Jacksonville Arlington Lions Club

11/02/2018

NICHOLAS “NICK” XINOPOULOS INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR

Nicholas “Nick” Xinopoulos from Brownsburg, Indiana, USA, was elected to serve a two-year term as a director of Lions Clubs International at the association’s 100th International Convention held in Chicago, Illinois, USA, June 30 through July 4, 2017.

Director Xinopoulos is a retired manager for an aircraft engine manufacturer.

All The Lions District Governors from District - 35 were at the dinner.
We had the Pace School For Girls, and Douglas School of Music for entertainment.

A member of the Brownsburg Lions Club since 1990, he has held many offices within the association, including club president, Leo club advisor, zone chairperson and district governor. Director Xinopoulos also served on the district GMT extension team. In recognition of his service to the association, Director Xinopoulos has received numerous awards, including a Membership Key Award, four International President’s Certificates of Appreciation and two International President’s Awards. He is also a Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow.

In addition to his Lions activities, Director Xinopoulos has been active in professional and community organizations, including the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Department and as chairman of the July 4th Parade.

Director Xinopoulos’ wife, Gretchen, is also a Lion and Melvin Jones Fellow.

10/30/2018

Jacksonville Arlington Lions Joined up with Riverside Argyle West
Lions to do eye screening's at the Legacy Ministries in Town and Country Plaza.

We had two Arlington Lions President Charles Largen and Past President Wayne Bryant and from RAW there were President Jeb Stewart, Lion Blanche Day, and Lion Pauline with Tammie Bryant helping out in a crunch.

We did 160 eye screening's plus Lion Blanche, Lion President Charlie and Lion President Jeb performed 97 glucose and blood pressure test.

Overall it was a successful event.

09/24/2018

Pace Center For Girls received a $3000.00 dollar check from Past President and Pace Chairman Lion Wayne Bryant.
While speaking with Tami Garrett (Special Projects Coordinator) for the Girls we set up a time and a date for Eye Screenings. It will be on Tuesday 30th of October at 10:00 AM, There will be approximately 72 girls to screen.
If anyone would like to help with the screenings please contact Lion Wayne Bryant.

07/30/2018

(JSMP) held their annual sports medical program at Nemours Children Hospital and our club and all of the Lions that showed up had a great time even though at times you could hardly hear the kids getting screened because of the background noise.
Jacksonville Arlington Lions spearheaded the eye screening portion of the physicals. We also had (2) from First Coast Lions, (4) from RAW Lions, (1) from Jacksonville Beaches Club.
The following Lions were there: From Arlington Lions we had President Charles Largen, Past President Wayne Bryant, and Immediate Past President Art Turner.
From RAW we had District Governor Bobby Wright, Lion Blanche Day, Lion President of (RAW) Jeb Stewart.
From First Coast Lions: Lion Jo Ann Largen and Lion Julia Williams.
Jacksonville Beaches Lion Jessica Seymore
We also had (3) Regular volunteers who were not Lions the Governors son Travis Wright, Iris Tisby and Tammie Bryant.
The Screening went quicker than expected and we were finished and on the way home by 1:30.
We put in (57) hours as a group, and we screened 609 children.

06/25/2018

We had our yearly Bingo day out at Ruth Criss Restaurant. Everyone had a good time and got a full belly. I got some great shots of main -street bridge hope you all enjoy the pictures.

06/15/2018

We had our 69th annual installation last night. 1st Vice District Governor (Governor Elect) Bobby Wright did the Installation. He was awarded a check in Lieu of the Melvin Jones Award that had not arrived on time. Look in our Lions Bite for all of the Lions that was chosen for a seat on the board.

Lion Charles Largen was sworn in as our 69th President. We have not had the same president back to back ever. It is a tradition that has been maintained throughout our history.
Lion Wayne Bryant was named Lion of the Year. He has been editor of the Lions Bite going on 6 years, keeps the Facebook running just to name a couple of things he does for the club. Thank you Lion Wayne for the great job you have done over the years.

01/29/2018

"We Serve"

Lions Videos

01/26/2018

Arlington Lions Club 69th Annual Charter Night was held on January 25, 2018.

We had Four of our charities show up and give us a brief on how they were doing.
Police Athletic League enriches the lives of our children by creating positive relationships between law enforcement officers and the youth of our community through educational, Athletic and Leadership programs.

Arlington Community Services is a food pantry for residents in the Arlington area of Jacksonville. They also assist with rent and electric bills in certain instances.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville has cared for families of critically ill,chronically ill and injured children for more than 26 years. Families from throughout Florida and Across the United States , and from around the world come to see the world class medical facilities in Jacksonville seeking exceptional medical treatment for their child.

Dreams Come True is the only locally based non-profit organization in Jacksonville, Florida dedicated to fulfilling the dreams of local children battling life threatening illnesses. The organization serves children from 2 1/2 up to age 18 who have a life threatening illness such as Aids,Cancer,cystic fibrosis,heart disease,leukemia,muscular dystrophy,or kidney dysfunction. They must be refereed by their physician and live in or be treated in northeast Florida or southeast Georgia.

It was a heartfelt presentation from each of our entities to all of our members.

We had the 1st. Vice District Governor Bobby Wright as our special guest speaker and was accompanied by his significant other Blanch Day.

Another high-lite of our celebration was the Melvin Jones being awarded to Lion Roy Largen. He was recognized by all the past Melvin Jones Award winners as the most deserving by his hard work and dedication to Lions through volunteering of his time. Thank You Lion Roy from all of us.

Lions Toast Above You, Not Beneath you,
But With You In Lionism, We Serve.

10/23/2017

KEYSTONE LAKE REGION LIONS CLUB
CHARTER NIGHT
DATE: 11/07/2017
TIME: 6 PM – 8 PM
CAMP MONTGOMERY
PRESBYTERIAN
CENTER
88 SE 75 TH STREET,
STARKE, FL. 32091

Come help celebrate Keystone Lake Region Lions Club new Charter. Montgomery Presbyterian Center is behind Tony’s Pizza Gas Station and close to the Keystone Heights Airport.

$20.00 per person. Please RSVP no later than 10/31/2017 to
[email protected]
The menu is as follows: Pot Roast with Gravy, Turkey, Baked Potato, Steamed
Broccoli, Baked Cheese Squash / Zucchini, Yeast Rolls, Apple Crisp, Turtle Cheese Cake, Tea / Water / Coffee

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
[BARBARA FRANKLIN] @ [352 - 473 - 4881]

10/22/2017

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Lions of District L November District Meeting

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10/17/2017

On the 12 th. of October we had DG Diane Melnick and her husband PDG Bob Melnick as our special guests for a club visit. We had a good meal and some active interaction with each other. PDG Tommy Dover presented The Diamond Member Award from the Conklin Center to DG Diane Melnick. There were several other clubs represented as well.