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History
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Organization
All About Lions
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Service
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Membership
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Founded - 1917
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“You can’t get very far
until you start doing
something for someone
else.”
Melvin Jones
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Historical Highlights
1920
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Historical Highlights
1925
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Historical Highlights
1930
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Historical Highlights
We Serve
1954
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Historical Highlights
1957
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Historical Highlights
 SightFirst
 Lions Quest
 Grants
1968
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 500 Grants Annually
 Health Clinics
 Training Centers
 Vision & Hearing projects
 Habitat for Humanity
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1973
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Historical Highlights
1987
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Organization
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Member
Club
Zone
Region
District
Multiple District
International Board of Directors
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Organization
Member
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Organization
Club
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Club Structure
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Club president
Immediate past president
Vice presidents
Secretary/treasurer
Membership director
Board of Directors
Other elected chairpersons
Lion tamer
Tail twister
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Club President
Responsibilities
 Calls club board meetings & club
meetings
 Creates agendas & plans with
board
 Conducts club meetings
 Appoints committee chairpersons
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Organization
Zone
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Organization
Region
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Organization
District
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District Structure
District Governor
Immediate Past District Governor
1st. Vice District Governor
2nd. Vice District Governor
Cabinet secretary/treasurer
Region & Zone Chairpersons
District Committee Chairpersons
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District 24E
Our club is in District 24E, which is
comprised of 36 clubs and 1 branch
clubs.
Our District is one of 6 in VA
We have approximately 1,000 members.
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District Governor
Responsibilities
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Represent the association in the
district
Supervise district cabinet members
Promote association’s activities
Promote LCIF’s programs
Protect association’s registered
trademarks
Preside at district meetings
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District Governor
Responsibilities (cont.)
 Ensure clubs function according
to Constitution & By-Laws
 Ensure clubs are active & strong
 Supervise organization of new
clubs
 Monitor club payments
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District Primary Service
Programs
• Camp Too Sweet
• Lions Quest
• Lions of VA Foundation
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District Major Service
Programs
Blind Center of VA
M.O.M & R.A.M
Lions Quest
Eye Glass Recycling
Bland Memorial
Leader Dog
Hearing Foundation
Lions of VA
Foundation
VA Assoc. of the Blind
RAVE & VOBR
Lions Eye Foundation
Lions in Sight
SightFirst II
Peace Poster
Camp Too Sweet
White Cane Days
Youth Exchange
Leo to Lion
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Organization
Multiple
District
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Organization
Board of
Directors
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International Board
of Directors
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President
Immediate past president
1st vice president
2nd vice president
International directors
Board appointees
Administrative officers: executive
administrator, treasurer, secretary
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Constitutional Areas
USA, affiliates,
Bermuda & the
Bahamas
 Canada
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South America, Central America,
Mexico, Caribbean
 Europe
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Constitutional Areas
Orient & Southeast Asia
 India, South Asia, Africa and
the Middle East
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Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea,
Indonesia & Islands of South Pacific
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Even-numbered years
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Directors elected from:
– Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea,
Indonesia and islands of the South Pacific
– Orient and Southeast Asia
– Europe
– South America, Central America, Mexico and
Islands of the Caribbean Sea
– USA, its affiliates, Bermuda and the Bahamas
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Odd-numbered years
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Directors elected from:
– India, South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
– Canada
– Europe
– Orient and Southeast Asia
– South America, Central America, Mexico and
Islands of the Caribbean Sea
– USA, its affiliates, Bermuda and the Bahamas
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International
Headquarters
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We Serve
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Adopted Service
Program Categories
•Community services
•Diabetes awareness
•Environmental services
•Hearing/speech and work with the deaf
•International relations
•Opportunities for youth
•Sight conservation and work with the blind
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Community Services
•Building Homes
•Cultural and
Community Activities
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Diabetes Awareness
•Education
•Diabetes screening
•Lions Eye Health
Program
•Recreational camps
Camp Too Sweet
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Environmental Services
•Recycling
•Anti-Pollution
•Tree Planting
•Environmental
projects
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Hearing/Speech & Work
with the Deaf
•Communication Devices
•Hearing Aid Recycling
•Hearing Ear Dogs
•Hearing Screenings
•Recreational Camps
•Support Services
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International Relations
•Club twinning
•Int’l Relations Month
•Lions’ Day at the U.N.
•Interclub Assistance
•Stamp Exchange
•World Peace Day
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Opportunities for Youth
•Leo clubs
•Peace Poster Contest
•Youth camps
•Youth exchange
•Services for Children
•Lions-Quest
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Sight Conservation &
Work with the Blind
•Assistive devices
•Vision screening
•Eyeglass recycling
•Eye banks
•SightFirst
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Campaign SightFirst II
•Control and eliminate causes
•Combat emerging threats to sight
•Provide vision for all
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www.lionsclubs.org
The Lion Magazine
Lions chairpersons
International Activities & Program Planning
Division
www.virginia-24e-lions.org
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Why Membership Growth?
Healthy clubs = Greater service
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3 phase approach to
membership growth
•New member recruitment
•New clubs
•Retention of current members
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Tips for recruiting new
members
•Look to your friends
•Look to new members
•Embrace diversity
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Opportunities for
creating new clubs
•Campus Lions Clubs
•New Century Lions Clubs
•Leo Lions Clubs
•Traditional Clubs
•Club Branches
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History
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Organization
All About Lions
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Service
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Thank you and good luck!
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