At our 7 January club meeting, members brought donations of healthy, non-perishable food items to start the new year with purpose, compassion, and service. As a result, the total of our donation of boxed and canned food items amounted to 500 pounds.
Our club is again sponsoring 3 girls to attend the Bluebonnet Girls State program. Our donation for sponsorhip was presented to the local American Legion Auxiliary on 15 December at the Post 179. The Girls State program will take place at Texas Lutheran University.
At our 17 April club meeting, Crystal Moore, Executive Director of the Comal County Habitat for Humanity, was our guest speaker. We presented our donation of $5000 to Executive Director Moore. “Casas De Esperanza” is Comal County Habitat’s latest housing project. “Located in the west end neighborhood of beautiful New Braunfels, Comal County Habitat for Humanity…
Members and Leaders of Scout Troop and Pack 163 helped us work the Opa parking lot last fall during Wurstfest. They were our guest at our 19 March 2025 club meeting. Each them talked about their part in this local scouting organization and expressed a desire to participate in other service projects we will have. …
The wildfires in Lions District 2-T1 have caused a disaster in Canadian, Texas and other communities close by. Many homes and other properties have been destroyed by the fires and lives have been lost. At our club meeting on 6 March 2024, we approved a donation of $2000 to the Panhandle of Texas Lions Foundation…
LCIF Coordinator for District 2-S3, Lion Sara Coots, was our guest speaker at our 20 August club meeting. She presented an overview of the LCI Foundation and how Lions around the world provide financial support that is then available to support humanitarian needs worldwide. Lion Sara reported that Lions clubs in constitutional area 1, the…
Lion Bob Miller, chair of our Eyeglasses committee, has reported For April 2025 that 6 boxes containing 500 to 1000 eyeglasses have been collected and sent to the Midland facility. For March 2025 that“Delivered 3 boxes of glasses to the post office today. 100 credit to Marion Lions Club and 150 credit to NBE Lions. …