Molokai, a colony for those aflicted with leprosy, became home to a 31-member Lions club in 1948. The club brought great improvements for colony residents.

History of the first Lions clubs outside the United States.

Bill Tresise brought Lions Clubs to Australia in 1947.

The first three Lions clubs in the Philippines received their charters in 1949, and three years later, Filipino Lions helped establish the first Lions club in Japan.

2005-06 Lions Clubs International President Ashok Mehta reflects on how Lions can do so much more through Lions Clubs International Foundation.

The first Lions clubs in Europe were founded in Stockholm and Geneva in 1948.

Founded in 1926, the Lions club of Tianjin (formerly Tientsin), China, stayed active until 1949. New clubs and membership have grown rapidly since 2002 when Lions returned to China.

Melvin Jones, an insurance salesman from Chicago, founded the Lions Clubs in 1917.

In 1953, Algeria became the first country in Africa to have a chartered Lions club.

In the 1920s, Lions clubs continued to expand and serve communities with such projects as fundraising for a children's hospital.