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Notice:  This website is in the process of being updated for the 2008-2009 term of incoming District Governor David Hoopman.  Club and Cabinet officer info, Committees assignments and District Directory changes are still incomplete.  Please have patience!

Lions Clubs International
Lions Club International was founded in Chicago, Illinois in the year 1917 by insurance agent Melvin Jones.  Lions are recognized for their services to the blind, the visually impaired, and other charitable causes such as diabetic awareness for children. This service began when American author and lecturer Helen Keller, deaf and blind since infancy, challenged the Lions at the 1925 International Convention to become her "Knights of the Blind in the crusade against darkness."  Lions International is both non-political and non-sectarian. It is the world's largest service organization.

Lions District 2A-1
      In 1959, District 2A-1 was created out of the original Texas 2-A which contained 58 Texas counties covering 70,806 square miles. Districts 2-A2 and 2-A3 were created at the same time. When 2-A1 was created, it had 54 clubs and 2800 members. The original District 2-A started on the Gulf Coast where District “S” left off and ran southward to the tip of Texas at Brownsville, the farthest south that Lionism extended in the USA.  The district boundary then followed the Rio Grande westward for about one-half of the Texas-Mexico border.  It contained one Founders’ Club--- San Antonio.
      The first Mid-Winter Conference was held at the San Angelo Country Club.  The first District 2A-1 Convention was held in Colorado City, for the purpose of electing the first District 2-A1 Governor, and organizing the District, which is the 3^rd largest in size in the state.  Lion J.W. Jones of San Angelo, was elected the first District Governor of 2-A1.