Our special guest speaker this evening was Apex Police Department Detective Josh MacMonagle. Pictured here are (L to R) Lion Bekki Bennett, Detective Josh MacMonagle, and Lion Wayne Faber. Detective MacMonagle came to speak to us about a relatively new threat in law enforcement not just here in Apex, but across the country. This threat… Read More »
Tonight’s program speaker was Michael Dorman, Executive Director of Military Missions In Action (MMIA). Michael has a big heart for our disabled veterans. A retired Coast Guard veteran himself, he established Military Missions In Action back in 2007 because he believes that all disabled veterans should have the right to live independently. Michael shared a… Read More »
We had a busy meeting tonight! First, we had a new Lion installed. Our newest Lion, Wendy, is pictured on left along side her sponsor, Lion Bekki. Welcome to the Apex Lions Club Lion Wendy! We also learned about this year’s Environmental Photo Contest from Lion Barbara, District Chairperson for this year’s photo contest.… Read More »
Cindy Emens along with Isabelle and Pete shared some information with is this evening about their service project called Operation Sweet Tooth. This is a group of folks with a heart for serving our men and women in the military who are stationed overseas. They prepare boxes packed full of snacks like nuts, crackers, cookies,… Read More »
Our very own Lion Wayne Faber presented us with information about the Visually Impaired Person (V.I.P.) Fishing Tournament at our meeting July 19th, 2012. The North Carolina Lions VIP Fishing Tournament is a non-profit organization celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2012. The project brings in 525 participants from across North Carolina for three days of… Read More »
Under the leadership of its President, Larry Jordan, the Apex Lions have just completed another banner year of service to the community and to the visually impaired and deaf. The Club logged over 3300 hours of community service. This included such things as volunteering at Wake Med, transporting senior citizens to their doctor appointments, working… Read More »
The Panther Creek High School Leo Club is sponsoring a Blood Drive On Thursday – July 19th, 2012 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm Location: Cary Park McDonald’s (4980 Cary Glen Boulevard, Cary) Make your donation appointment at: mysignup.com/pantherblood Or contact Rizwan Dard at rizz7germany@gmail.com or 919-454-5929 All donors receive a pair of movie tickets to… Read More »
Lion W C Mills went to be with his Lord and Savior on July 3, 2012. Lion W.C. was a true Lion for 45 years. He was active in all the Apex Lions activities and could be counted on to be present at meetings and all club projects. He was our MC for many years… Read More »
Lion Gil Faber, a Past District Governor (PDG) and member of the Apex Lions Club installed the new officers for this next year. Installed were the following lions: President Hamilton Martin, 1st VP Bekki Bennett, 2nd VP John Lynde, Secretary Nick Somma, Treasurer Greg Monteleone, Tail Twister John Potts, Lion Tamer David Lawrence,… Read More »
At our June 7th meeting we had two special events to celebrate. The first was the success of the 2012 Relay Races at Apex High School and the second was the scholarships to be awarded to three outstanding students from Apex High School. Athletic director Del Phillips gave us some statistics about the relay races. … Read More »