New Members Inducted 18 September

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…

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 held its annual Awards and Installation Banquet on 8 June 2024 at the Emmie Seele Faust Memorial Library.   Our special guest speaker was Chris Gunstream, GAT Chair Constitutional Area 1A and PDG of District MD2-S1.  Chris’s wife Lion Linda was also our special guest.   We were also honored with PDG Larkin Smith, District MD2-S3,…

As it has become a tradition, our club provides a scholarship to Lions Camp counselors selected by the camp staff.   On July 12th, members of our club traveled to the Texas Lions Camp in Kerrville to attend the Awards Night and participate in the celebration.   As part of the ceremonies a $1000 scholarship was awarded…

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…

During our annual Awards and Installation Banquet in June, Melvin Jones Fellowship awards to Lion Joe Vasquez and Lion Glenn Herman were announced.  Once the official award packages arrived, these were presented at club meetings to Joe and Glenn.