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."

 

Can you find a personal mission in all this devastation?

October 17, 2020  /  Guest User

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     Greetings, fellow Lions!  Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to go forth into your community and serve.  As always, should you or any members of your club be active, I will spread the word.

     Speaking of missions, are you familiar with the Lions Mission Statement? 

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

     That’s about as far as I got before wildfires started spreading throughout our district.  Little did we know what opportunities would arise as a result.  This disaster will clearly give all Lions a chance to provide “voluntary services through community involvement” close to home.

     District R has received approval of an LCIF emergency grant for $10,000.  We will need input from all the clubs in the district – who is affected, what is being done, how Lions are participating in disaster relief, etc.  We will also need photos of Lions in action to submit to LCIF.   

     W. Clement Stone stated, “When you discover your mission, it will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.”  Look around you.  What do you see?  Towns completely destroyed or heavily damaged.  Homes and businesses burned to the ground.  500,000 people under evacuation orders of some sort.  Lions who have lost their homes.  Lions who have welcomed evacuees into their homes.   

     Can you find a personal mission in all this devastation?  Clubs can make donations to a district fund to be disbursed along with the LCIF grant monies.  Lions can volunteer at shelters and evacuation sites, sort and hand out supplies, build livestock pens, feed those who have been evacuated, welcome people into their own homes.

     As stated by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: “The mission of your life should be to leave a better world behind than what you inherited.” 

     We’re Lions and “We Serve!”  Step up and take the challenge!  We can do this!

“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