The Lions in Duncanville officially started an evening club , on May 11, 1945. The Lions Community Building, located behind the new library, was built in 1951 by the Lions.

The Lions Community Building housed the 1st Library, the 1st Senior Citizen’s location and the 1st Boy Scout Troop in Duncanville.  Today the Lions Community Building is still used by the Club and Community for special activities like parties, wedding receptions and Church Services and of course Lions Club Events,

A second Lions club started in Duncanville for lunch on September 4, 1971.  The two clubs merged together in 1996.

The Duncanville Lions built and operates the Independent Living Center located at 423 Middale that houses 23 disabled families.

Lions are the largest civic organization in the world and our  club is about 120 strong and one of the strongest clubs in the state! Listed below are 20 reasons to be proud of being a member of The Duncanville Lions. Our local club motto is WE SERVE,  BETTER, TOGETHER.

20 Ways WE SERVE Better Together & Have FUN Doing IT!!!

• Provides support to Duncanville Outreach Ministry for food and living assistance for the indigent
• Helps local students in need with school supplies
• Lions families sponsor foreign exchange students to live in and become part of their sponsoring family for annual summer camp
• Sponsors Duncanville’s July 4th Parade activities
• Supports Duncanville Police Department’s “Partners for a Safe Duncanville” and Santa Cops
• Owns and provides housing for 23 disabled families at Duncanville Lions Independent Living Center on Middale in Duncanville
• Delivers Christmas fruit baskets to residents of the Duncanville Lions Independent Living Center
• Assists local families in distress as needed
• Assists and provides entry in local Christmas parade
• Provides financial assistance and manpower support to Lions District Sight & Tissue Foundation
• Annually tests and fits all needy local youth with proper fitting eyeglasses
• Hosts the Annual Sandra Meadows Classic Girls Basketball Tournament
• Founded and holds annual Literacy Fair for Duncanville 3rd Graders
• Funds scholarships for Literacy Fair
• Sponsors local students in the Lions International Peace Poster contest
• Provides numerous $1,000 scholarships to Duncanville High School graduating seniors by sponsoring Las Vegas Night annual event
• Annual support of 8 designated Lions District charities including:  Texas Lions Camp, Shadow Children, Crippled Children Camp, Diabetic Day Camp
• Provides annual financial support to International Lions Club charities
• Owns and provides rental of the Duncanville Lions Club Community Center
• Meets at the Duncanville Hilton Garden Inn on Main Street each Friday at noon
• YES, there are many more……!