Lion Glenn Day, District 31S Chair for Sight & Hearing Conservation was our guest speaker this evening. He is also a member of the Wake Forest Lions Club. Lion Glenn started off by recalling the pillars of Lion programs which include Diabetes, Vision, Hunger, Environment and Child Cancer and shared with us some important dates… Read More »
The Apex Lions Club annual Fish Fry will be held on March 22 this year. The CC Jones building located at 309 Holleman Street in downtown Apex provides a great site for this event. Serving will begin at 11:00 am and continue until 7:00 pm. You can come in and sit down to enjoy your… Read More »
This week we focused on membership. Our membership chair, Lion Horace Johnson kicked off the meeting with some words of encouragement and reminders about membership. This is something that we should all be thinking about every month. With all of the things we do to make Apex a better place to live it should be… Read More »
Sometimes things don’t go as planned. This evening we had an unfortunate speaker cancellation so our current President, PDG Wayne Faber put on a short program for us instead. He shared a video from the Boys And Girls Homes of North Carolina. Lions are one of the groups that supports this amazing organization along with… Read More »
This evening we were graced by the presence of Pastor David Baker from Green Level Baptist Church who brought us our traditional Christmas message. David started at Green Level Baptist as a youth pastor and is known by several of our members who currently or have previously attended Green Level Baptist Church. He is married… Read More »
This evening our guest speaker was Captain Steve Gillespie, retired US Navy Commander. Captain Steve shared a great deal of information about US Submarines including the USS North Carolina, a Virginia class attack submarine stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. There is a group of people that support the crew and families, promote awareness and support… Read More »
This evening we celebrated several achievements. First, our club is now 81 years old! Second, we celebrated another fabulously successful fundraiser at the State Fair. Finally, we celebrated some individual Lions with awards. Our emcee once again was Lion Horace Johnson (who also just so happens to be the manager of the State Fair fundraiser). … Read More »
Our special speaker this meeting was Shannon Cox, Senior Transportation Planner for the Town of Apex. Shannon discussed the transportation plans for the next 5 years for the Town of Apex. Currently the population in Apex is ~ 55,000, which means traffic can be very heavy during commute times. Residential Single Family homes in Apex is ~… Read More »
This week our guest speaker was Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison. Donnie was first elected Sheriff of Wake County in 2002 and was re-elected to second, third and fourth terms in 2006, 2010 and 2014. He is the first certified law enforcement officer to be elected Sheriff in Wake County. Before service Wake County as… Read More »
Hurricane Florence has had devastating and lasting effects on eastern North Carolina. We have learned that brooms are one thing that is desperately needed for the cleanup effort. As you may know, one fo the things Lions do is sell brooms! So the Apex Lions Club immediately donated $1,000 worth of brooms and had them… Read More »