BECOME A LION
We are local. We are global. We are Lions.
We're on the prowl for more Lions!
Who are Lions?
Lions meet the needs of local communities and the world. The 1.4 million members of our volunteer organization in over 200 countries and geographic areas are different in many ways, but share a core belief – community is what we make it.
Lions serve
When caring people join together, roll up their sleeves and take action to make their community better, it’s a beautiful thing—and an incredible feeling for everyone involved. That’s Lions. Being a Lion is about leading by example, building relationships and improving the world through kindness. It’s 1.4 million caring individuals serving together so they can make a lasting impact and change more lives.
OUR MISSION
To empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions clubs.
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All are welcome to apply. Become a Lion to:
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Make a difference in your community
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Serve locally or reach out internationally
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Grow personally and professionally by participating in our programs, community service projects and events
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Access membership discounts and services
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Positively impact local and international humanitarian issues
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Develop positive relationships with other service-minded community members
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Submit our Online Application form, or download and complete the top half of our PDF Application. Email to info@cnylions.org, or send via post to: CNY Lions Club, PO Box 24, Cumberland, ME 04021.
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Our Membership Director will reach out with next steps after reviewing your application.
Lions Clubs International
Code of Ethics
TO SHOW my faith in the worthiness of my vocation by industrious application to the end that I may merit a reputation for quality of service.
TO SEEK success and to demand all fair remuneration or profit as my just due, but to accept no profit or success at the price of my own self-respect lost because of unfair advantage taken or because of questionable act ion on my part.
TO REMEMBER that in building up my own business it is not necessary to tear down another’s; to be loyal to my clients or customers and true to myself.
WHENEVER a doubt arises as to the right or ethics of my position or action towards others, to resolve such doubt against myself.
TO HOLD friendship as an end and not a means. To hold that true friendship exists not on account of the service performed by one to another, but that true friendship demands nothing but accepts service in the spirit in which it is given.
ALWAYS to bear in mind my obligations as a citizen to my nation, my state and my community, and to give them my unswerving loyalty in word, act and deed. To give them freely of my time, labor, and means.
TO AID others by giving my sympathy to those in distress, my aid to the weak, and my substance to the needy.
TO BE CAREFUL with my criticism and liberal with my praise; to build up and not destroy.
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