Narragansett Lions Club

Melvin Jones Fellowship Award

Melvin Jones was the founder of Lions Clubs International.

“What if these men,” Melvin Jones asked, “who are successful because of their drive, intelligence and ambition, were to put their talents to work improving their communities?” Thus, at his invitation, delegates from men’s clubs met in Chicago to lay the groundwork for such an organization and on June 7, 1917, Lions Clubs International was born.

— Melvin Jones Biography. Retrieved from http://www.lionsclubs.org/.

To learn more about Melvin Jones, please visit the Lions Clubs International website: Melvin Jones Biography.

About Our Melvin Jones Fellowship Award

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.

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 Narragansett Lions Club individuals who have received the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award.

2023 Award Recipient: Shelia Sweeney

In this picture : Shelia Sweeney

Previous Award Recipients

  • George Bailey
  • Ed Beck Jr.
  • Norman Campbell
  • Steve Carr
  • Daniel Carter (2017)
  • Bob Cashmon
  • Richard Citrone
  • David Crook
  • Ben Curtis Jr.
  • Mark Dereseinski
  • Bob Donnelly
  • Richard Durfee
  • John Hamill
  • John Hickey
  • Dave Krugman
  • Joseph LaBelle Jr.
  • Rick Lema (2015)
  • Wes Lessard
  • Robert Manchester
  • Charles McGinnis
  • Bill McGovern
  • Walter O’Brien
  • David Phillips (2018)
  • Kirk Pickell
  • Richard Reich
  • James Reilly
  • Ken Rosbottom
  • David Spears
  • Joe Torrealday (2016)
  • Gene Wills
  • Jay Winter
  • Pat Zilly
  • Richard Zuercher (2018)
  • David Brunetti (2017)
  • David Quinn (2020)
  • Steven Fabrizio (2021)
  • Suzanne Wright (2022)