Our club
Who we are
Marseille Prospective Lions Club (France, District
103
SE) has served the community for forty years: our club was chartered
on December 11, 1964.
The club, currently 26 members strong, is located in Marseilles (Provence, South
France):
Main activities
- The Marseilles Talking Book Library, maintained in continuous functioning
since 1978
- Humanitarian action in third world countries with Humani Terra International
(Non Governmental Organization)
- Children sponsoring in Cambodia (Sihanoukville Orphanage)
- The Lions Opera Club.
Meetings
Our dinner meetings are held the third Thursday of every month, from September
to June, at 20:00, most of them at the "Golf de la Salette", located
at:
65 impasse des Vaudrans, La Valentine - 13011 Marseille.
If you would like to learn more about our club, we welcome you to attend our
meetings.
The Board of Directors meets the first Thursday of each month at 19:00 (locations
vary). All members of the club are encouraged to attend the Board meetings,
whether or not they are on the board.
Lions Club International
What is the Lions Club International?
The world's largest service club association, Lions Clubs International has
1.4 million members in more than 44,600 clubs in 190 countries and geographical
areas.
Lions are men and women who volunteer their time to humanitarian causes.
Founded in 1917 by Melvin JONES, the association's motto is
We Serve
.Lions Clubs International is dedicated to helping those less fortunate
in their communities and around the world. Cutting across all national, racial
and cultural boundaries, activities have included sight conservation and work
with the visually impaired, youth programs including drug education and prevention
and volunteer programs, diabetes detection and research and work for international
cooperation and understanding.
Lions Clubs International is recognized as a non governmental organization by
the major international institutions namely the
U.N.O.,
UNESCO,
UNICEF, World Health
Organization …
Head Office of the International Lions Club Association is located at:
300 22nd Street, Oak Brook, IL 60523-8842 USA
Lions International Objects
- TO CREATE and foster a spirit of understanding among the peoples of the world.
- TO PROMOTE the principles of good government and good citizenship.
- TO FUND and otherwise serve the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare
of the community.
- TO ASSIST financially, culturally, socially, and morally the handicapped,
disadvantaged and infirm of the community both directly and also indirectly.
- TO UNITE the clubs in the bonds of friendship, good fellowship and mutual
understanding.
- TO PROVIDE a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest
; provided, however, that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not
be debated by club members.
- TO ENCOURAGE service-minded people to serve their community without personal
financial reward, and to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards
in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavours.
Lions Code of Ethics
- TO SHOW my faith in the worthiness of my vocation by industrious application
to the end that I may merit a reputation for quality of service.
- TO SEEK success and demand all fair remuneration or profit as my just due,
but to accept no profit or success at the price of my own self-respect lost
because of unfair advantage taken or because of questionable acts on my part.
- TO REMEMBER that in building up my business it is not necessary to tear down
another's ; to be loyal to my clients or customers and true to myself.
- WHENEVER a doubt arises as to the right or ethics of my position or action
towards others, to resolve such doubt against myself.
- TO HOLD friendship as an end and not a means. To hold that true friendship
exists not on account of the service performed by one to another, but that true
friendship demands nothing but accepts service in the spirit in which it is
given.
- ALWAYS to bear in mind my obligations as a citizen to my nation, my state
and my community, and to give them my unswerving loyalty in word, action and
deed. To give them freely of my time, labour, and means.
- TO AID others by giving my sympathy to those in distress, my aid to the weak,
and my substance to the needy.
- TO BE CAREFUL with my critisism and liberal with my praise, to build up and
not destroy.
Melvin Jones Biography
Melvin JONES was born January 13, 1879 at Fort Thomas, Arizona, the son of a
United States Army captain who commanded a troop of scouts. Later, his father
was transferred and the family moved east. As a young man, Jones made his home
in Chicago, Illinois, became associated with an insurance firm, and in 1913
formed his own agency.
He soon joined the Business Circle, a businessmen's luncheon group, and was
shortly elected secretary. This group was one of many at that time devoted solely
to promoting the financial interests of their membership. Because of their limited
appeal, they were destined to disappear. Melvin JONES, however, had other plans.
"What if these men," he asked,
"who are successful
because of their drive, intelligence and ambition, were to put their talents
to work improving their communities ?"
Thus, at his invitation, delegates from men's clubs met in Chicago to lay the
groundwork for such an organization and on June 7, 1917, Lions Clubs International
was born. It was stipulated that clubs were not to be social in nature nor were
members permitted to promote their own business interests.
Melvin JONES eventually abandoned his insurance agency to devote himself full
time to Lions at International Headquarters in Chicago. It was under his dynamic
leadership that Lions Clubs earned the prestige necessary to attract civic-minded
men.
The association's founder was also recognized as a leader outside the association.
One of his greatest honors was in 1945 when he represented Lions Clubs International
as a consultant in San Francisco, California, at the
U.N.O.
Melvin JONES, the man whose personal code,
"You can't get very far
until you start doing something for somebody else", became a guiding
principle for public-spirited people the world over, died June 1st, 1961, at
82 years of age.
