[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING THE PASADENA HOST LIONS CLUB'S CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 27, 2020

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the Pasadena Host 
Lions Club upon its centennial anniversary.
  Lions Club International began in 1917 with a mission to encourage 
volunteers to serve their communities, promote peace and international 
understanding, and improve the world with kindness by meeting 
humanitarian needs. Currently, Lions Club International has 1.4 million 
members in forty-seven thousand Lions Clubs. As the fifth Lions Club in 
the state of California, the Pasadena Host Lions Club was chartered on 
March 26, 1920.
  For 100 years, Pasadena Host Lions Club members have provided 
innumerable hours of dedicated service toward the improvement of the 
Pasadena community, with an emphasis on persons with disabilities, 
seniors, youth and the homeless. Helen Keller referred to Lions Clubs 
as the ``Knights of the Blind,'' for their support of organizations 
that serve those impaired in sight. This is seen through Pasadena Host 
Lions Club supporting White Cane Safety Day--providing Lions the 
opportunity to raise awareness on safe navigation of the visually 
impaired, support of other local groups for the visually impaired, 
assisting the founding of Lions Eye Foundation of Southern California, 
and creating the Pasadena Lions Memorial Trust for the welfare of 
persons with disabilities and children.
  Other organizations the club supports include the Aspen Camp of the 
Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Pasadena Police Foundation, American Red 
Cross, Pasadena Senior Center, City of Hope, Union Station Homeless 
Services, Pasadena Jaycees, Young and Healthy, Pasadena YMCA and the 
Salvation Army.
  In addition, the club provides youth scholarships, and currently has 
six charter LEO Clubs for youth that focus on leadership, experience, 
opportunity and service.
  Pasadena Host Lions Club members have faithfully served the greater 
Pasadena area for one hundred years. I ask all Members to join with me 
in commending the Pasadena Host Lions Club on their celebration of 
hundred years of service.

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