WE SERVE
MEMBERSHIP : New members are always welcome. Each new member must be sponsored by a current member and be approved by the Membership Committee and the Board of Directors. Contact any Waynesboro Lions Club member for more information.
DUES AND OTHER COSTS Dues: $ 80.00 per quarter (includes meals). These funds go directly toward administrative costs so that all donated/fundraising money goes directly toward service projects and community assistance.
Fees: $25.00 one time LCI initiation fee.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
MEMBERS CHRISTMAS PARTY with spouse or significant other. First meeting in December.
SUMMER PICNIC on last meeting in August (with spouse or significant other and family).
FUND RAISING PROJECTS Annually:
November/December—Christmas Tree Sale
Spring, Summer, Fall - Monthly Chicken Barbecue Fundraisers.
August—All-You-Can-Eat Shrimp Feast for Sight
Other—Might include sale of raffle tickets, food concessions, etc. as determined by the Board of Directors.
OTHER PROJECTS Includes the Boys and Girls Club, The Senior Center, Boys and Girls State, the Talking Book Center, diabetes education and LCI programs.
SERVICE PROJECTS
Sight Conservation: Within the club service area the club provides, examinations, eye glasses and other corrective measures as directed by local medical providers. In addition, club members do eye testing in the schools. The Club financially supports the Lions Sight Foundation of Virginia. The Club collects used eyeglasses which are recycled to needy people around the world.
Hearing Conservation: Club provides hearing aids and examination for the needy in the club service area and financially supports the Hearing Foundation of VA. In addition, the club promotes ear protection and noise reduction.
Lions of Virginia Foundation: Financial support is given to provide for research, education and help in disaster within the State of Virginia.
Lions Club International Foundation: Financial support is given to help provide Grants for Humanitarian Service, major Catastrophes and International Programs.
LIONS INFORMATION: Lapel Pin consists of a gold letter "L" on a circular purple field with two Lion profiles at either side facing away from the center. Symbolically, the lions face both the past and the future—proud of the past and confident of the future. The pin should be worn with pride at all times.
Lions Slogan: Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nation’s Safety (L-I-O-N-S). Lions Motto: We Serve
Lions Colors: Purple and Gold
Purple stands for loyalty to country, loyalty to friends, loyalty to one’s self, and to the integrity of the mind and heart. It is the traditional color of strength, courage, and tireless dedication to cause. Gold symbolizes sincerity of purpose, liberality in judgment, purity in life and generosity in mind, heart, and purse toward our fellow man.
LIONS SCOPE; Lions Clubs International is the largest service organization in the world with 1.35 million members in approximately 46,000 clubs in about 700 districts and 206 countries and geographic areas.
LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL OBJECTIVES 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 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 men and women to serve their community without personal financial reward and to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards in commerce, industry, profession, public works and private endeavors.
Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization with more than 1.4 million members in approximately 46,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world.