Lion William Jennings “Bill” Booth, Jr. was born July 10 1934 in Apex, near his dad’s Apex Lumber Company mill. Lion Bill graduated from Apex High School. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a proud Tar Heel. Rumor has it his blood was Tar Heel blue. While at Chapel… Read More »
At our recent Apex Lions Club meeting, we were privileged to hear from Amy Lynn Clark, Director of Development at ALS United. Amy shared powerful information about ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease), a progressive neurological disease that impacts 5,000 people each year in the U.S. With no known cure, ALS presents significant challenges… Read More »
Members of the Apex Lions club served citizens of Apex at the Apex Night out / Touch-A-Truck event on October 1st, 2024. As we have done in previous years, we brought our vision screening camera to the event and offered free vision screenings for all. In three and one half hours we performed a total… Read More »
This evening, we were honored to host Tom Lamont, Director of Community Engagement for the Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina. A Wilmington resident, Tom holds a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communications from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (1980) and a Master of Arts in Radio and Television from the University of… Read More »
The coaching staff for the Apex High School Track team were invited to our meeting this evening. We presented the coaches with the proceeds from the Apex Lions Relays this past April. Since 1979 the Apex Lions have partnered with the Apex High School Track team to host the Apex Lions Relays. Over the years… Read More »
Former Secret Service Special Agent Dennis Schlindwein was our special guest speaker this eveining. He spoke mainly about his 25 year career as a special agent with the U.S. Secret Service. Dennis was quite engaging and entertaining. He acknowledged that people often say that when they meet him in person they say things like “you… Read More »
This evening we were honored to host Kelly Johnson and a team from WakeMed Health & Hospitals Audiology for an insightful presentation on hearing loss and prevention. This session was not just informative but also highly engaging, leaving our members with practical knowledge on how to protect one of our most vital senses—our hearing. Kelly… Read More »
We were thrilled to have Shawn Deaton speak at our last meeting where he shared his extensive knowledge and experience from his work at the Textile Protection and Comfort Center at North Carolina State University’s Wilson College of Textiles. Shawn began by reflecting on his personal connection to the community, thanking Kevin and others for… Read More »
Sometimes “Life happens”, right? Well, for our meeting this evening there was some confusion and it resulted in there not being any speaker lined up. However, our new president, Lion Josue, had a guest. Right about now you might be thinking this is not going to end well. But it just so happened that the… Read More »
If you have been following the story you will know that we have been doing several things to help Tray Cromwell. Tray is the grandson of two of our members (Lions Carl and Linda Cromwell) and he was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). This year we dedicated our portion of the Fish Fry proceeds… Read More »