Club News – October 2021After a year’s absence due to no Western Idaho Fair, the Boise Bench Lions in Idaho got back to staffing the Found Kids Booth, a project started in 2014. Parents or guardians bring their kids to the booth to be registered, and this year 1,042 kids got a numbered arm band and contact information for […]
Unconventional The 2020-2021 Lion Year was unlike any other, and it culminated in a truly unconventional convention. In so many ways the 103rd Annual Lions Clubs International Convention was everything Lions have come to expect and more. It was a big event jam-packed with seminars, shows, guest appearances, and inspiring addresses. It brought together the greater Lions community, enabled them to get to know one another, learn about what other clubs are doing, discuss service, and have fun – all from the comfort and safety of their own homes.
Hakuna Matata In-person gatherings have been sorely missed by the clients of the Lion Center for the Visually Impaired (LCVI) in Pittsburg, California. The center, which serves about 200 seniors a year who are blind or have low vision, shut down in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was a blow,” says Richard Grange, marketing […]
Twenty Years Later On Sept. 11, 2001, Shirley Brooks-Jones was on Delta Flight 15, headed from Frankfurt to Atlanta, from where she’d fly to her home in Ohio. She had no idea what was happening in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania or the real reason their plane was being diverted to Newfoundland. “We’ve got a problem with the […]
LCIF: A Foundation of Lions, a Foundation of Service LCIF Magnifies Service During Disaster What’s more powerful than a pandemic intensified by wildfires, hurricanes, typhoons, and earthquakes? Lions. Magnifying their service through LCIF. To support communities through the COVID-19 pandemic, LCIF awarded Lions across the world more than US$5.3 million, which they used to protect frontline medical workers, provide food for people out of […]
Kindness Matters Kindness comes naturally to Lions The Kindness Matters Service Award (KMSA) is given annually to a handful of Lions and Leo clubs for performing an outstanding service project in one of the global cause areas. Intended to recognize and encourage innovative and creative service projects that leave positive impacts on their communities, KMSA recipients are […]
Chocolate Tater Tots and Blue Feet Losing her sight has not stopped Heather Bitzan from making her fabulous soups for her three sons. She can read recipes and food labels thanks to an ingenious device called the OrCam, a small camera attached to her eyeglasses that translates information into spoken words. “You know how boys are and eating,” says Bitzan with […]
Executive Summary – June 2021EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Atlanta, Georgia, USA June 13-16, 2021 Audit Committee The committee received a presentation from Crowe LLP regarding their plan for the association’s financial statement audit for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. A draft report will be discussed with the committee at the October 2021 board meeting. The committee received […]
Executive Summary – April 2021EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Virtual On-Line Meeting Oak Brook, Illinois, USA April 12-21, 2021 Audit Committee The committee received an update from Lions Clubs International Internal Audit including the scope, overall audit rating, and audit observations for completed audit projects. Follow-up on observations will be performed as part of the internal […]
Canned Goods Make Great Sculptures The New Jersey Visionary Cyber Leo Club had a vision to bring together like-minded local organizations to achieve the goal of providing nutritious food for all members of their community – all while encouraging young people in the visual arts.