Hartford County Everest Centennial Lions Club

Brief Information

The Hartford County Everest Centennial Lions Club was organized on August 28, 2016, and officially approved by Lions Clubs International on September 12, 2016. Its Charter Night was held on November 20, 2016, at Haveli India Restaurant in Middletown, Connecticut. The club was chartered during the district governorship of Kathy Randall (PCC), with Ev Lyons (PCC) serving as the Guiding Lion. It was organized by Charter President Raj Shrestha, whose extensive community outreach was instrumental in its formation.

This was the first culture-based specialty Lions Club of its kind in Connecticut and played a pioneering role in expanding culture-based specialty Lions Clubs in the state. Since then, four culture-based specialty Lions Clubs have been chartered in Lions Clubs International District 23-B, Connecticut.

Our Pride

Charter President of Hartford County Everest Centennial Lions Club Lion Raj Shrestha served as a District Governor of Lions International, District 23-B, Connecticut for the Lions Year 2024-2025. This is a proud moment for all Lions to have Lion Raj Shrestha as a District Governor and for HCEC Lions Club as the first Nepalese-American District Governor in the State of Connecticut.

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.