Change Begins with You
Help make a difference by supporting the community projects and fund-raising campaigns developed to enhancing our communities.
Building the Foundation
Donations
Lions Club's Membership
Building the Foundation
Building the Foundation is an additional fundraising campaign to help members carry on the mission of Lionism through monthly giving. The easiest method is an automatic draft performed monthly from a checking account with a donor designated amount. However, this can be done through automatic withdrawals or checks and performed monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. Each Lion is encouraged to give at least $10 a month to help support state projects but many give more.
Volunteer
Lions motto "We Serve" is accomplished through a variety of projects, most notably individual Club designated service projects based on their own individual community's needs. Volunteers can also serve at any of the four Lions service projects in Oklahoma. Call the Office at: 405-947-6540 to be connected to someone who can help you decide! The more you are truly satisfied by helping others the more you will want to be a LION!
Ok Lion's Legacy lives on.......
In 1992, the Oklahoma Lions Service Foundation’s permanent endowment fund was established at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. The fund serves as an annual source of income for the organization and helps to provide supportive services to Lions Clubs and to our state projects. These focus on improving the lives of those in need.
You may want to consider our endowment fund for current giving and include it in your estate plans. The Oklahoma City Community Foundation can work with you and your professional advisors to make a lasting gift through an estate gift such as:
- Retirement Plan
- Assets can be used to make a charitable gift to the endowment and reduce the tax burden on heirs.
- A Bequest included in your will is the simplest planned gift to make.
- You can designate a percentage, the residual or your entire estate to benefit the endowment fund.
- You can find sample bequest language at www.occf.org.
- Charitable Gift Annuities provide individuals 55 years or older with not only income for life but also the opportunity to make a gift to the endowment fund.
- A Charitable Remainder Trust allows you to place assets in a trust that pays annual income to you or a beneficiary for life or a term of years. Upon the end of the trust, the remaining assets will benefit the endowment fund.
- Other types of gifts accepted to benefit the fund include: Cash Appreciated Stock Real Estate Oil & Gas Interests Life Insurance Closely-held C-corp. and S-corp. stock, partnerships & LLCs.
The Oklahoma Lions also have a Trust at the Trust Company of Oklahoma. This fund is divided into two sub-categories. One is dedicated to the continual support of the Oklahoma Lions Meadows of Hope, the other is designated by the OLSF Board of Directors.
Organizational Transparency
In accepting a contribution to any fund, the Oklahoma City Community Foundation trustees commit to the donor that the contribution will be protected for the charitable purpose originally intended. The variance power, as described in the governing documents of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, assures donors that if the charitable purpose of their contributions becomes impractical or impossible, the distributions will be directed to similar purposes in the community
Endowment for Oklahoma Lions Service Foundation at the
Oklahoma City Community Foundation
For more than 40 years, the Oklahoma Lions Service Foundation has provided support the efforts of the Oklahoma Lions Boys Ranch Meadows of Hope and the Oklahoma Lions Eye Bank. Included in the state projects now are the Mobile Health Screening Unit and the KidSight program. You have an opportunity to help ensure this support continues for generations.
In 1992, the Oklahoma Lions Service Foundation’s permanent endowment fund was established at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. The fund serves as an annual source of income for the organization and helps to support services to all Oklahoma Lions Clubs and our state projects that focus on improving the lives of those in need.
The Oklahoma Lions Service Foundation’s permanent endowment fund is an important annual source of income. If you are interested in making a cash gift to the endowment fund, please complete the form below and return it with the contribution.
Thank you to all the Oklahoma Lions who have given towards the Oklahoma city Community Foundation Endowment, Trust, or added a charitable gift to OLSF in planning their will or estate. Thank you to Legacy Lions!
Robert McMasters
Boneyard Lions
Wayne & Yolanda Middleton
John H. Bode
Ray T. Anthony
Brookside Lions Club
Briggs Evening Lions Club
Mr. J. Walter Coffey
Lt Col. Francis and Joanne F. Curran
Leamon and Fay Freeman
Kirkpatrick Family Fund
Barry and Dana Bessinger
Robert "Bob" McCullough II