Triple Treat
Past District Governer Gene English was our guest this evening and he provided us with a triple treat! First he installed a new member, Lion James Watson. Then he installed a new 3rd Vice President, Lion Jolene Umbenhauer. Finally, he provided us with a program on the Boys & Girls Home of North Carolina. The… Read More »
2015 Mid-Winter Convention
The 2015 Mid-Winter Convention is now complete. It was bittersweet in that it was a good convention but, sadly, it was the last such convention for District 31-G. That’s because we will be redistricting next year and will be a part of new District 31-S going forward. On the bright side, we are going to… Read More »
Why?
Why do people become Lions? And, what exactly do Lions do? Those are some questions that we have probably wondered ourselves at one time or have heard when someone found out that we were a member of a Lions club. We had a very interesting and inspiring meeting this evening and the subjects of the speakers came… Read More »
Christmas Story 2014
We usually invite a pastor from a local church to our last meeting of the year to share the Christmas story with us as a reminder of the hope we have in Jesus. This year, Lion Larry Jordan invited Jenny Wilson from Apex United Methodist church. Unfortunately, she came down with the flu and was unable… Read More »
Growth!
The theme of this evenings meeting seemed to be growth. Both in terms of membership to our club as well as regarding traffic in the area. The first order of business was to install two new members into our club. Past District Governor Wayne Faber performed the installation ceremony for new Lions Bill Lemon and… Read More »
77th Annual Banquet – 2014
We celebrated our 77th year in style this past Thursday night. We had about 80 people in attendance for our banquet this year. These included District Governor Lion Ron Beltran and his wife 2nd Vice DG Barbara Beltran, 1st Vice DG Lion Karl Ernst and his wife Lion Barbara Ernst, members of the Apex club and… Read More »
New District Web Sites
The new district web sites were presented for the very first time this past weekend at the Council of Governors meeting in Aberdeen, NC. Pictured here is Lion John Lynde demonstrating some of the features of the new sites to the eight current district governors as well as the five district governor elects who will… Read More »
VIP Fishing Tournament 2014
This year 525 blind & visually impaired people took over the outer banks of North Carolina for the annual VIP Fishing Tournament held Oct 20th thru 24th. More than 175 Lion volunteers and their spouses/guests helped to assist. We started off Sunday after a cookout for the volunteers setting up tables., chairs, the stage and preparing… Read More »
State Fair 2014 Review
Thanks to everyone who volunteered to work at the Fair Booth this year. With the exceptions of a couple periods we had good coverage during the entire fair. We had great support from our Lions, Scouts, Leo’s, CAPA and Friends of Lions. The weather was on our side. Not a drop of rain fell from… Read More »