... With the motto "We Serve"
Eight years later in 1925 At a Lions International Convention, Helen Keller asked the Lions to become "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness." From this Lions have taken the challenge and the white cane was born.
Lions also run various services ... Read review
Advantages: Advancement in leadership, communication, social well being Disadvantages: non
LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL
An organisation was started up in the United States, by Melvin Jones. In Chicago in 1917 he and some business men got together, with the vision to help people less fortunate than themselves.
They agreed to abide by a certain code of ethics and objects, which included not making money for themselves, or destroying each others business, being unselfish by giving their time and effort freely. With the ... ...1925 At a Lions International Convention, Helen Keller asked the Lions to become "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness." From this Lions have taken the challenge and the white cane was born.
Lions also run various services for the impaired and blind. In 1990 Lions clubs around the world raised over US$202 million to help cure preventable and reversible blindness. Various diabetes clinics, river blindness cured ... more
LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL
An organisation was started up in the United States, by Melvin Jones. In Chicago in 1917 he and some business men got together, with the vision to help people less fortunate than themselves. They agreed to abide by a certain code of ethics and objects, which included not making money for themselves, or destroying each others business, being unselfish by giving their time and effort freely. With the motto "We Serve"
Eight years later in 1925 At a Lions International Convention, Helen Keller asked the Lions to become "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness." From this Lions have taken the challenge and the white cane was born.
Lions also run various services for the impaired and blind. In 1990 Lions clubs around the world raised over US$202 million to help cure preventable and reversible blindness. Various diabetes clinics, river blindness cured by a simple tablet taken once a year, helping third world people to see by testing and fitting them with glasses and performing cataract operations.
In 1925 Lions Clubs International helped the United Nations to form the Non-Governmental Organisations Section and continues as a consultant with the UN.
Lions have women and men of all ages in its clubs of over 1.3 million members, 45,000 clubs in over 200 countries, Lions are a non political organisation were people give their time freely to help others. When you join you can do as much or as little as you can there's no pressure put upon you, all that is asked is that you try to attend each meeting once a month and the clubs charter dinner once a year and as many events as you can do.
Various other programmes that Lions have to help people are
Dentaid Where all older equipment that might be thrown away in this country is sent to the developing countries to help those with toothache or broken teeth Diabetes Awareness Screening programmes in conjunction with Lloyds Pharmacy's Gift for Living Started in 1996 with a convoy of trucks filled with shoe boxes full of soap, sweets, shampoo, needle and cotton, toys, tea bags, tinned food to people from the former Yugoslavia suffering from the war and loss of family members. Hearing Equipment Collecting and handing out any thing that someone else might get use out of LIBRA Lions International Blood Research Appeal in 1976 there was a need for funding the Haematology Unit at Kings Cross College Hospital were research into Haemophilia, Leukaemia and Sickle Cell disease Medic Alert Started in 1964. Is a stainless steel bracelet with a unique number to yourself with all your conditions on held at the Medic Alert Foundation HQ. This is manned 24 hours 7 days a week with people speaking over 100 languages, so if you were to have an accident, whoever found you can ring the phone number tell them you number and some can tell them any medical history that you have. Message In A Bottle You have a plastic container with a green cross on it were you can put any medication / information in it, place it in the fridge or cupboard and stick a green cross were you place it so some can find it if there's a emergency, ideal for the old or vulnerable person Speech and Hearing With aim to promote better understanding between hearing and non hearing people. Street Children To help feed or send children to school all over the world Leos people under the age of 28 to help promote Leadership Experience Opportunity similar to Lions encouraging young people to get involved in community and charity work Peace Poster For children 11-13 years old, no words just a picture showing a theme that changes each year with the International winner being invited to the United Nations Lioness Clubs formed for women who did not join a lions club LCIF Lions Clubs International Foundation provides grants to Lions clubs were there is an emergency or disaster, when the tsunami hit a few years ago Lions were first on the scene helping out with a grant from LCIF. TACADE A programme for the schools informing the teachers about drug use so they can tell the children and warn them of the effects and dangers
There is a structure with Lions that all clubs follow, each club has a President who runs the meeting, Secretary who reads out all letters and deals with all official business related replies Treasurer for all money matters Various club officers, welfare, health and safety, public relations, And of cause the club members
There are Region and Zone chairmen who visit clubs to ensure everything is running smoothly and answer any questions they might have
Various cabinet officers all reporting to the District Governor who over sees the running of the area allocated to them at the moment there are 13 DG's running England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales
Each area runs a convention each year with a convention followed by one for England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales followed by one for the whole world of lions to attend each year in a different country
When the Lions club is formed it is called the charter, every year as near as possible to that date the club holds a charter night with a dinner / dance or a Sunday lunch to help celebrate the clubs birthday. By inviting other clubs in the area and their District governor to attend with a raffle to raise funds for the clubs admin account to help run the club, as well as a yearly subscription as all money raised by the public goes to the charity account and not to the club.
I have been a member since I was 16 (27 years) starting in Leos and moving up to Lions. The friendship and fellowship you make lasts for years, sometimes not seeing someone for years then meeting up at convention and its like you talked last week not a year or so ago
If you don't miss a club meeting for a whole year you are entitled to a 100% attendance pin to wear.
One event my club runs is a disabled swim gala Every year in November, Thetford (Breckland) Lions hold a disabled swimming gala at Thetford Water World. This is open to anyone with any physical or mental disability. There are various races from 25mtr, 50mtr, 100mtr lengths in backstroke, breast stroke, butterfly, and freestyle. All the swimmers submit their swimming times and then each is put into a race with others with around the same time. So if does not matter what disability you have. We have a number of clubs which attend each year, and everyone is very competitive with their swimming times and they all want to know if they have beaten their personal best times. Each swimmer gets a participation medal and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd places get a gold, silver, bronze medal as well. One year we had a severely handicapped child, who swam with her toy inflatable in the shape of an animal around her. She may have come in last but everyone was clapping her in the final stretch. There was a huge cheer when she finished. At the end when we were handing out the medals, we gave her inflatable a participation medal as well. You should have seen the smile on her face.
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