Young Adults Recruiting Guide

Who Will Carry Your Club's Banner in 2050?

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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

Recruiting Young Adults

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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

Positioning your Club

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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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www.e-clubhouse.org

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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

Starting a New Club

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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

Questions?