WE ARE NOT A
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION, yet among our members will be found leaders of all political
parties and factions.
WE ARE NOT A
SOCIAL CLUB, yet we are directed to take an active interest in the social welfare of our
various communities.
WE ARE NOT A YOUTH
ORGANIZATION, yet we participate in so many youth programs and projects in this nation and
abroad that it is hard to determine if the dog is wagging the tail or the tail is wagging
the dog.
WE ARE NOT A WELFARE
ORGANIZATION, yet over the years, in good times and bad, countless thousands of less
fortunate people have been the recipients of the generosity of Lions.
WE ARE NOT A SPORTS OR
RECREATIONAL AGENCY, yet thousands of boys have been thrilled with Little League programs
and many other activities built around the training of the minds and bodies of our youth,
both boys and girls.
WE ARE NOT A RELIGIOUS BODY,
yet the precepts we live by are familiar to the doctrines of the world's spiritual bodies.
WE ARE NOT A MEDICAL OR HEALTH
ORGANIZATION, yet our clubs have performed miracles in this wide panorama of community and
individual service.
WE ARE NOT AN EDUCATIONAL
FOUNDATION, yet thousands of students are today in schools built by Lions.
WE ARE NOT A UNITED NATIONS,
yet we are an instrument of peace. Lionism, born while the world was aflame, has grown
strong under the nourishment of freedom and liberty