Clinton Lions Club

The Clinton Lions Club was chartered in 1958, and is one of more than 46,000 Lions Clubs in more than 206 countries.  

If you interested in finding out more, you can join us for some fun and dinner beginning at 6:30 pm at Alteri's Restaurant on College Street in Clinton. We meet the second and fourth Thursday each month from: September through June.
The Club has a board of directors consisting of the President, three Vice Presidents, the immediate Past President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, the Tail Twister (who adds fun to the meetings), the Lion Tamer (custodian of Club property)

Lions crew at Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP). SHP builts beds for children in need.

Lion Jim Winkler receiving the Lions International President's Award 11/4/23

Lions are the World's Largest Service Club Organization
46,000 clubs and 1.5 million members make us the world's largest service club organization. We're also one of the most effective. Members do whatever is needed to help their local communities. Founded in 1917 by Chicago business leader Melvin Jones. We are best known for fighting blindness. In 1925 Helen Keller challenged Lions to become "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness".  -  It’s part of our history as well as our work today. We also perform volunteer work for many different kinds of community projects - including caring for the environment, feeding the hungry and aiding seniors and the disabled.

Why is Lions’ cherished emblem so recognizable and memorable?
 
One reason is that Lions are almost everywhere around the globe, and Lions proudly wear, display and apply the brand on nearly everything. The emblem resonates because it brings up timeless associations with the image of the lion itself—strength, courage, action and fidelity.
 
When the Lions Clubs International was founded in 1917, Lions displayed both their pride and their sense of humor in creating the first Lions emblem.
 
As for their pride, the lion in the emblem was based on a famous painting by the 19th century French artist Rosa Bonheur of a regal lion at rest in the wild. The painting’s title, Old Monarch, become the nickname for Lions’ earliest members and clubs. 
 
As for their humor, the first emblem was also a pun. The emblem  depicted the lion holding a club in its mouth with the word “international” emblazoned on the club. The play on the words” lion” and “club” and “international” was clever, but by 1919 Lions asked its members to come up with a more polished logo.
 
Flooded with submissions from Lions members who were also amateur artists, Lions decided to form a committee at the 1919 International Convention in Chicago to acquire a proper, professional logo. The committee turned to Maurice Blink, a Chicago commercial artist and founding member. Blink created a sketch of circle with an “L” in the center and two lions’ heads in profile looking in opposite directions.