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, gender identity, gender expression, religion, military service, race or affiliation. Note that Lions Clubs International has waived new Lions club membership initiation fees (otherwise $3500) through June 30, 2022, and there are discounts to annual dues for families and students. Consider joining the Vancouver Lions Club today and share the fun and fellowship of serving your community. - BEST WEBSITE — The Vancouver Lions Club website, the website that you are vsiting right now, was judged Best Club Website at the District 19–G Lions Spting Conference on May 13–14, 2022!
- FOOD BANK PROJECT — Eleven Vancouver Lion voluteers pitched in at the Clark County Food Bank on July 7, 2022 to sort and box donated food for distribution to local area food banks — another 30 hours of service to the community from the Vancouver Lions Club.
- LION OF THE YEAR — Lion Susan Nellor was presented with the Vancouver Lions Club “Lion Of The Year” award for 2021–2022 by Immediate Past President Linda Bannon at the Club picnic on July 7, 2022. The Lion of the Year is an annual award presented to the Vancouver Lion who demonstrates exctraordinary service to the Vancouver Lions Club and the community.
Coming Events…
- PICNIC NUMBER 4 — Closing out the summer barbeques, the fourth, and final VLC family picnic on the Vancouver Lions Club summer meeting schedule is August 18, 2022, at Lion Nadine Robertson's home. Lions, families and friends are invited. Check back for updates.
- APPLE TREE MARATHON — Mark your calendar for September 17, 2022. The Apple Tree Marathon is back. Arrangements are in the works for the Vanbcouver Lions Club to sponsor a water station during the run, for which we need all hands on deck. Stay tuned for more information as it become available.
- GIRLFRIENDS RUN — Another run, and another Vancouver Lions Club water station is on the horizon. Mark your calendar for October 9, 2022 for the (normally) annual Girlfriends Run For A Cure Half Marathon. Arrangements are in the works for the Vancouver Lions Club to staff a water station during the run. Stay tuned for more information as it become available.
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!.