Lions Clubs International's
Melvin Jones Fellowship
and the
Lions Clubs International Foundation
The Melvin Jones
Fellowship (MJF) was established in 1973 in honour of the
founder of Lions Clubs International, the late Melvin Jones. The
fellowship is an honour, not an award, and entry into the fellowship is
given to both members and non-members of Lions clubs as an
acknowledgement of those who have dedicated their lives to humanitarian
service.
Funds contributed to the
Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) in support
of the Melvin Jones Fellowship are used, in conjunction with other
general donations, to support the numerous humanitarian projects
undertaken by the Lions in their communities and around the world. The
LCIF is the division of Lions Club International that
is responsible for issuing monetary grants that assist with financing
the Lions' humanitarian projects.
MJF contributions have been
instrumental in the launch of the LCIF's SightFirst
program, a world-wide campaign undertaken by the Lions to fight
preventable and reversible blindness. Donations in support of the MJF
are also a primary funding base for other LCIF projects and
intitiatives, such as:
assisting local Lions clubs in carrying out humanitarian
service projects that are beyond their financial capacity
community projects that address the four primary concerns of
the LCIF:
preserving eyesight
combating disability
promoting health
serving youth
homes for special-needs children, and the elderly
constructing and equipping medical facilities, often in regions
with disadvantaged and underserved populations
international co-operative projects that involve Lions in a host
country partnering with Lions in a sponsoring country to provide primary
health care, literacy, food self-sufficiency and other similar needs
making immediate emergency assistance available to Lions
districts when local disasters such as forest fires, cyclones,
tornadoes, hurricanes and other natural disasters occur
providing assistance to those dealing with catastrophes of national
or international proportions
Each Melvin Jones
Fellowship presented in our region represents a contribution of US$1000
or more to the LCIF by the KenLOW Lions
Club, the former Kenora Lions Club, or the
former Lake of the Woods Lions Club. Those in our
region that have been honoured with entry into the MJF are listed in the
chart below.
KenLOW Lions Club Melvin Jones Fellows
Name
Date
Bollenbach, Al
- Kenora Lions Member
1999
Brown, Val
- KenLOW Lions Member
2006
Burrows, Grant
- Kenora Lions Member
2000
Duguay, Rick
- KenLOW Lions Member
2006
Marchant, Bob
- Kenora Lions Member - Past District Governor
1990
Marchant, Lillian
- Lake of the Woods Lions Member
1999
Marcino, Marc
- Deceased Kenora Lions Life Member - Past District Governor
1979
McGregor, Ruth
- Lake of the Woods Lions Member
1999
Pride, Ken
- Former Kenora Lions Member
1999
Quinn, Jim
- KenLOW Lions Member
2006
Townsend, Frank
- Deceased Kenora Lions Member
1998
Van Belleghem, Joyce
- Former Lake of the Woods Lions Member
2001
Wiebe, Jake
- Former Kenora Lions Member
1988
October 2006: KenLOW members Rick Duguay, Val Brown and Jim Quinn are honoured with entry
into the Melvin Jones Fellowship during the 2006 Governor's Night.
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