This evening our special guest speaker was Mayor Jacques Gilbert. He has presented at our club in the past and returned this evening to give us an update on many things going on in the town of Apex. He began by thanking the Apex Lions for our many years of community service to the Town… Read More »
Our special guest speaker this evening was Janet Schanzenbach, Director of Development and Community Relations for North Carolina Reading Service. Janet’s priorities include working with Senior Living facilities as well as increasing awareness about NCRS through public speaking engagements, social media, and special events. She is also tasked with raising funds to support the mission… Read More »
Our special guest speaker this evening was Ben Barras. He was representing the Mayor’s Substance Misuse Task Force. And he has first-hand experience in the subject as a recovering alcoholic. So Ben shared some of his own personal story and shared some perspectives and information that many of us were not aware of. The statistics… Read More »
Speaking with us tonight was our own Apex Lion, Paul Dean. Paul, who is also an Assistant Scoutmaster at Apex Troop 209, provided an exciting and informative overview of BSA’s Philmont Scout Ranch – The Crown Jewel of High Adventure Bases. We learned that over 1,000,000 scouts from all over the world have visited this… Read More »
On June 21st, The Apex Limited Lions (ALL), made their first donation of snacks and achievement rewards to the under privileged children attending Salem Elementary School. The funds for these snacks were made from our Apex Lions Charitable Fund, a 501(c)3 tax deductible organization. The snacks are given to children who don’t have money to… Read More »
At our annual Board of Directors Installation meeting we had Past District Governor Wayne English back again to do the honors and performing the installation ceremony. This time he brought his bride new Lion Gloria English with him as well. Outgoing President Lion Carl Cromwell gave a heartwarming and thankful farewell address in which he… Read More »
This evening we presented two T.B. Holland Memorial scholarships. The first went to Jacob Page. Jacob is graduating from Apex High School and attending Appalachian State University in the fall. His major is Supply Chain Management, and he wants to get his master’s also. The next scholarship went to Tyler Hartman. Tyler is graduating from… Read More »
The trees at Camp Dogwood have grown and were starting to threaten some of the buildings and structures. The problem was that the absolute best estimate to get that work done was approximately $15,000 and only $5,000 had been raised. So the Apex Lions Club issued a challenge (something we have done in the past… Read More »
Sometimes you just need to roll with the punches… We had intended to do free vision screenings at Peakfest this year like we have been doing to the past several years. But our vision screening device decided not to participate. So we will be getting that repaired as soon as we can so it is… Read More »
The Apex Lions Club has joined forces with CAPA (Citizens Assisting Police of Apex) to host the Apex Community Fish Fry. This is a long standing event used to raise funds to go back into the community of Apex. After having missed the past 2 years that tradition will continue again in 2022. Both the… Read More »