Lions Club Kathmandu - GLIESE

FLAG SALUTATION


We salute our National Flag and Pledge our allegiance to the same. Its honor and its glory depend upon the zeal and assiduity with which one of us will shoulder his/her responsibilities as a good citizen.

Its history written in letters of gold inspires us to put in good work for the fair name of our country. We declare our unflinching loyalty to our national flag and maintain that its course shall be our course and that each individual amongst us shall make genuine efforts to add to its luster and glory and make it fly proudly aloft in the comity on nations.

INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

Headquarters of the Lions Clubs international located on a sprawling campus of nine and half acres in a building owned by the association in Oak Brook, Illinois, USA. The building and the vast areas appropriately affords generous space for future expansion of operations for the world’s largest and latest growing service organization.

The interior is a bustle of activity, forming the core of the global Lions movement. A Lions visitor arriving at the reception center on the ground floor first register himself, and then a guide speaking any one of the official languages of Lions takes him around the building.

The International office is the main source of information on the world lionism. A call or letter to the International office will afford you the needed help. Always be specific. Do not include items relating to more than one department in the same letter.


THE FOUNDER OF LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL


Melvin Jones was born on January 13, 1879 in Fort Thomas, Arizona, the son of a United States Army captain who commanded a troop of scouts. Later, his father was transferred and the family moved east. As a young man, Jones made his home in Chicago, Illinois, became associated with an insurance firm and in 1913 formed his own agency.

He soon joined the Business Circle, a businessmen's luncheon group, and was shortly elected secretary. This group was one of many at that time devoted solely to promoting..     read more