Service clubs update policies to woo young members
23:32, 14 November 2007
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According to this USA TODAY story, service club organizations are being forced to modernize and adjust to today's busy lifestyles to reverse membership declines. The nation's three largest — Lions Clubs International, Rotary International and Kiwanis International — are reducing requirements for meeting attendance from once a week to every other week or once a month. They're creating cyberclubs that conduct business strictly on the Internet and family clubs to involve parents and children. Pancake breakfasts and spaghetti dinners are being replaced by early-morning meetings at Starbucks and happy-hour gatherings at local pubs to adjust to young professionals' hectic work schedules.
