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MD19 LIONS FOUNDATION

☾Formerly The Multiple District 19 Lions Service And Leadership Development Foundation☽

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Service And Leadership For MD19 Lions…

The MD19 Lions Foundation, formerly known as the “MD19 Lions Service And Leadership Development Foundation”, is a Washington non–profit corporation qualified as a charitable organization under §501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. The foundation provides support for leadership training and community service to Lions Clubs and communities locaed in British Columbia, Canada, northern Idaho, and Washington state in the United States.

Coming Events…
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  • December Board Meeting — The last 2024 meeting of the MD19 Lions Foundation Board of Directors is scheduled to be held via ZOOM on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Contact board secretary Marilynn Danby by email or by phone, (253) 208-4566, for login instructions if you do not receive them by October 16, 2024 (or otherwise can't find where they are hiding in your email). All Lions are welcome to attend.
THIS AND THAT…
  • MD19 CARE Project — For every $50000 dollars (US and CDN at par) a club donates to the Multiple District 19 Lions CARE project, the club is eligible to award a Gordon F. Smith CARE Fellowship to a deserving club member (a CARE certificate and pin). The Fellowship must be requested in the same Lions year in which the donation was made to the MD19 CARE Project. Contact the MD19 office, md19admin@lionsmd19.org, to make a CARE Project donation.
  • Friends of the Garden — Donations to or for the benefit of the Multiple District 19 Lions Memorial Garden are always welcome from individuals or Lions Clubs. The Garden, which is located on the groiunds of the MD19 office in Bellingham, can not exist without your contributions. Contact the MD19 office, md19admin@lionsmd19.org, to make a Friends of the Garden donation..
  • Future Lions International Conventions — Want to plan ahead, maybe for a future vacation that includes a Lions International Convention? Here is the list of future scheduled International Conventions (aka LCICon) through 2031:
    • Year Place Dates
    2025 Mexico City, Mexico July 4 to 8, 2025
    2026 Hong Kong, P.R.C. July 3 to 7, 2026
    2027 Washington, D.C. July 2 to 6, 2027
    2028 Republic of Singapore June 23 to 27, 2028
    2029 Minneapolis, Minnesota U.S.A. June 29 to July 3, 2029
    2030 San Antonio, Texas U.S.A. June 28 to July 3, 2030
    2031 Helsinki, Finland June 27 to July 2, 2031
  • Future USA/Canada Lions Leadeship Forums — How about a junket in the early fall, during pretty much the best weather of the year, combined with some Lions learning and bonding? Here is the list of future scheduled USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forums through 2027:
    • Year Place Dates
    2025 Atlantic City, New Jersey U.S.A September 18 to 20, 2025
    2026 Memphis, Tennessee U.S.A. September 3 to 5, 2026
    2027 Huntsville, Alabama U.S.A. September 16 to 18, 2027
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“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”

—Keller

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Mission

To provide educational and leadership training programs for the development of tomorrow's leaders in schools, communities, business, and service organizations.

Purposes

The MD19 Lions Foundation purposes are to:

  • Solicit, collect, and otherwise raise money for scientific, educational, and charitable purposes;
  • Expend, contribute, disburse, and otherwise handle and dispose of money raised for its purposes either directly or by contributions;
  • Provide the instruction of transferable leadership skills at all levels of Lions International and to members of other organizations, businesses, and the public;
  • Present educational seminars, forums, panels, lectures, and discussion groups about the programs offered by this Foundation, Lions International and Multiple District 19;
  • Develop and implement a public relations outreach that promotes positive community involvement and leadership skill development by service—minded individuals, and;
  • Encourage those with leadership abilities to achieve continued personal growth by accepting challenges and opportunities in community service locally, regionally, nationally, or internationally.