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 and presented by our club to each of 5 camp counselors.
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,…
Lion Bob Peterson achieved a milestone of 50 years of Lions Club membership this year (2023-2024 Lions year).
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…
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…
District 2-S3 held its annual convention April 19 and 20 in San Marcos. One of the highlights was the formal nomination and election of our club member Lion Jeff Kunkel to become the District Governor for the upcoming Lions year 2024 – 25. (District Governor Elect until 1 July) Our club made a $500 donation…
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…