Join Olympia Lions Today

If you think you may want to join the Olympia Host Lions Club - GREAT!  The first step to join the Lions is to get to know us, so let's start by meeting or working together on a project.  Use the email chat on this page to let us know you are interested.  Leave a phone number and a Lion will call you.

Joining the Lions is a lot like getting married.  You are joining a new family.  We have great fun together and truly do care for one another - but we also expect members to live up to their commitments.  

There is an initiation fee and annual dues -but dues are less than $10 a month!  And they can be paid either annually or 6 months at a time.  

We meet every week - but we do not take attendance and attendance at meetings is never required.  (Of course,  we would like to see you once in a while - after all, you are family.)  And we do need our members to show up for some of the service projects -  doing something for someone else is what we are all about.

Olympia Host has a lot of projects going on all the time - but we also have a lot of members to keep things moving.  You will be able to select one or two projects that you want to be involved in at first.  Pick and choose - help where it feels right to you.

See our current projects here.

Membership in Lions is by invitation only - and the best way to get that invitation is to find a sponsor.  

Along with putting your name forward for membership, your sponsor also will be beside you as you begin your Lions' journey.  Your sponsor can help to explain some of the. Lions' traditions (do you know what the Tail Twister does?) and make sure that you get a proper orientation to Lions as well as introductions to all the members of Olympia Host.

If you already know a Lion - ask them to sponsor you.  Or use the email chat button on this page and a Lion will contact you to offer help.

Use the link below to download an application blank.  Or just call a Lion at the Olympia Host Lions EyeLine and we will help you get started!

Can women join the Lions Club?

Women have been welcome in Lions since the mid-1980s.  Olympia Host Lions Club is particularly welcoming to women.

Are there age limits in Lions Clubs?

You can join the Lions when you turn 18 -- prior to that membership is in a Leos Club.  There are no upper age limits for being a Lion.  Olympia Host has a few members who have been Lions for more than 50 years.

Should my husband and I both join the Lions Club?

Many couples serve together in Lions. It's a great way to do something good together - and you meet other like-minded couples who often become close friends.

 And you can get a discount for more than one family member in the same Lions Club.  (Ask about the rules for family membership.)

Am I allowed to attend other Lions Clubs when I travel?

Absolutely - when you join one Lions Club you are also becoming a member of Lions Clubs International so you will find yourself welcome at all the 48,000 Lions Clubs around the world.