To all who came by and supported The Apex Lions State Fair Food Booth … THANK YOU for making this year’s project a great success.  It was our pleasure to have you join us. To our repeat customers, it was so nice to see you and know that you were able to come out to the… Read More »

Once again we partnered with Western Wake Crisis Mission to do a food distribution. This time it was Thanksgiving Turkeys and groceries. As you can see from the attached photo we had quite a nice showing of members – and even a few potentially new members – for this event. In all we served about… Read More »

After a very successful State Fair project this year we had a wonderful evening of celebration at our 85th annual banquet! Lion Dave Delehanty presided and Lion Horace Johnson served in his usual roles as emcee and host. Horace began the meeting with introductions of members and guests and then proceeded to give a bit… Read More »

Tonight our own Lion Paul Dean provided an informative presentation on the fun outdoor activity known as Geocaching. Geocaching is a type of global treasure hunt of people looking for caches, or hidden stashes of objects. Paul explained that there are hundreds of geocaches all around Apex and that finding them is a great way to get outside and look for them in… Read More »

We got another update from Joanna Helms, Director of Economic Development for the Town of Apex this evening. She has been a guest speaker a few times before so it was good to have her back again for some new information. And she had plenty of new information to share! She started off by reminding… Read More »

After hearing of The Apex Limited Lions (ALL) members supplying snacks and supplies for the underprivileged students attending Salem Elementary School, one of our Board Members was contacted by Candice Lewis, Counselor, of Olive Chapel Elementary School inquiring if we would consider helping their students, too. Conversation started between the ALL group and Ms. Lewis.… Read More »

We participated once again in the Apex Night Out event which was combined with the “Touch A Truck” event as well this year. As usual, we did free Vision Screenings. Although the event only lasted 2.5 hours we did a little over 30 free screenings and only made a handful of referrals.

Back in the early 1940’s the Apex Lions were asked to set up a booth at the fair and provide food for the fair goers.  Well, that has not changed since 1943.  The club has been in the same location and has provided a wide range of food over the years.  Homemade buttermilk biscuits with… Read More »

Our distinguished guest this evening was current District Governor Allen Swaim. Our first order of business was to install our newest member Kevin Conroy. Pictured here are Lion Paul Dean (sponsor), Lion Kevin Conroy and DG Allen Swaim. DG Allen is a very good speaker and storyteller. This evening he did not disappoint. First he… Read More »

This past year members of the Apex Lions Club who have mobility issues and cannot do some of the projects of the club, such as the NC Fair Booth, started looking for new ways to serve our community. These members have become to be known as ALL, Apex Limited Lions. One of the many considerations… Read More »