May 6, 2026 Board Meeting
Marietta Noon Lions Board Meeting Minutes
May 6th, 2026
7:00pm Lafayette Hotel
Lions in Attendance: L. Peterson, G. Ingram, B. Hadfield, B. Byers, P. Byers, B. Ferguson, St. Stormes, Sh. Stormes, K. Burnworth, L. Hawn & via Zoom: C. Archer, S. Camacho, K. Boersma, K. Hadfield, S. Marshall
Secretary Report: Lion K. Burnworth/S. Camacho
The minutes from the April board meeting were emailed to the club. Lion B. Hadfield made a motion to accept and Lion B. Ferguson 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 $36,777.33 & Admin Fund at $11,042.86. Lion K. Burnworth made a motion to accept and Lion Sh. Stormes seconded the motion. The motion passed. Lion B. Byers and he and Lion P. Byers presented the scholarships and 2 of the 3 recipients were there to accept them. Lion B. Merritt did get some pics so she should be sending those soon for us to post to Facebook.
Service Chair Report: Lion Sh. Stormes/Lion J. Greene
Earth Day Recap – Lion St. Stormes said Lion S. Marshall did a great job and there were about 50-60 bird feeders made. He and Lion. B. Ferguson were also there to promote Bridge of Heroes. Lion S. Marshall chimed in later, thanking those who contributed and for Lions Steve and Bob for helping.
Roadside Cleanup – Lion K. Burnworth said she hasn’t picked the next clean up date but it may be early June. Stay tuned.
2nd VP Report: Lion St. Stormes
Bridge of Heroes Update: Lion St. Stormes said there are only 50 more flag sponsorships available this year. We’re also up to 17 sponsors from 13 last year. He said Lion S. Camacho has been doing a great job spotlighting the sponsors on Facebook. He and Lion. B. Ferguson attended 1st Friday and sold 3 sponsorships and handed out a lot of forms. Flag maintenance day was yesterday. 60 brackets were replaced on the bridge and only 6 flags needed to be replaced. We did replace all 4 Lions flags. Flags will go up on May 21st and come down on May 28th.
Jeep Poker Run Fundraiser Stop – The event will be on August 15th and our time will fall in the afternoon. Lion S. Camacho has left messages for Gator’s to see if they will be our location and Lion St. Stormes said they’ll be reaching out to Victory Jeep to see if they want to help sponsor. They are still kicking around a theme idea and will likely come to the club for money to help with the theme items when picked.
Father’s Day Car Show – Lion S. McCarthy was not present, but Lion St. Stormes said he’s still looking for volunteers, so please reach out if you can help. Also, please bring any door prize donations that you can for the event. Lion L. Hawn said car books, microfiber towels, the car cleaning buckets, etc. are all welcomed.
1st VP Report: Lion B. Hadfield
Sight saving 5 Applications, 5 approved , 0 denied, 0 referred 0 pending. So far this month, he’s had 3 applications and all 3 of those have been denied.
2nd Reading of Officers : President: Bob Hadfield, !st VP: Steve Stormes, 2nd VP: Brittany Merrit, Service Chair: Sara Camacho, Secretary: Sidney Marshall, Treasurer: Peggy Byers, Assistant Treasurer: Bob Ferguson, Membership: Greg Ingram, Community & Youth Co-Charis: Larry Hawn & Randy Burnworth, Publicity/Marketing: Sara Camacho, Scholarship: Bob Ferguson, Lion Tamer: Tom Henderson, LCIF: Bob Byers, Tail Twister: Becca Johnson, 2 year board member: Shelly Stormes, Carla Archer, 1 open spot, 1 year board members: Tom Henderson, Kristi Hadfield, and Lee Peterson
Lion B. Hadfield said the budget meeting will be on June 3rd at 5:30 in the Riverfront Bar and Grill and drinks are on him for those who attend.
He also said the Installation of Officers and Awards Banquet is on June 28th from 3-6 at the K of C Hall. Meat will be provided but it is a potluck style lunch.
President’s Report: Lion P. Byers
Lion P. Byers said we’d talk about the Sue Sipe and Connie Cartmell items under C&Y
LCIF Coordinator: no report
Community & Youth: Vacant
Lion K. Burnworth said she was given a donation request from Lion R. Burnworth to present. It’s for the Sheriff’s IGNITE program which provides training and counseling to inmates so they can learn skills to help them find work and be contributing members of the community upon release. Lion K. Burnworth made a motion to donate $200. Lion B. Hadfield seconded the motion and the motion passed.
Lion B. Byers made a motion to donate $50 to World Vision on behalf of the club in memory of Sue Sipe. Lion B. Ferguson seconded the motion.
Lion P. Byers made a motion to donate $50 to whatever fund may be listed in Connie Cartmell’s obituary and, if one isn’t listed, to LCIF in her memory. Lion L. Hawn seconded the motion and the motion passed.
Membership (45) Lion G. Ingram
Lion G. Ingram said he had two items to share. The first was an article from the Lions magazine about the Land O Lakes Club that had 7 members in 2013 and is now at 78 members. They listed 5 tips: 1) Do projects that matter, 2) Celebrate wins, 3) Show the Lions experience, 4) Be welcoming, and 5) Just Ask. He also said there is still the issue of the lunches and how we move forward. He wanted to know if we’d be able to reduce the menu down to about 5 items that people could pre-order from as part of their RSVP. We’ll know what we’re having because we picked it and there should be less in/out of the wait staff during the meetings. Anyone who doesn’t RSVP can still order off the menu when they arrive. Lion S. Camacho said whatever items we pick CAN be added to the RSVP link.
Lion S. Camacho said a couple of people who attended the BoH luncheon with Commonwealth financial showed interest in joining the club. Lion B. Ferguson knows them and will reach out to invite them to a lunch.
Publicity: Lion S. Camacho
Updates from BoH Posted – Lion S. Camacho said she gives a huge thank you to BoH Chair Steve Stormes for regularly sending her items to post on Facebook to advertise BoH. She regularly schedules posts for it each week from pictures and updates that he’s sent her. Just a reminder that it helps our visibility and membership to share the posts. She can’t always tag the corporate sponsors but any share helps the algorithim and increases our visibility on facebook.
Lion P. Byers asked about Leadership training since the leadership school just passed. Lion S. Camacho said local/regional leadership training is closed for this Lion’s year, but there is always training through the Lions Portal under the Learn tab when you sign in. Anyone can watch the training videos for any position to further their Lions education.
Scholarship: Lion R. Ferguson
Lion R. Ferguson said the updated total through May 31st is $86,110.38. Thank you to Lion B. and P. Byers for representing us at the scholarship ceremony. He said he had a chance to talk to the Community Foundation President, Heather, and she was pleased we went from 2 to 3 scholarships this year. The Foundation will also be purchasing 10 flags for the Bridge this year. As always, thank you to those who continue to donate to this fund.
Old Business:
none
New Buisiness: none
We did Good of the order and adjourned. As part of Good of the Order, Lion C. Archer asked for an update on the shoe collection. Lion S. Camacho said we collected 53 bags of shoes from our club (~1400 pair of shoes) and are well on our way to have the full 90 bags to be an official pick up site here locally with contributions from Beverly, Albany/Alexander, and others. State-wide, it looks like we will come close to, if not hit the goal of 400 bags. Lion B. Ferguson reminded us that we’ve lost 2 spouses of long time Lions in a short time and to please keep Lion Ohlen and Lion Dennis and their families in our prayers.
Respectfully submitted, Secretary Lion K. Burnworth