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 »
We invited Tina McKenna, Development Director and only part time employee of Western Wake Crisis Ministry to give us an update about what has been happening there at our meeting on May 17th. Tina shared with us that WWCM is basically a food pantry which has been established to provide for the needs of local… Read More »
Congratulations to the Panther Creek High School Leo Club! A group of students at Panther Creek started up a Leo Club and have been sponsored by the Apex Lions Club. And on April 19th, 2012 they were chartered in a celebration event at the C.C. Jones building in Apex where the Apex Lions Club holds… Read More »
We lost a great Lion from our club in April. Lion Clarence Neblett Dillard , Jr born August 25, 1926 passed away peacefully with his family by his side. Lion Clarence joined the Apex Lions Club in 1971 and was a faithful Lion and attended meetings right up until the end. In fact his… Read More »
The Panther Creek Leo club will be sponsoring a car wash which will be held at Cambridge Village of Apex on Saturday May 26th from 11:00 a.m. till 4:00p.m. Map: http://g.co/maps/y5k2u Please spread the word and get your car washed that day to help our newest Leo’s raise funds for their charity!
Pictured are Lion Hamilton Martin, Apex Lions Club 1st Vice President and Lion Heather Allen, Fuquay Varina Lions Club President. This evening we had our annual joint meeting which is a tradition that has stood for many years. The Apex Lions Club sponsored the Fuquay Varina Lions Club and helped them get started. So we… Read More »
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 »