History of Lions Club International
1917: The International Association of Lions Clubs began as the dream of Chicago
businessman Melvin JONES. He believed that local business clubs should expand
their horizons from purely professional concerns to the betterment of their
communities and the world at large. Jones' own group, the Business Circle of
Chicago, agreed.
After contacting similar groups around the country, an organizational meeting
was held on June 7, 1917, at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago. The new group took
the name of one of the groups invited, the
Association of Lions Clubs
,
and a national convention was held in Dallas in October of that year. A constitution,
by-laws, objects and code of ethics were approved.
1920: Just three years after its formation, the organization became international
when the first club in Canada (Windsor, Ontario) was established.
1925: Perhaps the single event having the greatest impact on the association's
service commitment occurred when Helen KELLER addressed the Lions at their international
convention in Cedar Point, Ohio USA. It was there that she challenged Lions
to become
"knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness."
1926 and 1927: The third, fourth, and fifth countries to join were China, Mexico,
and Cuba. By 1927, membership stood at 60,000 in 1,183 clubs.
1935: Panama became home to the first Central American club.
1936: The first South American clubs were established in Columbia.
In 1945, Lions Clubs International was already an established world-wide service
organization. Founder Melvin JONES and Past International Presidents Fred W.
SMITH and D.A. SKEEN were asked to help develop the non-governmental organization.
1947: Lionism reached Australia.
1948: The first Lions Clubs in Europe were organized in Sweden, Switzerland
and France.
1952: The first club was chartered in Japan.
During the 1950's and 1960's: major international expansion continued as clubs
were established throughout Europe, Asia and Africa.
1961: Melvin JONES died on June, 1st.
1968: The Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF) was created.
1990: Lions launched its most aggressive sight preservation effort, "SightFirst".
The
USD 143.5 million program strives
to rid the world of preventable and reversible blindness by supporting desperately
needed health care services.
MD 103 - France
Multiple District 103 - France is:
- 1,300 clubs
- 33,000 men and women from various social, religious and political backgrounds
- 1,000,000 hours of voluntary work per year, including 140,000 hours of Telethon
- More than 10,000,000
€ distributed per year
to serve the Association's main objectives.
Coordinates
- Head Office:
295, rue Saint-Jacques. 75005 PARIS. FRANCE
- Phone: +33 146 341 410
- Fax: +33 146 339 241
- E-mail: maisonlions@compuserve.com
- Web site: http://www.lions-france.org
The Lions Clubs of France have created:
- The French Lions Clubs Foundation (FLCF): state approved in 1989, it is currently
endowed with 1,150,000
€ which enables it to
meet its five statutory objectives: the prevention of blindness and providing
aid for the partially sighted, for hearing-impaired people, for the handicapped,
for old people and for young people in difficulty
- White sticks
- Schools for guide dogs for the blind
- Talking Book Libraries
- French Medico-Lions Clubs: aid for developing countries
- National Environment Prize: campaign against pollution, wasting of water and
energy, campaign for the cleaning-up of industrial sites, for reforestation
and for the quality of life
- Exchanges amongst young people
- Cultural centers welcoming young foreigners
- The Lions Summer University (U.D.E.L.)
- Various national actions in favor of major medical, social or cultural causes :
Telethon, National Society for Sea Rescue (S.N.S.M.), Bone marrow research institute
(I.R.M.E.), campaign against blindness, campaign against Alzheimer's disease,
campaign against drug abuse and its associated psychological problems, information
about the donation of organs, and local actions in the fight against injustice
and exclusion.
Our history
Origins
Marseille Prospective Lions Club, sponsored by the Marseille Doyen club, was
chartered on December 11, 1964. It was the second club in Marseilles.
President/Founder Raymond SANGIUOLO, impressed by the successful efforts of
Gaston BERGER, his mentor and guide, in the creation of the
Société
de Prospective
on a national scale for the purposes of studying
the future
of our country
, wanted to reunite members interested in this type of problem
in one same club.
This is why the founder members were chosen for their allegedly scientific minds,
their taste for work, and some for their distinguished positions in the city.
Founder members of our club
They were: Claude BLACHARD, François BRET, Marc-Marcel BUR, Paul CASANOVA
†, Raymond DELER, Gérard GAVOTY, Gaston GEST, Yves GIROUD, Harry
KLEIN, Florent MARGARITIS †, J. MAYER-SILBERSTEIN, Henri ORMAECHEA, Robert
PIRET, André REUCHE, Jacques ROUSSET, Raymond SANGIUOLO † and
Pierre SMADJA.
Themes of reflection
To start with the Marseille Prospective club was a sort of study group dealing
with problems (in many cases before their time) as important as atmospheric
pollution, noise pollution by proposing means to reduce the effects, death penalty,
human rights, women in tomorrow's world, ...
The publishing of an annual review and its distribution on the Worldwide Lions
level have displayed the fruit of these works.
Over the years and the passed presidencies, the Marseille Prospective Club has
focused its thoughts on several themes, amongst which:
- The sea
- Childhood
- Family
- Environment
- Psychological problems
- Applied ethics, etc.
