2025 Vision/Hearing Screenings Begin

Week 1 of our primary service project is complete!! It was a short week.  Completed 2 schools with 780 students and 70 referrals.  Looking forward to the remaining 15 schools!

Below is the current schedule for Vision & Hearing screenings.  Volunteers need to arrive at the school office by 8:00 am unless otherwise noted.  Additional locations and dates may be added.  The schedule will be updated on this site.  This is a great opportunity to Serve.  It takes approximately 10 volunteers at each event to effectively provide screenings.  Please contact Bill Ayars or Vaughn Schlegel with questions or if you want to volunteer.

Wk2:  Oct 6 - Taylor Elementary    Oct 7 - Brock Elementary    Oct 9 - Mound Elementary    

Wk3:  Oct 14 - Hajek Elementary    Oct 16 - Hughes Middle School

Wk4:  Oct 20 - Stribling Elementary    Oct 21 (9:30) - Kerr Middle School    Oct 23 - Clinkscale Elementary

Wk5:  Oct 27 - Norwood Elementary    Oct 28 - Frazier Elementary    Oct 30 - Burleson HS

Wk6:  Nov 3 - Centennial HS    Nov 4 (9:00) - Burleson Child Development

Wk7:  Nov 10 (9:30) - Holy Cross    Nov 13 - Keene ISD

If your school is not scheduled, it doesn't mean we can't still help.  If you know a private school, homeschool, or other Burleson Area group that needs help with vision and hearing screening, please contact the Burleson Lions (email@burlesonlions.org).  We are happy to help if we can.  WE SERVE.

SUPPORTING BURLESON ISD AG MECHANICS

The Burleson Lions Club & Red Wing shoes recently teamed to provide Gold level sponsorship of the Burleson ISD Ag Mech program, sepcifically the Spartan Welding program!  We are very happy to support this important educational program within our community.

THE BURLESON COMMUNITY CAME THROUGH AGAIN

The Buelseon Lions teamed with Carter BloodCare, Red Wing Shoes, and Walmart on September 12 for a community Blood Drive.  28 donors registered for the blood drive and 9 were first-time donors. In total, 26 units were collected!!

THANK YOU BURLESON!!!

SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE BUNKS ACROSS AMERICA

Burleson Lions particiapated in a nationwide bed build on September 13.  The DFW event had over 500 volunteers and we helped build 222 beds!  Thats the largest number of beds built at any one event for the DFW SHP chapter!!  

The beds will be delivered and set up for children who otherwise do not have a bed.  It was a lot of fun and hard work for a great cause.  Lion Les was covered in saw dust from his sanding escapades! 

NEW MEMBERS

The Burleson Lions Club welcomed 4 new Lions to the club on August 27.

We are very excited to congratulate Amy Johnson, Amber Case, Kelly Alexander, and Alan Sollien on becoming Lions. WE SERVE

KERR COUNTY, TEXAS - FLOOD DISASTER RELIEF DONATIONS

Kerr County is so close to our Lions Club members' hearts throughout all of Texas.  

Kerrville has been home to our Texas Lions Camp since 1949, a camp with one Mission in mind:

To provide, without charge, a camp for children with physical disabilities, diabetes and cancer from the State of Texas, regardless of race, religion or national origin.  Simply to allow children to be children and forget about their disabilities for a few days while they are at camp. 

Fortunately, our Texas Lions Camp has been safe and secure throughout the recent storms however, the devastated residents, families, and business owners within the area will need our help for quite some time.  

Our Burleson Lions Club coordinated over $3,000 of donations from the local area to be sent to our sister club in Kerr County to support our fellow Texans in this time of need. 

Information about the Texas Lions Camp: https://www.lionscamp.com/ Information about the Texas Lions Organization: https://texaslions.org

CONGRATULATIONS LIONS OF THE YEAR

BRENDA MIZE & JUSTIN FANCHER

The Burleson Lions Club President Les Havins presented two Lions of the Year awards to Lions Brenda Mize and Justin Fancher. Congratulations Brenda and Justin for all you do to keep our club moving forward and successful!!!

Brenda is our long time Club Treasurer. Her hard work is sometimes not seen by many inside or outside the club, but she is a primary reason we are on great financial footing!  She does much more than finances, participating in our service projects like leading our parade registration.

Justin is our club Secretary. Justin ensures we are properly documented and recored and keeps our club straight with district.  In addition, Justin is our central collection point for all of the eyeglass donations collected across the community.  Last year that was over 4,000 pairs of glasses!!

2025 SCHOLARSHIPS

The Burleson Lions Club recently awarded two $2,500 scholarships Burleson area seniors.  Congratulations Vance Vernon - Centennial High and Tanner Borowski - BHS !

Thank you to all students who applied for our annual scholarships, and Best of Luck to all Graduating Seniors in our community!  You all make us proud!

Each year the Burleson Lions Club awards scholarships to selected graduating seniors in the Burleson Community.  The scholarships are paid directly to th admissions office at the education institution of the student's choice, be it a university, two year college, trade school, or a firefighting / police academy, etc.   Awards are based on a demonstration of the importance of community service, volunteer experiences, academic effort, and school and community involvement.

BURLESON LIONS DISPLAY AT BURLESON HERITAGE FOUNDATION

Thanks to Past President Blair Lybbert, the Burleson Lions Club now has a display in the Burleson Museum and Visitors Center.  Lion Blair coordinated with the Burleson Heritage Foundation to secure a spot to honor the history and contributions of the Burleson Lions Club.  Huge kudos to Lion Blair for getting this accomplished!!  Another notch in his list of accomplishments increasing the visibility of our club!!!

The case includes our original Burleson Lions Club charter, Lion Ted Whitley's vest and description, along with additional information about our club.

The Burleson Museum and Visitors Center is in the middle of Old Town at Mayor Vera Calvin Plaza.  They are open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.  Please visit and learn more about Burleson history and our club's part in it.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Recently Burleson Lions helped support Harvest House at their Vinyard & Vibes event.  We enjoy the opportunity to help Serve in support of other community organizations.

The Burleson Lions Club attended the Burleson Chamber of Commerce Winter Luncheon on January 16, 2025.  We enjoyed the opportunity to let everyone know what the Burleson Lions Club is about.  It's always great to meet the wonderful people of Burleson. 

The Burleson Lions Club once again participated in Burleson Founders Day in 2024.  Several Lions met with Founders Day attendees and provided information on the Lions Club and our service in the Burleson community. It is always great to get out into the community and talk about our club.  We also made several positive contacts with possible new members.

Once again Burleson Lions supported the Library Great Give Back event on January 25, 2025.  There was a decent turn out of citizens and number of civic/service organizations represented. We talked to a lot of people and shared the Burleson Lions Club story.

Meals on Wheels is an avenue in which the Burleson Lions Club shares with our community.  Each week one or more of our members partners with Meals on Wheels to provide a meal to members of our community and at the same time makes contact with these people for whom it is more difficult to be out and about.  Lions Bill and Gloria Ayars are shown here delivering a meal.