Lions Clubs of Multiple District 36, Oregon and Northern California

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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."

 

Help Support and Grow a Lion's Leadership Skills

October 03, 2022  /  Guest User

This Lion year is off to a good start based on all the activities talked about at the clubs I’ve visited so far! Thank you to all the clubs who are working on their diabetes-related projects. Remember to send in your stories and pictures to Leah and the Lion Magazine so we can celebrate your success in service. Sending the information out to your local press will help spread the word that Lions are here and ready to help - this may even help find a new Lion for your club. Watch your emails for information from Lions International on World Diabetes Day in November and the many ways you and your club can get involved.

Now that we are a few months into our new year, I encourage you to look around and see the great leaders you have and the Lions who are becoming leaders or maybe don’t even realize their leadership potential yet. Please step beside them, thank them for service done and help them grow into their new roles. There are trainings available through Lions International on each club office and on other topics as well.

The USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum just completed in-person training in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, but there are a lot of topics available through Lions University to help support and grow a Lion’s leadership skills and help their club become stronger in the process. Tentatively scheduled for April 21-23, 2023 the NW Lions Leadership Institute will hold a training here in Oregon that is a wonderful opportunity to develop skills and meet other Lion leaders.

From both the service projects and the leadership training you have the potential to impact your community, your Lions Club and more. Please consider a leadership role in your Lions Club or at the District Level and add your voice to plans and efforts to support and grow Lions in MD36 - Oregon and Northern California. Some of our amazing current leadership need more paws to help and others are ready to try something new and need someone to step into their role.

“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