Austin Founder Lions Club meets every Thursday. Check each week's program information for meeting time and location.
2024 Rose Day Fundraiser
Rose Day Fundraiser
All Roses Were Delivered on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Many thanks to all who purchased roses and the volunteers who boxed and delivered them. The proceeds will help further the work of the Austin Founder Lions Club, including vision screening of young children.
WE SOLD ALL 400 TICKETS!
SIX WINNING TICKETS WERE DRAWN AND THE WINNERS ARE BEING NOTIFIED
Prizes were:
- Pair of Diamond Stud Earrings – Total appraised value: $6,600.00
- 4 Club Level Tickets to Austin FC Match – Approximate value: $1,400.00
- Pair of Boots – Value: $500.00
- 8 Tickets to a Round Rock Express Game & 2 Parking Passes – Value: $450.00
- Beach Get-Away – Value: $450.00
- Family Membership to Capital City Clays – Value $250.00
THANKS EVERYONE!
SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR
Sporting Clay Shoot-out Fundraiser on May 10 was a Great Success
Many thanks too all our sponsors, volunteers and participants. We look forward to seeing you next year.
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Thanks to Our Many Sponsors Including:
PREMIER SPONSOR
TAB Technologies
Glenn See, President
5321 Industrial Oaks Blvd., Suite 124
Austin TX 78735
512-423-8692
www.tab-tech.com
Club Inducts 6 New Members
On Thursday November 9, 2023 the Austin Founder Lions Club inducted six new members. They are Lion Guy Davis, Lion Holly Reed, Lion Tom McConnell, Lion Carl Schock, Lion Billy Wood Jr., and Lion Nancy Hefner. We are all pleased to have these new Lions in our club.
Club Recognizes Local Schools
On April 23, 2023 the Austin Founder Lions Club hosted representatives of the six schools in the Austin Independent School District who accepted this year's recognition for their Founder Lions namesakes. Student representatives also attended. The schools are Boone Elementary, Cowan Elementary, Kocurek Elementary, Pickle Elementary, Widen Elementary and the Gus Garcia Young Men's Leadership Academy. Each of these schools are named after an Austin Founder Lions Club member.
Mobile App for Austin Founder Lions Club Members
Austin Founder Lions Club now provides a mobile app to help members more easily stay in touch with club activities and their fellow club members. The app is available for both Apple and Android devices. It is provided by Wild Apricot.
Using this app, you can:
- See a list of upcoming events, register and pay for them.
- View the details of events you've signed up for.
- Find other members of the club and contact them.
- Update your personal profile.
Eyeglasses Recycling
Want to help us give sight to the world? Find local eyeglass recycling drop-off locations HERE
According to The World Health Organization, 153 million people have uncorrected refractive errors (near-sightedness, far-sightedness or astigmatism). Most of these vision impairments are quickly diagnosed and easy to treat with corrective lenses.
Still, millions of people in developing nations are pushed deeper into poverty simply because they don't have glasses. They can't learn, because reading is difficult. They can't work to the best of their ability, because they can't see clearly.
It costs Lions less than 8ยข to provide a pair of recycled eyeglasses and change someone's life. For children, clear vision means a better education, healthier development and a better quality of life. For adults, it means greater employment opportunity and economic strength. For seniors it means less dependence on others. Lions clubs collect millions of eyeglasses each year, making eyeglass recycling one of our most popular activities. Will you help us in our mission to give sight to the world? Donate your used glasses today!
A History of Quality and Service
Established in Austin Texas in 1916, our club has been known as the Austin Lions Club, the Lions Club of Austin, and the Downtown Lions Club. In 1976, the name was formally changed to the Founder Lions Club of Austin. We are now known as the Austin Founder Lions Club and the history of the Austin Founder Lions Club is a long one of quality and service.
Past and present members include many of the most prominent names in both Austin and Texas' history - U.S. Congressman J.J. "Jake" Pickle, Austin mayor Gus Garcia, both Willie Kocurek and his son Neal Kocurek, and more - all dedicated to the service of humanity through the spirit of Lionism and its many community outreach programs.
We admit we are a bit proud of our status as the "world's oldest continuously operating Lions Club", but, we like to think that our efforts in community service are typical of Lions Clubs the world over. It's a story of garage sales, golf tournaments, rose sales and other kinds of fund raisers. It's a story of answering the needs of the community and of disadvantaged groups and individuals, through efforts such as our Eyeglasses Recycling program, support of the Texas Lions Camp and the Lone Star Eye Bank, eyeglasses for students and other projects. And it's a story of building and working with other Lions Clubs to promote teamwork in service.
We are perhaps most proud, however, to be a part of Lions Clubs International, which provides the opportunity to support nonpartisan service activities that are worldwide in scope. Through Lions International we can help fight blindness and other social problems around the world while promoting international understanding, and that's what makes our association so special. The club participates in projects with other clubs in surrounding counties known as Lions District 2-S3.
MISSION STATEMENT
TO EMPOWER volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions Clubs.
