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Tavistock Lions Club is part of Lions International, a
worldwide voluntary service organisation with over 46,000 clubs in
193 countries, comprising of more than 1,400,000 members, making it
the largest organisation of its kind in the world.
While every Lions Club gives priority to the needs of its local
community the Association is truly international with no religious
or political affiliations of any description. The effort
contributed by a collection of men and women (and frequently their
families too) for serving their local community provides a
fellowship second to none - an important aspect of our Club life.
As with any organisation, Lions
International has a mission statement to encapsulate what it is the
organisation is trying to achieve:
Lions International Mission
Statement:
To create and foster a spirit of understanding among all people
for humanitarian needs by providing voluntary services through
community involvement and international cooperation.
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To Find out more about
different aspects of
Lions International,
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So, What Exactly is a Lion?
The best way of describing Lions is probably to look at our
Objects and Ethics which really sum up what being a member of
Lions is about.
Lions International Objects:
- To Create and foster a spirit of
understanding among the peoples of the world.
- To Promote the principle of good
government and good citizenship.
- To Take an active interest in the
civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community.
- To Unite the clubs in the bonds of
friendship, good fellowship and mutual understanding.
- To Provide a forum for the open
discussion of all matters of public interest; provided, however,
that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be
debated by club members.
- To Encourage service-minded people to
serve their community without personal financial reward, and to
encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards in
commerce, industry, professions, public works and private
endeavors.
Lions International Code of
Ethics:
- To Show my faith in the worthiness of
my vocation by industrious application to the end that I may
merit a reputation for quality of service.
- To Seek success and to demand all fair
remuneration or profit as my just due, but to accept no profit
or success at the price of my own self-respect lost because of
unfair advantage taken or because of questionable acts on my
part.
- To Remember that in building up my
business it is not necessary to tear down another's; to be loyal
to my clients or customers and true to myself.
- Whenever a doubt arises as to the main
or ethics of my position or action towards others, to resolve
such doubts against myself.
- To Hold friendship as an end and not a
means. To hold that true friendship exists not on account of the
service performed by one another, but that true friendship
demands nothing but accepts service in the spirit in which it is
given.
- Always to bear in mind my obligations
as a citizen to my nation, my state, and my community, as to
give them my unswerving loyalty in word, act, and deed. To give
them freely of my time, labour and means.
- To Aid others by giving my sympathy to
those in distress, my aid to the weak, and my substance to the
needy.
- To Be Careful with my criticism and
liberal with my praise; to build up and not destroy.
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PEACE POSTER COMPETITION 2008
There have been a record number of
entries for the 2008 Peace Poster Competition.
To see a small sample of the entries
click here
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To contact the club, check out the CONTACT page by
clicking here
or write to us at:
Lions Club of Tavistock
c/o Union Inn
Tavistock
Devon
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