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LCIF: Lions Serving the World Community … and Your Community
Lions Clubs International Foundation, the official charitable foundation of Lions
Clubs International, brings help, hope and healing to the world. LCIF enables Lions
to tackle global problems such as blindness and hearing loss and respond to major
catastrophes such as earthquakes and floods. But LCIF also helps Lions serve their
local communities by partnering with them to build schools, health clinics and vocational
training centres for the disabled.
LCIF helps people to lead healthier and more
productive lives. It combats preventable blindness through cataract surgeries, building
and equipping eye hospitals and clinics, training eye health care professionals
and raising awareness of eye diseases.
LCIF nurtures the potential of youth by building
schools and supporting the life-skills program Lions Quest. It also promotes health
by building and equipping medical clinics, serves the elderly by constructing senior
citizen centres, empowers the disabled by supporting vocational programs and helps
victims of disasters through rebuilding projects and short-term relief. Lions Clubs
International Foundation is Lions helping Lions serve the world. Donations provide
funding in the form of grants to financially assist Lions districts with large-scale
humanitarian projects that are too extensive for Lions to finance on their own.
The Foundation aids Lions in making a greater impact in their local communities,
as well as around the world. Through LCIF, Lions ease pain and suffering and bring
healing and hope to people worldwide. Grants provide both immediate assistance following
natural disasters and long-term disaster relief for reconstruction efforts. Grants
help preserve sight, combat disability, promote health or serve youth. Every dollar
donated to LCIF goes toward a grant. Lions support is crucial as donations from
Lions provide the majority of LCIF's revenue.
LCIF receives a small amount of funding
from foundations and corporations. It receives no club dues. LCIF is truly Lions
helping Lions. Since LCIF began in 1968, it has awarded nearly 8,300 grants totaling
US$588 million. LCIF is Lions helping Lions serve others. Through LCIF, Lions ease
pain and suffering and bring healing and hope to people worldwide. Contributions
to LCIF are a great way to make a difference in people's lives. Every dollar donated
to LCIF goes toward a grant. (The foundation's administrative costs are paid for
by interest on investments.) Every donation helps someone lead a healthier or more
productive life. The support of Lions is crucial to LCIF. Donations from Lions provide
most of the revenue received by LCIF. (LCIF receives a small amount of funding from
foundations and corporations. It receives no part of club dues.) In other words,
Lions provide the funding for LCIF's grants.
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