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30 Years of Service About the Lacey Sunrise Lions 30th anniversary pin. Our pin was designed
to celebrate our 30 years as a Lions Club. Among Lions Clubs, we are young.
The mountain represents the strength of our Lions Club with it's presence
always a part of our community. The trees represent our Lions who stand tall
as dedicated and hard-working volunteers: their branches reaching out for
new opportunities to serve. The sunrise represents our early morning club,
but more importantly the sunshine we bring into the lives of those in need.
The circle around the "30" represents our continuous commitment to the
citizens of Lacey. |
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| Charter Date: Nov 11, 1975 Charter night: Dec 15, 1975 Charter Members: 33 |
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The first recorded regular meeting of the Lacey Sunrise Lions Club was held at
730AM, November 13th, 1975 at the Horizon Room , Panorama City. There were 17 members
present. The Charter Officers were: President Neil Good, 1st VP Lew Watkins, 2nd VP Stan
Burger, 3rd VP Wayne DeGroat, Secretary Warren Grimm, Treasurer Rich Davenport,Lions Tamer
Mel Lewis, Tail Twister Bob Makula, 1yr Director Ben Finch, 1yr Director Larry Cleaver, 2
Yr. Director Dick Noble, 2 yr. Director Jim Sheerer. The sponsoring club was the Olympia Host Lions with Past International Director Howard Grimm of Olympia Host was our Guiding Lion. The first M & A was for the month of December 1975 and that indicated they had 33 members. Lacey Sunrise has sponsored two new Lions clubs. The Lacey Lamplighters Club was sponsored in 1981. The Lacey Midday Lions Club was sponsored in 1997. In May 2002 The Lacey Sunrise Lions Foundation was established as a 501 (c)(3) corporation. Our sponsoring club was the Olympia Host Lions. In November 2005, Olympia Host Lions and Lacey Sunrise Lions held a joint celebration called "100 Years of Community Service." Olympia Host was celebrating 70 years as a Lions club while Lacey Sunrise celebrated our 30th year as a Lions club. It was a grand celebration held at the Indian Summer Golf and Country Club. Many local dignitaries spoke about our combined service to our communities. It is regrettable that we lost our last charter member in 2005. Lacey Sunrise Lion is a strong club, a leader in our community, district and multiple district. Over the years many of our presidents have gone on to be leaders as Zone Chairmen or were appointed as a committee chairman in our District "C." Two members became District "C" Governors. Lacey Sunrise members can be proud of our accomplishments and the leadership role we have taken beyond the club level. Over the years, Lacey Sunrise membership has averaged 57 members. We feel our quality of leadership has made us a strong club and the fact we meet weekly, every Thursday morning, keeping up to date with information, fun and fellowship is easily obtainable. Lacey Sunrise has been involved in many outreach projects over the years. In 1977, we sponsored a Health Fair. This event was held at the Lacey Mall, the same area where Target and Sears are located today. In 1995 we transferred this event to Capital Mall. Unfortunately, changes in the Mall necessitated the end of 21 years of providing health information. Our most visible project is posting flags on the streets of Lacey. This project started in 1987; today we post over 200 flags. When the events of 9/11 occurred, Lacey city officials called their service department and stated, "fly the flags on our streets"… The reply, "what flags, we don’t put up any flags." After many phone calls, city officials discovered that Lacey Sunrise Lions were posting the colors. To this day we have a strong bond with the City of Lacey. Lacey Sunrise members volunteer for many outreach projects like Meals on Wheels, building wheelchair ramps, collecting for the Food Bank, volunteering at Camp Leo and the Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center. Lacey Sunrise members are involved, adhering to the Lions motto, "We Serve."
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| PAST PRESIDENTS Neil Good**
.................................................................... 1975 - 1977 * Deceased ** Served for Two Terms |
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Some of the members who have served Lionism in further offices include: Past District Governor: Past Zone Chairmen: |
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NECROLOGY of LIONS who passed away while active members of the Lacey Sunrise Lions Club In Memoriam of Past Lions: John Mangham |
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