Pan Pacific Lions Club

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Pan Pacific Lions Club

• Birth May, 11 1926

Strongly desired to form an interracial
service club.
Approximately 100 men were invited to the
first meeting in downtown Honolulu.
Organizer Alexander Hume Ford
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Obstacle

• Lions Internationals constitution stated that
  only white males were eligible for membership.

Solution
The Lions Association needed to redefine its
membership requirements at its annual convention.
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Lobbying to be done
Lobbyist Colbert Kurokawa

• Two months were spent lobbying for the
  striking out of white males from the
  constitution.
• Kurokawa visited 21 clubs from San Diego up
  to Vancouver Canada.

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Success

• On July 24, 1926, over 10,000 delegates voted
  to redefine membership requirements. Not one
  dissenting vote was cast.

The Pan-Pacific Lions Club of Honolulu
received its charter on October 11, 1926. It was
assigned to District 4, California and Nevada
Clubs.
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Growth

• May 21, 1932 Hilo Lions Club was chartered.
• December 1933 Pan-Pacific Lions Club becomes the
  Lions Club of Honolulu.
• October 13, 1934 Kona Lions Club and Hamakua
  Lions Clubs were chartered.
• February 22, 1936 Maui Lions Club chartered.
• October 1, 1936 Hawaii designated as District
  50.
• November 22, 1937 Lanai City Lions Club chartered
• March 22, 1937 First District 50 Convention
• January 14, 1938 West Kauai Lions Club chartered.
• March 15, 1939 Molokai Lions Club chartered

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District 50

• Hawaii was given the status of being its own
  District.
• Nolle R. Smith was the 1st elected District
  Governor of District 50 at its first convention
  in March 1937.

Nolle R. Smith
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Helen Keller visits Hawaii

• This visit along with the lobbying of Lions,
  spurred the movement of the territorial
  government to help the visually impaired.

April 6, 1937
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Keller Impacts Hawaii

• October 25, 1980 Incorporation of Hawaii Lions
  Eye

• August 7, 2005 Hawaii Lions Vision Van Unveiled

Vision Van Blessed at Cabinet Meeting in August
2004
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District 50 Major Activities

• Hawaii Lions Foundation
• Lions-Quest
• Hawaii International Youth Camp

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Hawaii Lions FoundationActivities Committees

• Hawaii Lions Eye Bank and Makana Foundation
• Amblyopia Screening
• Lions Eye Health Program
• Schools Un-insured -Under-insured Funding
• Diabetes Awareness

• Hearing Conservation
• Used Eye Glasses
• Plaques and Onishi pins
• Sight is Beautiful Poster Contest
• Scholarships
• Vision Van
• Lions Quest-Drug Awareness

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Drug Abuse Prevention Lions-Quest

• 1971 then District Governor Paul Fernandez
  appointed Kayo R. Chung

• 1986 Hawaii Department of Education adopts
  Lions-Quest as its intermediate and high schools
  drug education program.

• Today
• More than 500 teachers have been trained to
  utilize Lions-Quest in their classroom.

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Hawaii International Youth Camp

• Organized in 1982
• To promote friendship, love and understanding
  among youths throughout the world and to
  contribute toward peace.

• Camp Director Dr. Dick Beamer

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Major Contributions to Lions Clubs International

• 1926 The deletion of white male from the
  constitution
• 1974 Lions Pledge composed by Tom Shields

• Henry A. Nye
• Oren E. Long
• Val U. Marciel
• Shizuo Onishi
• Paul Fernandez
• Kiyoshi Hiramatsu
• Herbert Watanabe
• Melvin Nakamura

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District 50 Today
District 50 Encompasses the entire State of
Hawaii.
There are 8 regions in the district.
The regions are comprised of 1 or 2 zones
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Lions Pledge I pledge allegiance to my country
and to the cause of peace throughout the world.
I believe in the principles of Lionism as
contained in the Lions Code of Ethics. I am
proud to be a Lion, dedicated to the service of
others.