Category: In the News

Topeka Sunflower Lion Daniel Martinez presents International President Yngvadottir with a Native American shawl featuring his tribal seal at the USA/Canada Forum in Ohio. Martinez belongs to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and lives on the Potawatomi reservation near Topeka, Kansas. It is a high honor for a woman to receive a shawl from their […]

Musician Bryan Adams publicly thanked the Lions club in Ottawa, Canada, for bringing his family Christmas dinner when he was a child in the ‘70s. His name is added to the list of celebrities— including Stevie Wonder—impacted as children by the many kindnesses of Lions.

Lions Clubs International rocked during the 2019 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California. International President Yngvadottir and her husband were joined on the float by the husband and daughters of late International Director Karla Harris, who was featured in the video that inspired this year’s float theme, “Rockin’ The Vest”. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary […]

Lions Judy Goldman (New York Ann Sullivan-White Plains Lions Club, in Eastchester, New York) and Mannie Corman (Brooklyn Bridge Lions Club in Brooklyn, New York) surprised more than 160 members of their friends and family on Labor Day, 2018, when they turned a centennial birthday celebration into a wedding ceremony. The two, who have a […]

Lion Ruth Molenaar, vice district governor 16-N, recently received the Cultural Preservation Award from the Newark Public Library for her donation of archival material, articles, and photos from La Tribuna, the largest and oldest Spanish language newspaper published in New Jersey. La Tribuna was founded in 1962 in Newark, N.J. by Carlos Bidot, a Cuban […]

Lions and Leos from across the globe gathered at Lions Day with the United Nations in New York, New York on March 9, 2019 for discussion on the theme, “Protecting our Future: The Health of our Children.” Lions joined leaders such as Riva Greenberg of the International Diabetes Federation and Dr. N. Menabde of the […]

In April, the International Board of Directors voted to require all official editions of LION Magazine to print at least two issues per year beginning in July 2020, which means that LION magazines around the world will soon be printing fewer issues. We will print four issues of this edition during the 2019-2020 Lion year, […]

The original idea was that the Zapata Lions Club in Zapata, Texas, would fund three college scholarships worth US$1,000 each to the winners of an essay contest for area Leos. Then they read the essays. The Zapata Lions were so moved by Valedictorian Gerardo Gonzalez’s essay about life as an immigrant and DACA student—fleeing violence […]

The Lioness Bridge Program, established to help encourage Lioness clubs to join the Lions family, will be ending on June 30, 2021. Between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2021, clubs that decide to convert can have any number of members, and charter fees will be waived. In addition, all Lionesses who join in this […]

In July, human rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege was the recipient of the highest honor Lions Clubs International bestows. The gynecologist who fights on behalf of survivors of wartime sexual violence was honored at the 102nd international convention in Milan with the Humanitarian Award. He dedicated the award to the victims […]

On August 6, 2019, seven women Lions from a ten-woman team reached the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. They have so far raised US$42,000 so far for their efforts, and all donations will go directly to fund a school for children in Kenya. The Kilimanjaro for Children project (“Kili for Kids”) was inspired by […]

Isabel Ticlo, who was crowned Miss Arizona in 2018, has added a new title to her name: President. She has taken over the reins of the Chandler Lions Club in Chandler, Arizona. The long-time Lion has been volunteering with the club since she was a Leo in high school. “It was like hanging out with […]

When Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, wife of the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, spoke at the Lions of Canada New Voices Symposium in Ottawa in May of 2019, Lions had expected the prime minister to attend as well. He was unable to make it and therefore unable to receive the Peace Plaque the Lions had prepared to […]

Lions Clubs International was recognized for its role as a major distribution partner by Mobility Worldwide in serving the needs of the leg-handicapped of the world as the organization celebrated its 25th Anniversary at its annual meeting in Austin, Texas, September 26-28, 2019. Founded in 1994, Mobility Worldwide (formerly known as the Pet Project) has […]