Call New Member (s) and sponsors to the front

ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE __________ LIONS CLUB, WE ARE PLEASED AND PROUD TO HAVE YOU PRESENT AT OUR MEETING. YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO BECOME A MEMBER(s) OF OUR FELLOWSHIP AND WE ARE HAPPY AND PROUD THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED TO ACCEPT MEMBERSHIP IN OUR CLUB AND LIONS INTERNATIONAL.

MEMBERSHIP IN A LIONS CLUB IS A PRIVILEGE. YOU ARE ABOUT TO BECOME A MEMBER(S) OF THE WORLDS LARGEST AND MOST ACTIVE SERVICE CLUB ORGANIZATION, AN ORGANIZATION OF OVER 1.4 MILLION SERVICE MINDED MEMBERS IN OVER 41,000 CLUBS IN COUNTRIES AND GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

(Talk about Lions International, International Convention and meeting Lions from all over the world, etc.).

ALL OF US BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE A GOOD LION AND THAT YOUR MEMBERSHIP WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO OUR CLUB AND TO LIONS INTERNATIONAL. AS LIONS WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORS WHO ARE BLIND, HEARING IMPAIRED, SICK. HANDICAPPED OR OTHERWISE DEPRIVED OF THE NECESSITIES IN LIFE. THIS HUMANITARIAN WORK WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE UNLESS MEN AND WOMEN WERE WILLING TO GIVE THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO THE CAUSE.

(Talk about local Lions Club)

ANY MEMBER HERE WILL TELL YOU FRANKLY THAT TO BE A LION REQUIRES SOME HARD WORK, WORK TO WHICH YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED AND WHICH ALL OF US WILL EXPECT YOU TO DO. LIONISM IS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT IN WHICH EVERY MEMBER SHARES THE LOAD SO THAT THE LOAD OF OTHER LESS FORTUNATE PEOPLE WILL BE LESSENED.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE REWARDS OF LIONS MEMBERSHIP ARE GREAT.

YOU WILL ENJOY THE FELLOWSHIP OF SOME OF THE FINEST PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. YOU WILL BE WARMED BY THE THANKS OF PEOPLE YOU HELP AND YOU WILL BE THANKED BE THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY YOU SERVE. YOUR GREATEST REWARD IS THE INTERNAL FEELING YOU GET WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN PART IN HELPING ANOTHER PERSON TO SEE, TO HEAR, OR LEARN TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES. I ASSURE YOU THERE IS NO GREATER FEELING THAN THIS. THAT IS WHY WE BECOME LIONS – TO SERVE.

YOU NOW HAVE A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT LIONISM IS TRYING TO DO IN THE SERVICE OF MANKIND. SINCE YOU HAVE EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO AFFILIATE WITH THIS LIONS CLUB AND WITH LIONS INTERNATIONAL, I NOW ASK THAT YOU RESPOND TO MY WORDS WITH AN " I DO" OR "I WILL".

DO YOU HEREBY ACCEPT MEMBERSHIP IN THE _________LIONS CLUB KNOWING THAT SUCH MEMBERSHIP OBLIGATES YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL FUNCTIONS OF THE CLUB?

Answer, "I do".

TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, WILL YOU ABIDE BY THE LIONS CODE OF ETHICS, ATTEND MEETINGS REGULARLY, ACCEPT SUCH ASSIGNMENTS AS ARE GIVEN YOU AND CONTRIBUTE YOUR SHARE TO THE PROGRAMS OF YOUR CLUB, DISTRICT AND LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL?

Answer, "I will".

YOU ARE NOW OFFICIALLY A MEMBER(S) OF THE ____________LIONS CLUB.

YOUR SPONSOR WILL NOW PLACE THE LIONS EMBLEM ON YOUR LAPEL WHICH SIGNIFIES THIS MEMBERSHIP.

NOW I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOUR SPONSOR, LION ____________, TO RESPOND TO MY WORDS WITH THE WORDS, "I WILL".

"WILL YOU FULFILL THE FOLLOWING OBLIGATIONS TO THE NEW MEMBER:

MAKE HIM/HER FEEL WELCOME BY INTRODUCING HIM/HER TO ALL CLUB MEMBERS?

PROVIDE HIM/HER WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLUB, ITS OFFICERS AND ITS POLICIES?

SEE TO IT THAT CLUB OFFICERS PROVIDE HIM/HER WITH ASSIGNMENTS WHICH WILL ENABLE HIM/HER TO IMMEDIATELY BECOME AN ACTIVE LION?

ARRANGE FOR AN ORIENTATION SESSIONS ON LIONISM?

BE READY TO ANS\\'ER ANY QUESTIONS HE/SHE MIGHT HAVE ON THE OPERATION OF THE CLUB, AS WELL AS ON ANY OTHER SUBJECT OF LIONISM?

ENCOURAGE HIM/HER TO LET YOU KNOW OF ANY EXISTING PROBLEMS AND OFFER POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS?

ASSIST HIM/HER IN DEVELOPING INTO AN OUTSTANDING LION?

ANSWER " I WILL "

CLOSING STATEMENT

FELLOW LION{S), WEAR YOUR EMBLEM CONSTANTLY WITH PRIDE. LET ME CONGRATULATE YOU AND WELCOME YOU INTO THE GREATEST OF ALL SERVICE CLUB ORGANIZATIONS…. THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIONS CLUBS. ON BEHALF OF THE _________ LIONS CLUB, I NOW PRESENT YOU WITH A NEW MEMBER KIT WHICH CONTAINS A CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP AND OTHER MATERIALS WHICH WILL HELP YOU TO GET OFF TO GOOD START AS A LION. WE ARE ALL PROUD AND HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AS A LIONS MEMBER.