Rehoboth Lions Club News Update

The Lions operate on a July 1st to June 30th year. At the annual President’s Picnic held on June 21st, a new slate of officers for the 2025-2026 year were installed. Joe Nunes was officially installed as the new president of the club and Chuck Procopio as first vice president.

The Lions would like to thank all of you who supported our fundraising efforts again this past year. Our regular clam boils, our chicken barbecues, our citizen’s recognition dinner and our golf tournaments are just some of the over 21 different events we hosted since last July.

All proceeds are spent supporting our community and last year we loaned hundreds of pieces of durable medical equipment to over 100 families, we provided scholarships to D-R, B-P and Bristol Agricultural School students, supported scouting, eye research, diabetes camps for kids, the senior center, fuel assistance, assistance with the food pantry and we provided eyeglasses for the needy.

Lions Clubs International is the largest service club organization in the world. The Rehoboth Lions are just 60 of over 1.4 million members in more than 48,000 clubs across 200 countries and geographic areas. A Chicago businessman named Melvin Jones founded the organization in 1917. And our club was organized in 1957. Occasionally, the Rehoboth Lions Club nominates an exceptionally valuable member of our club for the prestigious Melvin Jones Award. Ray Olivier was recognized for his hours and hours of community service and received the award on June 21st. Ray not only spends hours working at our fundraising events, but he also chairs our Health and Welfare committee delivering hundreds of pieces of medical equipment to those in need! In the past, Ray has also served as president of our club. Congratulations, Ray!

Please visit our website at https://rehobothlions.org/ where you’ll find a list of our upcoming events including our annual Cigar Night to be held on August 22nd, our next Clam boils scheduled for September 3rd and our golf tournament at the Swansea Country Club on September 20th.

If you would like to participate or provide a tee sign or other sponsorship for the golf tournament, please visit our website.

Don Nokes,
Past President, Rehoboth Lions