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…
- 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. - KOTB TRAINING — The MD19 Knights of the Blind committee has scheduled a training session and presentation, “Grandpa's White Cane”, from 1:00
p.m. to 3:00p.m. , Sunday, September 24, 2023, via ZOOM. Download login insructions here. - 2023 MD19 CONVENTION — Mark your calendar for Thursday, October 12 thru Saturday, October 14, 2023, for the 2023 MD19 Convention, live at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel, 15269 104 Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia Canada. Updates and details will be posted here as they become available.
- PIONEER LIONS 100TH ANNIVERSARY — Save the date! The Longview Pioneer Lions Club will be celebrating its 100th year as a Lions club on Thursday, November 30, 2023. International President Dr. Patti Hill, is scheduled to deliver the Keynote address. Updates will be posted here as they become availble.
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!