; Whereas, in 1990, LCIF launched SightFirst, an initiative that— (1) assists Lions Clubs International in activities to restore eyesight and prevent blindness on a global scale; and (2) eventually raised more than $415,000,000 to target low vision, trachoma, river blindness, childhood blindness, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma; Whereas, in 1995, LCIF began a partnership with the Carter Center, led by former President and Lion Jimmy Carter, to combat river blindness in Africa and Latin America, and by 2003, LCIF and the Carter Center had provided 50,000,000 river blindness treatments; Whereas, in 2001, LCIF partnered with the Special Olympics on Opening Eyes, an initiative to provide vision screening for Special Olympics athletes; Whereas, in 2002, Lions Clubs International chartered a club in China, which became the first voluntary membership group in China; Whereas, in 2007, the Financial Times ranked LCIF as the best nongovernmental organization worldwide with which to establish a partnership; Whereas, in 2010, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation contributed $5,000,000 to the One Shot, One Life measles initiative, and Lions raised more than $10,000,000 to support measles prevention efforts during the subsequent 2 years; Whereas, in 2011, LCIF awarded its 10,000th grant, bringing the total amount awarded to grant recipients by LCIF to $708,000,000; Whereas, in 2013, LCIF partnered with the GAVI Alliance to protect millions of children from measles and rubella in 2013; Whereas LCIF committed $30,000,000 for immunizations, an amount matched by the United Kingdom and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Whereas, in 2013, with the support of Lions Clubs International and the Carter Center, river blindness was eliminated in Colombia; and Whereas, in 2014, Lions Clubs International launched the Centennial Service Challenge, a global initiative to serve 100,000,000 people around the world: Now, therefore, be it