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 »
On Saturday, July 28 at the Pilot Lions Club we celebrated the 2017-2018 club year with our awards banquet. Immediate Past District Governor Steve McLaurin shared some of his experiences and thanked the team for all the hard work that was done this past year. It was a very good year for our district in… Read More »
Our special guest speaker this evening was Shelby Jordan. Shelby is the daughter of one of our newest members and the grand daughter of a long time member of our club. Shelby shared her passion for an organization called the Starkey Hearing Foundation. As a recent graduate of UNC Wilmington and a member of Delta… Read More »
Thursday, June 21st was Officer Installation night. This is the meeting where the club officers for the upcoming year are properly installed with an official ceremony. Our incoming president, Past District Governor Wayne Faber asked Past District Governor Sandy Scarlett from the Durham Lions Club to perform our installation ceremony and she graciously accepted and… Read More »
We had a very busy meeting this week. The first order of business was to vote on the incoming slate of officers and directors. The vote was unanimous and we plan to have our installation at our next meeting on June 21st. After that Lion Wayne read a thank you letter from the Apex Police… Read More »
