SERVICE CLUBS

LIONS CLUB

Type of Service:

--Sight preservation and blind services, glasses for the poor, “Eyemobiles”

--Meals on Wheels

--Promoting international understanding

--Promoting international youth camps

--Community work involving education, citizenship, environment, drug awareness

Formed: 1917

Membership Worldwide:

1,380,000 members in 171 countries

Women Worldwide: 30,000 plus, since 1987

Criteria to Join:

Invitation only, board approval, good character, willingness to serve

How Far Have Women Climbed?:

Region chair (two steps above club president, in charge of 12 to 16 clubs)

ROTARY

Type of Service:

--Polio immunization campaign

--International development programs, such as promoting literacy in Latin America and fishery projects in Bangladesh

--General community betterment, including higher business ethics and standards, awarding of scholarships

--Promoting international goodwill

Formed: 1905

Membership Worldwide: 1,100,000 members in 172 countries and geographic regions

Women Worldwide: 22,500, since 1987

Criteria to Join: Invitation only, board approval, good reputation, must hold professional, proprietary, executive or managerial position

How Far Have Women Climbed?: Chairing of various district committees (foundation scholarship and youth exchange committees)

KIWANIS

Type of Service:

--Aiding youth, elderly

--Building better communities

--Promoting international understanding

--Supporting agriculture and conservation programs

--Supporting programs to prevent crime and drug abuse

Formed: 1915

Membership Worldwide:

328,818 members in 70 countries

Women Worldwide: 23,678, since 1987

Criteria to Join: Board approval, good standing in community, good character

How Far Have Women Climbed?:

Service on districtwide committees; lieutenant governor (one step up from club president)