Champaign Lions Club
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We meet on the first and third Wednesdays of each month
11:45am, at The Windsor of Savoy
​JOIN US!
Champaign, Illinois
​Zone 4, District 1-M, Multi-District 1, USA

**** Tootsie Pop Days **** 
Raised - $2,900
Thanks for all your support

Request help with obtaining eyeglasses
Request help getting hearing aids
Donate eyeglasses and hearing aids
Newsletters

​Would you like to give back to the community! 
Please consider joining the Champaign Lions! 
​Call (309) 863-5335 for more information.

To DONATE to Champaign Lions, send a check written to
Champaign Lions Charities
to
Champaign Lions Club
P.O. Box 175
Champaign, IL  61820-0175


Updated May 18, 2026
We Serve!
  • Providing eyeglasses to those who can't afford them
  • Providing hearing aids to those who can't afford them
  • Vision screening for pre-school children
  • Collecting used eyeglasses and hearing aids to be refurbished
  • Sponsor annual beepball games (softball for people who are blind)
  • Sponsor summer campers to Camp Lions (hearing and sight-impaired)
  • Regular cleanup of a section of Neil Street
  • Courage Connection yard cleanup

Tootsie Pop and Candy Days


Lions Club Scholarship
$100 to the Urbana High School Band Trophy Winner

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Past Collection Days

Eastern Illinois Foodbank, December 2018


Interested in making a difference?  Join Lions!  Everyone is welcome. 
​Call (309) 863-5335
Champaign Lions Newsletter -
​The Chatter
Beep Baseball 2018
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2017-2018 Champaign Lions Club Summary Report by Past President Jay Hoeflinger
2015 - 2017 Champaign Lions Club Summary Report by Past President Sam McGrew
Photo Gallery 1
Photo Gallery 2
Champaign News-Gazette vision screening article Feb 15, 2017
Lions Vision Screening video
Venice, Florida Lions Vision screening video
 What's Next?


Links within this website:
Eyeglasses Collection Sites
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Request for financial assistance with eye exams or glasses
Links to other websites:
Lions Clubs International
Lions Kid Sight USA
Now collecting old, used keys (for the metal),
to benefit Visually and Hearing Impaired Children of Illinois!
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Collection sites:
Urbana Free Library
​Ace Hardware, Duncan & Kirby, Champaign, IL

Do It Best Hardware, 107 West Springfield Ave, Champaign, IL (at key-making station)
The Windsor of Savoy, 401 Burwash, Savoy, IL (ask at front desk);

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Club Meetings at: 1406 Regency Drive W, Savoy, IL
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Service Activities
Please make your donations to:
Champaign Lions Charities

Helping local residents with hearing and vision impairment

Request Eye Glasses
Request Hearing Aids
Donate Eyeglasses & Hearing Aids

Champaign Lions Chatter Newsletter
District 1-M Lions of Illinois
Events Calendar

* Click to see Past Guest Speakers*

Some Past Speakers at the Lions Club Luncheon
Brian Barnhart, Voice of the Fighting Illini
​Chris Kloeppel and Judy Wiegand, Champaign Unit 4 Schools
​Jim Hires, Eastern Illinois Foodbank
Mary Butzow, EMS Education Coordinator at Presence Covenant Medical Center
Mike Thomas, Former Athletic Director, University of Illinois
​John Groce, University of Illinois basketball coach
Julie Gains, a volunteer puppy raiser with Leader Dog for the Blind

PRESIDENT  Lenny Gray
SECRETARY: Jay Hoeflinger
TELEPHONE: (309) 863-5335

First & Third Wednesdays
​ Meetings 
at 11:45am at
​The Windsor of Savoy,
401 Burwash Ave,
Savoy, IL.
​Call the number at the left for more information.



Mail:
​Champaign Lions Club
P.O. Box 175

Champaign, IL 61820-0175
Email: [email protected]
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  • Home
  • Who We Are
  • What We Do
    • Eyeglasses Program
    • Hearing Aid Program
    • Donate Eyeglasses & Hearing Aids
  • Activities
    • Photo Gallery 2
  • Lions International
  • Members Page
  • Chatter Newsletter
  • Eyeglasses Request
  • Guest Speakers
  • 2015 - 2017 President's Report
  • Photo Gallery 1
  • 2017-2018 Past President's Yearly Summary
  • Donations page