LCI – Founded – 1919
Melvin Jones Founder
President Petit Hill
Over 100 yrs Lions have served with kindness and passion the needs of our neighbour, our communities, and World in general to help in their need to bring happiness and feel togetherness and satisfaction.
LCI has about 4400 clubs in 204 Countries, in all continents, and serve the people in cooperation with the existing System of Governance and people, who welcome it and work to bring relief in indifferent sectors as LCI – GLOBAL CAUSES affecting people in every country and relief to the community.
GLOBAL CAUSES –
1. Childhood Cancer
2. Diabetes
3. Vision
4. Hunger
5. Environment
6. Disaster relief
7. Humanitarian – most important
8. YOUTH – Develop Character, Build Nation, IMPROVED
9. Next generation and being happy, healthy, prosper NATION
Lions Club India
Club -No -26306
Membership No. 29609
Special initiative –
– Refugee resettlement Services
– Recovery for Disaster Victims
Services –
- Global Cause – Programmes – helping the programs of global causes
- Resources – develop different resource programme, and service tool kit, planning to reach maximum target group to achieve maximum goal,
- Partners – Involved National and International organization helping people in their communities Nation and Internationally, Collecting Money, tools and other resources to reach who NEEDS it.
LCIF – LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
We lead by Example
PAST PRESIDENTS –
Dr. Naresh Agarwal – 2017-18 – India
Declared Mrs. Gutrum Inguodottir – 2018-19
Dr. Jung Yui Choi (South Korea) – 2019-21
Dr. Douglas X Alexander (NY, USA) – 2021-22
Dr. Brian Shechain (Minimals USA) – 2022-23
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LCIF
Mission – Empower
Clubs – Volunteers and Partners to improve – Health and Well being strengthen communication
SUPPORT – those in need – Humanitarian Services and grants that impact lines globally
– Encourage – peace and international understanding
HISTORY
MAKING HISTORY EVERYDAY
1917 – Beginning following World War-I and rapid industrialization Chicago – Businessman – MELVIN JONES Invited business clubs and people all around USA and Association of Lions Clubs is formed.
1920 – Lions go with International with Lions Clubs Windsor Club Canada is established.
Clubs in 23 State
6400 member
1925 – Becoming
KNIGHTS OF THE BLIND started VISION related work to bring Light in lives of million lives.
1945 – UNITING – NATIONS
Lions from 46 countries help established NGO section of UNO.
1957- LEOS an introduced.
Today about 200,000 (2 lakh) members in the world.
1968 – LIONS CLUBS International Foundation – is created with the mission to half communities globally through Humanitarian Services.
To date more than 1.2 billion is awarded in grant for its activities,
1973 – Celebrated – LAND MARK of 1 million members.
1985 – Disaster relief support –
EXPANDS – National Catashophies like earthquake.
1990 – SIGHT FIRST – To restore Eye Sight. More than 488 million people have been infected over the last 30 yrs.
2017- LIONS TURN – 100
2022 – Campaign 100 goal exceeded
Total of US$ 325 million raised, most ambitious fund raising initiative to date
2023 – Partnering for KINDNESS LCIF and LIONS QUEST became founding member of the CHOOSE KINDNESS PROJECT.
IN CONTINUATION WITH NON Profit Organizations in USA –
AIM- IN YOUTH
– Prevention and Bullying
– Intentional
– YOUTH MENTAL WELLNESS
WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED
THE WORLD – STRONGER – THEN EVER, through our 49000 clubs and about 1.4 million members, and be one of the greatest forces for good the WORLD has ever Known,
FROM ASIA
2003-2004 Lion Dr.Tai Su Lee (South Korea – Seoul) INNOVATION
2005-2006 Lion Dr. Ashok Mehta
PASSION TO EXCELL
2007-2008 Lion Amar Surya (Sri Lanka)
CHALLENGE TO CHANGE
2011-2012 Lion Dr. W.K Tam (Hong Kong) (China – Special Region)
I BELIEVE
2015-2016 Dr. Jitsuhiro Yamada (Japan)
DIGNITY, HARMONY AND HUMANITY
2017-2018 Dr. Naresh Aggarwal
We Serve
2019-2020 Dr. Jung Yul Choi (South Korea) (Busan)
We Serve
2024-25 Dr. A.P. Singh
Out of last 17 years – 6 are from ASIA
Everyone has a theme – Spiritual from their ancient history and religion specially – Buddha – (4 – Srilanka, Japan, Korea 2)
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