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."

 

TOGETHER WE CAN!

October 03, 2022  /  Guest User

Labor Day is past and children are back in school. MD36 is busy with clubs donating school supplies, clubs donating backpacks and others collecting “Coats for Kids”. Lions are amazing.

Don’t forget our traditional: Flags for First Graders. Teachers and students both enjoy it. A Lion explains to the class what the red, white and blue represent as well as the stars and stripes. Each student is given a miniature flag. Everyone says the pledge of allegiance together. If you need flags, contact the Keizer Lions Club. It is Fun. And, there may be a future Lion in the class.

Start Making a Reader Today is an excellent program. Lions volunteer to spend personal time reading with a student. For more information, please contact PDG Carol Brink our Chairperson for the SMART Program.

Our Lions Quest Program Chairperson is PDG Jim Jaggers. Teachers who have participated in the program praise the material and approach. Lions Quest helps young people make good decisions and become good citizens. It gives advice on how to handle bullying. There are three parts: K thru 5, grades 6 thru 9, and grades 10-12. It is a one-day workshop for teachers and sponsored by a Lion’s Club. The program provides valuable tools. For more information contact: PDG Jim Jaggers.

And now we start our school vision screening. Please encourage all new members to participate. Often we get used to always using the same team for screening. Screening students is an excellent way to introduce a prospective member to what our Oregon Lions and Northern California Lions do.

Last year we screened 160,000 students. Our goal is 200,000 students. Be ready for a call from your Screening Event Coordinator.

TOGETHER WE CAN!

Judith Poage

Council Chair

“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