Major actions over the years
- The Talking Book Library, maintained in continuous functioning since 1978;
- Aid in Poland with the yearly shipment, over a period of several consecutive
years, of a truck of medical supplies and provisions
- Humanitarian action with orphan sponsoring (Sihanoukville's orphanage, Cambodia)
and Humani Terra International;
- An emergency fund for various actions;
- The creation of the Lions Opera Club in 1983;
- Service activities in aid of victims, childhood, handicapped persons, etc.
Our club has had the honor of counting amongst its members
- An International Director: Jacques GARELLO: 2002/2004
- Two District Governors: Jacques GARELLO: District Governor 1981/1982 and Michel
NICOLAS: District Governor 1997/1998, Founder of the Marseille 2000 Lions Club
- Vice Governors: Gilbert BONNARDEL †: 1978/1979, Jacques GARELLO, Georges
TALLON, Pierre TEMIN.
- Region Chairmen: Georges BOUTEILLIER, Jean-Claude MARTINOTTI, Jacques SAUGRAIN,
Jean-Jacques STOFFEL-MUNCK, Georges TALLON et Pierre TEMIN.
- Zone Chairmen: Guy AMSALLEM, Gilbert BONNARDEL, Georges BOUTEILLIER, Claude
GREGOIRE, Jean-Claude MARTINOTTI,- Jacques SAUGRAIN et Jean-Jacques STOFFEL-MUNCK.
Other members have held functions in the district (District Treasurers: Claude
GREGOIRE and Michel NICOLAS. District Secretaries: Georges BOUTEILLIER and Jean-Claude
MARTINOTTI).
- Members honored as Melvin Jones Fellows: Jacques COLLE, Jacques GARELLO, Claude
GREGOIRE, Jean-Claude MARTINOTTI and Jacques SAUGRAIN
Presidencies of our club and themes during them
2005/2006: Didier GRAU: Futures
2004/2005: Bruno LAFAY: Humanism and humanitarian relief
2003/2004: Bernard BOULON: A new youth
2002/2003: Guy AMSALLEM: Arts: Usefulness or futility?
2001/2002: Christian ECHINARD: A critical look at Humanity: retrospective and
prospective
2000/2002: Michel THIBAUD: From reflection to action
1999/2000: Jean RAQUET: Applied Ethics.
1998/1999: Jean-Michel RONGIERAS: Federative Youth project
1997/1998: Bernard DELMAS: Federative Youth project
1996/1997: Robert EYGLIER: Culture by music
1995/1996: Jean-Claude MARTINOTTI: Communication
1994/1995: Guy AMSALLEM: Monotheist religions
1993/1994: Bernard QUERETTE: The Geopolitics of Europe
1992/1993: Pierre MENDY †: The Single European Act
1991/1992: Jacques COLLE †: The Family
1990/1991: Claude MUSSET: Childhood. The declaration of Child rights
1989/1990: Jean-Robert FAVAT
1988/1989: Jean-Jacques STOFFEL-MUNCK
1987/1988: Gilbert DEGREMONT
1986/1987: François DEVISME
1985/1986: Michel NICOLAS
1984/1985: Jacques SAUGRAIN †
1983/1984: Georges BOUTEILLER: The Sea
1982/1983: Jacques CHEVRY: Human Rights
1981/1982: Paul LAFAGE
1980/1981: Georges PERALES
1979/1980: Jacques GARELLO
1978/1979: Jean GAMBARELLI
1977/1978: Claude GREGOIRE: Eccentric Marseilles
1976/1977: Georges TALLON
1975/1976: Claude CAROZZI
1974/1975: Jacques COLLE †
1973/1974: Ivan BELTRAMI
1972/1973: Jean-Pierre GRIMA †
1971/1972: Jean SPITALIER †
1970/1971: Gilbert BONNARDEL †: Woman in tomorrow's world
1969/1970: Marcel GERBE
1968/1969: Paul CASANOVA †
1967/1968: Pierre TEMIN †
1966/1967: Gérard GAVOTY
1965/1966: Florent MARGARITIS †
1964/1965: Raymond SANGIUOLO †
Club Twinning
Twinning history
During his term as President of Marseille Prospective, Lion Claude GREGOIRE
entrusted Lion Robert LEROUX to find a club, preferably Italian, and to make
propositions.
After in depth research on the basis of cards and the Italian Club Directory
(Membership sizes, reputation, geographical location on the axis of Venice,
Verona) he proposed the PADOVA CERTOSA Club, and correspondence was engaged
with the President Vincento PEZZANGORA, who was immediately in favor of this
twinning.
The official twinning creation actwas thus signed on April 15th 1978 in Marseille
by Presidents Claude GREGOIRE (Marseille Prospective) and Vincento PEZZANGORA
(Padova Certosa).
The Presidents and the managers of the two clubs drew up the calendar for the
first official twinning constitution meetings :
1978: Official creation in Marseille under the patronage of the Mayor and trip
to Fontaine-de-Vaucluse.
