About Lions Club

Lions are an international network of 1.3 million men and women in 200 countries and geographic areas who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities around the world.Known for working to end preventable blindness, Lions participate in a vast variety of projects important to their communities. These projects range from cleaning up local parks to providing supplies to victims of natural disasters.Beginning in 1917, the association of Lions clubs has provided millions of people with the opportunity to give something back to their communities. View LQ (Lions Quarterly Video Magazine) on the Lions News Network to see how Lions continue to make a difference everyday and everywhere.

The Lions motto is “ We Serve.” Focal Lions Club programmes include sight conservation, hearing and speech conservation, diabetes awareness, youth outreach, international relations, environmental issues, and other programs

Purpose

The stated purposes of Lions Clubs International are:

• To Organize, charter and supervise service clubs to be known as Lions clubs.
• To Coordinate the activities and standardize the administration of Lions clubs.
• To Create and foster a spirit of understanding among the peoples of the world.
• To Promote the principles of good government and good citizenship.
• To Take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community.
• To Unite the clubs in the bonds of friendship, good fellowship and mutual understanding.
• To Provide a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest; provided, however, that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be debated by club members.
• To Encourage service-minded people to serve their community without personal financial reward, and to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavors

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Lions Clubs International Foundation

Lions Clubs International Foundation is “Lions helping Lions serve the world.”^[9] Donations provide funding in the form of grants to financially assist Lions districts with large-scale humanitarian projects that are too expansive and costly for Lions to finance on their own.^[10] The Foundation aids Lions in making a greater impact in their local communities, as well as around the world. Through LCIF, Lions ease pain and suffering and bring healing and hope to people worldwide. Major initiatives of the foundation include the following:

• SightFirst programs
  
  
  
  
  
  • Childhood Blindness Project
  • Lions Eye Health Program (LEHP, pronounced "leap")
  • River Blindness/Trachoma
  • SightFirst China Action
  • Sight for Kids
• Other sight programs
  
  
  
  
  
  • Core 4 Preschool
  • Vision Screening
• Disability programs
  
  
  
  
  
  • Lions World Services for the Blind [1]
  • Diabetes Prevention/Treatment
  • Habitat for Humanity Partnership
  • Lions Affordable Hearing Aid Project
  • Low Vision
  • Special Olympics Opening Eyes
• Youth Programs

in addition to adult Lions Clubs, the Lions family includes Lioness Clubs, Leo Clubs and Campus Lions Clubs. These divisions are important parts of Lions Clubs International. They allow service-minded individuals the opportunity to build better communities at the high school and college or university level.