Easton Winners for 2015-16 Peace Poster Contest
The International Lions Clubs Peace Poster Contest is an annual International Art Contest that begins at the local level. Students must be between the ages of 11 and 14 to participate, and must be sponsored by one of the 45,000+ Lions Clubs in 205 countries and regions around the world, making it the largest Art […]
85th Anniversary Planning
By Matthew Cioffi Our Club will celebrate 85 years of service in September 2016. To help commemorate the year I’ve started a History Committee made up of Ed Hands, Marion Wingfield, Matt Soeldner and myself. We’ve received many good ideas and will celebrate throughout the year focusing on what the Lions Club have done for […]
Easton Lions Thrift Store’s Successful Year
By Lynn J. Kingsbury The Easton Lions Thrift Store is located at 192 Washington Street (Rt 138) in the historic Easton Grange building and is opened two days a week. This last fiscal year has seen many changes and additions from updating the use of technology to good old fashion organizing and spit and polish […]
Melvin Jones Fellow Honorees 2016
By Jon Morgan As the Lion year comes to a close, we are able to celebrate the honoring of two members noted for their outstanding contributions to our Club and their communities. Marilyn Cyr and Ed Pires were honored this year as Melvin Jones Fellows. As part of the induction into the Melvin Jones Fellowship, […]
Lions Scholarships and Toolships 2016
2016 Scholarships Announced By Jim Lee, Scholarship Committee Chair Eight young and talented Easton residents each received a $1000 scholarship to support either college tuition or startup expenses for their career. The two seniors receiving awards at Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School are Jeffrey Aldrich and Christopher Keenan. At Oliver Ames High School the […]
Ann P. Lawrence Bequests $10,000 to Lions
At our meeting on May 11th, the Lions Club of Easton was honored to be the recipients of a bequest from Ann P. Lawrence to be used for the advancement of eye research. Ann’s generous bequest of $10,000 will be used by the Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund (MLERF), which funds grants for Massachusetts institutions […]
President Elect’s Message – Jun 2016
About 7 years ago, Jon Morgan introduced me to the Easton Lions. At that time, I was coaching his son on the FIRST Lego Robotics team. Not long after meeting Jon I was down at the Holiday Festival with my kids. We were walking around, enjoying the live music and getting some fried dough. While […]
Foundation Fund Screening Donations FY2016
Lions Club of Easton Foundation Fund Screening DonationsFiscal Year July 2015 to June 2016$32,280 Allocated to Easton Causes Donations in this summary include money distributed through the Fund Screening Committee only. Another $15,000+ in community donations released by other committees and the Board of Directors are NOT included in this summary. Some of the larger […]