1. Lions Clubs International is celebrating 100 years of humanitarian service.
I’m excited to share with you the latest information on this historic Lions Program.

2. Connect with Community
Honor 100 Years of Lions
Lead through Service
Invite for Impact
Connect with Community
When we thought about honoring 100 years of Lions Clubs, we naturally started with service and created the Centennial Service Challenge.
Next, we added the Centennial Membership Awards, so we could increase the number of people we can serve.
Then, we asked each Lions Club to connect with their community and implement a Community Legacy Project.

3. Centennial Service Challenge
Goal: Serve over 100 million people
Youth
Vision
Hunger
Environment
So how do Lions Lead through Service? We started with a big goal.
The goal of the Centennial Service Challenge is to serve more than 100 million people in 4 areas: Youth, {CLICK} Vision, {CLICK} Hunger, and {CLICK} Environment.

4. Service Challenge Update
People Served ###
Clubs Reporting ###
Let’s see how Lions worldwide are meeting the Challenge.
As of the beginning of this month, over ##,000 Lions clubs are reporting Centennial Service Challenge activities. And those activities have benefited over ### million people all over the world!
Isn’t that wonderful! {applause}

5. Invite for Impact Ask others to join us in service
Each Lion serves 70 people
Millions more will be served each year
Earn limited-edition awards
Induct new members
Sponsor new clubs
But, in looking ahead to our next 100 years, we will need even more Lions to serve in communities across the globe.
Each Lion serves, on average, 70 people each year. That’s 70 more lives that YOU can benefit each year, just by inviting a new member.
New members bring new energy, ideas, and helping hands that can serve millions more people each and every year.
All Lions and Lions Clubs have the opportunity to earn limited-edition Centennial awards for the new members and clubs they sponsor.
Who has earned a Centennial Sponsor award by inducting a new member? {wave hand} Who has earned a Club Organizer award? {wave hand}

6. Membership Awards Update
The longer your member or club stays active, the more recognition you receive
Centennial Members/Clubs
##/##
Clubs Participating ###
So far, over ##,000 clubs have participated in the Centennial Membership Awards. They have added over ###,000 new members and over ##00 new clubs.
And, the longer your new member or club stays active, the more recognition you receive.
When your Centennial Member or Club stays active for a year and a day, you receive a silver award.
{CLICK} When they stay active for 2 years and a day, you receive a gold award.
{CLICK} When they stay active for 3 years and a day, you receive a diamond award.
Clubs are eligible for awards, too! If your club inducts 3 new members or sponsors a new club within one of our Centennial Celebration years, they are recognized as a Premier Centennial Lions Club.
Where there’s a need, we NEED a Lion. So, let’s all contribute to the growing power of our Lions Clubs!
Clubs earn awards, too!

7. Connect with Community
Work with community leaders
Identify a local project
Visible long-term benefit
Every Club can leave a Legacy
Level 1: fountain, bike rack
Level 2: van, foot bridge, park
Level 3: school, clinic, library
The third way all Lions Clubs can honor our Centennial is by connecting with our communities.
Work with your community leaders to identify a local project that will:
honor our Lions legacy,
be a visible sign of Lions presence,
and benefit the community for years to come.
Legacy Projects have 3 levels, so every Lions Club can participate.
Level 1 Legacy Projects raise your club’s visibility. For example, you could donate a water fountain, bike rack, or park bench.
Level 2 Legacy Projects are larger gifts to the community; {CLICK} donate a medical van, build a foot bridge or community park.
Level 3 Legacy Projects are large-scale efforts, such as a {CLICK} school, clinic, library, or training center.

8. Community Legacy Projects Update
Projects Completed ##
Clubs Reporting ##
Legacy Projects are the most recent addition to our Centennial Celebration, but already many Lions clubs are working with their communities and reporting their projects on MyLCI.
Those reports have come in from every Constitutional Area around the world with more than ##00 clubs reporting over ##00 projects so far.
Clubs earn a Lions Legacy Project patch for each level of Legacy Project they complete each year of the Centennial. Level 1 project patches have a bronze border, {CLICK} Level 2 patches have a silver border, and {CLICK} Level 3 patches have a gold border. Patches are distributed in the first quarter of each year.
{CLICK} Don’t forget to mark your Legacy Project with a sign or plaque, showing future generations that it was provided by Lions.
Let’s give a hand for all the Lions Legacy Projects, those completed, those underway, and those that are just now starting to be envisioned. {APPLAUSE}
Legacy Project Patch Level 1 3 2

9. Centennial Totals – AREA NAME
Centennial Members/Clubs
###/###
Clubs Participating ###
People Served ###
Clubs Reporting ###
So, we’ve seen Lions worldwide numbers, let’s look at how we are doing in AREA NAME.
We have ### clubs reporting activities for the Centennial Service Challenge, resulting in ### people benefiting from that service.
There are ### clubs Inviting for Impact, resulting in ### new members and ### new clubs.
And ### clubs so far have reported a Legacy Project and ### projects have been completed.
Let’s thank everyone who has participated in our Centennial Celebration programs! {Applause}
Projects Completed ###
Clubs Reporting
###
Data as of May 31, 2016

10. Touchstone Stories Short articles about Lions history Global Expansion
Power of Service
Moving Forward
Culture of Fun
To read and to share
Few organizations survive 100 years. Our Lions Centennial provides us with a unique opportunity to celebrate our past and think about our future as Lions.
Touchstone Stories are short articles about defining moments in Lions history.
They are sorted into categories, including Global Expansion {CLICK}, the Power of Service {CLICK}, and our Culture of Fun.
Touchstone Stories are available in all languages on Lions100.org and each includes a historic photo or two.
I encourage you to share them in Lion newsletters, at celebrations, on social media and with your local media.

