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…
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According to locals, Quito, a city in Ecuador, is la Mitad del Mundo, “the Middle of the World.” Located just a few miles from the equator, it is home to more than 2 million people. Just as it’s possible to stand with one foot…
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Dear Lions, Thank you for your most generous donations to LCIF. Just this year, your donations have enabled LCIF to respond to the disasters from Japan to South Asia to the U.S. Gulf Coast, Mexico and several Caribbean islands…
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There is no more powerful example of someone lighting a candle rather than cursing the darkness than Helen Keller. Standing on the stage at the Lions Clubs International Convention in 1925, blind and deaf, Keller challenged…
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In 2012, Superstorm Sandy struck the eastern coast of the United States, claiming at least 125 lives and resulting in US$62 billion in damage and losses. Thousands of people were displaced, left without water, electricity or…
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Australian William R. Tresise was about to exceed the age limit of his national volunteer organization in the mid-1940s when he stumbled upon the opportunity to bring the service programs and international friendship of Lions…
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Dear Lions, As Lions, we believe that kindness matters. We are guided by our founder, Melvin Jones, who said “you can’t get very far until you start doing something for someone else.” That’s why when disaster strikes, whether…
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"We Serve" is the Lions Clubs’ motto, and the truth behind those words can be seen whenever Lions embark on a humanitarian mission to help those in need. One of the Lions’ “vision missions” was held in Ensenada, Mexico, in 2009…
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Measles is a highly contagious viral disease, spread through close contact with infected persons. If there is just one person with measles on a crowded bus of 100 people, 90 others will become infected if they are not…
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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…