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When you become a Lion, you become part of a global network of volunteers working together to make a difference. Here are just a few of the great benefits you can expect.
Benefits of becoming a Lions Club member

Lions Are A Global Force For Good

Lions are men and women who volunteer where they live,
strengthening communities and lifting up the people they serve to create a global force for good.
Become a part of a global force for good.

Meet Our International President

2024-25 Lions International President Fabrício Oliveira
- A Lion from Catolé do Rocha, Paraiba, Brazil
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Leos Are Our Future

“Leadership, Experience, Opportunity.” That’s what makes a Leo club member. Members of Leo clubs embody the best qualities of our incredible organization. They are devoted young people who realize the power of action and embrace doing it with other like-minded young people who have service for others and the help for the less fortunate in their hearts.

Together, Leos and Lions form a powerful partnership — one of mutual respect where Lions learn from the innovative insights of Leos, and where Leos gain access to the proven strategies of those who’ve successfully served the world for decades.

Lions Leo Club members

Our New York & Bermuda Leo District Council 2023-24

Community service that develops your leadership skills while helping others develop theirs. And all while serving those in need. We want your ideas to develop into great service projects that make a difference. Together, we can help make your idea to help our environment, or kids, families, and those in need in your local community, nationally, or globally a reality.

Leo's Need You

We're always on the lookout for future leaders who can make what we do exponentially better. 

The success of Lions Clubs Internationally and being the oldest and largest community service organization is only because of members and their commitment to serving others. That is at the heart of who our Leos are. The most incredible community of our younger Lions.   
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MD-20 Lions' Important Notices

MD-20 Council for New York & Bermuda Lions Annual meeting
2025 New York State & Bermuda Lions Convention

The 101st Annual New York State and Bermuda Convention, (aka MD-20) will take place in Niagara Falls, New York on May 15th-18th, 2025. 



MORE INFO COMING SOON

New York State & Bermuda (aka MD-20) State Office Management 

MD-20 Council of Governors Chair 2024-25

PDG Lion
Barry Scott

MD-20 Council of Governors Chair
Email   
PCC Timothy Jachlewski / MD-20 Secretary-Treasurer

PCC Lion
Timothy Jachlewski

MD-20 Secretary & Treasurer
Email
Lion Maria Poulsen - MD-20 Lions Office Manager

Lion Maria Poulsen

Office Manager
200 Gateway Park Drive, Bldg A
North Syracuse, NY 13212

‪(585) 902-0790
Email

New York State & Bermuda (aka MD-20) District Governors

GENESEEVALLEYLIONS.ORG
(aka District 20-E1)
DG Albert Merrill & PIS
(Partner in Service) -Lion Aren Schank
5780 Hilltop Rd. Cuba, NY 14727
585-281-1790
email   (talk or text)

FINGERLAKESLIONS.ORG
(aka District 20-E2)
DG Eric Rosenkrans & PIS
(Partner in Service) -Lion Frances Rosenkrans
54 Center Street,  Union Springs, NY 13160
607-301-0449  (talk or text)
email

BROOKLYNQUEENSLIONS.ORG
(aka District 20=K1)
DG Romeo Hitlall & PIS
(Partner in Service) -Sandra Hitlall
135-01 Lefferts Blvd S Ozone Park, NY 11420
(646) 481-5769   (talk or text)
email

NASSAUCOUNTYLIONS.ORG & BERMUDALIONS.ORG
(aka District 20-K2)
DG Maria J.Leitao
80 Custer Ave. Williston Park, NY 11596
516 527 7207   (talk or text)
email

WNYLIONS.ORG
(aka District 20-N)
Bette Stonebraker & PIS
(Partner in Service) - Sandy Shavanne
616 Harris Hill Rd., Lancaster, NY 14086
716-402-8466   (talk or text)
email

