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Lions Club Of Chanhassen
About Us
The Chanhassen Lions Club was chartered in 1988 and is a member of Lions International, a service organization with more than 1.4 million members in 43,000 clubs in over 185 countries. Lions is the largest service organization in the world!
Membership in Chanhassen Lions is open by invitation to all service-minded men and women, age 18 and older. Our membership is comprised of people from all walks of life and of diverse backgrounds, united with one common goal -- we are ready to serve the Chanhassen Community. We welcome both men and women of all ages and occupation to join our expanding club. The Chanhassen Lions meet in the new Legion Club just east of the old Legion off Highway 5.
History
The International Association of Lions Clubs began as the dream of Chicago businessman, Melvin Jones. He believed that local business clubs should expand their horizons from purely professional concerns to the betterment of their communities and the world at large.
Jones' own group, the Business Circle of Chicago, agreed and after contacting similar groups around the country, an organizational meeting was held on June 7, 1917, at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago. A national convention of the "Association of Lions Clubs" was held in Dallas in October of that year, approving a constitution, by-laws, objects and code of ethics.
Among the official objects adopted in those early years was one which remains one of Lions' main tenets: "No club shall hold out the financial betterment of its members as its object."
In 1925, Helen Keller addressed the Lions at their annual International Convention, challenging them to become "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness." Since that time, service to the blind and visually impaired has become on of the association's most significant activities. That crusade has resulted in the establishment of International SightFirst, in 1990, an aggressive global blindness prevention program.
Forty million people are blind, yet 80 percent of all blindness is preventable or reversible. International Sightfirst is an unprecedented program which joins leading blindness experts, blindness prevention organizations, governments and Lions in an effort to establish long-term solutions in eliminating blindness.
The Chanhassen Lions support the activities of Lions International and also work very actively within the Chanhassen area donating money and time to further our community and make it a better place to live and work.
The Chanhassen Lions Club was chartered in 1988 and is a member of Lions International, a service organization with more than 1.4 million members in 43,000 clubs in over 185 countries. Lions is the largest service organization in the world!
Membership in Chanhassen Lions is open by invitation to all service-minded men and women, age 18 and older. Our membership is comprised of people from all walks of life and of diverse backgrounds, united with one common goal -- we are ready to serve the Chanhassen Community. We welcome both men and women of all ages and occupation to join our expanding club. The Chanhassen Lions meet in the new Legion Club just east of the old Legion off Highway 5.
History
The International Association of Lions Clubs began as the dream of Chicago businessman, Melvin Jones. He believed that local business clubs should expand their horizons from purely professional concerns to the betterment of their communities and the world at large.
Jones' own group, the Business Circle of Chicago, agreed and after contacting similar groups around the country, an organizational meeting was held on June 7, 1917, at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago. A national convention of the "Association of Lions Clubs" was held in Dallas in October of that year, approving a constitution, by-laws, objects and code of ethics.
Among the official objects adopted in those early years was one which remains one of Lions' main tenets: "No club shall hold out the financial betterment of its members as its object."
In 1925, Helen Keller addressed the Lions at their annual International Convention, challenging them to become "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness." Since that time, service to the blind and visually impaired has become on of the association's most significant activities. That crusade has resulted in the establishment of International SightFirst, in 1990, an aggressive global blindness prevention program.
Forty million people are blind, yet 80 percent of all blindness is preventable or reversible. International Sightfirst is an unprecedented program which joins leading blindness experts, blindness prevention organizations, governments and Lions in an effort to establish long-term solutions in eliminating blindness.
The Chanhassen Lions support the activities of Lions International and also work very actively within the Chanhassen area donating money and time to further our community and make it a better place to live and work.