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I. Lions Club Košice

I. Lions Club Košice, občianske združenie

Košice, Slovakia

HealthDisabilityChildren & YouthHousing & Homelessness
AssociationFounded 1997Local reach
Profile last updated: October 7, 2026

About

Founded in 1997, I. Lions Club Košice is a non-profit association based in Košice, Slovakia working on health, disability, children & youth +3 more.

I. Lions Club Košice is a civic association and member of the Lions Clubs International network, based in Košice, Slovakia. It supports people with visual impairments, mainly through preventive eye screening of preschool children with the Plusoptix device and cooperation with the Union of the Blind and Partially Sighted of Slovakia. It also supports families in need, homelessness services, disaster relief collections and environmental projects, and runs charity art auctions, concerts and fundraising events.

Location

Košice, Slovakia

Founded

1997

Organisation type

Association

Legal form

občianske združenie

Legal name

I. Lions Club Košice, občianske združenie

Registration

31297641

VAT number

SK6302000000

Focus areas

eye healthvision screeningchildrenvisual impairmentcharity auctionsKošiceLions Clubs International

Languages

SK

Causes & programmes

Causes

HealthDisabilityChildren & YouthHousing & HomelessnessHumanitarian aid & Disaster reliefArts & Culture

Works for

ChildrenPeople with disabilitiesFamiliesHomeless people

How they work

Direct servicesCommunity programmes

Programmes

Oči našich detí (Eyes of Our Children)

Health · Slovakia

Preventive vision screenings for preschool children using the Plusoptix diagnostic device, carried out mainly in kindergartens and at public events in cooperation with the Union of the Blind and Partially Sighted of Slovakia. More than 16,000 screenings have been completed.

Lions Art

Arts & Culture · Slovakia

Charity art auctions linking artists, collectors and donors to raise funds for people with visual impairments.

Jesenná harmónia

Arts & Culture · Slovakia

Annual charity concert held since 2003 at the Dom umenia in Košice, with proceeds supporting people with visual impairments.

Košice Club Fest

Community development · Slovakia

Charity festival in Košice with family programmes and information on community and environmental topics, organised with the City of Košice and K13.

Countries of operation

Slovakia

Funding & support

Funded by

Individual donations

Ways to support

Donate

Credentials & affiliations

Industry memberships

Lions Clubs InternationalLions Clubs International District 122

Partnerships

Únia nevidiacich a slabozrakých Slovenska, Lions Clubs International Foundation, Mesto Košice, K13 Košické kultúrne centrá, Štátna filharmónia Košice

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