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Welcome to MD 17 Lionism
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Again welcome to the world’s largest
and greatest service organization
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The International Association
of Lions Clubs.
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History
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Organization
All About Lions
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Service
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Membership
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Founded - 1917
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“You can’t get very far
until you start doing
something for someone
else.”
Melvin Jones
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Historical Highlights
1925
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1957
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 SightFirst
 Lions Quest
 Grants
1968
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1987
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Organization
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Member
Club
Zone
Region
District
Multiple District
International Board of Directors
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Club Structure
Club president
 Immediate past president
 Vice presidents
 Secretary/treasurer
 Membership director
 Other elected chairpersons
 Lion tamer
 Tail twister
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District Structure
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District governor
Immediate past district governor
Vice district governor
Cabinet secretary/treasurer
Region & zone chairpersons
District committee chairpersons
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International
Headquarters
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We Serve
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Adopted Service
Program Categories
•Community services
•Diabetes awareness
•Environmental services
•Hearing/speech and work with the deaf
•International relations
•Opportunities for youth
•Sight conservation and work with the blind
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Community Services
•Building Homes
•Cultural and
Community Activities
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Diabetes Awareness
•Education
•Diabetes screening
•Lions Eye Health
Program
•Recreational camps
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Environmental Services
•Recycling
•Anti-Pollution
•Tree Planting
•Environmental
projects
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Hearing/Speech & Work
with the Deaf
•Communication Devices
•Hearing Aid Recycling
•Hearing Ear Dogs
•Hearing Screenings
•Recreational Camps
•Support Services
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Opportunities for Youth
•Leo clubs
•Peace Poster Contest
•Youth camps
•Youth exchange
•Services for Children
•Lions-Quest
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Sight Conservation &
Work with the Blind
•Assistive devices
•Vision screening
•Eyeglass recycling
•Eye banks
•SightFirst
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SightFirst I & SightFirst II
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The SightFirst Programs are funded by voluntary
donations not from dues dollars.
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Total funds raised for Sight First I were over 140 million
Funds were distributed to address leading causes of blindness
Trachoma, Onchocerciasis - river blindness, Xerophthalmia, Glaucoma,
Diabetic Retinopathy
SightFirst I restored sight to over 30 million people since 1990.
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Total funds US$200,329,297 raised since 2004 for use in SightFirst II:
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$102 million will contain and possibly eliminate the leading causes of
avoidable blindness.
$48 million will combat emerging threats to sight.
$50+ million will provide "Vision for All" through research, rehabilitation, and
outreach to vulnerable populations.
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www.lionsclubs.org
The Lion Magazine
Lions chairpersons
International Activities & Program Planning
Division
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History
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Organization
All About Lions
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Service
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Membership
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Kansas (MD 17) Lions Information
http://kansaslions.org/ is the official
website for Lions of Multiple District 17
which is the great state of Kansas.
 Kansas Lions Foundation
 Kansas Lions Sight Foundation
 Kansas Lions Band Foundation
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Kansas Lions Foundation
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Serves as the Humanitarian, Educational and Charitable
arm of the Kansas Lions to benefit local community and
youth programs.
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Youth Exchange
Peace Poster
LEOS
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Camp
Disaster Relief/ALERT Program
Lions Quest
http://www.kansaslionsfoundation.org/
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Kansas Lions Sight
Foundation
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The Kansas Lions Sight Foundation seeks to promote eye
health through support of educational institutions and related
services.
Provides for the scheduling of the Kansas Lions Sight
Foundation/Kansas Blue Cross/Blue Shield Foundation Mobile
Screening Unit.
Provides Sure Sight Screeners to Early Childhood Programs
around Kansas.
Seeks to promote recycling of used eyeglasses.
Provides a connection between citizens needing specialized
eye care treatments and KU Medical Center.
Kansas Lions Band
Foundation
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The Kansas Lions Band Foundation, Inc. was formed to
maintain, support and promote annually, a band consisting of
Kansas high school students.
Through donations from individuals, Lions Clubs, fund raisers
and the annual auction the foundation has supplemented the
operating expenses of the State Band camps and the
International Band trips to the Lions International Convention.
Donations may be given as dedicated or non-dedicated.
Donations given to the foundation are tax deductible under
Sec. 501, c, 3 of the Internal Revenue
For more detailed information visit the web address below
http://kansaslions.org/uploads/KLBF_Brochure_2008.pdf
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