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Club Excellence Award
Roadmap to success
 

Club Excellence Award

The Club Excellence Award is the ideal way to set your club on the path to continued success while gaining prestige for excelling in the areas of membership, service, leadership and organizational excellence, and marketing.

Upon receiving the award, a banner patch and pin will be awarded to your club president. But more importantly, your club’s membership will be revitalized, your service impact will grow and your members will see greater leadership opportunities.

Application process

 

Use the qualifications outlined in the Club Excellence Award Application as your road map to excellence.

Applications must be signed by the current district governor. If sent from the district governor’s email, it qualifies as signature on application submitted electronically.

Download application (2023-24)

2023-2024 Applications Due by: August 31, 2024

Send to: clubexcellenceaward@lionsclubs.org

2023-2024 Awards mailed to: 2024-2025 District Governor

For questions, inquiries or to submit your Club Excellence Award Application you may contact us by email clubexcellenceaward@lionsclubs.org or phone (630) 468-6828.

 

Award qualifications

 

To qualify for the Club Excellence Award, clubs must meet specific requirements in four categories: Membership, Service, Leadership & Organizational Excellence, and Marketing.

*See below for additional requirements

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Membership

 
Requirements
  • Achieved a new growth of one or more members

Or

  • Chartered a new Lions club or Club Branch in the current fiscal year
Tools for success
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Service

 
Requirements
  • Contributed to LCIF an amount equal to or greater than the club's membership total multiplied by US$5
  • Started a new service project Consider on of our Global Causes!
  • List Three service activities your club participated in that were reported to LCI
Tools for success
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Leadership & Organizational Excellence

 
Requirements
  • Club is in good standing (not in status quo or financial suspension: district dues paid and no unpaid balance with LCI greater than US$50 outstanding 90 days or more.
  • Reported club officers to LCI
  • Key officers participate in club officer training 
Tools for success
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Achieving Club Excellence Webinar – This webinar discusses the road to excellence and how it can be fun! Strategies are reviewed that can help bring a club back to life and make a strong club even better.

 

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Marketing

 
Requirements
  • The club has published its service activities through local media and social media.  
Tools for success
Learn more about promoting your club and activities and learn about the Marketing Award.