To create and foster a spirit of understanding among all people for humanitarian needs by providing voluntary services through community involvement and international cooperation.
Lions 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 TAKE an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community.
► 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 rewards, and to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards in commerce, industry professions, public works and private endeavors.
Lions Creed
I BELIEVE that hard work and honest sweat are the building blocks of a person's character. Through example my children are learning values that will last a lifetime.
I BELIEVE that the best things in life are free, the sunrise, the autumn colours, the beauty of spring.
I BELIEVE that by my toil I am giving more to the world than I am taking from it, and the world is just a little better for my having passed through it.
I BELIEVE that my life will be measured by what I have done for my fellow man and by this standard I fear no judgment.
I BELIEVE that when a man grows old and sums up his days, he should be able to stand tall and feel pride in the life he has lived.
I BELIEVE a man plants a tree knowing he will not live long enough to enjoy its shade and beauty. That with the help of about one and one half million Lions, I can do my part to make this a better world for future generations.
Lions Code of Ethics
► TO SHOW my faith in the worthiness of my vocation by industrious application to the end of that I may merit a reputation for quality 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 acts on my part.
► TO REMEMBER that in building up my 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 as 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, labour 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 and not destroy.