Lions Clubs of Multiple District 36, Oregon and Northern California

We Serve

Lions of Oregon & Northern California are a part of an international network of 1.4 million men and women in 200 countries and geographic areas who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities around the world. Lions are best known for working to end preventable blindness, the giving of eyeglasses and hearing aids for the needy and local service projects.

 

Mission Statement of Lions Clubs International:

 

"To create and foster a spirit of understanding among all people for humanitarian needs by providing voluntary services through community involvement and international cooperation."

 

For Our Clubs To Grow We Must Reinvent Ourselves

     Change is in the air.  I see Lions Clubs Reentering and returning to service in their communities.  Not all of them are returning to “Normal.”  They are creating a new normal.  They are reimagining the way they serve their communities.

     We are no longer a group of businessmen serving our communities, we are a diverse group of individuals with a common goal of service.  What do Lions’ clubs do? We raise money, then we invest that money into our communities to fund causes to improve the well-being of all our communities.

     For our clubs to grow we must reinvent ourselves, look at new ways of doing things.  New ways of serving our communities that reflect our community values.  As Lion leaders we must find new ways to lead.  Change starts from the bottom at the club level. We as Lion leaders are here to support our clubs, to give aid while they define their club their way, their club.

     At the club level we have created a code of ethics and a set of bylaws to guide us in the direction of our clubs.  We fundraise to support our communities.  If we are not reinvesting those funds into our communities, we will not survive as an organization.

Steve Brewster, District Governor 36-E

Will you not help me hasten the day when there shall be no preventable blindness; no little deaf, blind child untaught; no blind man or woman unaided? I appeal to you Lions, you who have your sight, your hearing, you who are strong and brave and kind. Will you not constitute yourselves Knights of the Blind in this crusade against darkness?
— Helen Keller's Speech at 1925 International Convention Cedar Point, Ohio, USA June 30, 1925