Helen Keller's Speech at 1925 International Convention Lions around the world implement sight-related service projects on Helen Keller Day. In 1971, the Board of Directors of Lions Clubs International declared that June 1 would be remembered as Helen Keller Day. The Lions accepted her challenge and our work ever since has included sight programs aimed at preventable blindness. And in 1925, she attended the Lions Clubs International Convention and challenged Lions to become "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness." As an adult she became a tireless advocate for people with disabilities. With the help of an exceptional teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan of the Perkins School for the Blind, Helen Keller learned sign language and braille. Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA, in 1880, Helen Keller developed a fever at 18 months of age that left her blind and deaf.
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