Club member Daniel J. (DJ) Martinez sponsored the daughter of his good friends to attend the Texas Lions Camp. She attended the June 23 – 29 session for children with Down Syndrome. At the June 28 Awards Night, DJ joined with the family to celebrate.
At our 17 July club meeting, our special guest speaker was District Governor Jeff Kunkel. Jeff discussed his goals for the district clubs that included growing membership, doing service projects with community awareness, exemplifying to new members our passion to serve our community. Other special guests were the 1st Vice District Governor Dennis Gutierrez and…
Members of our NB Evening Lions club participated in the Downtown Spooktacular event on 24 October 2024. “This event offers safe Trick-or-Treating for kids on the streets of downtown New Braunfels. Downtown businesses, along with the New Braunfels Police Department, Fire Department, Solid Waste & Recycling Division, and many others, will have over 50…
At our 4 December club meeting, Donna Dishman of Canine Classmates organization was our guest speaker. The mission of Canine Classmates is “to encourage and improve literacy and socialization skills for struggling and at-risk Pre-K through 5th grade students through pairing mentors and trained service dogs in a one-on-one program that is positive, nurturing and…
The Kindermasken Parade and Ball events were held 11 May 2024 at the New Braunfels Heritage Society grounds. This event is one of the oldest traditions in New Braunfels. Hermann Seele, one of the city’s first teachers, founded this costumed parade for school children in 1856. He wanted to establish a May Day celebration for…
Our club is a sponsor of the New Braunfels Youth Lacrosse organization. Two of our newer members, Cortney and Amanda Kinnan, are involved in supporting the NBYL activities with their 2 sons, Cade and Decker, on the team. The Kinnan family gave a presentation about the youth lacrosse organization at our 5 March club meeting…
Lion Bob Peterson achieved a milestone of 50 years of Lions Club membership this year (2023-2024 Lions year).