If your district is trying to standardize meetings, attendance, service hours, and reporting without adding more admin work, HoursServed is built to give clubs a simpler process and district leaders clearer visibility.
LionsBase may help cover broader administrative or website-related needs, but many districts and clubs still need a more practical workflow for attendance response, event participation, service-hour capture, and cleaner reporting preparation. HoursServed is designed to reduce the follow-up and patchwork admin that slows district coordination down.
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Send attendance requests by email and let members respond Yes or No from any device without downloading an app or remembering a password.
Import upcoming Google Calendar events into HoursServed as drafts, review them before activation, and give attendees a one-click Add to Google Calendar option.
Automated Lion Portal uploads are coming soon, subject to written approval from Lions Clubs International
LionsBase offers broader Lions-specific administration, especially around structured reporting, member synchronization, and convention-style event workflows. HoursServed is intentionally focused on reducing friction in the recurring operational work that clubs and districts handle far more often — attendance, shifts, dues, approvals, and report completion — while extending toward Lion Portal submission workflows for approved reports.
Some Lions-focused platforms are built to cover a wide range of district and convention administration. That can be helpful for larger, more structured yearly events and broader administrative needs.
HoursServed is focused on the work officers deal with every week and every month:
For yearly convention needs, HoursServed can still support planning and coordination through flexible event and reporting templates, while keeping the everyday experience simpler for clubs and officers.
If your priority is reducing day-to-day admin work, HoursServed is built for the tasks officers repeat most often.
LionsBase handles the Lions infrastructure. HoursServed handles the week-to-week operational workflow. The two are designed to sit at different layers, so a club could run both.
Members confirm attendance via email. Hours are frozen and logged automatically. Shifts are filled. Dues are tracked. No login required.
Monthly reports are generated, routed for approval, and distributed inside HoursServed — in minutes, not days.
Export a clean CSV or PDF report for manual submission today. Automated Lion Portal uploads require written LCI approval.
No. LionsBase is a broader Lions administration platform with support for member synchronization, conference-style events, district reporting, and official Lions Clubs International data workflows. HoursServed focuses on the recurring weekly operational layer: RSVPs, attendance, service hours, shift coverage, dues tracking, monthly report approvals, and district follow-up. Many clubs benefit from using both.
HoursServed is a better fit when your primary need is reducing friction in the work that repeats every month — sending invitations, confirming attendance, logging service hours, filling shifts, tracking dues, and completing the district report. If you want members to respond with one click from their email — no login, no portal, no app — HoursServed is the faster path.
LionsBase appears strongest where a district needs a larger Lions-specific management environment, especially for structured conferences, member synchronization with the official Lions Clubs International database, and broad cross-club reporting. Its documentation points to conference workflows with registration questions, QR tickets, and invoices — capabilities HoursServed is not designed to replace.
Never. Members receive a secure email with YES and NO buttons. One click records their attendance and service hours instantly. No account, no login, no app to download.
LionsBase uses a variable annual fee based on active member or club count, without a published price list. HoursServed Pro is USD $34/month (or $340/year) for unlimited members, with no setup fee. The Free plan supports up to 15 members at no cost.
Yes. HoursServed currently exports CSV and PDF reports for manual submission. Automated Lion Portal uploads are coming soon, subject to written approval from Lions Clubs International.
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