he Vancouver Lions Club, of Vancouver, Washington U.S.A., is a community service organization that began serving the humanitarian needs in the greater Vancouver, Washington community in 1919 as the Vancouver Prunearians before joining the International Association Of Lions Clubs on September 12, 1928.
The Club is organized as a Washington non–profit corporation, and is a §501(c)(4) non–profit organization under the United States Internal Revenue Code. The Club's charitable arm, the Vancouver Lions Foundation, is also organized as a Washington non–profit corporation, and is §501(c)(3) charitable organization under the United States Internal Revenue Code.
Announcements…
- CLUB MEMBERSHIP OPENINGS — The Vancouver Lions Club is currently accepting applications for membership. Membership is open to all persons of
good moral character and reputation who are over the age of 18. There are no limitations to membership based on business, profession, industry, employment, gender, identity, expression, religion, military service, race or affiliation. Several membership options are available, and
there are discounts to annual dues for families, students, Leo Lions and former Leos! Join the Vancouver Lions Club and share the fun and fellowship of serving your community.
Coming Events…
- FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY — The ilani Casino is holding a “BBQ Festival” June 8 to 11, 2023 at the Ilani Casino, and they need Lions Club volunteers on June 10 and 11! The Ridgefield Lions Club is the gatekeeper for volunteers to work this event. Club volunteers earn $1550 per hour for the club's administrative account. There are several shifts and several tasks available. Sign up for a shift on the Ridgefield Lions website. Note that MAST (Mandatory Achohol Training) certification is required to serve alcohol, which is one of the volunteer positions available. MAST training and certification is available online; The cost is $1995 (reimbursement is available from the club). The online training takes a minimum of three hours, and can be completed in stages. There are also other volunteer positions that do not require MAST certification.
- NEW CLUB OFFICERS TRAINING — 2023–2024 club officers training will be held on three different dates: 9:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday June 10, 2023, 5:30 to 9:30p.m. Thursday Juy 27, 2023, and 9:00a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday August 26, 2023. All training sessions are via ZOOM. All club officers, 1st timers to experts are encouraged to attend. Reserve one (or more) of those dates now and check back here for registration information. - LCICON 2023 — Registration is now open for the Lions Clubs International 2023 Convention, affectionately known as “LCICon”, which will be held in Boston, Massachusets U.S.A. from Saturday, July 7 to Wednesday, July 11, 2023. Sign up now and save on registration fees: Registration costs US$17500 through January 23, 2023, then US$25000 through June 30, 2023, and then US$32500. Not sure you can attend? Sign up now on the cheap and cancel by May 1, 2023 for a full refund.
- NEW CLUB OFFICERS TRAINING — The second of three 2023–2024 club officers training sessions will be 5:30 to 9:30
p.m. Thursday Juy 27, 2023, via ZOOM. All club officers, 1st timers to experts are encouraged to attend. Registration information will be posted here as it becomes available. - NEW CLUB OFFICERS TRAINING — The third, and final, 2023–2024 club officers training will be held 9:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday August 26, 2023, via ZOOM. All club officers, 1st timers to experts are encouraged to attend. Registration information will be posted here as it becomes available. - USA/CANADA LIONS LEADERSHIP FORUM — The 2023 edition of the USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum
is schduled for September 21 to 23, 2023, in the Biggest Little City In The World, Reno, Nevada, U.S.A. Registration is open now. Check the Forum website for information about travel and accomodations, events and exhibitors, or email the Forum committee for more information.
Vancouver?
If you are looking for the web site of the Vancouver Lions Club that is located in Vancouver, Washington U.S.A., this is it!
As it turns out, there are a lot of Vancouvers,1 most of which are located fairly close to each other,2 all of which are named after Captain George Vancouver, or are named after a place that is named after Captain George.
So let's try to sort this out, maybe help you find what you are looking for.
If you are not looking for the Vancouver Lions Club of Vancouver, Washington U.S.A., but are instead trying to find the BC Lions football team, or maybe one of the 30–plus Lions Clubs in British Columbia that include “Vancouver” as part of their club name, they are each located a short, 4 hour 52 minute, 305 mile (491 kilometer) drive north on Interstate 5 (U.S.)/Highway 99 (Canada) from Vancouver, Washington U.S.A., in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada.
(For the record, and just to add to the likely confusion, there are also 2 more “Vancouver” Lions clubs located here in Vancouver, Washington U.S.A.— the “Vancouver Dawn Lions Club,” and the “Vancouver Fort Vancouver Lions Club”— and there used to be at least two more!).
If you were trying to find Vancouver Island, or something or someone on Vancouver Island, that too is located in Canada, 247 miles (397 kilometers) to the north of Vancouver U.S.A., and a ferry ride across either the Strait of Juan de Fuca or the Strait of Georgia.
And now that you know where we are, whether we are who you were trying to find or not, please accept our invitation to spend some time learning about who we are, what we do, how we serve as Lions, and maybe even a little bit about why we we have chosen to be Lions as well.
1 See, “A tale of two Vancouvers”, by Jeffery Racheff, A Hundred Monkeys, April 1, 2010.
2 The exceptions being Mount Vancouver on the border between Yukon and Alaska, and New Zealand's 6th highest mountain— which is also named Mount Vancouver. Sheesh!