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 »
The Apex Lions Club participated in the Apex Community Senior Health fair on September 12, 2018. We provided vision screenings to 25 seniors. Our eye screening device takes a picture of the eyes and we provide a printed result of the reading. The results will share if an eye exam is needed. This year we… Read More »
Our special guest speaker this evening was Martina Moore-Reid who is a Community Accessibility Specialist with the Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing under the Department of Health and Human Services. Martina has been in this role for more than 14 years providing advocacy, consultation, and training to agencies and individuals. … Read More »
This evening our speaker was Byron Schaefer, Troop 209 Scout Master. Byron became Scout Master of Troop 209 in January succeeding Jeff Kidd. He provided us with an update of the state of the troop. Troop 209 is chartered by the Apex Lions Club so they provide updates annually to our membership as well. Currently… Read More »
This evening we were visited by Past District Governor, Herb Justice. He came from his club in North Raleigh to provide us with an update on the business of our state organization North Carolina Lions, Incorporated. His presentation started with some funny remarks about what life was like in the 1950s. Then he provided a… Read More »
For dessert this evening, thanks to the birthday of one of our members Lion Pat Nemmers (and her willingness to provide a very nice cake to share) we celebrated the birthdays and anniversaries of our members in the month of August. At tonight’s meeting our guest speaker was Joyce Loebsack, Joyce is a Geriatric Care… Read More »