It sounds like you’ve noticed other people who ‘kiss up’ to raise their status. I’m not sure why your work was not appreciated. Maybe the club has to protect their members from having their images posted online?

Volunteering and getting involved at places is good, but you can easily inadvertently ‘ruffle someone’s feathers’ by doing something you thought would be appreciated, but it isn’t. I’m sorry you had a bad experience at this place.