1. Lions Fundamentals

2. Session Objectives Identify significant events Apply mission, purposes and ethics Recognize structure Describe benefits of membership Lions Fundamentals1

3. 1917 Founded 1920 Became international 1925 Helen Keller 1954 “We Serve” motto 1968 LCIF Lions Fundamentals2 Events in LCI History 1987 Women members 1990 SightFirst 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami 2010-2011 Haiti, Japan, New Zealand

4. Lions Mission “To empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions clubs.” Lions Fundamentals3

5. Mission “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” Gandhi Lions Fundamentals4

6. Ethics “Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.” Potter Stewart Lions Fundamentals5

7. Organizational Chart Lions Fundamentals6

8. Benefits “I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.” Maya Angelou Lions Fundamentals7

9. Session Objectives Identify significant events Apply mission, purposes and ethics Recognize structure Describe benefits of membership Lions Fundamentals8