The Edward Smith Mineola Lions Club recently hosted its annual ‘Taste of the Grape’ Wine Tasting at the beautiful North Hemptead Country Club. The evening featured fine food from many of the area’s premier restaurants as well as...
(Featured image: Lions Members delivering turkeys to The Inn. Left to right: John Broder, Thomas Jacoberger – President, Larry Blessinger, Matt Schwagerl – Secretary, George Blair, Rich Forte) Giving Back During the Holiday Season Each year we are happy to...
Taste of the Grape 2016 On Thursday May 19, The Edward Smith Lions Club hosted its 12th annual ‘Taste of the Grape’ wine tasting at the beautiful Hempstead Country Club in Port Washington.
With the start of the New Year, Mineola Lions Club has continued its charitable giving to community groups as well as organizations serving disabled individuals. The Club recently donated $1000 to the Special Olympics, New York, Inc., Long Island...
The Edward Smith Mineola Lions Club recently donated $5000 to the Center for Developmental Disabilities, Inc. (“CDD”) to support their work with the developmentally disabled. CDD’s mission is help children and adults with differing abilities achieve their dreams by...
The Club donated $1000 to the Long Island Bombers Softball Team. The team provides blind and visually impaired participants an opportunity to play a version of softball that features a beeping ball and other modifications. Lion Secretary Dave Tanner,...
Club members also collected and donated more than 1000 pairs of eyeglasses to the Lions recycling center. Shown in the attached photo are President Chris Lopez, past President Rick Volpe, and member Neil Filomena at the Lions Eyeglass Recycling...
In the below above, Mineola Lions Club President Chris Lopez, and Immediate Past President Rick Volpe are shown shipping 1055 pairs of eyeglasses to Lions Eyeglass Recycling in Roanoke Virginia. The eyeglasses were collected by the Long island City-Astoria...
