Bachelor’s Program
Course 101
Required
LIONS HISTORY
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Bachelor’s Program
Required Courses:
• 101 Lions History
• 102 Lions Club Structure
• 103 Club Success
• 104 Effective Club Meetings
• 105 Dynamic Community
Service Projects
• 106 Club Governance
• 107 Building Club Membership
• 108 Member Motivation
• 109 Conflict Resolution
• 110 Public Relations
Current Electives (at least 5)
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121 Club President
122 Club Secretary
123 Club Finances
124 Membership Committee
125 Your Board, Your Team
126 Mentoring and Orienting New
Members
127 Tail-Twisting
128 Club Fun
129 Lions Clubs International
Foundation
130 Beyond Your Club
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History . . .
“If you want to understand today,
you have to search yesterday.”
-Pearl Buck
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Objectives
In this course the participants and Facilitator will:
• Explore Background of Melvin Jones
• Review Formation of International Association of Lions
Clubs, Objects, and Code of Ethics
• Consider Impact of Helen Keller Challenge
• Examine Relationship between Lions and UN
• Understand Role of LCIF in Supporting Lions’ Service
Mission
• Investigate Status of Women and Youth in Association
• Discuss Service Projects
• Look toward the Future
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History . . .
“Men make history and not the other way around.
In periods when there is no leadership,
society stands still.
Progress occurs when courageous,
skillful leaders seize the opportunity
to change things for the better.”
- Harry S Truman
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Melvin Jones
• Early Childhood
• Off to Chicago
• The Business Circle
• Philosophy of Service
• Letter Writing Campaign
• Meeting in Chicago
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Survey
How old (or young) is your club?
 0-20 years
 21-40 years
 41-60 years
 61-80 years
 81 years or more
Does your club have an annual Charter Celebration
Yes
 No
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History . . .
“We are not the makers of history,
We are made by history.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr
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Founding Lions
• First Convention
• Objects
Royal Order of Lions
• Code of Ethics
Adopted
• The Pin
• Slogan and Motto
Design 1
• Truly International
Today
Design 2
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History . . .
“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself,
but each of us can work to change a small portion of
events, and in the total; of all these acts will be
written the history of this generation.”
- Robert F. Kennedy
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Helen Keller
• First 18 Months
• After Acute Illness
• Education
• The Challenge
• The Result
• White Cane
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History . . .
“A nation that forgets its past can function no
better than an individual with amnesia.”
-David McCullough
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Lions & United Nations
• The Invitation
• Relationship Continues
• Lions Day with United Nations
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History . . .
“Never doubt that you can change history,
You already have.”
- Marge Piercy
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Role of LCIF
• Founded
• Purpose
• Melvin Jones Fellow
• Accomplishments
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History . . .
“History is HERstory, too. “
- Author Unknown
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait
a single moment before
starting to improve the world.”
- Anne Frank.
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Women and Youth
• In the Beginning
• Lioness Clubs
• Leo Clubs
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History . . .
“The history of the world is
the record of a man
in quest of his daily bread and butter.”
. Loon, The Story of Mankind
-Hendrik Wilhelm van
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Service Projects
• Association of Local Clubs
• Service Where Needed when Needed
• Accomplishments
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Survey
How many service projects (not to include
fundraisers) does your club conduct each year?
1-3
4-6
7 or more
Does your club collect used eye-glasses or sponsor a
Peace Poster contest?
 collect used eye-glasses
 sponsor a Peace Poster contest
 both
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History . . .
“History is a novel
for which the people is the author.”
-Alfred de Vigny,
Réflexions sur la Vérité dans l'Art
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On The Threshold
• Celebrated Proud Past
• Bright Future to be Written
• Centennial Service Challenge
• Our Responsibility as Lions
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History . . .
“I hope there will always be
a Land of Beyond for Lions International;
a goal that will keep growing
larger and larger as we approach it,
yet will keep just out of reach,
challenging us to run faster,
work harder, think bigger, give more
- Melvin Jones
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Review of Objectives
In this course the participants and Facilitator will:
• Explored Background of Melvin Jones
• Reviewed Formation of International Association of Lions
Clubs, Objects, and Code of Ethics
• Considered Impact of Helen Keller Challenge
• Examined Relationship between Lions and UN
• Understood Role of LCIF in Supporting Lions’ Service
Mission
• Investigated Status of Women and Youth in Association
• Discussed Service Projects
• Looked toward the Future
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History . . .
“A hero is someone
who has given his or her life
to something bigger than oneself.”
-Joseph Campbell
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It
does.”
-William James
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Resources
• Kittler, Glenn D. (1968) The Dynamic World of Lions
International; The Fifty-year Saga of Lions Clubs, New
York: M. Evans and Company, Inc.
• Martin, Paul (1991) A History of the Lions Clubs
Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway.
• Martin, Paul; Kleinfelder, Robert (2008) Lions Clubs in the
21st Century Bloomington, IN. Author House.
• Silva, Zander Campos da (1984) Lions Club: The Great
Idea of Melvin Jones, Goiânia, Goiâs, Brasil. Editora
Quatro Ltda.
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