Our Next Meeting
The Central Park Lions Club will hold its next meeting with a guest speaker will be on Tuesday, November 18. Our speaker will be Maria Guerra, Greater San Antonio Lions Club Region Chair. The meeting starts at 8:00AM. All are welcome to join us for this informational meeting. Our meeting location is Pepe's Tacos N Salsa, 12820 Jones Maltzberger Rd., San Antonio, 78247. Located north of Bitters on the east side of Jones Matltzberger;
Owl Radio
If you were unable to attend our October 21 meeting, you missed a very informative speaker from Owl Radio. Owl Radio reads printed material that listeners cannot read themselves due to vision issues. Owl Radio broadcasts 7 days a week. To stream Owl Radio go to www.owlradio.org. Here is a sample broadcast schedule for Monday's:
12 a.m. Sports
1 a.m. Sunday Drive
2 a.m. Guideposts
3 a.m. Inspiration & Religion
4 a.m. Non-Fiction Book Hour
5 a.m. Armchair Adventure
6 a.m. Sunday New York Times (Magazine)
7 a.m. Business News
8 a.m. New York Times Sunday
9 a.m. San Antonio Express-News
10 a.m. San Antonio Express-News
11 a.m. Sports Illustrated
12 p.m. USA Today
1 p.m. The Writer's Voice
2 p.m. Choice Reading
3 p.m. World Safari
4 p.m. Afternoon Report
5 p.m. Commentary & Washington Monthly
6 p.m. New York Times
7 p.m. San Antonio Express-News
8 p.m. San Antonio Express-News
9 p.m. Sports Illustrated
10 p.m. Breakfast Table Times
11 p.m. Mystery Hour
Club Service Project - Habitat For Humanity of San Antonio
The construction of the Habitat House is progressing. The next two Saturdays, Nov. 1 and 8 will focus on completing the interior of the house. Please come out to volunteer. On Nov. 15 we will be laying sod and planting trees in the house's yard. Volunteers are needed. Plus on Nov. 15, the home dedication will take pleace. This will be a very powerful testament to the power of the community coming together with potential homeowners who invest hunfreds of hours of sweat equity to make their dream of their own home come true.
Club Service Project - Sleep In Heavenly Peace - No kid sleeps on the floor in our town!
Sleep in Heaveny Peace is an organzation that provides bed kits for families that do not have a bed for their children. The Central Park Lions Club works with Sleep in Heavenly Peace to identify families in need and provides the kits to the Lions Club to install in a home. Lions Lisa, Denny, and Chip recently assembled a bunk bed for a family.in need.
For more information contact Sleep Iin Heavenle Peace. https://shpbeds.org/
Our officers for 2025-2026
Central Park Lions Club Foundation
Our Lions Club has a Foundation to receive tax deductible charitable donations. Specific charities may be identified, if desired, in making donations to the Foundation. All donations are used to support many local non-profit organizations. We are not equipped to receive donations by credit card, therefore, all donations should be made by check or money order made out to Central Park Lions Club Foundation and sent to:
Mr. Dean Tillery, 3423 Hunters Stand, San Antonio, TX 78230
NOTES ABOUT CPLC
The club was chartered on May 23, 1969 and originally met at Central Park Mall; hence the name.Our biggest project is a contract bingo operation. Every penny that we make in that operation is donated to various organizations in our area and includes programs for schools. Our club has donated over $100,000 to these organizations, as well as donations to Lions Clubs International for the Sight First program for the blind. Central Park Lions support over thirty community service programs, including large donations to Any Baby Can, St. Peter's Home, St. Joseph's Home, VTO Champions Fore Charity, and other organizations. In addition, the club provides college scholarships.
Looking To Join The Central Park LIons Club?
We have both male and female members in our club and we are always interested in finding new members who are service oriented and have a desire to help the less fortunate in our city. Anyone interested in joining our club can contact Dennis Alvey at 210-404-2620 or Mike Pardoe 210-382-6687. We look forward to hearing from you.
Lion Janice recently joined the CPLC with Lion Denny and Lion Mike officiating the installation ceremony.
Club Service Project - Clarity Child Guidance Center of San Antonio
The Central Park Lions Club has supported the Clarity Child Guidance Center of San Antonio with donations and service hours for several years. Clarity is the only nonprofit mental health treatment center for kids ages 3 to 17 in South Texas. CPLC has provided and served pizzas for special dinners with the children who are receiving inpatient care.One of our annual events is wrapping Christmas presents for all the children being cared for by Clarity. If you are interested in wrapping presents with us this December, please contact Lion Mike Pardoe at mikepardoe@hotmail.com.
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.