HUDSONVALLEYCATSKILLLIONS.ORG
(aka District 20-O)
Stephen E. Jennison  & PIS
(Partner in Service) - Cindy Jennison
18 Woodcrest Lane, Milton, NY 12547
845-489-8350 (talk or text)
email

WHITEPLAINSAREALIONS.ORG
(aka District R-1
James Poulin & PIS
(Partner in Service) -Denise Gabriele-Poulin
331 Scenic Road Mohegan Lake, NY 10547
914-609-8252  (talk or text)
email

NEWYORKAREALIONS.ORG
(aka District R-2)
Terry Paladini-Baumgarten  & PIS
(Partner in Service) - Lion Sidney Baumgarten
2775 Rt. 130, Apt. B-320 North Brunswick, NJ 18902
917-345-5768  (talk or text)
email

SUFFOLKCOUNTYLIONS.ORG
(aka District 20-S)
Caryn F. Krauss Feldman
567 Blue Ridge Dr.,  Medford, NY 11763
631.714.7114 (talk or text)
email

NORTHERNNYLIONS.ORG
(aka District 20W)
Holly McConchie & PIS
(Partner in Service) -Lion Margo Walrath
13 Marilyn Drive Glenville, NY 12302
518.400.0603     (talk or text) 
email

CENTRALNYLIONS.ORG
(aka DISTRICT 20-Y)
Jill Skinner & PIS
(Partner in Service) - PDG Thomas Skinner
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New York State & Bermuda (aka MD-20) Lions Club International Officers

International Association of Lions Clubs 
lionsclubs.org
300 22nd Street
Oakbrook, IL 60521-8842 USA
630-571-5466

International Officers 2021 - 2022
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Past International President
Douglas Alexander 2021 - 2022
web site http://www.DouglasXAlexander.org
e-mail: dalexander143@msn.com
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Past International President
Albert F. Brandel (Service Partner, Dr. Maureen Murphy) ... 2008-2009
e-mail: PIPAlBrandel@nylionsclubs.org

Current International Director (2023-2025)
Anthony Paridiso 
e-mail: InternationalDirector@nylionsclubs.org

MD-20 Past International Directors
Gary Brown (Lion Barbara Brown) ...2019-2021
(E) browngus46@gmail.com

Robert Libin (Lion Michelle) ... 2015-2017
(E) rmlibin@att.net

Dr. Steven Tremaroli (Lion Marianne) ... 2013-2015
e-mail: pidsteventremaroli@aol.com

Douglas X. Alexander ...................2010-2012
e-mail: dalexander143@msn.com

John Rabideau (Bernie) ....................2002-2004
e-mail: jrabid5632@aol.com

Dr. Edward V. Cordes (Gail)......................1996-98
e-mail: vettesight@stny.rr.com

Albert F. Brandel (Maureen Murphy).........1993-95
e-mail: brandel404@aol.com

PID Dr. Jack Weber (PARTNER Lion Pearl Glassman).....1985-87
e-mail: lionweber@aol.com

last update 07/07/24

Lions need great leaders like you!

GET INVOLVED WITH NY & BERMUDA LIONS (aka MD-20 Lions) LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

* 2024 Lions Leadership Institute Info Trifold
* 2024 Leadership Institute Application
* 2024 Lions Leadership Application Instructions

Become a Lions' Leader

New York State & Bermuda (aka MD-20) Committee Chairs

  • * New York State & Bermuda (aka MD-20) nylionsclubs.org Council Chair:  PDG Barry Scott of wnylions.org (aka 20N) - email
    * New York State & Bermuda (aka MD-20) nylionsclubs.org Convention Chair: PCC Sharon Battaglia of wnylions.org - email
    Our 101st Convention is May 15-18, 2025 at Niagara Falls
    * MD 20 Lions SEE Chair: Jay Brown - email
    * GMT Chair: PDG Michelle O’Hare - email
    * GMA Chair: PDG Gustavo Sanchez - email
    * GLT Chair: PDG Milledge Smith – email
    * GST Chair: PDG Terri Oster - email
    * LCIF Chair: PDG Lorri Rieger - email
    * New York & Bermuda (aka MD-20) Webmaster: Aaron Dey - email
    * New York & Bermuda (aka MD-20) Marketing, Internet & Technology Team (MITT) Chair: Aaron Dey email
  • New York State & Bermuda Multiple District (aka MD-20) Four Year Committee Appointments Rotation:

