Wernersville Lions Club

10/15/2025

We would like to invite all of our local followers to join us on the new Conrad Weiser Lions Club page to stay up to date on all of the activity happenings and programs offered by the local Lions Club.

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11/10/2024

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the unanimous decision of the membership to dissolve the Wernersville Lions Club. After more than 79 years of service to our community, this marks the end of a significant chapter in our history.

We are deeply grateful to all of our members, volunteers, and supporters who have contributed to the Club’s legacy over the years. Your dedication has made a lasting impact, and the work we’ve done together will continue to resonate in the lives of many.
It has been an honor and privilege to serve our community both local and global with you.

While this is a bittersweet moment, we reflect with pride on the difference we've made and the friendships we've built along the way. Thank you to everyone who helped make our community stronger throughout the years.

One last toast...
Not above.
Not beside.
But with you.

Wernersville LLions Clubs InternationalClub
January,1945 to June, 2024

10/06/2024

The Halloween Parade now sponsored by the Wernersville Borough Rec Board is just around the corner. Register your group today.

09/14/2024

Join in the fun of another great community event. We understand there is room for more trunks.

09/06/2024

Interested in participating in the Wernersville Halloween Parade?
Scan the QR code and fill out the participation form.

08/21/2024

Early morning alarms and school bells will soon ring in the new school year. St. Luke’s pediatric health care providers Melanie Koehler, MD, and Emily Otto, CRNP, offer tips to make the transition fro...

08/20/2024

Congratulations our 2024 scholarship recipients. Eric Yazemboski is attending Rochester Institute of Technology as he begins his pursuit of degrees in Computer Engineering. And best of luck to Gracie McMahon in your future aspirations.

Life is an exciting adventure filled with opportunities for growth and discovery—embrace every challenge and enjoy the journey, knowing that every step you take is shaping your future.

08/14/2024

The Wernersville Lions Club is passing the torch to the newly formed Wernersville Borough Recreational Committee to host the Halloween Parade. Register your group today!

Interested in participating in the Wernersville Halloween Parade?
Scan the QR code and fill out the participation form.

08/13/2024

Best of luck to our 2024 Scholarships recipients.

08/12/2024

Frank Morris was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1908. At the age of six he lost his right eye after hitting a tree branch while horseback riding, and at the age of 16 he lost his left eye during a boxing match. Morris was very frustrated with having to depend on others to help him get around.

In November 1927, Morris's father read him an article by Dorothy Eustis, an American philanthropist living in Switzerland who operated a school that supplied dogs to the police and Red Cross. The article described schools in Germany that trained guide dogs for WWI veterans who had gone blind from mustard gas.

Morris was inspired to write Eustis for help. "Is what you say really true? If so, I want one of those dogs! And I am not alone. Thousands of blind like me abhor being dependent on others. Help me and I will help them. Train me and I will bring back my dog and show people here how a blind man can be absolutely on his own. We can then set up an instruction center in this country to give all those here who want it a chance at a new life." Eustis agreed to help.

Morris went to Switzerland and trained with a female German shepherd named Kiss, which he quickly renamed Buddy. The training was hard, but after a few weeks Morris was able to get around the Swiss village safely with Buddy's assistance.

In June 1928, Frank returned to the US with Buddy in New York City. He notified the media and demonstrated Buddy's abilities by crossing a busy New York street. According to Morris "She [Buddy] moved forward into the ear-splitting clangor, stopped, backed up, and started again. I lost all sense of direction and surrendered myself entirely to the dog. I shall never forget the next three minutes: 10-ton trucks rocketing past, cabs blowing their horns in our ears, drivers shouting at us. When we finally got to the other side and I realized what a really magnificent job she had done, I leaned over and gave Buddy a great big hug and told her what a good, good girl she was."

Morris sent a one-word telegram to Eustis: "SUCCESS!"

In January 1929, Morris and Eustis cofounded the first guide dog school in the US called The Seeing Eye. It operated in Nashville for two years and then relocated to New Jersey because the weather was more suitable for training dogs. Between 1929 and 1956, Morris traveled throughout the US spreading the word about the organization and the need for equal access laws for people with guide dogs. By 1956, every state in the US had passed laws allowing blind people with guide dogs access to public spaces.

Buddy died on May 23, 1938. Morris named his next dog Buddy, as he would all his subsequent seeing eye dogs. On April 29, 2005, a sculpture of Frank Morris and Buddy titled The Way to Independence was unveiled in Morristown, New Jersey.

07/14/2024

Mark you calendar for August 10.