Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization with 1.3 million members in 45,000 clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas. Through membership in a Lions club, people not only help those in need, but have opportunities to develop personal friendships and gain valuable leadership skills.

The club was sponsored in 1951 as the Geneva Excelsior Lions Club by the Mission Lions Club. In the late 1990s, the two clubs were merged into the Geneva Mission Lions Club. The Geneva Mission Lions Club is composed of a diverse group of men and women committed to Lionism and service to others. Current members include executives, educators, bankers, representatives from local industry, homemakers, other professionals, and retirees.

The Geneva Mission Lions Club has a local and international focus by:

• Paying for eye exams and glasses for needy children and adults.
• Supporting adult day care for those with Alzheimer's.
• Supporting high school students.
• Supporting the training of canine companions.
• Sponsoring hearing tests and hearing aids.
• Sponsoring specialized eye testing and surgery.
• Supporting homeless through food programs.
• Supporting drug rehabilitation.
• Sponsoring needy children to summer camp.
• Providing and serving new arrival students from Latin countries.
• Sponsoring students into Student Speaker scholarship program.
• Collection of used eye glasses that are tested and redistributed to the needy.

The Geneva Mission Lions Club meets
at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month
at the Italian American Social Club
25 Russia Ave., San Francisco, CA 94112