April 1, 2026 Board Meeting
Marietta Noon Lions Board Meeting Minutes April 1st, 2026 7:00pm Lafayette Hotel
Lions in Attendance: B. Byers, P. Byers, B. Hadfield, St. Stormes, Sh. Stormes, G. Ingram, L. Peterson, R. Ferguson, J. Greene, K. Burnworth, R. Burnworth, S. Marshall, T. Henderson via Zoom: K. Hadfield, C. Archer, O. Cartmell
Secretary Report: Lion K. Burnworth/S. Camacho
The minutes from the March board meeting were emailed to the club. Lion R. Ferguson made a motion to accept and Lion B. Byers seconded the motion. The motion passed.
Treasurer’s Report: Lion B. Byers
The treasurer’s figures for March were emailed prior to the board meeting with the Activity Fund at $27,574.33 & Admin Fund at $9,506.06. Lion B. Hadfield made a motion to accept and Lion J. Greene seconded the motion. The motion passed. Checks are rolling in for BoH that have to be deposited.
Service Chair Report: Lion Sh. Stormes/Lion J. Greene
Lion K. Burnworth said the roadside cleanup happened on 3/21 and thank you to those who showed up. We have a new AAH Coordinator contact, as Christi VanMeter, our previous contact retired. Lion K. Burnworth hasn’t picked the next clean up date but will send out an email when it’s scheduled.
Lion S. Marshall said she will go to the building to assess current inventory for the Earth Day event. She will be looking for donated items (likely peanut butter, bird seed, and a disposable metal cake pan) and needs volunteers for the event from 10-1 on April 25th. She’ll send out an email after checking at the building.
2nd VP Report: Lion St. Stormes
Bridge of Heroes Update: Lion St. Stormes said we’re off to a great start with flag sales at 103 sponsored so far (we had a total of 140 last year). He’s sent emails twice to the 134 emails on file for people who have bought them before and also emailed local businesses about corporate sponsorships. It looks like all but one sponsor from last year will be returning and we’ve gotten 2 new ones as well. Please share posts on facebook that thank our sponsors and posts about sponsoring flags. He put up a new banner on the armory lawn this morning and has posters and flyers available for anyone who can help hang them up or distribute. We will for sure be present at the May First Friday. There will be a maintenance day in late April or early May. Flags will go up on May 21st.
Jeep Poker Run Fundraiser Stop – The event will be on August 15th and the committee so far is Steve Stormes, Randy Burnworth, and Sara Camacho. If you’d like to join this committee, please reach out to Steve. The first meeting will take place ½ hour early before next month’s board meeting.
Car Show – Lion S. McCarthy wasn’t present but is looking for volunteers for help with this event on Father’s Day.
1st VP Report: Lion B. Hadfield
Sight saving 4 Applications, 0 approved , 0 denied, 0 referred 4 pending.
Slate of Officers – Bob said he is still looking to fill several positions but the current list is President: Bob Hadfield, !st VP: Steve Stormes, 2nd VP: OPEN, Service Chair: Sidney Marshall, Secretary: OPEN (Sidney Marshall considering), Treasurer: Peggy Byers, Assistant Treasurer: Bob Ferguson, Membership: Greg Ingram, Scholarship: Bob Ferguson, Lion Tamer: Tom Henderson, LCIF: OPEN, Tail Twister: OPEN, Community & Youth: OPEN, 2 year board member: Shelly Stormes, Carla Archer, 1 open spot
President’s Report: Lion P. Byers
Lion P. Byers said that the Lafayette has informed us the lunch price will increase to $15 effective the 2nd meeting of this month. They said we can continue as we have or order off the menu if we prefer. There was some discussion that we all agree the food quality has gone down and the price has gone up. The current system doesn’t make it conducive for anyone to just show up and join the meeting. Lion J. Greene said this might be a sign and a good time to switch things up and explore other venues such as room options at the Betsey Mills, the back room at Jeremiah’s, or other places downtown. Lion R. Burnworth said there is meeting space at the new Wilky’s Market. Lion J. Greene made a motion to approve the price increase but explore new meeting location options. Lion R. Ferguson seconded the motion and the motion passed. Lion J. Greene will check with Jeremiah’s on meeting room cost and Lion R. Burnworth will inquire about Wilky’s. If you have other options like at a church or can explore new downtown meeting spaces, please inquire and bring info back to the club.
LCIF Coordinator: Lion O. Cartmell said he didn’t receive anything official from LCIF but did view the 2024-2025 annual report from LCIF about where the dollars were spent and over 43 million was given out in grants worldwide that year. It’s really good stuff and you can look it up online to read it.
Community & Youth: Lion B. Burnworth
Lion B. Burnworth was not present. President P. Byers said she received a letter from Lion B. Burnworth requesting to resign from the Community & Youth position and be dropped in good standing from the club.
Scouting Jamboree Sponsorship – no one present knew about this request. Lion K. Burnworth will ask Lion B. Burnworth if he an forward this information for the club to review.
OSUE Master Gardener & Juvenile Center Garden Donation – Lion St. Stormes made a motion to donate $250 and Lion B. Byers seconded the motion. The motion passed.
Lion T. Henderson was not at the previous board meeting and had some questions about the donation to the Visitation Center. Lion C. Archer was on Zoom and filled him in on the details.
Lion G. Ingram said the Lions Club Baseball Field prep is currently underway for Spring.
Membership (46) Lion G. Ingram
Lion G. Ingram said we’re holding at 46 members. Lion K. Burnworth said we do need to vote on Lion B. Burnworth’s request to be dropped from the club in good standing so she made a motion to drop him in good standing. Lion R. Ferguson seconded the motion and the motion passed.
Publicity: Lion S. Camacho
OLPCF Shoe Collection – Lion S. Camacho was not present but Lion K. Burnworth said to please continue to collect new/gently used shoes for this fundraiser and feel free to drop them in the building if needed. We do have community boxes for collection at Threadz Boutique and Advantage Real Estate. Please share the facebook posts to get the word out to the community. Lion J. Greene wondered what happens to the leftover shoes from the Zonta event—might be worth checking.
Scholarship: Lion R. Ferguson
Lion R. Ferguson said he should get an updated total soon for the fund through the end of March. We will be giving away 3 $2,000 scholarships at the senior assembly this year and he did ask that the career center students be included in the scholardship selection.
Old Business:
District Convention Recap: Congrats to Lion R. Ferguson for earning Lion of the Year at convention. He and Lion S. Marshall shared some feedback from their attendance at convention.
State Convention is May 16th. The club did vote to cover the $15 cost for those going to the business portion of the convention to vote. Please get RSVPs to Lion S. by April 10th.
New Business: none
We did Good of the order and adjourned.
Respectfully submitted, Secretary Lion K. Burnworth