CHARLOTTE EASTERN LIONS

	District 31-C CHARLOTTE EASTERN LIONS North Carolina United States
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Meetings:

When:

First & Third Thursdays of each month

12:30 p.m. Buffet Luncheon

Where:

CHARLOTTE EASTERN LIONS CLUB meets

at the former Valentino\'s/Ovations site

3014 East Independence Boulevard

(next to Ovens Auditorium and the Ramada Inn)

Officers:

	Name	Office Tel	Home Tel
President	Sue Keene
1st Vice President
Secretary	Jim Fulton
Treasurer	Bud Fitzsimmons
Membership Chairman	Ken Smith

Announcements :

IT'S GREAT TO BE A LION!

CHARLOTTE EASTERN LIONS CLUB

History and Highlights

Past District Governors From Our Club

C. H. Touchberry (1959-1960)

D. Harold Reid (1973-1974)

Farris Brantley (1980-1981)

Thomas R. (Rudy) Topping (1983-1984)

John O'Malley (1994-1995)

Dolores O'Malley (2006-2007)

Past President NCLF From Our Club

John O'Malley (2003-2004)

Our Club has organized five (5) Clubs:

April 1958Hickory Grove Lions Club (C.H. Touchberry, Guiding Lion)

March 1974SouthPark Lions Club (Farris Brantley, Guiding Lion)

March 1975Charlotte Evening Lions Club (Farris Brantley, Guiding Lion)

April 1978Metrolina Deaf Lions Club (Farris Brantley, Guiding Lion)

March 1998Pineville Lions Club (Farris Brantley, Guiding Lion)

We are proud of the Hickory Grove Lions with 47 years of distinguished service and two (2) PDGs and the SouthPark Lions with 31 years of distinguished service and three (3) PDGs.

Charlotte Eastern Lions Club has served over 54 years. We co-hosted two (2) State Conventions. PDG Rudy Topping co-chaired the Committee to Elect Bill Woolard International President.

The Jim Bell Library for the Blind at Metrolina Association for the Blind is named in honor of the late Jim Bell, a member of our Club.

PDG Harold Reid (deceased) contributed the materials & labor to wire a cottage at Camp Dogwood. Reid, along with PDG Milton Panetti (deceased) of the Charlotte Southern Lions and PIP Bill Woolard (deceased) of the Charlotte Central Lions, spearheaded the effort to re-establish the Workshop for the Blind, which is now Lions Services, Inc. Lions Bud Fitzsimmons, Jim Fulton, Kathy Reid and Ken Smith have represented our Club on the LSI Board of Directors over the past decade.

We award a Scholarship annually for a graduating Senior at East Mecklenburg High School in memory of the late Lion D.K. Pittman, a long-time Principal at East Meck and instructor for District 31-C Secretary training for many years.

We currently have 23 Members: 16 Active + 4 Life + 3 At-Large.

Activities :

2007 BROOM SALE!

FREE DELIVERY

for all sales in Mecklenburg County

e-mail: charlotteeasternlions@yahoo.com for inventory & pricing information.

100% of all profit benefits our Benevolent Fund

award