Fort Morgan Lions Club:

  • Provides Dynamic Networking Opportunity
  • Organizes Eye Screenings
  • Offers Financial Support for Eye Care
  • Beautifies Fort Morgan with Parks Support and Highway Clean-Up
  • Supplies Volunteer Workforce at Community Breakfasts
  • Gives 90+% of Financial Contributions to the Local Community
  • Stays Informed with Weekly Programs on Local Events
  • Supports Youth Activities
  • Generates Scholarships and Student Recognition
  • Has Fun!

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 to 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, act and deed. To give them freely of my time, labor, 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 criticism and liberal with my praise; to build up and not destroy.

More information about Lions Club International can be found at:

www.lionsclubs.org

History

Lions International is one of the world’s largest and most effective service organizations. Fort Morgan Lions Club is one of over 40,000 Lions Clubs in 180 countries. We exist and serve, regardless of the language spoken, the politics, geographic boundaries or religious affiliations. Lions of all backgrounds exist to serve those in need. Lionism has a proud history of serving and heritage dating 1917.

In 1922, when the Fort Morgan Lions Club formed, those charter members envisioned a group of individuals who would reach out to the community and serve others. We in the Fort Morgan Lions Club whole-heartedly embrace the International Objectives:

FMHS Outstanding Student Award

The Fort Morgan High School Outstanding Student Award started in the 1970’s after an outstanding Lion drowned in a canoeing accident on the South Platte River. The award was named the Ted Kinkel Athletic award for a number of years. This award was for the most deserving athlete in the senior class.

In the late 1980’s, since the name Ted Kinkel was unfamiliar to most Lions and citizens in the community, the name was changed to the Outstanding Senior Award. It is given to an outstanding senior—one who has excellent grades, excellent participation in school, community, and church activities. The award is given to a student who doesn’t always get the recognition that other members of his class do; but is just as deserving. This is an annual award given at the end of the school year with the help of the school superintendent, school principal, and counselors. An award is presented to the senior for his outstanding school participation.

LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL OBJECTIVES

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 TAKE an active interest in the civic, cultural, social, and mental welfare of the community.

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 endeavors.

Meeting Information

Fort Morgan Lions Club

Meets Weekly September through May
on The FIRST & THIRD Fridays
Noon to 1:00pm
at:

The Block
19592 E. 8th Ave.
Fort Morgan, Colorado

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Upcoming Events~

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Student of the Month/Student Recognition

The Student of the Month program is a recognition of Senior students from Fort Morgan High School who have excelled in a variety of ways. They are selected by High School personnel on a monthly basis. Each student is honored at a regular Lions meeting and awarded a recognition plaque as well as public awareness in the local newspaper. Since its inception in l953 approximately 555 students have been honored by the Fort Morgan Lions Club.

Each year, the Fort Morgan Lions Club recognizes 16 Fort Morgan Middle School students. The Good Solid Citizens award is given to the students who are reliable, cooperative, and get along well with others in the school. Chosen by the teachers, these are students who take their responsibilities as citizens very seriously. They would give a shirt off their backs to help others. They are always thinking of others first. The Lions Club invites them to lunch and, with the assistance of their principal, awards them with a certificate of recognition.