Lions Int 1st Veep to visit Ghana
The International First Vice President of Lions Clubs International, Lion Chancellor Robert E. Corlew, will arrive in the country on February 14, 2016 for a three-day official visit to the country.
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While in the country, Lion Corlew is expected to pay a courtesy call on President John Dramani Mahama, who is also a Lion, and discuss issues of health, environment and education, among other issues as they relate to Lions activities and meet the presidents of the various Lions clubs in the country. He will also meet with female Lions.
A programme of the visiting Lion indicates that he is also expected to visit the Lions-Moorfields Eye-Care Centre at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, where he will be given a deeper insight into the progress of the project.
The programme further announces that the International First Vice will address a press conference and also be the special guest at a welcome cocktail and dinner, to be hosted by the Lions in Ghana.
Lion Corlew, who is from Milton, Tennessee in the United States of America (USA), was elected to serve as first vice-president of the Lions Clubs International, at the association’s 98th International Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii in the USA from June 26, through to 2015.
Vice President Corlew is a retired Chancellor of the State of Tennessee and a professor of law.
A member of the Murfreesboro Lions Club since 1978, he has held many offices within the association, including charter club president, zone chairperson, district governor, cabinet secretary and council chairperson.
The First Vice has been instrumental in the chartering of a number of new clubs. Most recently, Lion Corlew worked to charter a new club that comprised lawyers and judges, which gained more than 75 members during its first year.
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Awards
Chancellor Corlew, who is a Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow, has received numerous awards for his dedicated service to the association. These include the Leadership Award, the Builder Key Award, three International President’s Awards and the Ambassador of Goodwill Award, the highest honour the association bestows on its members, and also a Vanguard of the Melvin Jones Memorial, a Progressive Lindsey-Jennings Fellow.
Further to his Lions activities, Vice President Corlew had also been active in the Scouts of America, the Jaycees and the America Red Cross, and also served as a council member in Milton and was a Major in the US Army Reserve.
The First Vice President is a family man, married to Dianne, who is also a Lion and Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow, and they have five children and four grandchildren.
Lions Clubs International
In an interview in Accra, regarding the visit, the Past District Governor of District 403-A2 of Lions Clubs International, Lion (Mrs) Gloria Esi Lassey, said Lions Clubs International was an American secular, non-political service organisation founded by Melvin Jones in 1917.
As of April 2015, she said the association had over 46,000 local clubs and more than 1.4 million members in over 200 countries around the world.
Lion Lassey said whenever a Lions club come together, problems become smaller saying “communities get better”.
That's because they help where help is needed, in our own communities and around the world, with unmatched integrity and energy.
“Our 46,000 clubs and 1.4+ million members make us the world's largest service club organisation.
“We are also one of the most effective and our members do whatever is needed to help their local communities,” the past District Governor stated.
Currently, she said, Lions Clubs International extends its mission of service every day in local communities and in all corners of the globe.
“The needs are great and the services broad, including sight, health, youth, elderly, the environment and disaster relief,” she noted, adding, “Our international network has also grown.”
2017 District Convention
Lion Lassey announced that Ghana would host the 2017 Multiple District 403 Convention in Accra. It will bring together 29 countries from West and Central Africa and the Indian Ocean.
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She said the unique opportunity of hosting the convention would coincide with the 100 years celebration of the founding of Lions Clubs International.
