LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL was founded in 1917 in the United States by businessman Melvin Jones who felt that successful people like himself and his colleagues should devote some of the energies which had enabled them to succeed in business to serving their local communities. Appropriately he chose "We Serve" as the Lions’ motto.

Lions Clubs now exist in more than 170 countries (including the newly democratic countries of Eastern Europe and Russia) and more than 2.5 million men and women wear the distinctive lapel pin.

The Lions Club of Jersey was formed in November 1963, at the instigation of the Lions Clubs of Southampton and St. Malo. Today, there are still eight members of the Jersey Lions Club who were among the founders.

Like other similar service clubs the Jersey Lions Club draws its membership from every profession and trade and amongst its fifty members are bankers, retailers, growers, pharmacists, electronics engineers, public relations consultants, importers, doctors, architects and accountants.