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 »
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!
This evening our special guest speaker was Pastor Jon Utley from Pleasant Plains Baptist Church in Apex. He delivered a very encouraging Christmas message that was linked to our Lions Motto: “We Serve!” Interestingly enough, he did some research on our organization in preparation and presented us with a question that actually stumped us. I… Read More »
Well, it wasn’t exactly how we planned it. But our speaker for the meeting this evening canceled at the last minute and we were unable to find a replacement. So our song leader Lion Chip Pierce stepped in and shared some holiday spirit by bringing his Karaoke system to the meeting. After our Tail Twister… Read More »
We had so much to celebrate again this year! To begin with this is our 84th anniversary! And we made it a good one with lots of service activity this past year despite the challenges we all faced. One big thing we did since the COVID shutdown was to team up with Western Wake Crisis… Read More »
This evening we had our very own Apex Lion Paul Dean for our speaker! Paul, who is a semi-retired consulting forester, provided a presentation on the role our global forest plays in the carbon dioxide cycle. With all the discussion about global warming and climate change, Paul provided a simplified description of how the high… Read More »
This evening our guest speaker was Taylor Reid, a microbiologist with a company not to be named because she was not representing her company or her clients but was just providing information based on her background as a microbiologist. She is originally from Oregon and has been working as a microbiologist for 5 years. She… Read More »
The 2021 State Fair Is ON! It appears we will have a State Fair and the Lions are ready. So many of our supporters have been asking if we will be there… OH YES. We have been there since 1943, how can they have a fair with the Apex Lions. We are not sure of… Read More »
Our guest speaker this evening was Sarah Ferguson. Sarah is a Physical Therapist in Holly Springs and owner of Village Physical Therapy. Readers of Suburban Living voted Village Physical Therapy as the Top Physical Therapy practice in Holly Springs since 2004. There were two main topics for this evening: Access to Physical Therapy and Education… Read More »
We had a good meeting last night and two new Lions were officially installed as members of our club. Immediate Past District Governor Allen Swaim inducted Jay and Vege in a brief installation ceremony. After that Allen spoke to our club about where we have been where we are and where we are going. It… Read More »