Recent Donations
As the Lions saying goes, “We raise money, so we can give it away!” And, we have been keeping up that community connection:
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Lions Club International Disaster Relief
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Virginia Thurston Healing Garden
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Pan-Mass Challenge
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AccessSport America
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Barton Center for Diabetes Education
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The Carroll Center
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Acton Commission on Disabilities
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Project Graduation
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AB Football sponsorship
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AB Girls Soccer sponsorship
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Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadershipf88
Upcoming Meetings:
- September 19—Town Updates---Kelley’s Corner Infrastructure Project and Proposed New Public Works Building (Dean Charter); Main Street Campus--Betty McManus Senior Housing Development (Nancy Kolb), Senior Park (Steve Trimble) and Dog Park (Tom Gillespie); and Acton 250 Committee (Steve Trimble).
- October 3---Dr. Nina Farivari, Lexington Eye Associates. Updates on the latest advances in diagnosis, treatment and cure for eye diseases.
- October 17—Dr. Peter Girguis, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard. Understanding how marine organisms have adapted to their habitats and how they respond to a changing world.
- November 7—Dr. Jeff Fuhrer, retired executive vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Discussion of Jeff’s new book “The Myth That Made Us: How False Beliefs about Racism and Meritocracy Broke Our Economy (and How to Fix It)”.
- November 21—Lisa Gordon, executive director of the Acton Food Bank. Updates on the work and current challenges of the food bank.
- December 5—Paul Swydan, proprietor of the Silver Unicorn bookstore in West Acton. Paul is a former baseball writer and the story of the Silver Unicorn.
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Acton Lions Club History
2023-2024 Action Lions Club Officers
President: Bill Mullin
First Vice President: Mike Kaminski
Second Vice President: Gary Kappel
Secretary Lee Daniel:
Assistant Secretary: Peter Grant
Treasurer: Dan Busse
Financial Secretary: Mike Kaminski
Tail Twister: Kurt Karkane
Lion Tamer: Mickey McGurl
Program Chair: Jon Benson
Bulletin Editor: Lee Daniel
Social Media: Steve Trimble and Gary Kappel
Membership: Andy Heiniluoma, Kris Ellicks, Bill Ryan
Directors 1: Year Xuan Kong, Gary Kappel, Peter Grant
Directors 2: Year Brian Lentrichia, Steve Trimble and Rich Langin
Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization with more than 1.4 million members in approximately 46,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world.