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Lions Clubs International
Lions Club International
was founded in Chicago, Illinois in the year 1917 by insurance agent
Melvin Jones. Lions are recognized for their services to the blind,
the visually impaired, and other charitable causes such as diabetic
awareness for children. This service began when American author and
lecturer Helen Keller, deaf and blind since infancy, challenged the Lions
at the 1925 International Convention to become her "Knights of the Blind
in the crusade against darkness." Lions International is both
non-political and non-sectarian. It is the world's largest service
organization.
Lions District 2A-1
In 1959, District 2A-1 was created out of the original Texas 2-A which
contained 58 Texas counties covering 70,806 square miles. Districts 2-A2
and 2-A3 were created at the same time.
When 2-A1 was created, it had 54 clubs and 2800 members.
The original District 2-A started on the Gulf
Coast where District “S” left off and ran southward to the tip of Texas at
Brownsville, the farthest south that Lionism extended in the USA.
The district boundary then followed the Rio Grande westward for about
one-half of the Texas-Mexico border. It contained one Founders’
Club--- San Antonio.
The first Mid-Winter Conference was held at the San Angelo Country
Club. The first District 2A-1 Convention was held in Colorado City,
for the purpose of electing the first District 2-A1 Governor, and
organizing the District, which is the 3rd largest in size in
the state. Lion J.W. Jones of San Angelo, was elected the first
District Governor of 2-A1.
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