Lions Clubs of Multiple District 36, Oregon and Northern California

We Serve

Eugene, OR USA

541-484-0452

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."

 

WE'RE REACHING MILESTONES... LET'S CONTINUE RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS AND INITIATING NEW PROJECTS

December 23, 2023  /  Leah Malcolm

HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2024! 

     Hello and Happy New Year Lions of Oregon’s MD36-G!  I hope it’s off to a great start for you personally and for your clubs. It is a good time of year to plan ahead and maybe initiate that new project you’ve talked about in the past.

     Also a good time to work on that membership challenge we have going throughout 36-G. Two free registrations to our District 36G Convention to be held in Sisters, Or. are up for grabs! Save that date in April … the 5th and 6th.

     I was really challenged this month on what I should write about and then I received a small package in the mail from Lion’s International. Not knowing what was inside I carefully broke into it and found 78 award letters for years of service and I had my story!

     1,870 combined years of service from 78 dedicated Lions is well worth celebrating! I will give a quick breakdown of the awards here and call out a few Lions for the milestones they have reached serving their club and communities. Here we go:  19  10-year awards; 17 15-year awards; 12 20-year awards; 8 25-year awards; 1 30-year Charter award; 3 35-year awards; 5 40-year awards; and 4 45-year awards!

     I wish I had room here to list all of you by name.  Congratulations and thank you from myself and the clubs and communities you serve. Geez, I feel like a rookie amongst all of that Lionism!

     And here are some shout outs by name for those 50 years and above!  2 50-year Charter Monarch awards:  PCC Al Starns (Burns) and Kenneth Beeman (Island City).  6 50-year Chevrons:  Martin Vavra (LaGrande), Michael Brown (Madras), Frederick Jette (formerly Odell Lions), Elton Fadness (The Dalles), John Duckworth (Wallowa) and PDG Gerald Hopkins (Elgin). Last but not least and hats off to John Byers of The Dalles Lions for 70 years of service! THANK YOU!

     A year from now there will be another whole new group reaching milestones for their respective years of service. We just need to keep it going, a new recruit today is celebrating their year achievements before you know it. And it continues into the future for all to see - WE SERVE - it is clear for all to see!

 

‘Be Instrumental In Service’

Lion Pete Runnels, District Governor MD36-G

“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