St. Joe Lions Club White Cane Campaign

The St. Joe Lions Club was established in 1928 as a community service organization with the motto “We Serve.” The club responded to a challenge by Helen Keller to be “knights of the blind” and has responded to this charge by providing eyeglasses and vision exams to those in need in our area. It has also been a sponsor of Vision Outreach International by helping in its vision surgery activities in third world countries. The club annually places American flags on the graves of veterans at Riverview Cemetery. The Lions also help sponsor Lions Beach, paint swing supports along Lake Bluff Park, paint picnic benches at many of the city parks, and have helped the city to purchase playground equipment and recycling containers.

We provide college scholarships to local high school students, help sponsor the St. Joe High School “Average Joes” robotics team, contributed to the construction of the high school Edward Todd Innovation Center and athletic scoreboards. But the signature activity for the club is “Camp Leo,” a several night overnight camping experience for cognitively, physically, visually and hearing challenged youth in our community. This activity provides an outdoor camping experience for these children in a safe and supervised environment and gives well-needed respite time for the families of these children.

Our club has created this White Cane Sale Go Fund Me account to supplement our annual White Cane Sale which is our traditional street corner collection in Downtown St. Joseph. Please consider joining our campaign to serve the St. Joe Community by contributing to our White Cane Sale Go Fund Me account.