disaster and much, much more.

The Palouse Lions Club is an active member of Lions International. Our goal is to provide services to the community of Palouse, Washington. In 2010, the Club's programs and donations returned over $11,000 back to this community.

Some of our fund raising projects include:

• The Lions Club Hamburger Cart at many Palouse functions
• The Community Christmas Card
• Palouse Day Breakfast, and the Palouse Day Duck Race

Some of our projects include:

• Support for Lions International Sight and Hearing programs, some of which we have been able to use locally.
• Flags placed downtown
• Children’s parties for Halloween and Christmas
• Sponsor of the Palouse Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts
• Maintaining an RV park for visitors
• Downtown Christmas decorations
• Scholarships for Palouse High School students
• Support for students taking special trips
• Support for students taking projects to the Palouse Empire Fair
• Supporting community projects such as the downtown banners, street barriers and the reader board on Main Street
• Highway pick up
• Palouse Sharing tree in conjunction with Gar/Pal Education Association
• Christmas food baskets thru the Palouse Council of Churches
• Bleachers for the Gar/Pal playing field
• Defibulator for the Palouse School in conjunction with Gar/Pal Education Association
• Co-sponsor of Palouse Day and the Palouse Day Car Show

We are grateful for the support we have received from the Community, since it allows us to carry on the projects that are needed to help us make this the great place to live that it is.

Our Officers for 2011-2012 are:

• Eric Slocum, President
• John Fleischman, Vice President
• Vic Linderman, 2nd Vice President
• Keith Wallace, Secretary
• Loren Estes, Treasurer

Meetings are on the first and second Thursday of each month, with a picnic meeting only on the third Thursday thru the summer months.