The idea came to Bruno Nascimento of the Itaipava Lions Club in Petrópolis, Brazil, as he was watching a student who was blind on a visit to the Farm Water Project.
The Farm Water Project taught environmental classes, and Bruno…
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My Dear Lions, On Friday, August 25th, Hurricane Harvey made its way ashore on the central Gulf Coast of Texas with winds of 125 miles per hour. As I draft this letter, the central coast of Texas, including metropolitan Houston…
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Disasters occur with frightening regularity. There are earthquakes, floods, tsunamis and more. On April 25, 2015, at 11:56 a.m. local time in Nepal, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake devastated parts of urban Bharatpur and Kathmandu…
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My Dear Lions, Like me, I’m sure you have followed the recent tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia and Barcelona, Spain. Acts of terror, and loss of innocent lives must never become the norm. Lions International and its…
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Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) offers a variety of funding options to support various stages for disaster relief operations, including Disaster Preparedness, Emergency, Community Recovery and Major Catastrophe…
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During Lions Clubs International’s 50th anniversary celebration in 1967, an article appeared in the LION Magazine predicting how technology would change the way people communicate by the Lions’ 100th anniversary. Sharing news…
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It’s easy for Americans to take the freedoms we all enjoy for granted. But members of the Martins Ferry Lions Club in Martins Ferry, Ohio, were determined not to forget about the sacrifices that U.S. veterans have made so that…
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There is no mystery about the origins of the now ubiquitous Lions vest. It was simply a new apparel item in the 1951 club supplies catalogue that met with wild success and became a Lions icon. The “No. A-28 Vest,” made of wool…
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For 30 years, millions of children have colored the world in peace through the Lions International Peace Poster Contest. Purchase a kit at lionsclubs.org/peaceposter. By sponsoring a Peace Poster contest…
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Not long after Lions Clubs International entered the Middle East in 1952, the organization expanded to North Africa. The popularity of Lions was spreading in the 1950s, and Africa quickly joined the movement to serve. Morocco…