1979: Confirmation in Padova, also at the Town Hall and trip to Venice.
It was decided in the beginning to meet every year alternatively in Padova and
in Marseille.
That is thus how the meetings took place :
1980: Tour of the Camargue and Aix-en-Provence
1981: Planned visit to Vicenze finally cancelled
1982: Borromées and Scala Islands of Milan (The Marriage of Figaro).
In 1983 it was decided to meet alternatively every other year. From that year
onwards the meeting were:
1984: Trip to Corsica.
1986: Venice and the islands, recital by Rita STREICH.
1988: The Italians wanted to go to Paris but the trip was cancelled.
1989: 10th anniversary: Sénanque Abbey, Van Gogh Museum in Arles and
evening at the "Taverne de Maïtre Kanter".
1991: Trip to Ravenna and Venice.
1993: Avignon Popes Palace. 15th anniversary with recital by Sandrine EYGLIER.
1995: Mantua, Padova, Venice and recital by Beniamino PRIOR.
1997: Burgundy.
1999: First joint social action together with Padova. Tour of the village of
Ascolo, la Brenta and the Palladian houses.
2001: Tour of Aix-en-Provence "from King René to Louis XIV"
and of the Luberon (Lourmarin, Roussillon, Sénanque Abbey, Gordes). Commitment
by both clubs to perpetuate a joint action of linguistic exchanges for children
and adolescents during the holidays between the families from Padova and Marseilles.
Presentation of our Club's CD-card.
2003: Padova, Venice and Arqua Petrarca.
2005: Tour in Camargue, Arles and Les Baux de Provence.
Official twinning creation act
This act was signed on April 15th 1978 in Marseilles by Presidents Claude GREGOIRE
(Marseille Prospective) and Vincento PEZZANGORA (Padova Certosa):
Impegno del Gemellagio Marseille Prospective / Padova Certosa
"Oggi, 15 aprile 1978, noi Presidenti, liberamente eletti
dall'assemblea dei nostri Soci, nella certezza di interpretare i sentimenti
dei Lions dei nostri Clubs, che hanno già stretto fra loro rapporti
cordiali ed amichevoli, prediamo, a nome di tutti, l'impegno di mantenere
e di sviluppare i legami già esistensi fra i Clubs delle nostre città
e di favorire in ogni campo, nello spirito del Lionismo Internazionale scambi
di amicizia, di cultura, di lavoro.
Noi ci impegnamo, nella piena misura dei mezzi che sono a nostra posizione,
di unire le nostre forze per portare un contribuo di pensiero e di azione
sia all'ideale di fratellanza e di pace universale, sia alla crescita umana
e sociale delle nostre due città e delle nostre due nazioni."
Engagement de Jumelage Marseille Prospective / Padova Certosa
"Aujourd'hui 15 avril 1978, nous Présidents librement
élus par l'Assemblée de nos Associés, dans la certitude
d'interpréter les sentiments des Lions de nos deux Clubs qui ont
déjà noué entre eux des cordiales relations d'amitié,
nous nous chargeons au nom de tous de maintenir et de développer
les liens déjà existants parmi les Clubs de nos villes et
de favoriser dans chaque domaine, dans l'esprit du Lionisme International,
des échanges d'amitié, de culture, de travail.
Nous nous engageons, dans la pleine mesure des moyens qui sont à
notre disposition, de joindre nos forces afin d'apporter une contribution
de pensée et d'action soit à l'idéal de fraternité
et de paix universelle, soit à l'accroissement humaine et sociale
de nos deux villes, et de nos deux nations."
Marseille Prospective / Padova Certosa Twinning Agreement
"On this day, the 15th of April 1978, we the Presidents, freely
elected by the Assemblies of our Associates, in the certitude of acting in
accordance with the wishes of the Lions of our two clubs who have already
forged warm friendly relations between themselves, do hereby entrust ourselves,
in the name of all, with the task of maintaining and developing the links
already existing between our towns' Clubs and with the promotion of friendly,
cultural and working exchanges, in every domain, in the spirit of International
Lionism.
We commit ourselves, as fully as the means at our disposal makes possible,
to join forces in order to bring a contribution of thoughts and actions either
in the ideal of universal brotherhood and peace or in the human and social
improvement of our two towns and of our two nations."
Talking Book Library
History and purpose
Marseille Prospective Lions Club has always been very attentive to problems
connected with the condition of the blind and visually impaired persons.
For numerous years the club has taken care of guide dogs (administrative processes,
support, etc.).
In February 1979, acting on the initiative of Lions Jean GAMBARELLI and Claude
GREGOIRE, the club created the "Marseilles Talking Book Library" in
our town.
This library is one of 120
Association des Donneurs de Voix
(Voice Donors' Association, founded 1972 by Lille Lions Club, state-approved
1977) Talking Book Libraries.
The purpose of Talking Book Libraries is to record books on audio cassettes
or
CDs and to lend them free of charge to
the blind and partially sighted persons.
