2021 Annual Banquet

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 »

A Little Forestry

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 »

COVID-19 Vaccines

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 »

2021 State Fair Update

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 »

Well Balanced!

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 »

Two New Members Installed

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 »

2021 Scholarships

Each year the Apex Lions Club awards Apex Area High School students with a T.B. Holland Memorial College Scholarship. As we review the applications we look for a student’s leadership roles and service within the community. This year we have given three scholarships to very deserving students. Riley Dunford is a graduate from Apex Friendship… Read More »

A Conversation About Healthcare

This evening we had a speaker join us from out of town. Robert Luisana drove in from Greensboro and brought his son John to assist with the slides. Rob Luisana graduated from East Carolina University, in 1973, where he was Student Body President. He is a former Guilford County teacher and basketball coach, as well… Read More »

Camp Dogwood & V.I.P Fishing Tournament

This evening we had a program provided by our very own PDG Wayne Faber. He is not only our state chair for Camp Dogwood but he is also on the board of the VIP Fishing Tournament as well. Wayne has many years of experience with both of these events and he took some time to… Read More »

Lions Club International Foundation Campaign 100

Our speaker this evening was PDG Herb Justice. He brought us a program on Campaign 100 to provide some updates and remind us of this important worldwide fundraising event. Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) turned 50 years old in June of 2018. Through the awarding of over US $1 billion in grants, we have saved… Read More »