Lions Club International Calendar
December 2015
Membership Focus: Family
Relieving the Hunger Centennial Service Challenge
Relieving the Hunger Centennial Service Challenge
Eye Donor Awareness Month
Leo Club Awareness Month
Protecting Our Environment Centennial Service Challenge
Recycle for Sight Month
Membership Focus: Family
Relieving the Hunger Centennial Service Challenge
- December 1: Beginning of Period 2 for the Lions Dignity Award
- December 1: Postmark deadline for a district governor to send one winning Peace Poster entry to the multiple district council chairperson and for clubs not belonging to districts and districts not belonging to multiple districts to send one winning Peace Poster entry (per contest sponsored) to the Public Relations and Communications Division
- December 1: Postmark deadline for a district governor to send one winning essay to the multiple district council chairperson and for clubs not belonging to districts and districts not belonging to multiple districts to send one winning essay (per contest sponsored) to the Public Relations and Communications Division
- December 3-6: OSEAL Forum (Bangkok, Thailand)
- December 5: International Leo Day
- December 6-12: Lions Eye Bank Week
- December 8-10: Advanced Lions Leadership Institute - Constitutional Area V: The Orient and Southeast Asia (Bangkok, Thailand)
- December 15: Postmark deadline for the multiple district council chairperson to send one winning Peace Poster to the Public Relations and Communications Division
- December 15: Postmark deadline for the multiple district council chairperson to send one winning essay to the Public Relations and Communications Division
- December 16-19: ISAAME Forum (Ahmedabad, India)
Relieving the Hunger Centennial Service Challenge
- January 1: Beginning of Period 2 for the Lions Dignity Award
- January 1: Lions Services for Children Symposium funding for fiscal year 2015-2016 opens up to districts and multiple districts in all Constitutional Areas, plus the Continent of Africa, based on availability.
- January 4: Executive Committee Meeting (Laguna Beach, California, USA)
- January 5-7: LCIF Board of Trustees meeting (Laguna Beach, California, USA)
- January 8: Last day for early discount on convention registration fees
- January 10-16: Worldwide Week of Service to Fight Hunger and Poverty
- January 11-17: LCIF Week
- January 13: Melvin Jones’ birthday
- January 15: Peace Poster Kits go on sale from Club Supplies Sales
- January 15: Deadline for districts to submit a single Lions Environmental Photo Contest entry to multiple district
- January 17-19: Advanced Lions Leadership Institute - Constitutional Area IV - Europe (Rovaniemi, Finland)
- January 19-23: FOLAC Forum (Montevideo, Uruguay)
- February 1: International Peace Poster contest winners will be notified on or before this date
- February 2: Application deadline for Standard, Core 4 and IAG grants to be reviewed at the May 2016 board meeting
- February 6-9: Faculty Development Institute - Africa (Lagos, Nigeria)
- February 7-9: Advanced Lions Leadership Institute - Africa (Lagos, Nigeria)
- February 10-14: All Africa Conference (Lagos, Nigeria)
- February 29-March 3: Faculty Development Institute - Constitutional Area V: The Orient and Southeast Asia (Nagoya, Japan)
Eye Donor Awareness Month
- March 1: Deadline for multiple districts to submit a single Lions Environmental Photo Contest entry to International Headquarters
- March 1-4: International Board of Directors Meeting (Savannah, Georgia, USA)
- March 12-14: Emerging Lions Leadership Institute - Constitutional Area VI: India, South Asia, Africa, the Middle East (Delhi, India)
- March 19-21: Emerging Lions Leadership Institute - Constitutional Areas I and II: USA, its affiliates, Bermuda and the Bahamas and Canada (Denver, Colorado, USA)
- March 31: Last day for regular convention registration fees
Leo Club Awareness Month
Protecting Our Environment Centennial Service Challenge
- April 1: Leo of the Year Award applications (Leo-LOY) due
- April 8-10: Emerging Lions Leadership Institute - Constitutional Area VII: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, & Islands of the Pacific Ocean (Brisbane, Australia)
- April 16-18: Advanced Lions Leadership Institute – Constitutional Area III: South America, Central America, Mexico and Islands of the Caribbean Sea (Salvador, Brazil)
- April 18: Application deadline for Standard, Core 4 and IAG grants to be reviewed at the June 2016 Board meeting
- April 22: Earth Day
- April 24-30: World Immunization Week
- April 26: Lions Worldwide Induction Day
Recycle for Sight Month
- May 1: Deadline to cancel with refund of convention registration
- May 1: Deadline for advance convention registration and hotel room requests to be received
- May 1: Deadline for International Contest (Newsletter and website) entries to be received by Public Relations and Communications Division
- May 2: Executive Committee Meeting (Oak Brook, Illinois, USA)
- May 3-5: LCIF Board of Trustees meeting (Oak Brook, Illinois, USA)
- May 12: Application deadline for Standard, Core 4 and IAG grants to be reviewed at the August 2016 board meeting
- May 13: Application deadline for SightFirst grants to be reviewed at the August 2016 SightFirst Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting
- May 15: Annual Leo Club Officers and Membership Report Form (Leo-72) due
- May 15: Deadline for filing Officer Reporting Form (PU101)
- May 15: Deadline date for convention hotel deposit refunds for individual cancellations
- June 1: Helen Keller Day
- June 5: World Environment Day
- June 15: Deadline for submission of pre-certified delegate forms for voting at International Convention
- June 19-23: International Board of Directors Meeting (Fukuoka, Japan)
- June 20: Deadline for 2015-2016 Charter Applications
- June 20: Application deadline for Lions Quest grants to be reviewed at the August 2016 Lions Quest Advisory Committee (LAC) meeting
- June 24-28: 99th Lions International Convention (Fukuoka, Japan)
- June 30: Close of Period 2 for the Lions Dignity Award
