Jeff Hastings, president of the Apex Chamber of Commerce, and son of one of our newest Lions Bob Hastings was our guest speaker this evening. Jeff shared with us the purpose of the chamber of commerce as well as the things that make the chamber of commerce unique. The Apex Chamber is located in the… Read More »
The speaker for our meeting this evening was our very own Lion Hamilton Martin. Lion Hamilton brought handed out a copy of “Roaring Along” from 1959! The newsletter which is currently our award winning newsletter published each month by Lion Newt Short still has the same name it did back then. That, however, cannot be… Read More »
Apex Lions Annual March fish fry is well known in the Apex Community. Annually for over 25 years people have gathered at the CC Jones Building on Holleman Street to enjoy Fried Fish, hush puppies, cole slaw and boiled potatoes prepared by the Apex Lions. From 11 am until 7:00 pm one can get the… Read More »
Lion Bob Griffith, District 31G Zone Chair for zone 5 visited the Apex Lions Club to be our guest speaker and to honor the Apex club with a “Club President Excellence Award”. This award is also called the “100% President” award and was presented to Lion Joe’l Lynde for her work as our president last… Read More »
We are sponsoring a new Leo club at Panther Creek High School! This will be an “Alpha Club” or ages 12-18. The Leo Club will operate like a Lions Club with it’s own student leadership and projects. It appears that there is quite a bit of interest for a Leo Club at Panther Creek High… Read More »
The 2011 Peace Poster winners were given their awards in December. The first place winner was Elise Weaver. She was presented with a $100 savings bond. A $75 savings bond was presented to the second place winner, Catherine Avery Ang. Third place went to Kelsey Elizabeth McCleneghen who received a $50 bond. There was an… Read More »
The 2011 North Carolina State Fair is well underway now and we are still serving up the same great food we always do! Please come on in and join us for breakfast, lunch and dinner! We got a special visit from one of our sight impaired beneficiaries, Noah Long, who got his picture taken at… Read More »
The outpouring of support for Tim Kerley and his family from the community of Apex was absolutely amazing! Here is a picture of Lion president Joelle Lynde standing with the Kerley family after having presented them with a check for the proceeds from the Fish Fry. We… Read More »
The Vision Van will again be at WakeMed Cary Hospital conducting free eye screenings on April 20, 2011. This is the third year the hospital has asked us to join them in participating in a free health fair for the benefit of all the hospital volunteers. Each volunteer has the opportunity to schedule appointments throughout… Read More »
The proceeds from this year’s Fish Fry scheduled for March 18th will be used to support someone in need with ties to the town of Apex and the Apex Lions Club. Tim Kerley was an Apex Police Officer from 1996-2007. And his father was a member of the Apex Lions Club. If you would… Read More »