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

KidSight South Dakota - Working to screen children for eye health. Mobile screening units are available to daycares, preschools and schools on request. - Eyeglasses & Hearing Aid Collection - Glasses are inspected, cleaned, refurbished, and reused by people in need in developing countries around the world. Hearing aids are also refurbished to improve the quality of life for those who cannot afford new technology. In Sioux Falls - drop locations for used hearing aids and eyeglasses are available at every Lewis store or the Foundation office. In Rapid City - any of the collection boxes at the three Boyd's Drug locations. In greater South Dakota, we have drop locations for used hearing aids and eyeglasses in dozens of small towns. Please call our office for the full list. Specific Assistance Program - Partners with healthcare professionals to provide vision services (eye glasses) at reduced rates to income-qualified individuals (200% of federal poverty level). For local Lions Club information (including meetings and contact details), contact the Foundation Office.

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.

An anonymous group that has formed to help others in need. The group asks only that those who are helped turn around and help three others. The group meets monthly and there are no requirements to join. It is asked that each member give of themselves and agree to pledge their own money and time. The group does not accept solicitations from agencies, a request must be pitched by one of the group members. The group is open to informational letters and site visits. There are no paid staff or administrative costs, and all monies go directly to others in need. ​If someone is in need of assistance, they can contact this group by sending a letter describing their need.

A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting positive aging for adults. Provides social, physical, educational, and outreach programs to enhance their members' lives and the community. Includes: Active Cruisers Motorcycle Club, Arts and Crafts, Billiards, Bingo, Book Club, Card and Game Clubs, Community Action Team (CAT), Crafters, Creative Writing Group, Bean Bag Club, Sing-Along Group, Tuesday Night Dances, Early Birders Bird Club, Gold'n Silver Drama Club. Golf Club, Hiking Club, Kazukes, Knitting, Line Dancing, Lifelong Learning Education Opportunities, Color Me Happy Club, Computer Classes, Photography Club, Pickleball, Quilting Club, Scrabble Club, Shuffleboard, Table Tennis, Trips and Travel, Walking Club, Woodcarving Club, Genealogy Club, and Special Events. *Some programs require user fees some are free. Members receive a monthly Lifetimes Newspaper that provides all information regarding classes and events.

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.

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

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. Through service, friendship, and leadership, we're committed to making a lasting impact. The Mitchell Club is an active group in our community. Through service projects, donations, and fundraisers, we help fill in the gaps that are needed to promote a healthy community and healthy children. Service Projects: Kiwanis Woodlot Park, Mitchell's first handicap accessible park, blankets for first responders to hand out to kids involved in emergencies, filling the little free libraries around town with books, volunteering with youth serving agencies. Fundraisers: Annual Spaghetti Dinner, Baseball Tournament, Palace City Kiwanis Half Marathon/5k/10k, and Supermarket Sweep.

Veteran Service Organization that is focused on assisting veterans and their families, supporting youth activities, and providing services to various other community service projects. To find a post near you, visit the website and enter your zip code, or your city and state.

Shriner's Hospitals for Children have a three-fold purpose: Treatment, Research, and Education. All care and services provided at Shriner's Hospitals regardless of patients ability to pay. Care is available in the following areas: Orthopedic - problems of the bones, joints, or muscles Burns - help is available from the first critical hours after the burn through reconstruction. Transportation is available for critically burned children Spinal Cord/Cleft Lip and Pallet - injuries and problems with the spine and mouth Transportation for Shriner's patients is available at no cost from Sioux Falls to the hospitals.

Programs/Services: ​Glasses and Hearing aids - funding help with eye glasses and hearing aids for people in the community who need assistance. ​Scholarship - annual award for 1 local (St Mary's Dell Rapids, Dell Rapids Public) high school senior. ​Funding assistance for local community projects - FCCLA National competition, Dell Rapids Boy Scouts, Dell Rapids Food Pantry, Dell Rapids Christmas for Our Kids, Dell Rapids Community Haven, Dell Rapids Special Olympics, Dell Rapids Back Pack Program, Dell Rapids Museum Festival of Trees, etc.

Purpose is historic preservation, education and patriotism. There are 10 chapters in South Dakota located in Brookings, Yankton, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Custer, Belle Fourche, Aberdeen, Mitchell, Pierre, and Watertown.

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.

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.

Provides vision and hearing services to those in need and assists in meeting community needs through a variety of service projects, fund raising projects, and donations programs.

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

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.

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.

Service club that gives its members opportunities to help young children in the community through service projects and contributions.

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.

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.

Sertoma exists for the high and noble purpose of service to mankind by communication of thoughts, ideas, and concepts to accelerate human progress in health, education, freedom, and democracy. The Minnehaha Sertoma Club contributes both time and money to a variety of community organizations, including: SD School for the Deaf Community, Family Visitation Center, Meals on Wheels, St Francis House, Glory House, Lunch is Served, SOS project, and many others.

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.

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.

Non-profit organization providing financial support for eye exams, glasses and hearing aids for community members who are in need.