Activities
The Marseilles Talking Book Library is run by 17 voluntary workers, most of
whom are Lions or Lions' wive. 36 voice donors record between 120 and 150 works
per year and 148 blind and partially sighted persons benefit from this service.
Currently roughly 3 800 works (i.e. about 25 000 ninety minutes audio cassettes
and 80 audio
CDs) are on the shelves.
We are housed free of charge by the City of Marseilles. Half of the financing
is supplied by the Marseille Prospective Lions Club and the other half by donations
(tax deductible).
The Marseilles Talking Book Library is open every Thursday from 14:00 to 17:00
at:
71, rue Sylvabelle 13006 Marseille
(Phone +33 491 815 720 during opening hours) and looks forward to your visit.
The President of Marseilles Talking Book Library, Lion Claude GREGOIRE, member
of Marseille Prospective Club and Melvin Jones Fellow, will provide you with
any further information you should require by contacting him by phone on +33
491 649 209, or by e-mail.
You can make a donation to the Talking Book Library via Marseille Prospective
Lions Club, by selecting "Talking Book Library" in the donation form.
Humani Terra International
About this association
The HUMANI TERRA International Association was created by Lion Christian ECHINARD,
member of Marseille Prospective Club since 1993, after the medical and humanitarian
missions conducted by Lion Jean RAQUET, member of the Club since 1984.
HUMANI TERRA International is a non governmental organization (
N.G.O.)
of medicine and surgery for the third world.
It currently has 150 members, half of which come from the medical profession :
doctors, reconstructive and orthopedic surgeons, ophthalmologists, anesthesiologists,
dermatologists, dental surgeons, chemists, physiotherapists.
The other half are involved in the functions of the association, the preparation
of missions, logistics …
Many Lions and Lions' wives, especially from the Marseille Prospective Club,
belong to the association.
This N.G.O. has three
major objectives
- Treating the most disinherited populations of the Third World
- Teaching medicine and surgery to doctors and paramedical personnel in developing
countries
- Sponsoring and organizing operating theatres in the hospitals of poor countries
by renovating the premises and the equipment, by computerizing treatment management,
by stimulating the surgical activity.
HUMANI TERRA International currently organizes
- Two three week long medico-surgical missions per year in the north of Cambodia.
Roughly 50 patients are treated per mission (burns and after effects of burns,
cleft palates, malformations, orthopedics, skin diseases, ophthalmology …)
- Three new mission destinations are currently under preparation : Savakanet
in Laos, Hanoï in Vietnam and Maduraï in India
- Study and teaching grants. Three Cambodian doctors are invited every year
for three months in order to perfect the teaching that they receive locally
during the missions.
I.T. training
is also carried out by a member of Marseille Prospective
- Restoration of hospitals and an operating theatre on the Island of Koh-Kong
- Shipments of containers of medicines and surgical equipment each year.
Furthermore, "HUMANI TERRA Houses" are built to receive the materials
required in the execution of the missions.
Useful information
To visit HUMANI TERRA web site: http://www.humani-terra.org/
You can make a donation to HUMANI TERRA International via Marseille Prospective
Lions Club, by selecting "Humani Terra International" in the donation
form.
Orphan sponsoring
A.D.O.S. (Sihanoukville, Cambodia)
A.D.O.S. means
Association pour
le Développement de l'Orphelinat de Sihanoukville
: Association for
the Development of the Sihanoukville (Cambodia) Orphanage.
History
We discovered Cambodia in 1990 when we replied to a request from their government.
A medical mission lasted seven years in the province of Sihanoukville in the
south, the only port of this country.
The orphanage was located opposite the hospital.
The adolescents we met had sometimes witnessed the torture or killing of their
parents. The youngest - five or six year olds - were born of adults who had
abandoned their children because they were unable to create a stable home not
having had a parental image in their own childhood.
The existing couples were also decimated by illness (tuberculosis, malaria,
AIDS) or the death
of the mother during childbirth.
In 1990 the living conditions of these children were such that they only had
one daily meal of a little rice.
No cultural project had been proposed for them nor any recreational activity.
The evolution has been extremely beneficial since these children now live in
a real "village".
About a hundred boys and girls, accommodated in ten houses one of which is financed
by the Club, each managed by a Cambodian lady, are supervised by a remarkable
house manageress / school mistress who was recently awarded the
Les
Justes d'Or
prize in Marseilles.
Thus a sponsorship was organized to improve the food, for the purchasing of
school supplies and clothing and to maintain friendly relations thanks to a
three-monthly letter exchange program which is very successful.
In 2000
A.D.O.S. organized a trip for the sponsoring
"Godparents" who wanted to get to know their sponsored "Godchildren".
Thus they have seen the evolution of these children who are now educated normally
over a decade and sometimes up until "A levels". They then either
begin their working lives or go on to business schools, technical schools, fashion
schools, fine arts schools and some go on to University.
Useful and practical information
To sponsor an orphan child:
People who wish to become sponsor "Godparents" commit themselves to
paying 20
EUR per month and to writing regularly every
three months.
Upon request we will send you a "Sponsor file" explaining the details
of our action.
If you do not want to sponsor a child you can also help us:
- by joining the
A.D.O.S. for a subscription fee of 17
EUR
per year
- and / or by making a donation which will be used for other indispensable expenditures
which we cannot cover.
Please contact Dr Jean RAQUET: Phone +33 4 91 77 98 42, E-mail: jean.raquet@free.fr
Chairman's message
"Yes, the current vision of this orphanage comforts us and
gives us hope that one day Cambodia will become the prosperous and serene
country it used to be before the torment.
This is the great hope for the years to come shared by all the Cambodians
we met.
These children whom we want to support will become adults in their own right,
respected in their dignity.
We think that it is indispensable to favor human promotion by education, solicitude,
affection, care, human rights, leisure, music, art, spirituality. Our proven
display of this in our voluntary work will enable us to continue such action
for as long as needs be."
Lion Jean RAQUET, President of
A.D.O.S.
Lions Opera Club
History and objectives
The Lions Opera Club started out in December 1983 by virtue of the goodwill
of Lion Robert LEROUX, President/Founder, and of some Lions of Marseille Prospective
Club, who had the idea of gathering together all the lyrical art enthusiasts
of the various Lions Clubs.
Its objectives are:
- to promote lyrical art and knowledge of it
- to facilitate the breakthrough and career development in France of new talents
in the lyrical domain amongst young singers and musicians
- to promote a friendly link through opera and music.
Activities
During the monthly evening meetings (third Wednesday of the month at "Les
Arcenaulx") analyses are made of and discussion based on works currently
billing at our Opera Houses, composers, librettists, productions, voices, acoustics
in the theatres … Comparative listening is also carried out between works
interpreted by different artists.
Trips in France or abroad, to theatres or for festivals regularly feature in
the program.
Young artists are invited to produce in the context of the concerts that we
organize. We also receive well known artists, theatre directors, musicians other
composers, impresarios.
We take part in the Marseilles National Opera Competition by means of a "Lions
Opera Club Special Prize". We try to form the link between the training
of young artists and their stage expression, that is to say the beginning of
their lyrical career.
A Club commission deals specifically with financing and facilitating travel
arrangements and accommodation for young artists for their auditions with opera
directors.
The Lions Opera Club has numerous seasonally reserved seats to enable its members
to go to the various lyrical representations.
Internal operation
The Club managers must obligatorily be Lions. Recruitment is carried out by
candidates being proposed for membership, Lions being ex officio members.
The Club is widely open to other service clubs and is thus made up of Rotarians,
Kiwanis, Soroptimists but also up to 50 % of people who do not belong to a service
club in accordance with the statutes. Variety is obviously standard practice,
parity is not regulated.
Lion Robert EYGLIER has held the Presidency of the club since 1986, with the
support of a very dynamic team. The stability of its managers enables the implementation
of fundamental actions on a long term basis and a very regular follow-up of
results.
Headquarters
"Les Arcenaulx", 25 Cours Honoré d'Estienne
d'Orves, 13001 MARSEILLE - FRANCE
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FRENCH VERSION / VERSION EN FRANCAIS:
Présentation de notre club
Un mouvement international
Le Lions Club Marseille Prospective fait partie du plus important club-service
au monde : l'Association Internationale des Lions Clubs, dite également
Lions Club International. Pour les visiteurs découvrant notre mouvement,
nous en proposons une présentation en quatre pages.
Des actions humanitaires et de proximité
Les principales activités de notre club sont les suivantes :
- La bibliothèque sonore de Marseille, à l'attention des aveugles
et malvoyants, créée en 1979 à l'initiative de Claude
GREGOIREet maintenue depuis lors en fonctionnement continu par les épouses
des membres, qui a été honorée par la nomination de notre
club au "Coeur d'Or"
- L'action humanitaire dans le Tiers-monde avec Humani Terra International
(organisation non gouvernementale à vocation chirurgicale)
- Le parrainage d'enfants de l'orphelinat de Sihanoukville (Cambodge)
- La récolte de fonds au bénéfice du programme mondial
SightFirst II, pour lequel notre club est club modèle pour la période
2006/2008
- Le Club Opéra Lions pour les innombrables amoureux d'art lyrique
que comptent Marseille et ses environs.
Au coeur de notre fonctionnement : l'amitié
Pour les LIONS du monde entier, l'amitié est une fin et non un moyen.
Aussi nos réunions statutaires sont toutes mixtes et se tiennent dans
une ambiance conviviale et chaleureuse.
Elles ont lieu le troisième jeudi du mois, de septembre à juin,
à 20:00 heures.
La plupart se tiennent au Golf de la Salette, sis :
65 impasse des Vaudrans, La Valentine, 13011 Marseille.
Pour les amis LIONS souhaitant nous honorer de leur présence, il convient
de nous contacter au préalable.
Un club ouvert aux futurs membres
Le recrutement de membres se fait par cooptation. Nous recherchons des femmes
et hommes de haute qualité morale, ayant le désir de servir
la communauté.
Si vous désirez mieux nous connaître, venez-donc assister à
une des conférences que nous organisons, ou participer à une
action de récolte de fonds !
La page "Rejoignez-nous" a été conçue pour
faciliter ce premier contact.
Le Lions Club International
Présentation
Le Lions Club International est un Humanisme des temps modernes servi par
1 407 000 hommes et femmes dans 190 pays.
Il a été fondé en 1917 par Melvin JONES, aux Etats-Unis
d'Amérique.
LIONS signifie :
Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nations' Safety
(Liberté, compréhension, sauvegarde de nos nations).
Sa devise est :
We serve
(Nous servons)
Il est reconnu en tant qu'
O.N.G.
par les grandes institutions internationales que sont l'
ONU,
l'
UNESCO,
l'
UNICEF, l'
OMS
…
L'Association Internationale des Lions Clubs a son siège à l'adresse
suivante :
300 22nd Street, Oak Brook, IL 60523-8842 USA
Objectifs du Lions Club International
- Créer et développer un esprit de compréhension entre
les peuples du monde.
- Promouvoir les principes de bon gouvernement et de civisme.
- S'intéresser activement au bien-être civique, culturel, social
et moral de la communauté.
- Unir les membres des Clubs par des liens d'amitié, de bonne camaraderie
et de compréhension mutuelle.
- Encourager la compréhension professionnelle et le respect des principes
moraux dans les relations d'affaires, sans avoir pour but de procurer des
avantages financiers aux membres des Clubs.
- Créer un forum pour la pleine et libre discussion de tous les sujets
d'intérêt général, sauf ceux de politique partisane
et de religion sectaire.
Code d'éthique des Lions
- M'EFFORCER de mériter une bonne réputation dans l'exercice
de mes activités, qu'elles soient professionnelles ou privées.
- RECHERCHER le succès mais par des moyen loyaux et honnêtes.
- ME RAPPELER que pour réussir il n'est pas nécessaire de nuire
aux autres ou de leur porter préjudice.
- CHAQUE FOIS que la correction de mes attitudes ou de mes mes actes est mise
en doute, accepter de lever ce doute, même au détriment de mes
propres intérêts.
- CONSIDERER que l'amitié est une fin et non un moyen.
- GARDER toujours présentes à l'esprit mes obligations envers
la communauté à laquelle j'appartiens et lui consacrer d'une
manière désintéressée le maximum de mes possibilités
matérielles, intellectuelles et morales.
- VENIR en toutes circonstances, en aide à ceux de mes semblables qui
se trouvent dans la détresse.
- CRITIQUER avec modération et encourager avec générosité
; construire et non détruire.
Biographie de Melvin Jones
Melvin JONES est né le 13 janvier 1879 à Fort Thomas (Arizona).
Son père était officier dans l'armée des Etats-Unis et
s'occupa d'une troupe de scouts. Plus tard, son père fut muté
et la famille déménagea dans l'Est du pays.
Jeune homme, Melvin JONES vint s'installer à Chicago (Illinois), et
commença sa vie professionnelle comme courtier d'assurances en 1913.
Peu de temps après, il adhérait au "Business Circle"
qui réunissait un certain nombre de personnalités à Chicago
et en fut élu secrétaire. Ce groupe, comme bien d'autres à
l'époque, rassemblait des hommes autour d'un objectif tout matériel
qui faisait la promotion des intérêts financiers de ses adhérents.
Peut-être parce qu'ils ne représentaient pas d'intérêt
particulier, ces groupes étaient destinés à disparaître.
Cependant, Melvin JONES voyait les choses autrement :
"Que
pourrait-il bien se passer si tous les hommes qui avaient réussi dans
leurs affaires en raison de leurs qualités morales et intellectuelles
pouvaient se réunir pour travailler ensemble au service de leur communauté ?".
C'est alors, qu'à son invitation, les délégués
des autres groupes se réunirent à Chicago pour établir
les bases d'une organisation qui répondait à ces critères,
et c'est le 7 juin 1917 que le Lions Clubs International vit le jour. Il avait
été stipulé alors que les clubs de cette nouvelle organisation
ne seraient pas sociaux de nature et que les membres ne chercheraient pas
à faire la promotion de leurs intérêts financiers.
Melvin JONES abandonna par la suite ses obligations professionnelles de courtier
en assurance pour se consacrer entièrement au mouvement Lions, à
son siège international situé à Chicago. C'est sous sa
direction dynamique que le Lions Club acquit le prestige nécessaire
pour attirer des personnes désireuses de venir en aide au prochain.
Melvin JONES a également été reconnu comme chef de file
en dehors de l'association. L'un des plus grands honneurs lui fut rendu lorsqu'il
représenta l'Association Internationale des Lions Clubs, à titre
de conseiller, lors de la création des Nations Unies qui eut lieu en
1945 à San Francisco (Californie).
Melvin JONES, dont la règle personnelle était
"on
ne peut aller bien loin dans la vie, si on ne commence pas d'abord à
faire quelque chose pour quelqu'un d'autre" et qui fut un modèle
d'altruisme pour un grand nombre de personnes à travers le monde, est
décédé le premier juin 1961 à l'âge de 82
ans.
