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Your Club’s Photos Could Recruit Montana’s Next Lions. Send Them Now.

Montana Lions are launching a statewide membership campaign this fall built around one message: Make an Impact. Right Here in Montana. The ads will run across the state, and the first thing Montanans will see is not a slogan. It is a photo of Lions serving their community.

Here is the problem: we do not have enough of those photos. We reviewed everything on the District website going back to 2023, and most of what we have is posed group shots and convention pictures. Those photos have their place, but they will not convince a stranger to join. What convinces people is seeing service actually happening.

That is where your club comes in.

What we need

Candid photos of Lions in the middle of service. Think of the moment before anyone says “everybody look at the camera.”

• Vision screenings in progress
• Lions serving food, stocking shelves, or working a food drive
• Highway and park cleanups with trash bags in hand
• Flag programs, playground builds, ramp projects, tree plantings
• Any project where a Lion’s hands are doing the work

Faces and action together are the gold standard. A photo of two Lions laughing while they unload a truck beats a photo of twelve Lions standing in a row every time.

Phone photos are perfectly fine. Send the original file at full resolution, not a screenshot or a copy pulled from Facebook. Horizontal photos work best for ads, but send what you have.

What to skip

Please do not send:

• Posed group photos, lineups, or banner shots
• Check presentations and award ceremonies
• Convention, banquet, and meeting photos
• Screenshots, photos of printed photos, or heavily filtered images
• Blurry or very small files

Nothing is wrong with these photos. They are just not what a membership ad needs.

A note on permissions

Only send photos where the people shown are comfortable appearing in statewide advertising. If a photo includes anyone under 18, confirm you have a parent or guardian’s permission before submitting it.

How to submit

Email your photos to [email protected] with your club name and a one-line description of the project shown.

Send them by September 30th. The campaign schedule is moving, and photos received early have the best chance of appearing in the first wave of ads.

Your club’s service is the best recruiting tool this district has. Let Montana see it.

By Lion Steve Dogiakos