HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation - Seal Beach Host Lions Club 60th Anniversary �•_, -
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* s s . . . WHEREAS, the Lions organization has an intentationat
1111111111111 membership of over 1.4 mullion, making it the Largest
'» service organization in the world and offers its
f�'' members the opportunity to participate in community
service and promotion of cultural exchange, inter-
}�ftnationaffriendship and understanding; and
I. WHEREAS, encouraged by Helen Keifer in 1925, Lions support
' has been signifsca t in the crusade against blindness,
• with the result that the majority of eye banks
I_ . throughout the world are the result of Lions Clubs
active support; and
WHEREAS, the Seal Beach Host Lions Club, chartered in 1939, is a member of
Lions District 4L-4, Lions Multiple District 4 and Lions Clubs
International and during this year of 1999 is celebrating 60 years of
dedicated service with members committed to helping the Less
fortunate; and
WHEREAS, the achievements of this civic organization have been too numerous to
detail over this 60 yea period but have included active support of
Seal Beach Kids Baseball, CASA Youth Shelter, McGaugh School
PTA, Los Alamitos Youth Center, several drug awareness programs,
Lions Eye Foundation, California Association. of Blind Athletes,
Southern California Eye Institute and the National Kidney
Foundation; and
WHEREAS, as evidenced by their accomplishments, the goals of the Seat Beach
Host Lions Club have been and are continuing to be met and are
acknowledged and appreciated by the City Council and the citizens of
Seat Beach as the benefactors of their generosity.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Seat Bent ft does
hereby recognize the extraordinary efforts of the Seal Bench Host Lions Club and hereby proclaims
1999 as the
Sea[Beach. Host Lions Club 60th Anniversary
anti further encourages our residents to honor those members for their years of dedicated service for
contributing greatly to improving the quality of fife in our community.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and raced the seat of the City of Seat
Beach to 6e affixed this Twenty-fifth Day offanuary, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-nine.
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk