Lions - Some Facts
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Lions Service Activities have resulted in more than £7 million given towards research, training and rehabilitation for the blind. Lions were the originators of the white stick. 356,000 diabetes screening conducted in just one year. In the Southeast five Clubs have joined together in the last twelve years to raise over £7 million so they can build and equip and run THE LIONS HOSPICE (12 Inpatients and 20 Daycare with a Pain Control Unit) at Northfleet, Kent. The International Association of Lions Clubs is the largest service clubs organisation in the world with almost 1.5 million members belonging to nearly 42,500 Lions Clubs in over 178 countries and geographical locations. Lions Clubs International, (as it is called for short), has contributed almost 80 years of local and global community service since its foundation in the USA in 1917. More recently Lions Clubs have been formed in Albania, Republic of Belarus and Russia. |
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