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About Lions

(Also in German)

Since 1917, Lions clubs have offered people the opportunity to give something back to their communities. From involving members in projects as local as cleaning up an area park or as far-reaching as bringing sight to the world's blind, Lions clubs have always embraced those committed to building a brighter future for their community.

Today with more than 46,000 clubs in 193 countries and geographical areas, Lions have expanded their focus to help meet the ever-increasing needs of our global community.

Our programs are continually changing to meet new needs and greater demands, but our mission has never wavered: "We Serve."

The second of the big three of international service organisations is the Lions whose membership was slightly more open than Rotary or Kiwanis. It was started in 1917 by Melvyn Jones, a young insurance man, who sought to bring into one organisation several independent groups of business and professional men which had been started in the wake of Rotary's success. At Dallas in October 1917 a convention of some 25 such clubs adopted the motto 'We Serve' and formed themselves into Lions International. Comparable in size and spread to Rotary, this organisation also has its headquarters in Chicago. In 1933, Paul Harris' brother Reginald actually took up a field position in Lions International

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