Club meetings are held at least twice monthly. One meeting may be devoted to business and the planning of projects and the other to a dinner meeting often with a quest speaker. Lions Clubs elect their officers annually and work thought club committees. All monies for a Lions Club activity are raised by the efforts of the members through whatever legal fund-raising projects they may devise. Any person of legal majority, good moral character and good reputation in the community may be granted membership in a duly authorized Lions Club.
Membership is by invitation only .
From the start, the emphasis has been on service in all forms to less fortunate members of the community. The club constitution, as recommended by the association, may be adapted by the local club to suit its own particular requirements while keeping within the principles of the Association and its International constitution. This autonomy allowed to the individual clubs and the concentration of practical service have perhaps been the two principal factors which maintain the momentum of the Association's growth and progress. At the same time the complete international nature of the organization, with the possibility of frequent and ever-increasing contact between the member of the clubs around the world based on their common interest in community service has always been a feature to catch the imagination and the enthusiasm of the broadest minds. To show my faith in the worthiness of my vocation by industrious application to the end that I may merit a reputation for quality service.