About Anthony Wayne Lions Club

 

Whenever the Anthony Wayne Lions Club gets together, problems get smaller.
Our community gets better. That's because we help where help is needed... 
in our own community and around the world ~ with unmatched integrity and energy.  

 

 

Our club was founded December 7, 1972 and chartered on February 10, 1973.

 

 

The Anthony Wayne Lions mission mirrors the International Lion’s motto: “We Serve”.
We strive to help those that are less fortunate and in need of a helping hand. Specifically our
main focuses are those that have sight related disabilities; blindness, and diseases that lead
to blindness. This includes the leader dog school for the blind, blind bowlers, the Indiana
school for the blind, the Indiana Eye and Tissue bank and Vision screening for pre-school kids
and Diabetes screening and prevention.

 

Anthony Wayne Lions mission also includes supporting cancer research, the Rescue Mission and the Women’s shelter, the Children’s home, the YMCA healthy kids program and many
other local needs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Lions Club International

 

Lions Clubs International, a service membership organization of over 1.4 million members worldwide 
(as of April 2015), was founded in theUnited States on June 7, 1917, by Melvin Jones, Jones asked,
with regard to his colleagues, "What if these men who are successful because of their drive, intelligence and ambition, were to put their talents to work improving their communities?" Jones' personal code,
"You can't get very far until you start doing something for somebody else," reminds many Lions of the importance of community service.

 

The Lions motto is "We Serve." Local Lions Club programs include sight conservation, hearing and speech conservation, diabetes awareness, youth outreach, international relations, environmental issues, and many other programs. 

 

The LIONS acronym also stands for
Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nations' Safety.

 

The stated purposes of Lions Clubs International are:

• 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.