Lions Clubs International is a service organization founded by Melvin Jones, a Chicago insurance salesman who persuaded business clubs to unite in a broader effort to serve their communities. Its motto is We Serve. In 1925 Helen Keller challenged the Lions at their convention to become knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness, and since then sight-related work has been central to its mission. The organization spread beyond the United States in the early 1920s, and today it has well over a million members in more than two hundred countries and territories. Its projects include eye care and screening, diabetes awareness, hunger relief and disaster aid.
Before and after
- 13 May 1917Our Lady of Fátima
- 29 May 1917Birth of John F. Kennedy
- 4 June 1917Pulitzer Prize
- from 7 June 1917 to 14 June 1917Battle of Messines
- 7 June 1917Founding of Lions Clubs International
- 17 July 1917Rise of House of Windsor
- from 1 September 1917 to 25 October 1917Russian Republic
- 11 September 1917Birth of Ferdinand Marcos
- 15 September 1917Launch of Forbes
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The era
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