The Rules
Purposely, Lion’s Heart has few rules. However, the following rules are strictly enforced. Please read them carefully.
HOURS: All hours must be logged onto the website before noon on April 30th of each year. Members who have not logged at least 30 hours, including 5 in education, will be ineligible for Membership the following year. (See “What is Community Service” on this website.)
MEETINGS: Each group is required to meet 8 times each year. It is mandatory for each Group to hold a May meeting in which all officers are elected and, for existing groups, a Torchbearer Award recipient is voted on. Members must not miss more than three meetings a year. After missing the fourth meeting, the Member will be deemed "resigned." For groups that are formed after June 1st, they must schedule 6 meetings and Members may not miss more than 2. For Members starting after meetings have taken place, the rule is that no Member may miss half of the remaining meetings.
OFFICERS: All officer positions are to be held for a one-year term, starting in May and ending on April 30th of each year. Elections for new officers will be the first meeting in May.
DUES: The deadline to renew Membership by paying the returning dues is noon on April 15th. If the Membership Dues are not paid between February 1st and noon on April 15th, the Membership ends on April 30th. A Member may re-enroll starting on May 15th through August 1st but will pay the new Member Dues, which are higher, but only if they were eligible to continue by logging in the required hours and attended enough meetings. Also, that Member may only be assigned to their former group if there is space available. (See "
Refund Policy" for further details.)
FUNDRAISING: Lion's Heart is not a fundraising organization. However, Members are encouraged to volunteer for charities in their fundraising efforts. No Member shall collect money for a charity as part of a separate effort.
DISCIPLINE: Members are expected to act respectfully of others during Lion’s Heart meetings and volunteering. If the Class Coordinator feels a Member is not acting respectfully or appropriately, that Member will be required to have a parent attend the next six meetings and all volunteering activities until the sixth meeting. If a parent is not in attendance at a meeting or during volunteering, the Member will not receive credit for attending that meeting nor be able to log in the volunteer time. If the Member continues to act inappropriately after the sixth meeting, the Member will be resigned from Lion’s Heart immediately.
TRANSFERRING GROUPS/CHAPTERS: Returning Members may transfer to another group or another chapter between May 1st and August 1st. There is a $50 transfer fee, payable with a check to Lion's Heart. If there is space available in the requested group/chapter they want to transfer to, a check should be mailed or hand delivered to the Chapter President of the new group. The moment the Chapter President receive the payment, she will re-assign the Member if space is available. It is up to the Member to keep track of availability in the group they wish to transfer to. Neither the Class Coordinator nor the Chapter President will keep track of requests prior to receiving payment on or after May 1st. Transfers are not allowed for new 6th/7th graders.