  We have gathered near-infrared $zyJ$-band high resolution spectra of nearly
300 field red giant stars with known lithium abundances in order to survey
their \species{He}{i} $\lambda$10830 absorption strengths. This transition is
an indicator of chromospheric activity and/or mass loss in red giants. The
majority of stars in our sample reside in the red clump or red horizontal
branch based on their $V-J,M_V$ color-magnitude diagram and their Gaia \teff,
\logg\ values. Most of our target stars are Li-poor in the sense of having
normally low Li abundances, defined here as \eps{Li}~$<$~1.25. Over 90\% of
these Li-poor stars have weak $\lambda$10830 features. But more than half of
the 83 Li-rich stars (\eps{Li}~$>$~1.25) have strong $\lambda$10830
absorptions. These large $\lambda$10830 lines signal excess chromospheric
activity in Li-rich stars; there is almost no indication of significant mass
loss. The Li-rich giants also may have a higher binary fraction than do Li-poor
stars, based on their astrometric data. It appears likely that both residence
on the horizontal branch and present or past binary interaction play roles in
the significant Li-He connection established in this survey.
