Where:15115 NW 142nd Terrace or
(15115 Lions Club Terrace)
| Name | Office Tel | Home Tel |
| President |
| | |
| 1st Vice President | Don James | | |
| Secretary | Warren Woolsey | | |
| Treasurer | Gary Hardacre | | |
| Membership Chairman | Gib Coerper | | |
LIONS FACTS Melvin Jones, founder of Lions clubs, held the first meeting in Chicago on June 7, 1917. The Lions club is the largest service club in the world with 1,379,000 members worldwide. The Lions club is represented in 190 countries and geographical areas around the world. The Lions Sight First program has as its gosl to eliminate preventable, curable causes of blindness. The Association of Lions Clubs became "International" in the year 1920 when the Windsor, Ontario, Canada Lions Club joined our organization. ********************************************************************************************************************** OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE Our organization seeks service minded individuals willing to serve their community without personal financial reward, who will dedicate themselves to encouraging efficiency and promoting high ethical standards in commerce, industry, profession, public service and private endeavors. Any person of legal age, good moral character, and of good reputation in the community may be granted membership. ********************************************************************************************************************** WHAT DO LIONS DO? Lions are men and women who volunteer their time to humanitarian causes in their local and world communities. By conducting service projects and raising funds, Lions strive to help those in need wherever need exists. The Association was founded in 1917 and in 1925 Helen Keller addressed the Lions at their annual International Convention, challenging them to become "Knights of the Blind in the Crusade Against Darkness." Since that time, service to the blind and visually impaired has become one of the association's most significant activities. In addition, Lions take part in service activities emphasizing diabetes awareness, education and research; work with the mentally and physically impaired; community welfare; youth programs and many other projects. ********************************************************************************************************************** ALACHUA LIONS CLUB The first Alachua Lions club was chartered in February 26, 1931 with 21 members. The club met at noon at Fugates Cafe on Main Street. Sponsoring the local Boy Scout Troop was one of their first projects. In the late 1930s the club became inactive and was re-chartered on January 19, 1940. We met at the Cook Hotel for a few months and then moved to the old log cabin. The meeting time has been changed to 6:30 p.m. each second and fourth Thursday, as it remains today. The first acitivity started by the new club was the Cattlemen's Banquet. The objective was to raise money for their service projects and to promote the cattle industry in this area. In March 2010 the club will sponsor the 71st Cattlemen's Banquet which is the longest ongoing Lions Project in the state of Florida. For many years the club operated the Newmansville Cemetery which was split off as a seperate corporation in the early 1980s. The club provides members for two seats on the Board of Directors of that corp. The Lions motto "WE SERVE" is very much a way of life for the Alachua Lions Club. **********************************************************************************************************************
Our yearly fundraising and community service activities are: Cattlemen's Banquet-Christmas Parade - Christmas Drawing - White Cane Awareness Walk - White Cane Drive - Sante Fe College Arts Festival - UF National Championship License plates. Send suggestions or e-mails to Martin Meder. My e-mail address is sportsmanone@bellsouth.net.
The Alachua Lions club supports: Alachua Recreation Programs, Cub Scouts and Boy scouts, College Scholarship Program for a Santa Fe High School Student, Food for Kids of
Alachua Program, Eyeglasses and Hearing Aids for those in need.