    AREA 1
    )    WNY Lions (aka 20-N), Genesee Valley & Area Lions (aka E-1), and Finger Lakes Lions (aka E-2)
    AREA 2)   Northern NY Lions (aka 20-W) and Central NY Lions (aka 20-Y)
    AREA 3)   Hudson Valley & Catskill Area Lions (aka 20-O), White Plains NY & Area Lions (aka R-1), and New York City & Area Lions (aka R-2)
    AREA 4)   Brooklyn  Queens Lions (aka 20-K1), Nassau County Lions (aka K-2), and Suffolk County Lions (aka 20-S)
Just some of our projects

Lions Camp Badger www.lionscb.org
Empire State Special Needs Experience
(formerly Empire State Speech and Hearing Clinic)

Lions Camp Badger is a project of the Lions of New York State and Bermuda Lions Camp Badger is located 20 miles south of Ithaca, NY in a rural setting. Our program is designed to offer each child a great summer camp experience. Our dedicated staff work together as a team to meet each child’s special needs.

The camp program is designed to support each camper’s individual needs and goals; strengthen talents, skills and abilities; increase independent skills; gain self confidence and improve self awareness; make friends and have fun.

For more information, a copy of our Camp Facts, Fees and Schedule, and find our Camper Application, please go to our website, http://www.lionscb.org,call 1-800-232-7060, or e-mail lionscampbadger@frontiernet.net

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New York and Bermuda Lions Foundation www.nysblf.org

The New York State Bermuda Lions Foundation, Inc., is a non-profit corporation. Donated funds are disbursed as grants for humanitarian projects in local communities in conjunction with local Lions Clubs.

The Foundation receives contributions from individual Lions, Lion Clubs, Corporations, other Foundations, and runs fund raising activities throughout the year.

Since its founding in 1992, the Foundation has approved more than US$ 355,000 for service projects that have improved the quality of life in many communities in our Multiple.

Our mission is to provide District-Wide support for worthy projects, which would otherwise be beyond the means of individual clubs or districts. Click here to learn more


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Lions SEE, Inc www.lionssee.org/

Lions "Screening Eyes Early" Free vision screening to help identify children with or at risk for amblyopia, offered by your local Lions Clubs in collaboration with the Lions SEE Program at the Ira G. Ross Eye Institute.

The mission of Lions SEE, Inc. (Screening Eyes Early) is to decrease childhood blindness through early detection and treatment of the most common vision disorders that cause Amblyopia; insuring that all children of New York State will be able to SEE their future 

Lions Projects

Global Causes

Lions Clubs across New York State & Bermuda do many things. Here are the 5 that we focus on globally.
Click here or on the image to learn more.

Click to learn a little Lions Clubs history.

Click on this image to learn more about our 5 service mission we focus on as Lions Clubs globally.
Diabetes awareness

Diabetes

Lions serve to reduce the prevalence of diabetes and improve quality of life for those diagnosed.

Learn more.
We care about our children's future. In that we care about the environment.

The Environment

Lions serve to sustainably protect and restore our environment to improve the well-being of all communities.

Learn more.
We feed people in need.

Hunger

Lions serve to ensure all community members have access to nutritious foods.

Learn more.
What Lions Clubs are most known for is our care for people who need vision assistance.

Vision

Lions serve to prevent avoidable blindness and improve quality of life for people who are blind and visually impaired.
Helping those, out of no fault of their own, that need us like kids with cancer is at the core of who Lions are.

