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New Lion Orientation
Fayetteville Lions Club
Fayetteville, Tennessee, USA
12 Sep 20171
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Welcome and Introductions
New Lion Introductions
Your Name
Something about your family
Something about your employment history
Reason joined Lions
Any special expectations for this Orientation?
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Introduction to Lions
Mission: To empower volunteers to serve their
communities, meet humanitarian needs,
encourage peace and promote international
understanding through Lions clubs
Primary Focus: Prevent Blindness/Conserve Sight
Other: Conduct health screenings, build parks,
support eye hospitals, award scholarships, assist
youth, provide help in time of disaster & much more
Membership: Over 1.4 million men and women in
over 200 countries and areas worldwide
Motto: We Serve12 Sep 2017
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Founded –
1917“You can’t get very far until you
start doing something for
someone else.”
Melvin Jones
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Helen
Keller -
1925
She challenged Lions to become
her "knights of the blind in the
crusade against darkness."
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Introduction to Lions
Lions Are… Members of the world's largest and most active service club
organization
Men & women who believe that by working together they accomplish far more than would be possible as individuals
People who cherish the fellowship of their own club, but who also feel a close kinship with Lions in over 200 countries
Individuals dedicated to maintaininghigh ethical and moral standards in their club-and in their personal lives
People who are serious about their commitment to humanitarian service,but have fun along the way
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Fayetteville Club History
MODULE OBJECTIVE
At the end of this module participants will be able to
explain the following to new & prospective members:
Club History
Club Charters
68+ Years of Service
Era P. Jones
Past Club District Governors, Presidents
Long Serving Members
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Fayetteville Club History
3 Fayetteville Clubs Chartered
1st Fayetteville Lions Club was chartered in 1923
Dissolved in 1935 at the end of the Great Depression
2nd Fayetteville Club was organized in 1939
Dissolved in 1944 during the midst of World War II
3rd Fayetteville Lions Club
Our current club
Chartered Jan 28, 1947
Charter President:
Berry C. Williams
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Fayetteville Club History
68+ YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
Built Lee-Dell Lions swimming pool at Robert E. Lee school in 1948
Assisted city with Tonia Dell swimming pool at West End High School in 1957
Purchased 42 air conditioners for the Lincoln County Hospital in 1962 & 19 more in 1963 for Donaldson Hospital
Help needed signs for bedridden persons in case of fire
Two way communication for polio victim
Gave Fire Department equipment/supplies for early CPR classes
Purchased first coronary care unit for hospital in 1973
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Fayetteville Club History
68+ YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
Began sight screening in schools in 1955, added hearing later
Currently > 2,000 screenings each year; 15-20% referred for medical exam
Began eyeglasses assistance for financial hardship in 1980s
90+ persons each year receive eye exams and eyeglasses
Assisted in lighting football field at Central High, 1972
Donated a piano to the Fayetteville Recreation Center
Co-sponsored construction of Don Davidson Park/Lions Club Softball Complex in 1979; over $75,000; completed commitments in 2011
Sponsor annual Basketball Tourney at least since 1982
Sponsor annual Football Jamboree since 1994
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Fayetteville Club History
68+ YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
Contributed toward construction of LCHS football stadium
Furnished the Tennessee (genealogy) Room at Lincoln County Library in 1976
See photos of these legacy projects on the website
Built chapel at Lincoln County Hospital in 1970; refurbished when moved in 2005
Sponsor delegates to Boys and Girls State annually since 1980
Sponsored Fairest Of Fair contestants at Lincoln County Fair until 2012
Two+ scholarships annually to deserving High School seniors since 1989
Primary sponsor of Log Cabin Stage in Stone Bridge Park, 2015
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Fayetteville Club History
Era P. Jones Endowment
Fayetteville Lions received a bequest upon the passing of Era Phelps Jones in 1994
"Miss Era" was a teacher in Tennessee schools for 47 years
A big advocate for the Lions, she witnessedthe work Lions did with children's sight exams and assistance in her classrooms
She was proud of her Physician, Lawyer, Pharmacist, Dentist and many more whom she had as students - and who became active Lions members
The club established the Era P. Jones Memorial Fund Voted to invest the principal and use interest for service
projects approved by the Era P. Jones Memorial Committee
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Fayetteville Club History
Past District Governors from the
Fayetteville Club
Pangle Stewart (1968-69)
Larry Robertson (1988-89)
Sam Muse (2007-08)
PDGs Pangle, Larry & Sam (seated)
with DG BJ Blankenship in May 2009
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Fayetteville Club History
1947 Berry Williams
1947-48 Harold Alexander
1948-49 P.D.Massey
1949-50 W.F. Drake
1950-51 Dick Daniel
1951-52 Dr. Tom Holland
1952-53 Fred Ralston
1953-54 Paul Marquess
1954-55 Charles Vance
1955-56 Dr. Cecil Byrd
1956-57 Paul Campbell
1957-58 Dr. W.D. Jones
1958-59 Pangle Stewart
1959-60 George Drinkard
1960-61 Bob Moore
1961-62 James F. Farrar
1962-63 Walter Tanner
1963-64 James Bills
1964-65 Jimmy Pylant
1965-66 Knox Stewart
1966-67 John Anderson
1967-68 Burt Allison
1968-69 Joe W. Loving
1969-70 Homer Webb
•1970-71 Younger Pitts, Jr.
•1971-72 Walter Harris
•1972-73 Larry Barnes
•1973-74 Bob Henry
•1974-75 Marshall Arney
•1975-76 Joyce Spray
•1976-77 Aubrey Anderson
•1977-78 Toddy Lane
•1978-79 James Norris
•1979-80 Tom Holland, Jr.
•1980-81 Larry Robertson
•1981-82 Kenneth Lee
•1982-83 John Gaines
•1983-84 Terry Bedwell
•1984-85 John Underwood
•1985-86 Jimmy Bills
•1986-87 Buford Jennings
•1987-88 James Warren
•1988-89 Walter Sloan
•1989-90 Ranny Ellett
•1990-91 Tommy Graham
•1991-92 Joe Askew
•1992-93 John Butler
•1993-94 Rickey Kimbrough
•1994-95 Carl Maroney
•1995-96 Doug Cunningham
•1996-97 A. C. Moore
•1997-98 Sam Muse
•1998-99 Richard Hughes
•1999-00 Larry Ventress
•2000-01 Jack Hoffman
•2001-02 Ray Landman
•2002-03 Butch Spray
•2003-04 Jim Neale
•2004-05 Blake Copple
•2005-06 Pete O'Neal
•2006-07 Steve Swindall
•2007-08 Gary Wright
•2008-09 Don Combs
•2009-10 Jere Singleton
•2010-11 Jere Singleton
•2011-12 Gary Wright
•2012-13 Don Combs
•2013-14 Jim Neale
•2014-15 Michael Whisenant
•2015-16 Mark Kelso
•2016-17 Bill Jackson
Past Presidents
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Fayetteville Club History
Members With Over 20 Years Service
9 Lions: Marshall Arney
Larry Robertson
Bill Jackson
Myrna Reed
Buford Jennings
Longest serving – Marshall Arney Joined May 1969 - 48 years service !!
See old photos on website “About Us” page
Wayne Damron
Rickey Kimbrough
Calvin Perkins
Pat Smith
1987
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Fayetteville Club Operations
MODULE OBJECTIVE
At the end of this module participants will be able to
explain the following to new & prospective members:
Club Operations
Meetings & Banquets
Conduct & Attire
Officers & Directors
Committees
Budget & Finances
Membership & Dues
Constitution & By-Laws
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Fayetteville Club Operations
Meetings
1st & 3rd Tuesday of month (might be rescheduled if interfering holiday or local event)
Location: Best Western Fayetteville Inn
Time: 6:15 PM (although Lions often arrive early and get their salad)
Buffet supper served, “pay as you go”
Attire: Casual; Lions vest and nametag
Guests are welcome; the inviting Lion generally
pays for a guest’s meal
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Member retention keys
•Interesting, effective meetings
•Shared responsibility
•Involvement
•Working together
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Fayetteville Club Operations
Attendance & Participation
All active Lions strongly encouraged to attend meetings regularly and to participate in major “all hands” fundraising events, health permitting
Football Jamboree
Basketball Tournament
Members who maintain perfect attendance during the fiscal year are given a 100% attendance award
Ways to make up a meeting:
Attend a Board, Zone, Region or District meeting
Attend the meeting of another club
Participate in a Lions project event
The club secretary keeps attendance records for meetings & projects
Fall Roadblock
Sports Program Ad Sales
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Fayetteville Club Operations
Banquets
2 Annual Banquets plus occasional special events Holiday Banquet in December
Officer Installation & Awards Banquet in June
Time/Day: usually 6:15 PM on a Tuesday
Location: often South Central Human Resource Agency (SCHRA) on Winchester Highway
Spouses and guests welcome
Meal cost from$10.00 to $15.00/person
Attire: “Sunday best”; Lion pin and nametag
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Fayetteville Club Operations
Awards
Melvin Jones Fellowships (when the club donates
$1,000 to LCIF in the name of that Lion)
Lion of the Year
Lion of the Decade
Nomination for LOY and LOD at District Level
Service Awards at significant milestones
100% Attendance Pins (Annual)
Recognition Plaques for outgoing Club Officers12 Sep 2017
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Est. 1973
The Melvin Jones
Fellowship is the
backbone of LCIF,
providing 70% of its
revenues. A Fellowship
is given to those who
give US$1,000 to LCIF,
or to people for whom
a donation was made
by others.
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Committees
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Fayetteville Club Operations
Stacy Flynt
1-Yr Dir Emily Dailey
1-Yr Dir Rickey Kimbrough
2-Yr Dir Bernadette Selph
2-Yr Dir Ray Landman
Membership Dir Gus Meridith
vacantWillis
Mason
Chris
Ross
Blake Copple
Bill Thomison
Lion Tamer Willis Mason
Tail Twister Rickey Kimbrough
Tail Twister Gina Ussery
Bill
Jackson
Officer duties will be discussed during the next module
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Fayetteville Club Operations
Committees
Success of the club mission hinges on effective Committees
Executing our Service Projects and Fundraisers
Executing club operations (Admin Committees)
Success of committees depend on Committee Chair and Committee Members
Committee Rosters are on the website (see link at left of each page)
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Fayetteville Club Committees
Football
Jamboree
Basketball
Tourney
Drug Essay
Awareness
Contest
Scholarships
Diabetes
Roadblock
Meals/
Cookout
Awards &
Nomination
BanquetsDisaster
Relief/Safety
Peace
Poster
Contest
Programs/
Speakers
Pecan
Sales
Melvin
Jones
Era P
Jones
Program
Ad Sales
Flowers/
Care
Activities - Service
Adopt-A
Highway
Administrative
Finance
Ad Hoc
Membership
Projects
Historical
& Museum
Public
Relations
Youth
Sponsorship
Sight &
Hearing
Assistance
Sight &
Hearing
Screening
Leo Clubs
Activities - Fundraising
Recycle-Eyeglasses
& Hearing Aid
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Ad Hoc
Recycle-Printer Cartridge
& Phone
Ad Hoc
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Fayetteville Club Operations
Budgets & Financial Operations Three distinct checking accounts:
Projects account
Income from fundraising and
Outlays go to Services projects.
Administrative account
Income from member dues, fees and fines
Outlays are for member expenses such as supplies, recognition items and guest meal costs.
Era P Jones account
Income from interest on an invested bequest
Outlays are for additional Service projects.
Treasurer/Finance Committee give at least Quarterly reports
Lions fiscal/operational year runs from July 1 to June 30
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Fayetteville Club Operations
Membership Member recruitment is every Lion’s responsibility
Any member in good standing can nominate a person
for membership
The Board of Directors must vote and approve
Normally a prospective member will be invited to
attend 2 meetings as a guest prior to formal
membership request
The new Lion’s sponsor is responsible for assisting the
new Lion’s transition into Lionism and understanding
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Why Membership Growth?
Healthy clubs = Greater service
Tips for recruiting new members
•Look to your friends
•Look to new members
•Embrace diversity
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Fayetteville Club OperationsMember Types (pg 1 of 2)
Active: Entitled to all rights and privileges
Subject to all obligations which membership in a Lions club implies
Member-at-Large: Moved out of the community or is temporarily unable to regularly attend meetings
Status shall be reviewed each six months by the board
Cannot hold office or vote at conventions
Pays special dues per By-Laws
Honorary: Honor bestowed to an individual not a member of the Lions club
Recognizes outstanding community service or service to the club
Club pays entrance fees and international and district dues
Privileged: Has been a Lion for 15 or more years
Because of illness, infirmities, advanced age or other legitimate reason, must relinquish his or her active status
May vote, but may not hold office
Pays special dues per By-Laws
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Fayetteville Club OperationsMember Types (pg 2 of 2)
Life Member: Maintained active status for 20 or more years, or for 15 years and is at least 70
years of age
Recommended by club to the association for outstanding service
Club pays a one-time payment to International in lieu of future dues
Has all the rights and privileges of membership
Pays special dues per By-Laws
Associate: Holds primary membership in another club, but maintains residence or is
employed in this community attending Fayetteville Club
Can vote on club matters, cannot hold office or vote at conventions
Pays special dues per By-Laws
Affiliate: Currently unable to fully participate in the club, but wishes to support the club
Can vote on club matters, cannot hold office or vote at conventions
Pays special dues per By-Laws
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Fayetteville Club Operations
Member Dues & Fees
Active: $20 Monthly*
Affiliate: $100 Annually*
Member-at-Large: $100 Annually*(pd Semi-annually)
Honorary: $0 Annually
Privileged: $100 Annually*
Life Member: $0 Annually (club pays one time fee)
Associate: $50 Annually*
LCI Entrance Fee for New/Reinstated/Transfer: $35
* Club Member dues pay International and District Dues and club admin expenses 12 Sep 2017
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Fayetteville Club Operations
Constitution & By-Laws
View the FLC Constitution & By-Laws on the
website
Linked from “About Us” page
Linked from “Documents and Links” page
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Club Officer Duties
MODULE OBJECTIVE
At the end of this module participants will be able to
explain the following to new & prospective members:
Current Club Officers & Directors
Club Officer & Director Duties
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Club Officer Duties
Officers & Directors
Club is governed by Board of Directors
Board consists of 4 Directors and the Officers listed
on the following charts
Photos on “Officers” page of website
Officers & Directors are elected in March
Installation & Awards Banquet is in June
Officers term is Jul 1 - Jun 30
Directors are elected for a 2-year term
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Standard Club Organization
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Committees
Stacy Flynt
VacantWillis
Mason
Chris
Ross
Blake Copple
Bill Thomison
Bill
Jackson
1-Yr Dir Emily Dailey
1-Yr Dir Rickey Kimbrough
2-Yr Dir Bernadette Selph
2-Yr Dir Ray Landman
Membership Dir Gus Meridith
Lion Tamer Willis Mason
Tail Twister Rickey Kimbrough
Tail Twister Gina Ussery
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Club President (King Lion): Calls club board meetings & club meetings
Creates agendas & plans with board
Conducts club meetings
Appoints committee chairpersons
Serve as Global Action Team Chairperson (new duty)
President’s Challenges:
Conduct efficient and enjoyable meetings
Keep members involved
Inspire members to achieve level of excellence
Club Officer Duties
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Directors: With the other officers, form what is termed the board of
directors of the club
Serve a two year term
Assist in formulating and executing policies of the club
All new business is considered and shaped by this board
Vice Presidents: Substitute for absent president, with the same authority
Perform same duties as Directors
Oversee the functioning of various club committees
1st VP serves as Leadership Chairperson (new duty)
Club Officer Duties
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Club Officer Duties
Secretary: Liaison officer to district and International Headquarters
Submits reports, including membership and leadership
Maintains club records, including Club and Board minutes
Refers correspondence to President, Board or club
Treasurer: Responsible for all club financial matters
Receives all monies and pays club obligations
Maintains financial records
Prepares financial statements and reports
Assists Finance Committee in preparing annual budget
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Club Officer Duties
Lion Tamer: Serve as custodian of club property
Ensure flags, gavel, etc properly placed for meetings
Serve as a sergeant at arms
Welcome guests and see that places are provided for all
Tail Twister: Serve to promote harmony, good fellowship and
enthusiasm at club meetings
Judicious imposition of fines on members
May not be fined except by the unanimous vote
Success of meetings depends upon their resourcefulness in promoting fellowship, fun and laughter
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Club Officer Duties
Membership Director: Chairperson of the membership committee
Develop membership growth program & report to club
Implement recruitment and retention programs
Prepare orientation sessions
Encourage/assist members bringing in qualified members
Work with club leadership to minimize membership loss
Immediate Past President: Serve as Club LCIF Coordinator (new duty)
Assist new President/Board providing continuity of opns
Serve as an official greeter of members and their guests
Represent Lions welcoming new people into community12 Sep 2017
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Club Leadership
• Lead by example
• Lead by listening
• Lead by enabling others
• Lead by recognition
• Lead by inspiration
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Service & Fundraising Projects
MODULE OBJECTIVE
At the end of this module participants will be able to
explain the following to new & prospective members:
Overview of Key Service Projects
Overview of Key Fundraising Projects
FLC Calendar of Events
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Lions Service
Program Categories
•Community services
•Diabetes awareness (new emphasis)
•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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Service & Fundraising Projects
The clubs community service projects are on
outlined on the “Service” page of the website
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Service & Fundraising Projects
The club’s fundraising projects are outlined on the “Fundraisers” page of the website
Our club tries to conduct fundraisers where the public can donate to our good works, but at the same time get something of value in return
100% of money earned by Lion fundraising projects is spent for our service projects
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Service & Fundraising Projects
Let’s watch a Fayetteville Lions Year in
Review slideshow that shows pictures and
results of our key service and fundraising
projects
We can pause the slide show for discussion and
questions
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Service & Fundraising ProjectsCALENDAR OF EVENTS
•The club’s updated calendar is found on the “Calendar” page of the
website
•Major events:•July 1 – New Lion Year begins
•Mid Aug – Football Jamboree
•Late Oct - Basketball Tournament
•Saturday after Thanksgiving -
Roadblock
•Sep-Nov – Pecan Sale
•Fall – Drug Essay Contest
•Fall – Peace Poster Contest
•Schoolyear – Sight/Hearing Screens
•December – Holiday Banquet
•March – Officer Elections
•April to June –
Sports Program Ad Sales
•April – Boys & Girls State Selections
•April – Scholarship Selections
•Apr or May– King Lion Cookout
•Late June –
Installation & Awards Banquet
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Lions Fundamentals
MODULE OBJECTIVE
At the end of this module participants will be able to
explain the following to new & prospective members:
Lions International History
Motto & Slogan
Vision & Mission
Emblem & Official Colors
Purposes
Ethics
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Lions International History
a $415 million blindness
prevention program
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Lions Fundamentals
Lions Motto
We Serve(What better way to explain our mission?)
Lions SloganLiberty, Intelligence, Our Nation's Safety
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Lions Fundamentals
Vision StatementTo be the global leader in community and
humanitarian service.
Mission StatementTo empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs,
encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions clubs.
