Becoming a Lion
Becoming a Lion
Membership
Membership in a Lions Club is open to anyone of good moral habits that has attained the age of 18 years. Joining is by the invitation of a serving member. If you are such a person, you can reach us by using the contact us on our web site.
You will be invited to join us as a guest at a dinner meeting so you may see what being a Lion is all about. These meetings are held on the second and forth Thursday of each month, starting at 6:30 pm, from September to end of June. If you are interested in joining us, you will then be asked to fill out an application form for membership that will then be submitted to the membership committee. After they have vetted your application, it will be submitted to the club executive for approval. Once you have been approved for membership, arrangements will be made for you to be inducted into the Goderich Lions Club, and you will then be a member of the largest and most active service organization in the world, joining over 1.4 million men and women who are proud to call themselves Lions.
Membership in a Lions Club comes with an obligation. As a Lion, you will be expected to attend all club regular meetings, and actively participate in all club projects. Absence because of work commitments or illness are acceptable. We run a dabber Bingo and a TV Bingo and you will be assigned to one of the 5 teams that work the bingos, and your attendance each time your team is on is crucial to our bingos success. Involvement on at least two other committees adds to the challenge of being a Lion, as we strive to fulfill our motto of We Serve.
TO CREATE and foster a spirit of understanding among the peoples of the world.
TO PROMOTE the principles of good government and good citizenship.
TO TAKE an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community.
TO UNITE the clubs in the bonds of friendship, good fellowship and mutual understanding.
TO PROVIDE a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest; provided, however, that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be debated by Club members.
TO ENCOURAGE service-minded people to serve their community without personal financial reward, and to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavor's.