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Why Recruit Young Adults
• Ensure your club will exist in 40 years
• Increase hands to do more service
• Gain fresh ideas
• Bring in new energy and diverse skills
• Promote membership that reflects the community
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Tools for Recruiting Young Adults
• LCI has developed tools to help Young Adult Recruiting Guide Be Part of Something that
Matters Brochure Become Involved Become a
Lion Video
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Membership Programs
• Family Membership Program Dues discounts available
• Lions Family Cub Program Enables Lions to bring their
children to meetings Increases likelihood both
parents will join
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Membership Programs
• Student Member Program Dues discounts available
• Leo to Lion Program Former Leo’s Other Young Adults Dues discounts available
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Finding Young Adults to Recruit
• Recruit family of current members
• Visit local colleges and universities• Invite graduating Leos• Post flyers or set up a
booth in the lunchroom of a local business
• Partner with a youth group to implement a joint service project
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Tips for Recruiting
• Recruit with your youngest members
• Start a committee• Dress for the situation
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“Talking” Dues
• Explain where the money goes
• Verbally partition dues into monthly payments. $10 a month sounds more manageable than $120 a
year
• Don’t forget to find out if they qualify for any dues discounts from LCI.
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Follow-up
• Consider modern methods: Follow up via e-mail
oKeep it shortoLink to your club Web site or
Facebook pageo Include information about your
next meeting Send them a text
oText the date, time and location of your next meeting as a reminder
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Club Meetings
• Make changes to accommodate young adults Be flexible about meeting attendance Let go of some traditions Do not serve a meal Stick to an agenda
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Get Online
• Have an attractive, up-to-date club Web site Use the e-Clubhouse Don’t use animated images and clip art Include pictures and descriptions of service projects
• Create a club Facebook Fan Page
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e-Clubhouse
• Create a free, useful and professional looking Web Site for Your Club
• Designed with fill-in-the blank fields for even the least Internet savvy, the e-Clubhouse allows you to: Build and maintain a Web site for your club using a
simple set of tools Keep your members and your community up-to-date
on the projects the club is working on Promote your club’s activities and recruit new
members
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Service
• To a young adult, the most important benefit of being a Lion is service Highlight hands-on
projects Provide several project
to choose from Make a global impact Go green
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Leadership
• Involve young adults in club leadership Ask them to be part of a group or
committee Give them a voice Utilize their skills
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Starting a New Club
• Campus Lions club
• Leo Lions club
• Club branch
• Special interest club
• Cyber club
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Extension Workshops
• Designed to help Lions start new clubs
• Learn key strategies for identifying new club locations