What is a Lions Club?

I googled to search for “What is a Lions Club” and here is the answer.

“Lions serve. It's that simple, and it has been since we first began in 1917. Our clubs are places where individuals join together to give their valuable time and effort to improving their communities, and the world. Our Mission.” In the Lions International page, it publicized volunteerism and the benefits of being a Lion.

To make it easier to read, I have simplified the answer. Here goes:

A Lions Club is first and foremost a service club, dedicated to the service and needs of the community in which it is located.

In other words, it is an organization, formed by the people, for the people, dispenses charity, and caters to the needs of the people to whom it, in turn, owes its support and existence.

You and I, being service-conscious individuals are therefore motivated to join such an organization in order that we may, all the better, dispense the services we feel we should practice, as responsible citizens as a group with pooled resources and manpower rather than on our own as individuals.

The Lions plan and conduct a variety of community and humanitarian projects. These services are part of the broadly based ten major activities of Lionism, namely: (1) sight conservation and work for the blind; (2) hearing conservation and work for the deaf; (3) public services, (4) recreational services, (5) international understanding and co-operation and youth exchange; (6) social services, (7) educational, (8) environmental services; (9) citizenship and (10) health services.

Lions believe in club meetings where good fellowship and harmony prevail whilst working out on projects and activities geared to the needs of the communities where the needs arise without personal rewards.

Lions do not discuss politics and religion at meetings. In service to humanity, Lions help the needy without any reference to race, creed, nationality, religion, or politics.

Membership to the Lions Club is by invitation. When you are accepted as a member of the club, it is an indication to the other Lions that you do accept responsibility to your community and to your club by giving freely of your time, your ability, and your knowledge. The privilege of being a member also entails an obligation that includes paying your dues promptly to the club.