Why should we report club service hours?

Why report club service hours? What’s in it for me?

We currently have less than 1/3 of our district clubs reporting their service. That’s reporting to Lions International, reporting to the DG team, and probably reporting to your club members and community, too.

So why report? A few reasons off the top of my head:

LCI (Lions International) uses these statistics to reach world wide goals of service.
The numbers are used when LCIF is partnering with other organizations such as Bill Gates Foundation, Special Olympics, etc.
Activities reported can be used for marketing purposes, internationally and locally. (Marketing = members = more hands to serve)
Wouldn’t your club members love to see what they have accomplished at the end of the year in a concise document (number of volunteers, number of volunteer hours, funds raised/donated)?
How about your community? You’d be able to show your community what you accomplished for a month or a year.

So that’s why report. Now why else don’t clubs report? Other reasons I’ve heard and why that doesn’t hold water:

Don’t know how. **Join the training on January 25. Contact your DG or district admin for one on one help.
Club secretary doesn’t do computer, tablet, smart phone. **It doesn’t have to be the secretary. It can be the president, service chair, or designate a club admin.
Tried it, MyLion didn’t work. **It does now. The initial roll out was a mess, quite frankly. Many improvements have been made. And with any technology, there can still be a glitch now and then.
Takes too much time. **It’s really quick. Probably 5 minutes tops per activity.
Don’t need to. **See reasons above.

So here’s a big THANK YOU to the clubs reporting already. We’ll be contacting clubs directly in the the next couple of months to see how we can help.

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