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Lions Clubs International, is an international service organization, currently headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois.As of January 2020, it had over 46,000 local clubs and more than 1.4 million members (including the youth wing Leo) in more than 200 countries and geographic areas around the world.
A statue of Jones stands in front of the Lions Clubs International headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois. [6] There is a memorial to Melvin Jones, in the form of a fifty-foot spire, in his birthplace of Fort Thomas. [7] At Lions headquarters in Dhaka there is a mural and portrait of Melvin Jones by Bangladeshi sculptor Mrinal Haque.
Leo clubs are a youth organization of Lions Clubs International. [1] Leo clubs encourage youths to develop leadership qualities by participating in social service activities. They are dependent on a Lions club to sponsor and initiate a Leo club. Leo club members are addressed as "Leos." They conduct various projects in the fields of health care ...
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Syme was a founding member of the Lions Club of Seaward Kaikōura, incorporated in 1992. [1] She worked to establish the Seaward Kaikōura Lions as a club for women, because at that time, the majority of community service clubs were generally run by men. [2] Symes was the charter President, and has been District Governor.
He served as president of Whittier College from 1923 to 1934. He was the author of Herbert Hoover's 1932 campaign biography. [1] After a stint as secretary to Governor Frank Merriam, he became California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, a position he held until his death. He also was the President of Lions Club International from ...
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M. R. Siddiqi was also known for his social work. He joined the Lions movement in the then East Pakistan when it was founded in 1958 and became President of Chittagong Lions Club. When a devastating cyclone and tidal bore hit the coastal areas of Chittagong (Halishahar, Kattali and Sitakunda) in 1960, it was under his leadership that a massive ...