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Many of you are aware of the Centennial Challenge issued by LCI during the celebration of our first 100 years of service: to serve 200 million people during that three-year period. We succeeded serving well in excess of 250 million. We now have a new goal, a new challenge: to serve at least 200 Million people EVERY YEAR.
In order to help LIONS CLUBS meet this challenge, LCIF has embarked on Campaign 100, an effort to raise the funds needed by LIONS CLUBS and LEO CLUBS to get the job done. As you can see from the accompanying graphic, the needs are there, and LIONS have the ability and the
manpower to meet these needs; usually all that is missing is a little funding. This is
where LCIF can help with Humanitarian Grants, Community Service Grants, and LEO project grants.
The Humanitarian Grants are the traditional grants from LCIF, like the grants that helped fund the SPOT Vision machines, Vision Bus, and Diabetic Screening initiative.
Community Impact grants are for both Clubs and Districts where 15% of their donations are available for LIONS projects in their communities. Money donated by the CLUB comes back to the CLUB to do more projects in the local community.
LEO Grants are available to LEO Clubs to do community service, where they plan and execute a project to meet a need in their community.
In order to meet the challenge and to fund the new grant program, LCIF, through its Campaign 100, is asking each Lion to donate $100 per year for three years or for each Club to donate a $100 per member per year for the next three years.
As of January 31st, here is where some of our Clubs stand:
Donations in terms of dollars
Donations per member
Coppell $112.74
Dallas Oak Cliff Coppell
Carrollton Evening Waxahachie Richardson Host Dallas White Rock Dallas Indian
UTD Infinity
$5,757 $5,750 $2,066 $2,000 $1,000 $ 643 $ 500 $ 500
Carrollton Evening Richardson Host Dallas Oak Cliff Waxahachie Dallas Preston Dallas White Rock Dallas DalCliff
$ $ $ $ $ $ $
71.24 52.63 42.64 28.57 25.00 22.96 14.28
Thank you to all of those that have made a contribution towards
the effort to expand our service opportunities. If you would like to learn more about LCIF or have a speaker at your club meeting, please let me know.
PDG Bill Smothermon
lionbillsmo@gmail.com
Campaign 100 and
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