11. Centennial Videos Watch on Lions100.org in the Media section
The Founding of Lions Clubs
The Impact of Melvin Jones
Knights of the Blind
Growth and Expansion
Peace and International Understanding
History of LCIF
Watch on Lions100.org in the Media section
A series of six short videos on Lions history are being made exclusively for our Centennial:
The Founding of Lions Clubs
The Impact of Melvin Jones
Knights of the Blind
Growth and Expansion
Peace and International Understanding
and The History of LCIF.
Some of these videos contain photos and audio recordings never before seen or heard by Lions serving today.
You can watch them on Lions100.org in the Media section.
A commemorative set of all the Centennial videos will be available at the next International Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

12. Centennial Exhibits
Displays of Lions past, present and future, including historic artifacts
Constitutional Area Forums and the All Africa Conference
2017 International Convention
Online
Our Centennial Exhibits are displays of Lions past, present and future, including historic artifacts.
Special exhibits are being developed for each Constitutional Area Forum, the All Africa Conference, and on Lions100.
Work is also underway for a grand exhibit for next year’s international convention. I hope to see you there!

13. Melvin Jones Tributes Life-size Melvin Jones Statue
Front of LCI headquarters
Dedication May 2017
Melvin Jones Memorial Site
Mount Hope Cemetery
New monument, steps and landscaping
Melvin Jones famously said "You can't get very far until you start doing something for somebody else”.
Two projects are underway to specifically honor our founder:
The first is a life-size statue to be dedicated at LCI headquarters in May 2017.
The second is renovating his burial site at Mount Hope Cemetery. The site will have improved landscaping, stone steps and a new monument.

14. Centennial Banner
This Lion Year there will be even more opportunities for you to participate in our Centennial Celebration.
Lions will be creating our Centennial Banner. It has been divided into sections, so Lions around the world can sign their names in support of our Celebration.
{IF YOU HAVE A BANNER SECTION} And YOU get to participate today. I have brought one of those sections here and I want each and every one of you to come up at the end of this presentation and sign my section.
The sections will be sewn together to create a 48 foot by 28 foot banner, that’s about 14.5 by 8.5 meters, for a massive display at the 2017 International Convention.
For signatures of Lions worldwide Finished size 48’ x 28’ (14.5 x 8.5 meters)

15. Commemorative Coin 1 oz. silver coin Available during 2017
Only 400,000 will be sold
Proceeds benefit LCIF
Another special Centennial item is our 1 oz. silver Lions Commemorative Coin.
Only 400,000 will be made and it will be available for purchase only during the 2017 calendar year.
For every coin sold, Lions Clubs International Foundation will receive US$10 – for a maximum donation of US$4M.
Do you think we will sell out? Will we make that $4M donation? Clap if you think we will. {APPLAUSE}

16. Centennial Stamps
Does your country have a Lions Centennial Stamp? If not, contact your postal authority! Send pictures to
Raise your hand if your country has a Lions Centennial Stamp, like this beautiful one from Pakistan.
If you did not raise your hand, contact your postal authority and request one!
Centennial stamps from around the world will be displayed on the Lions100 website, so send a picture of your stamp to

17. Centennial Volunteer Team
Centennial Action Committee
Centennial Coordinators
Club Centennial Chairpersons
Our Centennial volunteers are working hard to make our Celebration a success.
The Centennial Action Committee plans and directs all the Centennial programs we have talked about today. Please stand if you are on the Centennial Action Committee.
Lions have volunteered to become Centennial Coordinators for districts and multiple districts worldwide in support of our celebration. Please stand if you are one of our hard-working Centennial Coordinators.
Every Lions club is encouraged to identify a Club Centennial Chairperson to coordinate their club’s Centennial activities. Please stand if you organize Centennial activities for your club.
Let’s thank all our Centennial Volunteers! {APPLAUSE}

18. Connect with Community
Honor 100 Years of Lions
Lead through Service
Invite for Impact
Connect with Community
Please join me as we continue to honor 100 years of Lions by:
Leading through Service, Inviting for Impact, and Connecting with Community
Watch for more Centennial updates in the quarterly Centennial Celebration newsletter.
You can also visit Lions100.org for more information, resources and media.

19. Our Centennial is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to strengthen our association as we rededicate ourselves to worldwide humanitarian service.
I hope you will join me in continuing to support our Centennial Celebration.
Are there any questions?