Clubs also sponsor career nights at high schools and invite locally prominent people to help graduates plan their futures. Literacy programs and vocational training in underprivileged areas are also high on the program agendas for many Lions clubs. Lions are encouraged to cooperate with other individuals, organizations, and governmental agencies in implementing environmental projects. They also build community centers, swimming pools, gardens and town squares. Lions sponsor baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer and other sports teams for youngsters.
Clubs also plan and conduct carnivals, picnics and various celebrations.
Medical research institutions have also been the recipients of generous contributions from Lions clubs and districts. Lions support Lions Clubs International Foundation, the humanitarian aims of the United Nations and conduct an international peace poster contest. Increasingly more young people are participation annually in the International Youth Exchange program. Clubs and districts have also constructed homes for orphans and the elderly as well as rehabilitation institutes for the handicapped. Many clubs supply food baskets for the poor on a regular basis.