HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 05/19/2015 - PROCLAMATION COMMEMORATING FORT COLLINS LION CLUBPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the International Association of Lions Clubs was founded in 1917 by Chicago-area
businessman Melvin Jones; and
WHEREAS, in 1925, Helen Keller challenged Lions to become “knights of the blind in
the crusade against darkness”; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the Fort Collins Lions Club is to help the visually and
hearing impaired, to support efforts to teach youth how to make good decisions about their lives,
to encourage community service, without personal financial reward; and
WHEREAS, activities of the Fort Collins Lions Club include providing glasses and
hearing aids to individuals with limited financial means; providing vision screening to pre-school
children; collecting and recycling used eyeglasses for transport to countries in Asia, Africa, and
Latin America; serving as the Site Coordinator and a Sponsor for the 9Health Fair in Fort
Collins; donating children’s books to local elementary schools and large print books to the Fort
Collins Library; providing pancake breakfasts in support of several local charitable activities;
supporting the Ensight Skills Center; supporting the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank;
supporting the Colorado Lions Camp for handicapped children; and
WHEREAS, the Fort Collins Lions Club, chartered on May 8, 1920, has provided vision
and hearing services to the Fort Collins community for ninety five years.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Wade Troxell, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim the month of May 2015 as
FORT COLLINS LIONS CLUB
95
th
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
in Fort Collins and to recognize the contributions of citizenship and service that the Fort Collins
Lions Club brings to this community.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 19th day of May, A.D. 2015.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk