More than fifty years ago, twenty-one leaders in our community got together to do a whole bunch of volunteering here in Katy. Boy have the times, and the roads, changed! What has not changed is that desire to improve, to serve, and to care for our friends, neighbors, and our area. The Katy Lions are your service organization. As part of the global association of Lions Clubs, we focus our efforts on the five pillars of Lionism: Diabetes, Environment, Hunger, Vision, and Childhood Cancer.

We stamp out Diabetes through education, awareness, and our partnerships with local medical providers. We protect our Environment through regular roadside cleanups and advocacy. We feed underprivileged and lower income individuals, and we work with our LEOs club on food drives annually.

We provide eyecare Vision, and through our dozens of used glasses pickups, we have collected tens of thousands of glasses over the last few years. Those glasses, along with the glasses from over fifty other clubs in the area go to a processing center which catalogues, professionally cleans, and then distributes them to communities and partners in need. We also provide eye exams through our partnership with the nurses of Katy ISD, again, at little cost to the families.

Our annual toy drive donates over 5,000 toys annually! We collect toys every November and December and take them over to local distribution organizations to make a big impact on families facing hardships during the holiday season and around the year. All of this sounds amazing, right? So, here’s my question: you ready to learn more?

The Katy Lions have various locations where the community can drop off used glasses. Those wanting to serve in this project can help by checking and emptying the boxes, which are then taken to the distribution center monthly. Candy sales are also a great way to collect donations for our club! We have various locations where your service may be used for two- to- four hours. This is done once or twice a month. All of this sounds amazing, right?

You can always learn more about who we are, what we’re doing, and where we’re going from our Facebook (fb.com/beagreatlion) and this website (katylions.org). We always recommend you do your own research to confirm what we already know: that serving with the Katy Lions is a richly rewarding experience. Reach out to us with questions.

1. To show my faith in the worthiness of my vocation by industrious application to the end that I may merit a reputation for the quality of service.

2. To seek success and to demand all fair remuneration or profit as my just due, but to accept no profit or success at the price of my own self-respect lost because of unfair advantage taken or because of questionable acts on my part.

3. To remember that in building up my business it is not necessary to tear down another’s; to be loyal to my clients or customers and true to myself.

4. Whenever a doubt arises as to the right or ethics of my position or action towards others, to resolve such doubt against myself.

5. To hold friendship as an end and not a means. To hold that true friendship exists not on account of the service performed by one another, but that true friendship demands nothing but accepts service in the spirit in which it is given.

6. Always to bear in mind my obligation as a citizen to my nation, my state, and my community, as to give them my unswerving loyalty in word, act, and deed. To give them freely of my time, labor, and means.

7. To aid others by giving my sympathy to those in distress, my aid to the weak, and my substance to the needy.

8. To be careful with my criticism and liberal with my praise; to build up and not destroy.

To Organize, charter and supervise service clubs to be known as Lions clubs.

To Coordinate the activities and standardize the administration of Lions clubs.

To Create and foster a spirit of understanding among the peoples of the world.

To Promote the principles of good government and good citizenship.

To Take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community.

To Unite the clubs in the bonds of friendship, good fellowship and mutual understanding.

To Provide a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest; provided, however, that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be debated by club members.

To Encourage service-minded people to serve their community without personal financial reward, and to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavors.