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    The primary aim of Lionism is service to the Club's community.

What Is Lionism?, Who Are Lions?, Why Become A Lion?, History of the Lions
 
   
 
   
   
  What Is Lionism  
   
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    Each year,Lions Clubs perform service and provide goods to thousands of persons throughout the world. Lions are proud of the fact that they perform more activities and help more people than any other service organization in the world today.  
   
 


   
   
    Lions are members of a service-oriented international group of clubs where members enjoy fellowship, develop leadership capacity, and dedicate part of their free time to help those in need in their own community, and (through the Lions Clubs International Foundation) throughout the world.  
   
 
   
   
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    Lions Clubs are non-political, non-sectarian service organizations composed of men and women from all walks of life. The purpose of a Lions Club is to recognize community needs and develop means of meeting them, either through its own efforts, or in cooperation with other agencies and community service organizations.  
   
 
   
   
 
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    Who Are Lions ?  
   
  Fairport Lions Club
PO Box 276
Fairport, NY
14450-0276

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    Lions are volunteer members of Lions Clubs that are grouped into sub-districts (Fairport is in Sub-District 20-E1), and Districts (New York and Bermuda make up Multiple District 20), and are governed by the Lions International organization headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois. There are currently more than 1.4 million members serving in more than 44,500 clubs and 685 Districts in over 180 countries  and geographic areas throughout the world.  
   
 
  See also Lions International Perspective  
 
  Why Become A Lion ?  
 
  Membership in a Lions Club means that members have the opportunity to meet and work with other individuals in a spirit of fellowship, striving towards common ideas and goals. Through this concern for others, members have the opportunity to make suggestions, give their opinions, and take the initiative to their capacity for leadership.  
 
  History Of The Lions  
 
  The International Association of Lions Clubs was born at a meeting in Chicago, Illinois on Jue 7, 1917. Melvin Jones, a young insurance executive, invited members of 25 Chicago-area businessmen's clubs to meet and discuss the possibility of joining together to serve the community. From that meeting ca a call for the Associations's first national (and later international) convention. This convention was held October 8-10, 1919 in Dallas, Texas with 23 clubs from across the United States participating.  
 
  In 1925, Hellen Keller challenged the Lions to become "Knights of the Blind" in the crusade against darkness."  Since that time, Lions have added major service projects for hearing and speech actions and work with the deaf; diabetes awareness; drug awareness; environmental services; and, youth activities through their Leo Clubs and the Lions Quest Skills For Adolescence program.  
 
  The Fairport Lions Club was chartered on September 19, 1949 and has been serving the Fairport Community since that time.  
 
  For more details visit Lions History on Lion Net.  
 
 
 
 
    Fairport Lions
PO Box 276
Fairport, NY
14450-0276

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