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I am an active member of the University Park Lions Club in Kenner, LA where I have served my club as Secretary, President, Lion Tamer, a board member, and currently, Ex-Officio. I am a Melvin Jones Fellow.

I have served my district as the District Technology chair and webmaster for our district’s website. Live from our State Convention, I’ve done a podcast promoting the work of the Lions in the state of Louisiana as well as our Lions State projects; the Eye Foundation and the Children’s Camp.

I currently am the webmaster for the Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation.

For those of you unfamiliar with what exactly the Lions are, the Lions Club is a service organization founded in 1917 by a Chicago businessman Melvin Jones. He and fellow business members created a club with a motto of “We Serve” as a way to help improve their communities. In 1925 at the Lions International Convention, Helen Keller charges the Lions to become “knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness.” So many times, people associate Lions specifically with their work to fighting blindness solely, but The Lions have many projects that we work on.

Our club, for instance, has done several projects closely with the schools of our area, providing children with coats, dictionaries, school supplies, field trip opportunities, flags and more. This is on top of our work helping screen young children for eye ailments, so that they can get the proper attention to potential issues and improve their chances for success in their schooling. We also have done Glaucoma screenings at local health fairs.

Lions clubs can be found in just about every community in the United States, and many countries across the world. For further information aboutt helions, visit any of the aforementioned links, or Lions Clubs International.