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The Lions Project For Canine Companions For Independence (LPCCI) FACT SHEETq Lions have supported CCI since its very beginnings in Santa Rosa, CA in the 1970’s. q LPCCI (a Lions Foundation) was formally founded in 1983 (at CCI’s suggestion) to better function as a significant provider of financial and volunteer support to CCI through Lions clubs. q LPCCI consists of an all-volunteer board of directors, more than 575 volunteer representatives around the country, and one paid staff-person (the LPCCI National Administrator). q LPCCI volunteer representatives provide presentations at Lions club meetings, district cabinet meetings and conventions, and at other service clubs and organizations, to increase public awareness of CCI’s program and gain financial support, puppy raisers, etc. q Many Lions serve as CCI puppy raisers, breeder-caretakers, Chapter group members, office volunteers, and goodwill ambassadors spreading the word about CCI’s program. q To date LPCCI has donated more than $2.5 million to CCI. q LPCCI needs volunteer representatives from every Lions district in every state, particularly in states where there is a CCI Regional Training Center. Please call LPCCI to learn more about it. q
Anyone who knows a Lions club member, and thinks a Lion would like
to know more about the Lions Project For Canine Companions For Independence,
please contact LPCCI.
LPCCI HISTORY Everybody likes a good idea, but when a good idea becomes an organized effort, great things begin to happen. The Lions Project for Canine Companions for Independence (LPCCI) started out that way-a good idea, for Lions to help a fledgling organization in its mission to help people with disabilities. Many Lions and Lioness had offered their help to CCI before 1981, both as individuals and with their clubs. The idea of district-wide support of the program began when Dick Woolf, Cabinet Secretary to the then District governor Roger O’Donnell, invited CCI to send a speaker to District 4-C7’s August 1981 Cabinet Meeting. Lion Don Webb, who had been personally involved in supporting CCI and wanted Lions to know about it, assisted in the presentation. The response was enthusiastic. After many demonstrations with these highly trained dogs by CCI and Lion Don, Governor O’Donnell announced his decision to make CCI his district project for the fiscal year 1981-1982. In 1982, at the urging of the late Lion Ty Tyree, articles were drawn up to establish a foundation similar in structure to the Lions Eye Foundation, with a network of coordinating trustees in every district, Life Members, Member Clubs, and other forms of support. After much perseverance, that set of plans became a reality and Lion Ty became the first president of the Lions Canine Companions Foundation (soon to be re-named the Lions Project for Canine Companions for Independence). Lion Ty also became the first Life Member. District 4-C7 Governor John Robak continued the interest in CCI, making it his district project also, eventually becoming the foundation’s second president. The Council of Governors of Multiple District Four (MD-4) sanctioned the foundation in 1983. In the years since its humble beginnings, the Lions Project for Canine Companions for Independence (LPCCI) has grown in membership and support from Lions clubs not only in MD-4 (California and Nevada), but in many states across the nation. As CCI’s national assistance dog program expands in order to reduce the waiting list of people with disabilities hoping to receive a Canine Companion, LPCCI continues to grow and extend its efforts to gain the support of Lions clubs across the country. It is LPCCI’s goal to gain local support from Lions clubs at each of CCI’s five regions and two satellite offices. Lions support the program through their membership donations, fundraisers, and service as puppy raisers, breeder-caretakers, or office volunteers.
THE LIONS PROJECT FOR CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE National Office: P.O. Box 3896, Santa Rosa, CA 95402(707) 577-1774 * (877) 865-7224 * Fax (707) 577-1711
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