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Lions Clubs International, is an international service organization, currently headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois. As of January 2020 [update] , 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.
Daughters of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World – official auxiliary of the African American version of the order. [8] Emblem Club of the United States of America – founded in 1926 as an organization of female relatives of Elks. Effectively operates as the Elks unofficial auxiliary. [6] [9]
They conduct various projects in the fields of health care, elders, children, disabled people, literacy and education, and self-development. Leos can raise funds by conducting fund-raising projects. They can conduct projects with another Leo club, sponsoring Lions club, or with an outside organization. Leo clubs are sponsored by Lions clubs and ...
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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.
At the convention, the first official charter of the international organization was awarded to the club in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana which had been founded in 1916. [1] Several Optimist clubs participated in the June 1917 organization meeting of the Lions Clubs International held in Chicago, Illinois. However, the delegates sent by the ...
Leader Dogs for the Blind is a guide dog training organization located in Rochester Hills, Michigan.It was founded in 1939 by Lions Club members Charles Nutting, Don Schuur and S.A. Dodge, [1] as the second guide dog organization founded in the United States and has paired over 14,500 dogs with the visually impaired worldwide, making it one of the largest organizations of its kind.
It was conceptualized by the Lions Club members of Baguio, during the term of Luis Lardizabal as mayor of Baguio from 1969 to 1970 and as the club's president, [4] to become the club's symbol or imprint in the area. Construction of the lion’s head began in 1971 under Baguio Lions Club President and later, District 301-C Governor Robert John ...