Lions Clubs International

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Lions Clubs International

Lions Clubs International was founded in the U.S.A. in 1917 by Melvin Jones. It became truly International on March 12, 1920 when the Border Cities Lions Club was established in Ontario, Canada. Lions Clubs International is now the worlds largest service club organisation with members in 186 countries around the world.

Spread of Lionism

Lions Clubs International has had a history of support for the work of the United Nations since that Organisation's inception in 1945, when it was one of the non-governmental organisations invited to assist in the drafting of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco.

Lions have been involved helping the sight impaired since Helen Keller addressed the International Convention at Cedar Point, Ohio on June 30, 1925 and charged Lions to be 'Knights to the Blind'.

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