70 Years of Lions Club Celebrated

Members of the Lexington Park Lions Club were recognized at a proclamation ceremony.
Photo courtesy St. Mary’s County Public Information Office

The Lexington Park Lions Club has been helping citizens of St. Mary’s County with some of their basic needs since 1946. The group has done everything from helping people with the cost of eye and hearing exams to awarding scholarships to graduating seniors at Great Mills High School. These accomplishments and more were celebrated at a recent meeting of the St. Mary’s County commissioners, as the group received a proclamation for 70 years of service.

The club works to help all ages, including a program to provide vision screenings for preschool children, coordination of American Red Cross blood drives, and helping local families during the Christmas holiday. It would be difficult to include a complete list of all of the charitable works the group has achieved.

“The Lexington Park Lions Club supports Lions Club District Programs such as Lions District 22C Youth Band and Camp Merrick, a camp in Nanjemoy, Maryland, which provides recreational activities for diabetic children,” said St. Mary’s County Commissioner Mike Hewitt at the ceremony. “The organization also supports international programs such as Sight First I and II, which strives to rid the world of preventable and reversible blindness.”

Members of the Lexington Park Lions Club also participate in other volunteer activities such as Meals on Wheels, AARP Tax-Aide, United Way Day of Caring, and boating safety training.

When the St. Mary’s commissioners congratulated the Lexington Park Lions Club and its members for their 70th anniversary, they also recognized the group’s ongoing commitment to the people of St. Mary’s County.

See photos from the ceremony at the county’s photo page.

For more about the Lexington Park Business and Community Association, visit their Leader member page.

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