Calendar of Events 2009-2010
July 2009
July 1: Annual Reports for Leo districts and multiple districts (Leo-91) due
July 1: Lions districts & multiple districts may apply for 2009-2010 Lions Services for Children Worldwide
Symposium Funding Program
July 1-5: International Board of Directors meeting (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
July 6-10: 92nd Annual Lions Clubs International Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
July 15: Lions Club Activity Report due
July 31: Standard, Core 4 and IAG grant application deadline for review at the October 2009 board meeting
August 2009
August 13-14: New Directors Orientation (Oak Brook, Illinois, USA)
August 15: Leo Club Excellence Award application deadline
August 17-21: Executive Committee Week Meetings (Oak Brook, Illinois, USA)
August 31: Annual District/Multiple District Youth Camp and Exchange Report Form (YCE-510A) due
September 2009
September 13-16: Senior Lions Leadership Institute/Europe (Tampere, Finland)
September 13-16: MERL Chairpersons Seminar/Europe (Tampere, Finland)
September 17-19: Europa Forum (Tampere, Finland)
September 24-26: USA/Canada Lions Forum (Memphis, Tennessee, USA)
September 27-30: MERL Chairpersons Seminar/USA, Affiliates, Bermuda, the Bahamas and Canada
(Memphis, Tennessee, USA)
October 2009
Lions Membership Growth Month
Leo Membership Growth Month
October 8: Lions World Sight Day
October 15: International White Cane Safety Day
October 15-19: Senior Lions Leadership Institute/Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and
Islands of the Pacific Ocean (Perth, Australia)
October 20: Deadline to report members for the October Membership Growth Award
October 22-26: Senior Lions Leadership Institute/South America, Central America, Mexico and Islands of the
Caribbean Sea (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
October 31: Deadline to purchase Peace Poster Contest kits from Club Supplies Sales.
November 2009
LCIF Contributing Member Month
Lions Diabetes Awareness Month
November 11: Lions Quest grant application deadline for review at the January 2010 board meeting
November 12-15: Senior Lions Leadership Institute/USA, Affiliates, Bermuda, the Bahamas and Canada (Oak
Brook, Illinois, USA)
November 13: Sight First grant application deadline for review at the January 2010 SAC.
November 14: World Diabetes Day
November 15: Postmark deadline for a club to send one winning poster (per contest sponsored) to the district
governor
November 15: Top Ten Youth Camp and Exchange Chairperson Award application (YCE-110) deadline
November 15-19: Senior Lions Leadership Institue/The Orient and Southeast Asia (Pattaya, Thailand)
November 19-22: OSEAL Forum, (Pattaya, Thailand)
November 30: Deadline for Family Membership Certification Forms
November 30: Leo October Membership Growth Award nomination deadline
December 2009
December 1: Postmark deadline for a district governor to send one winning Peace Poster entry to the multiple
district council chairperson
December 1: Postmark deadline 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 Department
December 1: Annual District/Multiple District Youth Camp and Exchange Activity Report (YCE-1450) due
December 4-7: ISAAME Forum (Hyderabad, India)
December 5: International Leo Day
December 6-12: Lions Eye Bank Week
December 31: Early discount on convention registration fees
January 2010
Glaucoma Awareness Month
January 1: New Peace Poster Kits available through Club Supplies Sales
January 9: Application deadline for Winter 2009 Standard, Core 4 and IAG grants
January 10-16: LCIF Week
January 11-14: Executive Committee Week Meetings (Oak Brook, Illinois, USA)
January 13: Melvin Jones’ birthday
January 15: Deadline for districts to submit a single Lions Environmental Photo Contest entry to the multiple
district
January 19-23: FOLAC Forum (Salta, Argentina)
January 22-25: Faculty Development Institute/Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and
Island of the Pacific Ocean (Auckland, New Zealand)
January 28-February 1: Senior Lions Leadership Institute/India, South Asia, Africa, the Middle East
(Kathmandu, Nepal)
February 2010
February 1: International Peace Poster contest winners will be notified on or before this date
February 10: Standard, Core 4 and IAG grant application deadline for review at the April 2010 board meeting
February 12-15: Faculty Development Institute/Europe (Bern, Switzerland)
February 19-22: Faculty Development Institute/USA, Affiliates, Bermuda, the Bahamas and Canada (Salt Lake
City, Utah, USA)
March 2010
Eye Donor Awareness Month
March 1: Deadline for multiple districts to submit a single Lions Environmental Photo Contest entry to
International Headquarters
March 3: Lions Quest grant application deadline for review at the May 2010 meeting
March 9-14: International Board of Directors Meeting (New York City, New York, USA)
March 12-15: Faculty Development Institute/The Orient and Southeast Asia (Kaoshiung, Taiwan)
March 13: Application deadline for May 2009 SightFirst grants
TBD: Lions Day with the United Nations
April 2010
Leo Club Awareness Month
April 10-15: International Board of Directors meeting (Hamburg, Germany)
April 22: Earth Day
April 24: Lions Worldwide Induction Day
April 23: Standard, Core 4 and IAG grant application deadline for review at the June 2010 board meeting
April 23-26: Faculty Development Institute/India, South Asia, Africa, the Middle East (Goa, Panaji, India)
May 2010
Recycle for Sight Month
May 1: Deadline for international convention regular registration fees
May 1: Deadline for advance convention registration and hotel room requests to be received
May 1: Deadline for International Friendship Banner, Newsletter, Photography, PR Idea, Trading Pin and Web
Site contest entries to be received at International Headquarters
May 3-6: Executive Committee Week Meetings (Oak Brook, Illinois, USA)
May 11-17: White Cane Week
May 15: Annual Leo Club Officers and Membership Report Form (Leo-72) due
May 15: Deadline for filing Officer Reporting Form (PU101)
May21-24: Faculty Development Institute/South America, Central America, Mexico and Islands of the
Caribbean Sea (Veracruz, Mexico)
June 2010
June 1: Deadline date for convention hotel deposit refunds for cancellations
June 1: Leo of the Year Award application (Leo-LOY) deadline
June 1: Helen Keller Day
June 5: World Environment Day
June 20: Deadline for 2009-2010 Charter Applications
June 23-27: International Board of Directors meeting (Sydney, Australia)
June 28-July 2: 93rd Annual Lions Clubs International Convention in Sydney, Australia