What is Lions Quest?Lions Quest is a life skills and prevention program of Lions ClubsInternational Foundation, implemented in more than 50 countriesaround the world. Lions Quest programs teach young peopleskills necessary for everyday success.These skills include:

• Learning to accept responsibility• Communicating effectively• Setting goals• Making healthy decisions• Resisting pressure to use alcohol and drugs

Lions Quest programs:• Provide high-quality, research-based classroom resources forteachers and age-appropriate learning material for students

• Present opportunities for students to learn and practice skillsthat build and enhance positive relationships

• Involve the family and community in supporting the healthydevelopment of young people

Because young peoplearound the world need

skills for life

"When Lions Quest programsare fully implemented, theyaddress 30 of the 40assets that are necessary forpositive youth development."—Peter Benson, Ph.D.,President Search Institute

Skills for GrowingThrough a series of thematic teaching units,Skills for Growing will help create a classroomenvironment that nurtures and enhances learn-ing. This primary school program contains the-matic units designed to teach young learnershow to make positive decisions and maintainpositive self-esteem.

Skills for AdolescenceThe most widely used of the three Lions Questprograms worldwide, Skills for Adolescencehelps middle school youth, parents and teacherscope with the physical, emotional and socialchallenges of the early adolescent years. Theprogram builds important competencies by pro-moting positive social attitudes, respect andresponsibility, while serving as a strong preven-tion tool – guiding young people toward healthychoices and a drug and violence-free lifestyle.

Skills for ActionA unique secondary school (high school) curricu-lum, Skills for Action combines the develop-ment of personal, social and thinking skills withservice-learning to help young people improveself-confidence and build resilience, maintainconnectedness to school, engage in real-lifeissues and learn 21st century workplace skills.The flexible design of the program provides avaluable curriculum in a broad range of settings.

Programs FundingLCIF Core 4 Grants are available to Lions clubs tosupport implementation efforts. Core 4 Grants maybe used to translate and adapt curriculum materials,conduct teacher training workshops and promote theexpansion of the program. LCIF also offers the LionsQuest Promotional Grant, an award of up to US$1000to promote the program in a new area.

Worldwide ImpactEducators from more than 50 countries have been trained toimplement Lions Quest, making it one of the most widely-usedlife skills programs in the world. To date:

• More than 420,000 educators have been certifiedworldwide

• Materials have been translated into 30 languages• Nearly 12 million young people have benefited fromLions Quest programs

International ImplementationTo begin implementation in a new country, all stakeholders(Lions, educators, government officials, etc.) should reviewLions Quest materials. Often, language and cultural adapta-tions are necessary before the pilot phase can proceed. If thecurriculum is appropriate for the local school system, teachersand schools should be selected for initial piloting of the pro-gram. A steering committee of all relevant stakeholders shouldbe formed, and funding should be secured for the first teachertraining workshop.

LCIF is available to help Lions Clubs and other stakeholdersbegin pilot projects and expand existing programs. The LionsQuest Department can help establish an initial implementationplan and arrange logistics for the training workshop. In somecases LCIF can also provide you with information about howLions Quest correlates with national curriculum frameworksand standards.

Lions QuestAround the World

Teacher Training and Professional DevelopmentIn order to ensure the quality of the program, all educatorsmust complete a Lions Quest training workshop before theycan teach the curricula. Only Lions Quest certified teacherscan obtain program materials. In some countries, certifiedteachers are eligible for professional development credit orother recognition. An individual school, a Lions club or district,or a government entity can sponsor a Lions Quest workshop.

Connecting the CommunityLions Quest brings the school, family and community togeth-er to promote the development of healthy and responsibleyoung people by supporting social and emotional learning(SEL), character development, negative behavior preventionand a commitment to community service.

Strengthening Social andEmotional LearningThe Collaborative for Academic Social and EmotionalLearning (CASEL) has given Lions Quest programs a “SelectSEL” rating. One of the few comprehensive K-12 curriculumoptions, honored with CASEL’s highest rating, Lions Questprovides an evidence-based SEL curriculum that will helpcreate a caring learning environment, offer engaging instruc-tional practices, support for academic success and strength-en community and parental involvement.

Emphasizing ServiceLions Quest programs emphasize service. Lions Clubs canbecome involved with a Lions Quest classroom by helpingkids implement service-learning projects, giving studentsopportunities for meaningful participation, contribution andrecognition. Lions clubs can also serve as partners toschools implementing Lions Quest programs by providingfinancial support for training workshops and student materi-als, and by assisting schools in creating a positive learningenvironment.

Keys to Success

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Take a look around your class. It mayinclude some people you have knownfor years and others you have nevermet. What interests and concerns doall of you have in common? What couldyou learn from one another? Whatactions could you take together tomake the world a better place? Howcould you develop a classroom learningcommunity where each member isrespected for being a resource?

Never doubt that a small groupof thoughtful citizens can changethe world; indeed, it's the onlything that ever has.—Margaret Mead, anthropologist