ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202
COLLECTION: OGL #1297
DATES: 1982-1989.
SIZE: .5 linear feet
ACQUISITION: The Grand Forks Lioness Club Records were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Sharon Fleur, a former member of the Grand Forks Lioness Club, November 22, 1994 (Acc. # 94-1982) .
ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
The Grand Forks Lioness Club, a community service and social organization, was formed on February 24, 1982, sponsored by the Grand Forks Lions Club. There were 36 founding members. Monthly luncheon meetings were held with a guest speaker, who spoke on interesting community or organizational topics.
The Lioness Club served the community in several ways. It donated funds to the American Diabetes Association, the North Dakota Association for the Disabled, Clothe a Child, and to needy individuals in the community. Members also held food drives for the Food Cupboard, volunteered for Special Olympic events, donated blood, and judged at local Boy Scout Expos.
The club disbanded in 1989 due to "inactive and declining membership."
The Grand Forks Lioness Club Records span the years 1982 to 1988. The collection contains meeting minutes, reports, membership rosters, financial records, disbandment papers, booklets, and miscellaneous items. Minutes include club meeting minutes (There are no minutes from the charter meeting.) and Board of Directors meeting minutes, which largely concern business matters. Membership and Service and Projects Committee reports discuss ideas for acquiring new members and setting up club activities. One folder documents volunteer projects and philanthropic endeavors. Miscellaneous items include stationary, membership buttons, patches, and pins, and a club banner. A plaque presented by the Learning Center in 1987 includes a photo of three Lioness members.
Folder 1. Constitution of the National Lioness Club, 1980's.
2. Board of Directors meeting minutes, 1984-1988.
3. Club meeting minutes, 1982-1988.
4. Committee reports, 1983.
5. Disbandment papers, 1989.
6. Financial records, 1982, 1983, 1985.
7. Membership rosters, 1982-1989.
8. Quarterly Projects and Activities files, 1982-1984, 1988.
9. "Retention Ideas You Can Use", publication of Lions Club, undated.
10. Stationary, Certificates, Mailing Labels.
11. Buttons, patches, pins.
12. Plaque, Listen Center to Grand Forks Lioness Club for Holy Buckets Game, 1987.
13. Banner with pins attached.
There is one oversized file in the collection.
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