About Our Melvin Jones Fellowship Award

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Lions Clubs International recognizes outstanding individuals by bestowing on them an award that is named for its founder, Melvin Jones. This Fellowship Award is the highest form of recognition and embodies humanitarian ideas consistent with the nature and purpose of Lionism. The recipient of this award becomes a model because of the exemplary service to his club and the community for which it serves.

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Previous Melvin Jones Fellowship Award recipients meet each year to discuss potential award recipients. An award is not granted each year. It is instead granted only if there is a Lion who earned it. This decision is made by previous award recipients only. The Officers, Board, and other Lions do not weigh in on this decision.

We are proud to have within the Gibson City Lions Club individuals who have received the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award.

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The Gibson City Lions Club is Proud of our Melvin Jones Fellows recipients.  Their dedication, hard work and desire to keep our Club strong is the backbone of our members.  It is with sincere gratitude, we don't say "Congratulations", we say "Thank You"

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Wes Calhoun                                    1988-1989

Paul Sunderland                               2007-2008

Doug Hager                                      2008-2009

Dave Kramer                                     2009-2010

Ron Hood                                          2010-2011

Glenn Cothern                                  2011-2012

Chris Thorp                                       2021-2022  

Steve Hawthorne                             2021-2022

Jerry Minion                                      2021-2022

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