THE GRAND JUNCTION LIONS CLUB and our carnival

lions club buttonOur club was chartered in October of 1921 and immediately began raising money to help out various projects and organizations for the betterment of our community. To date the Grand Junction Lions Club holds its annual Carnival and Parade (which first started in 1929) as its sole fund raiser and has given back more than $4,000,000 back to the local community.  Get involved, give back to our amazing city and community and have an amazing, fun time the whole time!  Check out just some of the projects Lions Club helped create with our dedicated members who work each year to make what you see around you, happen.


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FEATURED grand junction lions club projects

The GJ Lions launched the idea of a Rivertrail system in 1987. With backing from the City and County, a long list of contributors, plus hundreds of volunteers, it has become a wonderful recreational asset for our community. I was priviledged to be a part of it's origin, and am very fufilled that it's such a successful project.
- Brian Mahoney, Grand Junction Lions Club Member
The Western Colorado Center for the Arts was built and completed in 1982 as a result of $100,000 seed money by the GJ Lions Club. This $350,000 addition to the Art Center has approximately 3,200 square feet of exhibit display areas. The Art Center has a much larger presence for the Grand Valley as a result of our funding.
- Larry Jones, Grand Junction Lions Club Member
Two years ago Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado opened the doors of the New Hospice Inpatient Care Center thanks to the generosity of the individuals and organizations who contributed so much to the Capital Campaign. The Grand Junction Lions club stepped up early to become one of the largest donors to the campaign. Today the patients and families, whose lives are so dramatically impacted by this beautiful facility, continually express their deep gratitude to The Grand Junction Lions Club and others whose leadership gifts made the Care Center possible.
- Jacquie Chappell-Reid, Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado
The Two Rivers Plaza was completed in 1972 as a result of $100,000 seed money by the GJ Lions Club. This project has worked out tremendously for the City of Grand Junction, providing meeting and convention facilities for the last 40 years. It has been remodeled and upgraded within the last 5 years and continues to be a excellent civic center for Grand Junction. Two Rivers has helped the Lions Club Carnival because it is a large enough facility for Carnival Night.
- Larry Jones, Grand Junction Lions Club Member

WhAT we Are

We are always looking to welcome prospective members who are high energy, and looking to be actively involved in working to better their community.  Interested in becoming a new member of the Grand Junction Loins Club? Here is all you have to do. First you will want to come and visit us for lunch at least three times. This will give you a chance to see what we are all about and to meet some of our members. Remember, our motto is “Doing the most good, for the most people, while having the most fun". 

Our membership is roughly around 200 members of ages ranging in their 20’s to our most esteemed members in their 80’s. We credit our outstanding retention rate to the focus our club puts on fellowship, input from our membership base, activity, interest in serving our community and most of all having fun".

We meet every Tuesday at Two Rivers Convention Center in Downtown GJ at noon.

If you would like to visit the Grand Junction Loins Club for lunch please email us.
We look forward to hearing from you.