The Apex Lions Club participated in Peakfest 2014 on Saturday May 3rd. The NC Lions Vision Van was used for the screening. It was a beautiful day and a large number were in attendance for the fest. In 6 hours, 10AM-4PM, our club provided vision and hearing screening to 65 Peakfest attendees. This was the… Read More »
Our guest speaker this evening was the new Executive Director of the Apex Chamber of Commerce, Stephen Xavier. Stephen is originally from Providence, Rhode Island and currently lives in Chapel Hill but plans to move to Apex in the next few months. He is the author of more than 40 articles in business publications and… Read More »
Thank you to our speaker this evening, Jack Thorpe and Bella from NC CERT (NC Canine Emergency Rescue Team). NC Cert is a 501(c) corporation serving North Carolina and the surrounding states providing highly skilled search & canine teams 24 hours a day. They respond to requests from law enforcement, emergency management and other official… Read More »
Tonight Lion Horace went over the list of those who will be there to serve for the Annual Apex Lions Club Fish Fry. We also went over the list of duties needed to be complete for set up of the event. Our group applauded our Lions who were able to assist in set up the… Read More »
For our first meeting in March, we had a lot of different things going on. First, we had a special guest. Pictured to the left is Nathaniel who is a local high school student. Nathaniel needed an idea for his senior project and came to realize that almost everyone in his family wore glasses. He… Read More »
What a night we had this evening! This was our annual joint meeting with the Fuquay Varina Lions Club (who we sponsored many years ago) and that is always a special night. But on top of that this year we also had District Governor Sandy Scarlett as our speaker AND we installed 6 new members… Read More »
I hope you are already thinking of volunteering with us this summer. We need you! Volunteering for a week with visually impaired/blind campers will be the most rewarding experience of your summer. You can make a significant difference in the lives of the blind and visually impaired. Do you have a good energy level? Do… Read More »
Our speaker this evening was the new Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 209, Jeff Kidd. The Apex Lions Club is the charter organization for Troop 209 and also Pack 312. Jeff has taken over the Scoutmaster duties from Stacey Barbour after many years of service. Jeff was born in Dalton, GA and received his degree… Read More »
It’s a question that we get asked a lot. What exactly do Lions do? Well, we are the world’s larges community service organization so we serve! Each Lions club serves it’s own local community as well as contributing to the larger Lions Club International organization which organizes the efforts for the big causes relating primarily… Read More »
We actually had two programs this evening. The first one was about the work that NC Lions do to help boys and girls in need and the second was to learn about an opportunity to help fight cancer. First up was Lion Gene English who spoke to us about the Boys and Girls Homes… Read More »
