Lions Clubs Now Prominently Featured in Trudeau Family Home and Prime Minister Office 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 […]
The Science of Service You know the feeling. You pull on your Lions gear, maybe still yawning from the night before or shaking off a long day at the office. But the moment you arrive at a service project, roll up your sleeves and start connecting with others, something shifts. The tiredness fades, your mood lifts and a surge […]
Born to Be Kind I didn’t step into service one day — I was born into it. Some of my earliest memories are of standing beside my parents outside supermarkets, collecting food for families in need. My small hands held donation cans while their big hearts showed me what kindness looked like in action. I learned early that service […]
The Flyin’ Lion Most people fear falling. Lori Bennett paid for the privilege. Sitting in a small propeller plane at 14,000 feet, she watched — with the last sliver of her vision — as her friend vanished out the door. “Scariest thing I’ve ever seen,” she said. But there was no time for fear. Moments later, with her […]
Driven to Serve “I was a broken man,” said Lion Bill Todd of Morro Bay, California. His wife of 33 years, Jami, was in the final months of a relentless fight with cancer. Grief and caregiving consumed every ounce of him. At his breaking point, Bill told his son and fellow Lion, Mike Todd, that he could no […]
The Heart of Service Beats On Arishya Aggarwal was concluding her talk at the 2023 Lions District 5M13 convention when a voice called from the back of the room: “Why aren’t you already a Lion?”. The young community leader laughed along with everyone else, but inside something shifted. “I stood there, holding the microphone and felt something click into place,” she […]
2024-2025 Annual Report Dear Lions, Leos and Friends, Serving as your chairperson this year has been a true honor. Thank you for your service, support and commitment to our humanitarian mission. Let us celebrate our progress, share our stories and carry this momentum into the future. Yours in service, Dr. Patti Hill 2024–2025 Chairperson, Lions Clubs International […]
The Gift of a Second Chance In the heart of Milan, Italy, a small but determined group of Lions is taking on a unique service challenge: helping prisoners prepare for life after incarceration. A club branch of Milano Parco Nord in District 108IB4, Milano Evoluzione e Servizio has made it its mission to help individuals overcome the many obstacles they face […]
United for Life For several years, the Lions Club La Ciotat Lumières has been committed to a major humanitarian project: the construction of a maternity ward in the heart of rural Benin in West Africa. This project holds profound meaning after the tragic loss of five Lions who were en route to inaugurate the clinic in October 2025. […]
Lions Lead Relief and Recovery After Catastrophic Flooding in Southern Asia In late November, two tropical cyclones swept across South and Southeast Asia. Sri Lanka and southern India were struck by Cyclone Ditwah, resulting in severe flooding and destructive landslides. Around the same time, Cyclone Senyar brought heavy rainfall to Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. From the earliest hours of the disasters, Lions were on the ground, […]