Saturday May 5 was a beautiful spring day for Lions to be serving their community. Eleven Lions and a Lions “helper” participated in the annual Apex Peakfest to perform vision screenings, provide information for recycling used eyeglasses, discuss what Lions do, sell Lion brooms and recruit new members. While we were a bit disappointed that… Read More »
This year the North Carolina Lions State Convention was held in Greensboro at the Airport Marriott. The special guest was Immediate Past International President Chancellor Bob Corlew. He is currently the Chairperson for Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) which is the financial support organization that works with Lions Clubs International. Lions Club International Foundation was… Read More »
What a great day working the Apex Lions Relays. The Apex Lions Club partnered with Apex High School back in 1979 to create the Relays for area schools to compete in. This year 44 schools from around the area participated. The teens we met were so polite and excited to be apart of the event!… Read More »
Joanna Helms, Economic Development Director for the Town of Apex was our special guest speaker this evening. Prior to being hired as the first Economic Development Director in Apex Joanna spent 21 years doing the job in Goldsboro. But since she grew up in Apex and even attended Apex High School she was ready to… Read More »
This years Fish Fry proceeds were allocated in part to Camp Dogwood. Camp Dogwood is a camp for the blind on Lake Norman which is owned and operated by North Carolina Lions, Inc. Lions and clubs from all across North Carolina contribute to maintain this amazing facility and service for the blind. Thanks to the… Read More »
This evening we were blessed with a follow-up visit by Beth Bordeaux, Executive Director of Western Wake Crisis Ministry. This year is the 35th anniversary for WWCM and in July Beth will celebrate her first year on staff. About a year before Beth was brought in the board of directors met and re-wrote the mission… Read More »
Once again this year the Apex Lions Club provided free eye screenings at the Apex Senior Health Fair. We were so busy we did not have time to take pictures. All told, we did a total of 59 screenings in a three hour period. Many thanks to the members who participated and volunteered their time!
Every year the Apex Lions Club hosts a joint meeting with the Fuquay-Varina Lions Club because we sponsored them many (over 75, actually) years ago. This past year we also sponsored the Wake Southwest Centennial (Holly Springs) Lions Club as well. So we invited them to the joint meeting, too. And we were “prowled” by… Read More »
The Apex Lions Clubs annual Fish Fry will be held on March 16 this year. The C C Jones building located at 309 Holleman Street in downtown Apex provides a great site for our annual fund raising event. Serving will be from 11:00 am until 7:00 PM. You can come in sit down to enjoy… Read More »
Last month we missed both of our regular meetings due to snow. This month we made up for lost time! We began our meeting by installing a new member. Lion Kathy Faber is the daughter of Lion Barbara Faber, Lion Gil Faber (deceased) and sister of Past District Governor Wayne Faber who had the honor… Read More »