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Lions Fundamentals
Lion Logo and Official Colors
The Lions logo consists of a gold “L” on a blue
field surrounded by a gold circle. On either
side of the circle is the profile of a Lion’s head,
one looking back upon a proud past and the
other looking optimistically toward the future.
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Lions Fundamentals
LIONS INTERNATIONAL PURPOSES
To Organize, charter and supervise service clubs to be known as Lions clubs.
To Coordinate the activities and standardize the administration of Lions clubs.
To Create and foster a spirit of understanding among the peoples of the world.
To Promote the principles of good government and good citizenship.
To Take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the
community.
To Unite the clubs in the bonds of friendship, good fellowship and mutual
understanding.
To Provide a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest;
provided, however, that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be
debated by club members.
To Encourage service-minded people to serve their community without personal
financial reward, and to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards
in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavors.
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Lions Fundamentals
Lions Code of Ethics1. To Show my faith in the worthiness of my vocation by industrious application to the end
that I may merit a reputation for quality of service.
2. To Seek success and to demand all fair remuneration or profit as my just due, but to
accept no profit or success at the price of my own self-respect lost because of unfair
advantage taken or because of questionable acts on my part.
3. To Remember that in building up my business it is not necessary to tear down another's;
to be loyal to my clients or customers and true to myself.
4. Whenever a doubt arises as to the right or ethics of my position or action towards others,
to resolve such doubt against myself.
5. To Hold friendship as an end and not a means. To hold that true friendship exists not on
account of the service performed by one another, but that true friendship demands nothing
but accepts service in the spirit in which it is given.
6. Always to bear in mind my obligations as a citizen to my nation, my state, and my
community, as to give them my unswerving loyalty in word, act, and deed. To give them
freely of my time, labor and means.
7. To Aid others by giving my sympathy to those in distress, my aid to the weak, and my
substance to the needy.
8. To Be Careful with my criticism and liberal with my praise; to build up and not destroy.
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Lions FundamentalsLife Situations – Applying the Code of Ethics
Directions: Decide which Code of Ethic applies to each of the following situations:
• A new Lion member helped fix the roof on an older Lion member’s
house saying, “What are friends for?” But then the newer Lion sent the
older Lion a large bill and demanded payment.
• A new club president is being very critical of several of the members.
• She loves club meetings but hates her job. She says to another Lion,
“Why should I care about quality when I’m at work. No one else cares!”
Code #5 If the younger Lion had wanted to practice this code of ethics, he
would have been happy to fix the roof for his Lion friend, or at least he would
have openly negotiated the charges ahead of time.
Code #8 The new club president should follow the code by offering praise to
these members, not negative criticism. Constructive criticism in private, given
with caring & concern for growth is much different then public negative criticism.
Code #1 According to the Lions Code of Ethics, this woman should have tried
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Lions Fundamentals
Life Situations – Applying the Code of Ethics
Directions: Decide which Code of Ethic applies to each of the following situations:
• Each week she donates part of her paycheck to the eye clinic which
provides free services to the poor.
A president of a company visits a Lions club and asks to join. The
members wonder what to tell him because it is common knowledge
that this president exploits his customers, trying to take advantage of
them.
• He has doubts about the fairness of what his hotel chain is doing.
They are compromising on food quality in order to make a larger profit.
Code #7 She showed the ethic of serving the unfortunate. This is at the heart
of who Lions are.
Code #3 This was a key ethic of Melvin Jones—to be honest and caring in all
business practices. There is no room in Lionism for cheating and dishonesty.
Code #2 He has doubts because a true Lion cares about being fair & truthful.
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Lions Organization Structure
MODULE OBJECTIVE
At the end of this module participants will be able to
explain the following to new & prospective members:
Organization from International to District to Club
Organization Names above FLC
Key Leaders in the FLC “Chain of Command”
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Lions Organizational Structure
Lions International
The Lions Member is at
the center of the Lions
International Organization
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President
Lions Clubs International
A staff of 225 in 11 Divisions to
administer over 1.4 million members
in 46,000 clubs worldwide. They
operate in 12 official languages.
