1917   Oprichten Lions Club

 

"You can't get       melvin jones

very far until

you start doing

something for

somebody else "

Melving Jones, Founder

 

first meeting

 

 

 

 






 

 

First meeting : June 7, Chicago, Illinois USA 

 

first president

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First President : Dr. William Woods

 

 first convention

 

 

 


First Convention : October 8-10, 1917, Dallas, Texas USA

 

Internationnale ontwikkeling

internationale ontwikkeling   

In het begin waren de Lions vooral bekend voor hun strijd tegen blindheid.

Hellen Keller George Bonham blindengeleide honden school

1925 : Helen Keller challenged Lions to be "knights of the blind"
1930 : Lions George Bonham painted a cane white with a red band
1939 : The Detroit Uptown Lions Club started a guide dog school