October 31, 2022
For more than 90 years, whenever there has been a need at home or around the world, members of the Marietta Noon Lions Club have been there to help. We are a group of local men and women who work together to benefit our community and the world. Service projects that the Marietta Noon Lions contribute to include:
Ohio Lions Eye Bank
Ohio Lions Pilot Dog Program
Scholarships for local high school seniors
Sight saving programs
Secret Santa, EVE, Children’s Services
Halloween parade
Food drive for local food pantries
The Marietta Noon Lions club is a part of Lions Clubs International, the world’s largest service organization with 46,000 clubs, and nearly 1.35 million men and women in nearly 200 countries.
“We Serve” – Since October 1924 the Marietta Noon Lions has followed this inspiring international motto. In various ways over the years we are proud to say our club has risen over $1,000,000 for various charities. Our largest single expenditure has been buying eyeglasses for those who could not buy their own. Our membership is 75+ and our members consist of educators, business owners, retirees and more. We meet each Friday at noon at the Lafayette Hotel and invite you to attend as our guest.
Join us on Saturday, October 29 at 11:15 a.m. at the Junior Fair Building at the Washington County Fairgrounds!
We’re excited to host this 95+ year project annually, and love to see all of your creativity!
See you, and your little ghosts and goblins, soon!
It’s time for our annual rose sale! Roses are $20 per dozen, which includes delivery in the local area.
Proceeds from this sale help us serve our local community through programs such as eye exams and eyewear, pediatric cancer research and support, hunger initiatives, and more!
Surprise your loved ones with a dozen roses and help support great local causes. Send us a message or contact a Lion today to place an order!
Officers for 2021 – 2022
President: Rebecca Johnson
1st Vice President: Greg Ingram
2nd Vice President: Lexi Feldner
3rd Vice President: Jennifer Greene
Secretary: Sara Camacho
Treasurer: Peggy Byers
Membership: Sara Camacho
Tail Twister: Mike Buell & Steve Medley
Lion Tamer: Mike Boersma
Dues/Invoicing: Clint Holley
Immediate Past President: Steve McCarthy
Lions Club International Foundation Coordinator: Ohlen Cartmell
Melvin Jones Board Member: Bob Ferguson
Directors: Larry Hawn, Brandon Burnworth, Donna Fairchild, Randy Burnworth, Jonathan Latiak
Last night we had the pleasure of hosting Lion Jason Brosius of the Reynoldsburg Lions Club and CEO of the Central Ohio Lions Eye Bank to learn more about their efforts on sight saving in Ohio. Lions across our state have been supporting our Eye Bank for almost 50 years.
Marietta Noon Lions are proud supporters of our Eye Bank, their research efforts, and how they are changing lives through the gift of sight, one corneal donation, transplant, and surgery at a time.
Full meetings means we are full of service!
Today we had the honor of welcoming in two more new Lions to our Pride! 1st VDG Mary Laird Bumpus installed Kyle Burnworth and Ryan Osborne! We are so proud to have them with us, and can’t wait to see what kinds of new ideas they bring to us!
1st VDG Mary also won a 14 “carrot” necklace in the tail twister drawing! We can’t wait to see her sporting that at convention!
Finally, we wished Peter Nicholson, our saving grace and friend every week, a Merry Christmas and he repaid us with some genuine English chocolate! #WeServe
We are proud to work with our Leo’s in service, more and more!
Most recently, they collected socks for our Socks & Underwear Drive for Fall into Service! Marietta High School and Advisor Boothby help us continue to develop new leaders and future Lions!
