From staff reports
The Beaufort Lions will host the annual Water Festival Breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m., Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Sea Island Presbyterian Church at 81 Lady’s Island Drive.
The menu will include pancakes, waffles, scrambled eggs, cheese grits, sausage, the famous Jim Palmer sausage gravy and biscuits, coffee, and juice. The cost is $15 for adults and $10 for those under 12.
Tickets can be purchased online https://beaufort-lions-club.square.site/? or at the door, or from a Beaufort Lions member.
Lion members volunteer to help improve the quality of life within the community. Thanks to the Lions’ vision screening team, more than 6,000 students in public and private day cares and schools received vision and hearing screenings. The Beaufort Lions assist monthly at The Volunteers in Medicine Vision Clinic in Ridgeland, which provides free eye exams, eyeglasses, and/or referrals to vision specialists to eight to 10 clients each month. The Beaufort Lions Club purchases approximately 30 pairs of eyeglasses each year for those who qualify.
The club sponsored one diabetic elementary student for a week-long, in-state diabetic camp at no cost. About 30 diabetic students in schools North of the Broad receive free, nutritious snacks during school hours to maintain healthy blood sugar levels, which contributes to better focus in class thus improving learning.
Beaufort Lions play bingo twice a month with residents of a senior living facility. They sponsor, organize, and lead the Water Festival, Veterans’ Day, and Christmas parades. Members work at the Water Festival tents, as well as donating food to local food banks, and blankets and activity books to both Beaufort Memorial and Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital MUSC oncology units.
If you are interested in improving the quality of life of the citizens of Beaufort, become a Lion. Due to several personal conflicts, club members will need assistance with the Water Festival breakfast, tents, and parade. If you are interested in joining or just volunteering as part of the vision screening team, call 843-522-0066.
