Smithfield Lions Club

It's that simple, and it has been since we first began in 1917 and hold true for our Smithfield Club since it was chartered. Our clubs are places where individuals join together to give their valuable time and effort to improving their communities, and the world. As Lions, we hold ourselves to the absolute highest standards in everything we do. Our members and clubs are dedicated to serving others, and it shows. We champion kindness in our communities and actively work to improve the lives of all people.

To Show my faith in the worthiness of my vocation by industrious application… To Seek success and to demand all fair remuneration or profit as my just due, but to accept no profit or success at the price of my own self-respect… To Remember that in building up my business it is not necessary to tear down another's… Whenever a doubt arises as to the right or ethics of my position or action towards others, to resolve such doubt against myself. To Hold friendship as an end and not a means. To hold that true friendship exists not on account of the service performed by one to another, but that true friendship demands nothing but accepts service in the spirit in which it is given. Always to bear in mind my obligations as a citizen to my nation, my state, and my community… To give them freely of my time, labor and means. To Aid others by giving my sympathy to those in distress, my aid to the weak, and my substance to the needy. To Be Careful with my criticism and liberal with my praise; to build up and not destroy.