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 Can Make A Better Life For Everyone

February 02, 2022  /  Guest User

     Lions here we are in February 2022 and I hope everyone has started the New Year with positive thoughts and determined to make 2022 better than 2021.  I find myself reflecting on how we as a District are doing, how we as clubs are doing and how we as members are doing.  We as a District are moving forward with growing our clubs.  We as clubs are meeting in person for most of the clubs and we continue to provide service to our communities.  We need to ask ourselves are we doing all we can for our members are doing all we can for our communities?

     As I have said many times we all had a goal and reason for becoming Lions and that was serving others and making things better for the future. That is who and what we Lions are about.  It's not just helping our communities but also helping our fellow Lions.  I think of all of the service our Lions have provided and continue to provide.

     As our International President Lion Doug Alexander has stressed from the beginning of this Lion’s year “SERVICE FROM THE HEART.”  He stressed the importance of a community.  If we all work together and support each other we can make a better life for everyone.  Being a Lion is more than what we do – it’s who we are.  We give our service from the heart.  We all have that vision to make this world a better world for all people.  It all begins with us Lions in our own clubs, with our members working with our communities.

     In 2021 our Lions did great things.  Let’s continue great things in 2022 and be guided by our hearts.  Let’s keep working together with our members, our clubs, our District and our communities.  As International President Lion Doug has said "LET’S SHOW THE WORLD WHAT IT TRUELY MEANS TO HAVE A HEART OF A LION.”

     I want to thank each of you Lions as we continue this journey together serving all with Service From The Heart.  I believe Lions Change Lives Today.

DG Lion Lynn Coon 36-R.

“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