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Contributes to community well-being through charitable donations and volunteer service with special emphasis on supporting efforts to prevent and find a cure for diabetes.

The Lions Club assists individuals who are blind and helps with community education for the prevention of blindness. Sight and blindness are main areas of emphasis. Also active in area of diabetes education and fundraising for different groups. The group also offers screenings for vision to preschool children at no charge. Works with schools, daycares, and health care events.

Volunteers serving their communities to meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace, and promote international understanding through the Lions Club.

B.A.C.A. exists with the intent to create a safer environment for children that have been sexually, physically, or emotionally abused, by lending support and protection. B.A.C.A involves the children with our united family of bikers with the end goal being to empower that child to regain the confidence necessary to face the world without fear and without the further need of B.A.C.A. In addition to becoming a presence in the life of the abused child, B.A.C.A. also provides for children by escorting them to court hearings and parole hearings of their perpetrator, as well as many other ways to ensure that child is free from fear.

Sertoma is a not-for-profit civic organization with community-minded members in our service clubs across North America. Every year Sertoma clubs raise more than $20 million for local community service projects.

Service organization which develops community fundraising events including the annual Pancake Days. 100% of the fund generated by Pancake Days stays with local charities and has historically supported the following organizations - Falls Community Health Center, South Dakota Eye Bank, Sioux Falls Habitat for Humanity, SD Lions Sight and Conservation Program, SD Hearing Committee, Siouxland Library & Children's Program, McCrossan Boys Ranch, Serve and Learn Student Association (SALSA) - a group that organizes high school volunteers in our community through the Helpline Center, and The Sioux Falls Banquet.

Organization is interested in preventing blindness, and assisting those who are already blind. Offers education to members on service to the blind. Collects and cleans eye glasses for mission trips in Mexico. Conducts free vision screening for children. Recycle Aluminum to help pay for the community services provided.

Webster Key Club is part of Key Club International which is a student led organization that provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership. The program is for high school students. Programs and services varies and includes Sponsored events with Ronald McDonald House, Children's Miracle Network, and The Banquet in Watertown, SD. ​Supporting local projects and fundraisers such as the food pantry, Needs Anonymous, Children's Miracle Network, and UNICEF. Supporting school projects such as the 1st Grade Christmas Store - people donate new or gently used items and 1st graders get to shop at the store to buy items for $0.25 to $1.50. The club wraps the gifts and gives to the child to take home and give to family members.

Service organization focusing on ethical standards in businesses professions and working for international goodwill and peace. Also sponsors exchange students and business teams.

Raises funds for local community service projects, grants, and scholarships. Sponsors community projects to promote freedom and democracy, assist youth, and meet community needs. A major area of focus is assisting Aberdeen Parks and Recreation and Forestry Department with development of Storybook Land and the Land of Oz.

Substance use programming providing chemical abuse assessments, groups, and individual services. Classes/workshops and prevention programming available for middle schools and communities. Walk-in assessments and telehealth services available.

The Zonta Club of Pierre-Fort Pierre is a member of Zonta International. Zonta International is a leading global organization of individuals working together to build a better world for women and girls. The Pierre-Fort Pierre Club is a service club that generates money from the sale of booths at a Fall Craft and Vendor Show. The money raised goes to scholarships, grants to local organizations and to make and serve a meal at a local community banquet. Members also participate in service-related events such as a community garden plot to raise fresh vegetable for the local food pantry, a closet of gently used professional clothing for women and collecting donations for the local domestic violence center.

Chapter of national civic service organization Sertoma, Inc. Organization exists for service to mankind and volunteer fundraising. A special interest is helping people with hearing impairments and learning disabilities.

Volunteers serving their communities to meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace, and promote international understanding through the Lions Club. Vermillion Lions Club collects used eyeglasses and hearing aids as well as provide financial support for both sight and hearing needs (a qualification form needs to be completed). Serves youth by providing scholarships and support local organizations such as Boy and Girl Scouts, HOBY, library programs, and assistance to other community projects as the needs arise. Also, supports community by supporting the Fire and Police Departments, the Edith Siegrist Vermillion Public Library, the W. H. Over Museum, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Lions Park, The Main (Senior) Street Center and by participating in community events such as the Dakota Day parade and Parade of Lights.

The Junior League of Sioux Falls, SD is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women's leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.

Service organization that hosts a variety of programs and services designed to help youth in the Brandon area such as the free, annual family-oriented Hometown Days, Holiday Angel tree, Bingo, an oratorical scholarship contest, an essay scholarship contest, and more. Also creates and sends out a bi-annual mailers to over 8,000 homes in the Brandon Valley school district.

The Zonta Club of the Southern Black Hills is a member of Zonta International. Zonta International is a leading global organization of individuals working together to build a better world for women and girls. Provides service dollars to programs that support their mission and honors women in the community whose lifework has supported our mission. Offers scholarships for high school graduates in the Custer, Hot Springs, or Edgemont communities. Puts together two fundraisers such as publishing the Southern Hills Directory & Planner, and Zonta Fest, an event that supports women in the arts and music. Also puts together Yellow Rose Week - a week that honors those in the workforce who make a difference for women in the area and Zonta Says No to Violence Against Women Campaign. Members also participate in other service and social opportunities and participating in one of the acting sub-committees in the club.

Promotes fellowship among members, serves the community by raising funds for diabetes research and education, and other worthy causes.

Substance use programming providing chemical abuse assessments, groups, and individual services. Classes/workshops and prevention programming available for middle schools and communities. Walk-in assessments and telehealth services available.

Giving help to youth through monetary assistance and volunteering.

The Watertown Optimist Club is a local chapter of Optimist International. A civic, non-profit organization that brings out the best in kids that hosts a variety of programs and services designed for youth in the Watertown area.

Community service organization that strives to make communities and the world better. Children and vision are of the organizations biggest areas that are served. All of the money that is raised in fundraisers, goes back to various local or worldwide needs.

KidSight South Dakota - Providing free vision screening for children 6-months to 18-years old. Mobile screening units are available to daycares, preschools and schools on request. Vision Assistance Program - Individual Lions clubs partner with healthcare professionals to provide vision exams at no or reduced cost and eye glasses at reduced rates to uninsured and income-qualified individuals (200% of federal poverty level). Eyeglasses Collection - Glasses are inspected, cleaned, refurbished, and reused by people in need in developing countries around the world. Donated glasses may be dropped off at Walmart Vision Centers or visit the website for other locations. For local Lions Club information (including meetings and contact details), visit the website or contact the Foundation Office.

The LifeScape Ambassadors were formed in October 2014 when the auxiliaries of the former South Dakota Achieve and Children's Care Hospital & School voted unanimously to join together to form one group. The mission of the LifeScape Ambassadors is to provide the extras to enhance the quality of life for the adults and children supported by LifeScape. It's a legacy of the mother's touch that both auxiliaries sought to provide when they formed-to be sure all felt loved and cared for.

A service club with fundraising projects and service projects such as a pancake feed supporting the Black Hills Workshop, Habitat Houses, and many others.