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I need to make a diagram and I got stunted on the verb to use for a club. In this case, 'club' is supposed to be as wide a term as possible, so it could mean anything from a book club to swimming practice (at an actual sports club, for example) or even to Sunday School (assuming it as a religious 'club activity').

I've got:

(Person A) works at (work place)

(Person A) studies at (school)

(Person A) volunteers at (association)

(Person A) ???? at (club)

I know the expression to use would be 'is a member of', but I need an action verb. For now, I'm stuck with 'participates' but it doesn't feel right.

If an action rather than a stative verb like belong to is required, I'd suggest:

• (Person A) goes to (club)

This does not denote an action performed within the club premises but indicates that the person takes part in activities carried out there.

I think that best verb for this, which has two senses that apply, is patronize:

1 : to act as patron of : provide aid or support for

// The government patronized several local artists.
3 : to be a frequent or regular customer or client of a restaurant

// much patronized by celebrities

In terms of a club, if you are a member, then you have paid your dues in order to support it (following the first listed sense of patronize) and be able to have access to it as a customer or client (the other listed sense of patronize).

In your sentence, the pronoun would be dropped:

(Person A) patronizes (club).

Errrr...it seems like this is too obvious: How about "JOINS"

Attends.

There isn't a really good answer for this, since there's not a strong word for what exactly you do at a club. And frankly, that's understandable, because clubs have so very any different activities. For instance if it's a flying club, you could have

Joe flies at the club

However, what's usually the case with clubs, is that you show up and then do whatever the club does. So this is a viable catch-all:

Joe attends the club