In 1989, Camp Dat So La Lee was voted the District's primary service project. The camp was created as a major service project that would provide a common benefit to residents throughout our geographical region.

The week-long recreational summer camp is for children of families that are not financially able to afford the expensive private camps in the region.

Quest International started with a small beginning at the High School level around 1975. Lions International became involved with the writing of the "Skills for Adolescence program for the 6th, 7th and 8th grades when it was decided that the program must start at an earlier age. In 1989, the "Skills for Growing" program was piloted and became available for general use that fall.

The Blind Center of Nevada was founded in 1955 by Audrey Bascum Tait. With the help of the Lions, what began as a simple group visually impaired people gathering on Audrey's back porch soon grew large enough that, in 1960 the Lions gave the Center a two room- building in Las Vegas. The Center has maintained its home at the same location ever since.

Founded in 1975, Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) pioneered the concept of training dogs to assist people with disabililies other than blindness. With service dogs as the cornerstone, the CCI program expanded in the 1980s to include hearing dogs trained to alert the hearing-impaired, and social dogs for persons with developmental disabilities or where the supervision of a third-party is required.

Compassion was the driving force that led to the founding of City of Hope in 1913. That spirit lives on at City of Hope which today provides help to millions of people who are battling life-threatening diseases.

City of Hope is one of just a handful of Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the United States as designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). At City of Hope more than 300 physicians and scientists and over 2,500 employees work to find the causes of and cures for cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

Guide Dogs of the Desert (founded by the Cathedral City Lions Club) is a public, nonprofit corporation funded by corporate and private donations. Guide Dogs provides, at no cost to the student, a specially trained dog with all the necessary equipment, twenty-eight day training program at the school and post-graduate assistance for the working life of the team.