About Lion's and Leo's LCI

Lions Clubs International is non political service organization established originally in 1917 in Chicago, illinois , by Melvin Jones . It now headquarter in Oak Brooks Illinois . As of june 2018 , it had over 46000 local clubs and more than 1.7 million member (lions and leo ) in 190 contries around the world .An international services organization under the guidance and surpervision of the Secertary ,MelvinJones. The first Leo club was founded in 1957 by Jim Graver , the coach of the Abington High school , Pennsylvania baseball team . He qas an active member of the Glenside Lions Club . The club also create the acronym leadership , equality , opportunity for the word leo . The word equality was kater changed to experience . By the 1967 the program has grown over to 200 club in 18 countries and became the official youth program of lions clubs international.