750 districts
each w/ 35+ Clubs and
at least 1,250 Members
> 46,000 clubs
worldwide,
4-8 per zone
3-6 regions
per District
2-6 zones
per Region
Lions Organization Structure
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Lions Organization Structure
President
Lions Clubs International
Carl Hirlston
(Woodbury Club)
Blake Copple
Susan Russell
(Petersburg Club)
Jim Neale
(Fayetteville Club)
District
12S
Region
III
Zone
F
Fayetteville
Lions Club
Dr. Naresh Aggarwal
(Batala, Punjab, India)
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Lions Organization Structure
Multiple District 12 contains all Lions Clubs in the state
of Tennessee and is made up of five Sub-Districts
12-L 12-I 12-O 12-N 12-S
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Lions Organization StructureConventions & Training
International Convention
Annual in June or July
Alternates between US vs International location
US/Canada Leadership Forum
Annual in September
Alternates between US vs Canadian location
State Convention – Annual in April or May
District Convention – Annual in Feb or Mar
District & Multi-District Cabinet Meetings
District New Leader Training
June & July, especially for Incoming Presidents and Secretaries
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International, State & District Programs
MODULE OBJECTIVE
At the end of this module participants will be able to
explain the following to new & prospective members:
Lions Programs at International, State & District
Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF)
SightFirst II
Middle Tennessee Lions White Cane
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International, State & District Programs
Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF)
Provides funding grants ($45+ Million annually) to assist Lions districts with large-scale projects
Grants provide both immediate assistance following natural disasters & long-term reconstruction relief
Grants help preserve sight, combat disability, promote health or serve youth.
Funds SightFirst programs to eliminate leading causes of blindness and create sustainable eye-health worldwide
Every dollar donated to LCIF goes toward a grant. Since LCIF began in 1968, it has awarded over 13,000 grants totaling over US$1 billion.
For each $1,000 donated by a club, the club can designate a Melvin Jones Fellow
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International, State & District Programs
Tennessee Lions Charities
Coordination of the Tennessee Lions Eye Center at Vanderbilt Offers general and specialty eye care for children from birth through 18
years
State-of-the-art operating rooms and staff dedicated to eye patients
Funds Kids Sight Outreach (the Digital "photo" Screening programs for pre-school age children) 3% of Tennessee's 1.2 million children have some type of eye problem
other than the need for glasses.
The Tennessee Lions Eye Center, with the help of tLions Clubs across the state, provides free vision screening to identify young children with eye problems..
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Middle Tennessee Lions White Cane Middle Tennessee Lions Sight Service. Providing diagnosis and eye
surgery for the indigent.
Tennessee School s for the Blind and Deaf. Lions support student work programs, Christmas Gifts, low vision clinic and Boy & Girl Scouts
Lions Communication Service. A mobile sight and hearing vehicle which visits communities, screening for vision and hearing problems.
Learning Ally/Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic. Large print books and recordings for the blind and dyslexic.
World Services for the Blind. Vocational training and rehabilitation for blind adults.
Leader Dog School. Guide Dogs at no cost gives mobility to blind people
Hearing Aid Project. Lions provide hearing aids to people with hearing disabilities
Drug Essay Contest. Encourages high school students to think of how drugs will destroy their lives
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Knowledge Check
Test Your Lions IQ
When called on give your answer to the next
question
Then all New Lions can discuss trying to
reach a consensus group answer
The quiz…
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Resources for Lionism
WebsitesFayetteville: http://www.fayettevilletnlions.org/
International: http://www.lionsclubs.org/
Club Resource Center: http://members.lionsclubs.org/EN/resources/index.php
Facebook Fayetteville: http://www.facebook.com/fayettevilletnlions
International: http://www.facebook.com/lionsclubs
LION Magazine online version
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We Serve
We are LionsWe are global
We serve where we live
We do it ourselves
We are dedicated to sight - and more
We dream big
We have fun