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Lions Pin Trading is HUGE!

At a previous meeting PDG Gene English mentioned his Pin Collection and it got the attention of a few of our members. So he offered to come back and do a special program to tell us all about it. It was amazing to hear him speak of his collection and the passion he has for… Read More »

2022 Apex Relays

The last time we were able to have the Apex Lions / Apex High School Relays was in 2019 and that was before the school was rebuilt. So we really did not know what to expect this year. As it turns out we believe it will be a very successful and profitable event for the… Read More »

Scouting Report

This evening we had our Pack 312 Cub Scout Leaders and Eagle Scout candidate Cole Snyder provide the program.  We also learned that Pack 312 is the second oldest pack in North Carolina with a one-day difference compared to the oldest pack! We started with our Eagle Scout Project overview from Cole Snyder of Troop… Read More »

Diabetes Awareness

Did you know that diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S.  according to CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)? This evening our guest speaker was an outstanding educator Lion Earl Hunter. Not only is Lion Earl the President of the Fuquay-Varina Lions Club he is also the Diabetes Awareness chair… Read More »

Who’s Watching?

Beth Wood is a Certified Public Accountant in her fourth term as North Carolina’s elected State Auditor. She is a long-time public servant with nearly 30 years of auditing experience, having worked in the Auditor’s Office for nearly 10 years before her election in 2008 and also in the State Treasurer’s Office. Before that, she… Read More »

Mountain Girl: Gilbert Scholarships

We had an amazing speaker this evening! Darlena Moore (aka “Mountain Girl”) shared her own personal story and how that has become a 501c3 non-profit organization to provide scholarships for foster students. Darlena was born in the mountains of North Carolina. Her family was poor but happy. Her mother was a single mother of 5… Read More »

2022 Apex Community Fish Fry

Apex Lions joined forces with CAPA (Citizens Assisting Police of Apex) to host the Apex Annual Fish Fry. This is a long standing event to raise funds to go back into the community of Apex. That tradition will continue. Both the Lions and CAPA strive to make Apex A Better Place to Live. The Community… Read More »

New Year – New Members!

We had the pleasure of welcoming three new members into the Apex Lions club this evening. Roy Millar has been with us for a couple of months and has been actively attending meetings since he joined us. Roy is sponsored by Paul Dean. Next we had Sharon Hall join us. She is the wife of… Read More »

Letters From The Kids

Every year for as long as any of us can remember we have invited the kids from the Governor Morehead School for the Blind to visit our food booth at the NC State Fair for a meal on us. That is just one way we support the blind and visually impaired in our communities as… Read More »

Gifts for UNC Children’s Pediatric Clinic

We had been collecting gifts for the children at UNC Pediatric Clinic in Raleigh. We delivered the donations today to the pediatric manager.  They were very thankful and appreciative of these gifts for the kids! We hope this can make them smile and know they are loved and not forgotten on Christmas!