At our business meeting on April 19, 2023 the Vergennes Lions awarded Melvin Jones Awards to community members George Merkel and Lizbeth Ryan.
Vergennes Lions Club Melvin Jones
Lions Clubs world-wide recognize outstanding individuals by bestowing on them an award that is named after its founder Melvin Jones. This award is the highest form of recognition and embodies humanitarian ideas consistent with the nature and purpose of Lionism.
Melvin Jones Recipients
BARRY ALDINGER 03/23/2015
WILLIAM ANDREWS 09/28/1994
ROBERT C BARROWS 09/28/1994
Paul Bessette 04/02/2013
Joseph Bogan 02/23/2016
Debra L Brace 03/12/2020
Thomas P Brigan 03/26/2021
Ron L Childers Jr. 03/29/2011
Derek Cohen 03/26/2009
Donna Corcoran 06/24/2020
Stephen Coulman 03/26/2009
Timothy R. Cowan 03/24/2022
Harry Curth 04/02/2013
Mark L Delisle 06/06/2011
Kathleen L Dorman 03/24/2022
Olive Douglas 03/26/2009
Edward Ferris 04/03/2007
Paul A. Fuller 03/26/2001
Macky Gaines 05/02/2012
Ronald G. Gardner 01/24/1991
Albert Gebo 04/03/2001
William Grant 04/04/2001
Susan S. Hayes 04/01/2022
William O Hopkins 12/07/2001
Bradford Howe 06/19/2008
Thomas J Jackman 04/27/2007
Jim Kress 04/07/2010
Richard A Laberge 06/06/2011
Edward Langlois 04/02/2013
Franklin Larrow 09/28/1994
Scott A Lynk 03/23/2009
Carol A Mapel 04/01/2022
Gregory C Maurer 04/16/2008
James H McClay 03/12/2020
Barry McDonald 04/25/2008
Craig Miner 04/07/2010
Larry Myott 03/19/2004 PMJF - 1 Diamond YG 04/20/2020
Michael Lowell O'Daniel 04/27/2007
Thelma K Oxholm 05/01/2014
Richard R. Poquette, Jr. 09/28/1994
Hank Ransford 03/26/2009
Eric Richardson 04/07/2010
Gary Russell 03/29/2011 PMJF - 1 Diamond YG 03/26/2021
Larry Simino 01/25/1991 PMJF - 1 Diamond YG 04/28/2021
Edward Smith 06/11/1999
Cookie Steponaitis 04/01/2022
Paul R. Vachon 03/06/2017
Peter J Welch 04/27/2007