A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO WELCOME LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR JAMES C. "JAY" MOUGHON TO THE PALMETTO STATE ON THE OCCASION OF THE ANNUAL SOUTH CAROLINA LIONS DISTRICT 32-S CONVENTION AND TO HONOR THE LIONS CLUBS FOR THEIR MANY YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.

Whereas, founded in 1917 by Chicago business leader Melvin Jones, Lions Clubs International (LCI) is dedicated to making the world a better place. The largest service organization in the world, LCI, with its almost 1.4 million members in more than forty-nine thousand clubs, has become the world leader in blindness prevention and works extensively in members' local communities to help those in need. Lions Clubs activities include general community welfare projects, such as building parks, supporting hospitals and libraries, establishing youth programs, and sponsoring camps for disabled children; health projects, including aid to the blind, diabetes awareness, childhood cancer, hunger relief, and drug abuse and violence prevention; and worldwide programs that provide disaster relief, environmental projects, long-term assistance to those in need, recycled eyeglasses and hearing aids for distribution in developing countries, the fostering of world peace through the International Peace Poster Contest and International Youth Exchange, and promotion and knowledge of the United Nations; and

Whereas, from March 8 through March 10, 2024, Palmetto State Lions will host the Annual South Carolina Lions District 32-S Convention in Greer, featuring the Honorable Jay Moughon, international director of Lions Clubs International, as their special guest. Jay Moughon, from Clifton, Virginia, was elected to serve a two-year term as international director of Lions Clubs International at the association's 104th International Convention, June 24 through June 28, 2022, held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Director Moughon is a retired Army colonel and government civil servant. During his forty-two years of service in the Army, his assignments included the command of a rocket and missile battalion comprised of five hundred soldiers. He also served as an assistant professor of systems engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point; and

Whereas, a distinguished military graduate of the University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in biology, Jay Moughon also holds a Master of Science in operations research from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and a Master of Science in national security affairs from the National War College in Washington, D.C.; and

Whereas, as a member of the Clifton Lions since 2001, he has held many offices within the association, including zone chairperson and district GLT coordinator, and he also has served as an LCI/LCIF Board committee member. He is a graduate of the Regional Lions Leadership Institute, Advanced Lions Leadership Institute, Faculty Development Institute, and Lions Certified Instructor Program. Through Lions University, he completed the requirements for bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Director Moughon and his wife, Nancy, are the proud parents of three wonderful children-two daughters and a son-and grandparents to two perfect grandsons; and

Whereas, cognizant of the Lions' fine record of service for one hundred seven years, as well as the distinguished record of their international leadership, the General Assembly takes great pleasure in welcoming to South Carolina Jay Moughon, international director of Lions Clubs International, on the occasion of the Annual South Carolina Lions District 32-S Convention. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, welcome Lions Clubs International Director James C. "Jay" Moughon to the Palmetto State on the occasion of the Annual South Carolina Lions District 32-S Convention and honor the Lions Clubs for their many years of community service.

Be it further resolved that the copy of this resolution be presented to the Honorable James C. "Jay" Moughon, international director of Lions Clubs International, and the South Carolina Lions.

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