As of July 1, 2024, the Cornwall Lions boasts 52 participating members from our local community. Our members are dedicated to serving the community, whether in our local area or to communities beyond our immediate borders. We welcome new members willing to give selflessly - perhaps you should consider becoming a Lion.
The Lion's fiscal year follows the school calendar: July-June. For the 2023-24 fiscal year, the Cornwall Lions raised and distributed nearly $25,000 for Lions-specific causes like sight & hearing, diabetes, and its prevention, as well as these local projects:
- Lions College Scholarships for local high school students
- Christmas gifting for needful families
- BFF Program - backpacks for food for school children
- Purchase of vision screening machine for children
- Donations to two local eye/vision foundations: Marchello Miracle Foundation and iFond
- Support of Blackrock Forest Consortium Summer Science Camp Scholarship
- Cornwall Historical Society
- The Food Bank of the Hudson Valley
- The Cornwall Fire Department, Highland Engine Company #1
- The Cornwall on Hudson Fire Department
Since 1932, the Cornwall Lions have provided community leadership in many areas of civic need. The proceeds of the club's many fundraising projects go to the Cornwall Lions Club Community Service Fund. Club members then decide at meetings where the money is needed most, with a special emphasis on funding organizations and needy people—particularly those with special needs sight, hearing, and diabetes.
The Cornwall Lions have dinner meetings on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 6:30 PM, preceded by a Board of Directors/Officers meeting at 6:00 PM. The meetings are held at Canterbury Brook Inn, 331 Main St Cornwall, NY.
Officers for the 2024-2025 Lions Club cycle:
President: Lynn Beesecker
1st Vice-President: Kenn Brodmerkal
2nd Vice-President: Helen Bunt
Secretary: Larry Berger
Treasurer: Ric Giampaolo
Co-Treasurer: Eileen Hartmann
LCIF Coordinator: Rich Kingman
Immediate Past President: Eloisa Jessup
Membership Chair: Fran Kingman
Tail-Twister: Michael Mattausch
Lion-Tamer: Hans Pravlaka
Board of Directors
2nd of 2-year term:
Phil Cameron
James Kline
Barbara Wexler-Hall
1st of 2-year term:
Brendan Coyne
William Geiser
Evelyn Rodd
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.
