Mayfair Lions Club Events
Special Olympics - Opening Eyes - September, 2009
Screening over 120 Special Olympians
Fashion Show - Cold Water Creek - October, 2009
11 Lady Lions from 9 Different Lions Clubs "walking" the runway!
8th Annual Salute to Community American Heroes
Annual Celebration to Honor Veterans, Police and Fire Department
This year there were 3 World Ward II Vets who served in the China-Burma Theater of War, The Pacific Campaign going to Guam, Samar, Manus Island and Palau Islands and the US invasion in Europe landing on utah Beach during the Normandy Invasion. They left home at the age of 19 and traveled the world to fight for their country. Honored posthumously was a Vietnam Marine Vet who died at the age of 20 and he along with 9 other students from the local grammar school are now remembered forever on the 'Wall"! Special recognition was also paid to Engine 89, Truck 56, Ambulance 47 of the Chicago Fire Department who, as they say "are just doing their jobs". All are heroes of the Mayfair Community!
Below are links to the Lions of Illinois MD-1 Website, District 1-A Lions Website, Lions of Illinois Foundation Website and The Chicago Lighthouse for People who are Blind or Visually Impaired.
Also included is a Brief History of Lions Clubs International updated through 2009.
The Chicago Lighthouse for People who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Brief History of Lions Clubs International
Lions are an international network of 1.3 million men and women in 205 countries and geographic areas who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities around the world.
