What is Lion's Club?
'''Lions Clubs International''' ('''LCI''') is an international [[non-political]] [[service organization]] founded originally in 1917 in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] by [[Melvin Jones]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Centennial {{!}} Lions Clubs International|url=https://www.lionsclubs.org/en/discover-our-clubs/centennial|access-date=2022-05-06|website=www.lionsclubs.org|language=en}}</ref> It is now headquartered in [[Oak Brook, Illinois|Oak Brook]], Illinois. {{As of|2022|5}}, it had over 48,000 local clubs and more than 1.4 million members in over 200 countries around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Countries and Geographic Areas {{!}} Lions Clubs International|url=https://www.lionsclubs.org/en/discover-our-clubs/countries-and-geographic-areas|access-date=2022-05-06|website=www.lionsclubs.org|language=en}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1910s establishments in Illinois]] [[Category:1917 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Organizations based in Illinois]] [[Category:Non-profit organizations of the United States]] {{US-stub}}