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The Lions Eye Bank located at San Martino Hospital in Genova is dedicated to Melvin Jones. In 2017, the United States Mint issued a non-circulating commemorative coin honoring the centennial of the Lions Club; the obverse (heads side) features a depiction of Melvin Jones.
Currently Lions Clubs operate in more than 200 countries and have over 1.4 million members. [30] Saudi Arabia was one of the last countries without a Lions Club. The first Chartered Club in Saudi was founded by a Filipino group from Batangas in the year 2019. The club was named Batangas-Saudi 101 Lions Club.
The first Leo club was founded in 1957 by Jim Graver, the coach of the Abington High School, Pennsylvania baseball team. He was an active member of the Glenside Lions Club. The club was founded with the help of William Ernst, another Lion. It adopted the high school's colors of maroon and gold.
Leader Dogs for the Blind is a guide dog training organization located in Rochester Hills, Michigan.It was founded in 1939 by Lions Club members Charles Nutting, Don Schuur and S.A. Dodge, [1] as the second guide dog organization founded in the United States and has paired over 14,500 dogs with the visually impaired worldwide, making it one of the largest organizations of its kind.
Nov. 5—PLATTSBURGH — Dr. Robert Kline, a Plattsburgh Lions Club member since 1960, was this week recognized for his more than six decades of community service. Assemblyman D. Billy Jones (D ...
A graduate of Cooley High School in Detroit, Michigan, Ilitch served in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years. [7]After his return home to Detroit, the Detroit Tigers offered him $3,000 if he would sign to play baseball, and Ilitch had a four-year minor league career from 1952 to 1955.
Worcester residents Sunday received a message from the past in the form of a 40-year-old time capsule buried by the Worcester Lions at the EcoTarium.
The cruise line introduced its 2026 offering on Tuesday, Jan. 14, which includes a one-week stay on Branson's private island, Necker Island