Historique du Lions Club International
7 juin 1917 : Melvin JONES réunit 23 cercles d'affaires qui acceptent
de se fédérer en un mouvement : le LIONS CLUB est né.
En 1920 : le Lions devient véritablement international avec la
création de clubs au Canada.
En 1925 : lors d'une convention, une aveugle, Helen KELLER, propose au
dévouement des Lions un nouveau domaine d'intervention en les invitant
à être
"les chevaliers des Aveugles dans la croisade
contre l'obscurité". Aussi les Lions Clubs décident-ils
de donner du temps pour organiser des manifestations afin de collecter des
fonds pour les aveugles, et plus généralement les personnes
délaissées et malheureuses.
En 1926 et 1927: les troisième, quatrième et cinquième
pays à rejoindre le Lions Club International sont la Chine, le Mexique
et Cuba. En 1927, on compte 60 000 membres dans 1 183 clubs.
En 1929 : le Lions International fonde l'association des cannes blanches,
il invente le fameux signe distinctif qui permet aux aveugles d'être
reconnus.
En 1935, c'est au Panama qu'est créé le premier club d'Amérique
centrale.
En 1936 : trois Lions fondent à Rochester le premier centre de
dressage pour chiens d'aveugles. La même année, les premiers
clubs d'Amérique du Sud voient le jour en Colombie.
Pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale, les Lions organisent des manifestations
qui permettent de récupérer des fonds pour aider les familles
dans le besoin. Ils fournissent également une aide financière
et physique dès qu'une catastrophe pénalise une population.
En 1945, Melvin JONES et les anciens Présidents Internationaux Fred
W. SMITH et D.A. SKEEN aident au développement de l'Organisation Non
Gouvernementale (
O.N.G.).
La même année, les Lions du Texas ouvrent la première
"Banque des Yeux" permettant ainsi la réussite de nombreuses
interventions.
En 1947, le Lionisme atteint l'Australie.
Dès 1948 : les Lions Clubs envoient des émissaires en Europe,
et très vite les premiers clubs apparaissent : Stockholm, Genève,
Paris.
1952 voit naître le premier club japonais.
Le 1er juin 1961 : Melvin JONES s'éteint.
En 1968 : est créée la Fondation du Lions Club International
(LCIF), pour soutenir les initiatives d'assistance humanitaire des Lions clubs
dans le monde. Elle a distribué en 1998 plus de 13,9 millions de
USD
de subventions.
En 1990 : est lancé le programme mondial
SightFirst
(la Vue d'Abord) : il rassemble les grands spécialistes de
la prévention des cécités, les organisations de sauvegarde
de la vue, les gouvernements et les Lions Clubs, et a pour but l'éradication
des cécités évitables et réversibles dans le monde.
Au vu du succès remporté par le programme
SightFirst
,
il est décidé de lancer en 2005 le programme
SightFirst
II.
Le District Multiple 103 - France
Les Lions de France en quelques chiffres
- 1300 clubs
- 33 000 hommes et femmes, d'origines sociales, religieuses et politiques
variées
- 1 000 000 d'heures de bénévolat par an, dont 140 000
heures au Téléthon
- Plus de 10 000 000
€ distribués par
an pour servir les objectifs principaux de l'Association.
Coordonnées
Siège social :
295, rue Saint-Jacques. 75005 Paris
Téléphone : +33 146 341 410
Fax : +33 146 339 241
E-mail : maisonlions@compuserve.com
Site web : http://www.lions-france.org
Les Lions Clubs de France ont créé :
- La Fondation des Lions Clubs de France (FLCF) : reconnue d'utilité
publique en 1989, elle est actuellement dotée de 1 150 000
€, ce qui permet de remplir ses cinq objectifs
statutaires : la prévention de la cécité et l'aide
aux malvoyants, l'aide aux malentendants, l'aide aux handicapés, l'aide
aux personnes âgées et l'aide à la jeunesse en difficulté
;
- La Canne blanche ;
- Les écoles de chiens guides d'aveugles ;
- Les bibliothèques sonores ;
- Médico-Lions Clubs de France, aide aux pays en voie de développement
;
- Le Prix National de l'Environnement : lutte contre les pollutions,
le gaspillage de l'eau et des énergies, lutte en faveur du nettoyage
des sites, du reboisement et défense de la qualité de la vie
;
- Les échanges de jeunes ;
- Les centres culturels accueillant de jeunes étrangers ;
- L'Université d'Eté Lions (U.D.E.L.) ;
- Diverses actions nationales en faveur de grandes causes médicales,
sociales ou culturelles :Téléthon ; Société
Nationale du Sauvetage en Mer (SNSM) ; Institut de Recherche sur la Moëlle
Epinière (I.R.M.E.) ; Lutte contre la cécité ; Lutte
contre la maladie d'Alzheimer ; Lutte contre la drogue et ses déviances
; Informations sur le don d'organes ;
- Et toutes les actions locales qui permettent de combattre l'injustice et
l'exclusion.