Childhood Cancer

Lions and Leos provide support for the needs of children and families affected by childhood cancer through impactful service activities.

Learn more.
A Little History 

The International Association of Lions Clubs began as the dream of Chicago businessman Melvin Jones. He believed that local business clubs should expand their horizons from purely professional concerns to the betterment of their communities and the world at large.

Jones' own group, the Business Circle of Chicago, agreed. After contacting similar groups around the country, an organizational meeting was held on June 7, 1917, at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago. The new group took the name of one of the groups invited, the "Association of Lions Clubs," and a national convention was held in Dallas in October of that year. A constitution, by-laws, objects and code of ethics were approved.
Among the official objects adopted in those early years was one which read, "No club shall hold out the financial betterment of its members as its object." This object has remained one of the association's main tenets ever since.

Just three years after its formation, the organization became international when the first club in Canada was established in 1920. Major international expansion continued as clubs were established, particularly throughout Europe, Asia and Africa during the 1950s and 60s.

Why Lions are "Knights of the Blind"? - Perhaps the single event having the greatest impact on the association's service commitment occurred in 1925 when Helen Keller addressed the Lions at their international convention in Cedar Point, Ohio USA. It was there that she challenged Lions to become "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness."

In 1990 Lions launched their most aggressive sight preservation effort to date, SightFirst. The more than US$130 million-plus program strives to rid the world of preventable and reversible blindness by closing the gap between existing health care services and those that remain desperately needed.

Broadening its role in international understanding, the association helped the United Nations form the Non-Governmental Organizations sections in 1945, and continues to hold consultative status today. Each year, during The Lions Day With The United Nations ceremonies, an award is presented to the grand prize winner of the Lions International Peace Poster Contest.

Since those first years, the association has grown to include 1.4 million men and women in more than 44,000 clubs located in approximately 185 countries and geographical areas.

They are volunteer members of clubs grouped under an International organization, where they enjoy fellowship, and dedicate part of their free time to help those in need all over the world, while making their individual communities a better place to live in.

A little history about Lions Clubs and Lionism

New York State & Bermuda (aka MD-20) Quarterly Magazine

Scroll down to download the most recent MD-20 Quarterlies. If you'd like previous quarters just contact us here and we'll send them to you.

Guidelines for submitting information for the MD20 Magazine published 4 times a year.
They are: October, January, March, and June.

Article deadlines 30 days before publication
DEADLINE DATES ARE STRICTLY ADHERED TO

Articles should be submitted in typed form (when possible) in upper and lower case.

When e-mailing, the documents should be in simple word format (Microsoft Word is acceptable).

Do not use graphics or logos downloaded from the Internet. These are of poor quality and do not print correctly. Any graphics or logos you would like printed, please send a clean/crisp copy by mail (do not bend).

Photos can be submitted in black and white or color and can be of any size; we will reduce or enlarge when necessary.

Do not fax graphics or photos.

If submitting photos by e-mail, they can be of the following formats: JPEG, hi-res PDF, or TIFF.
Write short captions for all photos. Do not write on the backs of the photos. Names should be carefully written so they can be easily deciphered. Please check for correct spelling..

Send ALL articles and photos to your District Reporter.

NY-Bermuda
Quarterly Newsletter
October 2023

NY-Bermuda Quarterly Newsletter
June 2023

NY-Bermuda Quarterly Newsletter
January 2022

NY-Bermuda Quarterly Newsletter
October 2022

Quarterly publications

MD-20 New York & Bermuda Lions Inc.

200 GATEWAY PARK DRIVE
BUILDING “A”
NORTH SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13212

(716) 402-8466‬

"MD-20?"

MD means, a Multiple District. Our multiple district encompasses 11 districts that are spread across New York State, as well as the country of Bermuda. New York Lions Clubs are thrilled and honored that Bermuda wants to be part of our 'Multiple'. It is one of the largest multiples in the United States. 

Get directions to our MD-20 office.

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