Bartlett Lions Club's Melvin Jones Fellowship Recipients
Rick Simonson
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2009
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Gregory Szydlowski
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2008*
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Anthony Troyke
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2008
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Mary Ellen Cooley
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2007
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Steve Litchfield
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2006
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2006
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2004
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2003
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2003
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2002
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2002
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2001
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Thomas Schau
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2001
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Thomas Mack
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2000
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Gregory Szydlowski
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2000
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George Endean
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1999
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Theodore Lewis
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1999
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Robert Beer
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1998
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Mike Schmitt
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1998
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James Jensen
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1997
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Roy Engstrom
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1995
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Len Hanks
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1995
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Joseph Schiferl
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1995
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Norm Wetherton
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1995
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Thomas Giles
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1994
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Oliver Hardt
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1994
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Roger Peterson
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1994
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George Lesch
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1994
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Thomas Schiferl
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1994
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Raymond Lorch
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1992
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1990
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* Progressive Melvin Jones
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What is the Melvin Jones Fellowship?
That question is best answered in terms of individuals whose lives have been enriched by humanitarian projects. Projects made possible by donations to Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) for the Melvin Jones Fellowship Program.
The fellowship, which was created in 1973, takes its name from the founder of Lions Clubs International (LCI), Melvin Jones. It is an honor-not an award. The fellowship was established as LCIF's highest form of recognition to acknowledge an individual's dedication to humanitarian service.
Fellowship donations are largely responsible for successfully launching the Lions' aggressive global attack on preventable and curable blindness-the LCIF SightFirst program.
Fellowship donations, combined with other unrestricted gifts, provide funding for constructing and equipping medical facilities. These projects are often designed to benefit disadvantaged and undeserved populations.
Fellowship donations support vocational assistance programs that teach skills to disabled persons, giving them an opportunity to live productively and independently.
Fellowship donations help fund reconstruction projects following major disasters.
Fellowship donations have been used to provide homes for children with special needs and homes for the elderly.
...and the list of humanitarian- an projects goes on.
When you meet Melvin Jones Fellows, you will notice that they are greatly concerned about the needs of humanity. They are firmly committed to finding ways of improving the quality of life in their local communities and in the world community.
Thousands of lives have been dramatically touched by the good works that are funded with fellowship donations. The personal nature of the fellowship restricts it to individuals only. The honor can not be given to any group or organization.
When any individual, Lions club, or district donates US$1,000 to LCIF for a Melvin Jones Fellowship, an inscribed plaque and a lapel pin are presented to the specified individual. It is not a requirement that the humanitarian so honored be a Lion. Donations must be identified as applying toward a Melvin Jones Fellowship at the time they are submitted.
Any individual, Lions club, or district may choose to donate unrestricted funds in increments of at least US$100, over a five year period. When contributions total US$1,000, an individual named by the donor(s) becomes a Melvin Jones Fellow. Club and district donations for a fellowship are to be raised with the understanding and agree- ment of all donors whose contributions comprise the total gift.
For a gift of US$1,000, a Melvin Jones Fellowship may be given to honor the memory of a deceased individual. When a fellowship is registered posthumously, LCIF sends an appropriate plaque in the deceased's name, and a Melvin Jones Fellow lapel pin, to the individual designated to receive them, usually a family member. Many Melvin Jones Fellows choose to extend their commitment to humanitarian causes by participating in the Melvin Jones Fellowship Progressive Program. Lions clubs and districts also participate by making donations in the name of an individual who is already a Melvin Jones Fellow.