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 Create Capabilities

January 09, 2023  /  Guest User

Greeting Lions of District 36R,

     As my club visits come to an end, I am looking forward to MD36 Convention season and the beginning of our focus on welcoming new leaders to our district team. Our District, 36R, starts the season out on February 4th and is quickly followed by District 36O on February 25th. The district conventions offer our members a chance to renew old friendships, create new ones, listen and engage with speakers that enlighten us, hear from our International Directors, as well as renew our commitment to Lionism.

     This month I want to highlight the Mill City Lions Club. They have an annual tradition every February called their Sweetheart Dinner. This year it will be held on February 11th and includes dinner, music, dessert auction and a basket raffle at their local high school’s gymnasium. This event brings their community together and raises between 6k-8k in support of their graduating seniors and other local charitable causes for education. What I most liked about it is the specificity of the event that is for a single purpose which enhances the donations that are made.

     I have come to believe that our District needs to create some capabilities that can benefit our current clubs, reestablish clubs where Lions are no longer present, and enlighten our members on what it means to be a Lion in our multiple district (MD).  We can create capabilities that provide expertise and assistance in conducting Community Needs Assessments, provide monthly member orientation on both the district and MD as well as Lions Club International (LCI), and provide zoom training to assist our members in the new hybrid world.  We can also have our OLSHF trustees return to speaking at our clubs as well as offering monthly orientation on the support that OLSHF provides for the communities that we serve.

     In our District and MD, we have many committees that we need volunteers to lead as well as participate. The sad reality is many of these committees are currently not effective in delivering value to our clubs and more broadly to our communities. If we as a District were to focus on the five global causes (Vision, Diabetes, Hunger, Environment, Childhood Cancer) and for us Oregon Lions, Hearing, would that be something we could find members willing to support outside of their clubs?  If you have a passion for any of these areas, please contact our District’s leadership.

Happy New Years - DG 36R Lion David O’Kelley – Together We Can and Together We Will

“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