Celebrating 98 Years of Lionism

The Rye City Lions's Club Charter Dinner in November is always special. The Club was chartered in 1927 giving members cause to revel in the Club's longevity of supporting the community and services for those with challenges to their vision. A tradition of the yearly celebration since 2003 has been the awarding of the James A. and Marian M. Shea Award to a community person who sets an example of volunteerism. Rye is an exceptional community and is fortunate to benefit from the skills, enthusiasm and generosity of time and spirit exemplified by each year's awardee. 

Contact any Club officer for more information or send your suggestion for a nominee or nominees for 2025 to Rye City Lions Club P.O. Box 354 Rye, NY 10580. A nomination form for the Shea Award can be found on this web site. 

Past Community Service Award Winners:

2003 Edward J. Collins

2004 Doug Carey

2005 Eugene McGuire

2006 Rosaleen O'Neill

2007 Josephine DelMonte

2008 Marian Shea

2009 Helen Roman

2010 Arthur Stampleman

2011 Michael Kenny

2012 Joe Murphy

2013 Sandy Samberg

2014 David Heller

2015 Philip A. Gormley

2016 Kristina Dorfman

2017 Stephen and Janet Meyers

22018 Isobel Perry

2019 Peter and Roz Larr

2020 Award not given

2021 Cliona Cronin

2022 Staci Ramachandran

2023 Nancy Haneman

2024 Kelly Jancski