Lions & Rotarians in the Same Room - No Injuries Reported!

The Grayslake Rotary Club hosted Jim Rockwell, the Grayslake Lions Club secretary, as our guest and featured speaker at the April 28th meeting.  Jim described the history of the Lions Club, which was founded in 1917 in Chicago, just 12 years after Rotary's founding, also in Chicago.  Today, the Lions include 1.35 million members in 46000 clubs worldwide (Rotary has 1.2 million members in 34000 clubs worldwide).

Grayslake Lion Jim Rockwell addresses the Grayslake Rotary Club

The Lions' mission is also similar to that of Rotary, to be global leaders in community and humanitarian service. Following a presentation by Helen Keller in the 1930's, the Lions adopted a focus on addressing the needs of the seeing impaired, evidenced by the used glasses collection boxes you may find in many communities.  The Grayslake Lion Club supports these missions, and also sponsors scholarships at the Grayslake high schools, PADS, and annual Christmas food baskets.  They support these programs via funds raised by pancake breakfasts and their annual Steer Roast fundraiser every September.

The Grayslake Lions Club meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 6:30 pm at Whitney's in downtown Grayslake.