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 to help with the disaster relief.
At our 3 January club meeting, our guest speaker was Jacob Huereca, CEO of the non-profit organization Connections. Connections started in 1981 as an organization to support at-risk youth in Comal County and has expanded to serve 17 counties with counseling, prevention programming, an emergency children’s shelter and a youth transitional living program. Connections One…
We will be supporting this event on March 21st for the second year. Our club will run the silent auction and also be fund-raising for the Leader Dogs program. We will have a booth to promote Lionism and our club as well. 5 volunteers (members/family/friends) are needed to participate in these activities during the Pups…
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. All of these donated items were delivered to the New Braunfels Food Bank…
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…
On December 30th, NB Evening Lions Jeff and 1st VP Terri Kunkel donated several boxes of housewares to help outfit the new apartments coming soon at the Crisis Center of Comal County. They did this in memory of Garrett Kunkel. These housewares were intended to be used by Garrett when he moved out but now…
Scouts and leaders from local Troop 119 again helped our club with our annual fund raiser at Wurstfest by participating in the operation of the Opa and Oma parking lot. Our club donated funds raised from the parking lot operation to the troop. Presentation of the donation was made at our 3 January club meeting.