The Ventura Downtown Lions Club recently hosted the East-West All Star Football Game at Cal Lutheran University’s new football stadium. The Ventura Downtown Lions Club, chartered in 1923, has donated to many worthy causes and charities and its members have been involved in a multitude of projects over the past 93 years.
While Lions may be best known for their efforts to eradicate preventable and reversible blindness, they are also an integral part of local community activities. Year-round, the Club supports many donations to local schools and organizations through their Community Services and Youth Outreach programs. Completion of this Lions club project is a benefit to the community because it again allows the Lions Club to award scholarships to outstanding athletes as well as allowing the community the opportunity to see an exciting football game between some of the top athletes representing most of the high schools in Ventura County.
The East-West All Star Game has been hosted by the Ventura Downtown Lions for 25 years. This game has allowed the Lions to continue their donations to schools and organizations in the community.
According to Diane Ellis, club president of the Ventura Downtown Lions Club, “Money raised on January 23rd will allow Lions to meet pressing needs in our community including providing scholarships to other deserving young men and women as well as funding many of our local organizations including the Boys and Girls Club of Ventura, Teen Challenge, Interface Children and Family Services, the Salvation Army, Student Speakers Foundation for high school students, the Saint Bonaventure Leo Club, the Fred W. Smith Education/Scholarship Foundation, and the Cottage Home Foundation ( home for Foster Children in Ventura)”
The Ventura Downtown Lions Club has a membership of over 130 men and women who identify needs within the community and work together to fulfill those needs. For more information, or to get involved in the Ventura Downtown Lions Club, please contact their website at www.venturalions.org or call 655-5595.
