Lions Club Installs New Officers and Directors

The Dripping Springs Lions Club installed new officers and directors at an Installation Banquet on Jun. 17, at Flores Restaurant in Dripping Springs.

John Lyon, past-president of the Wimberley Lions Club and Melvin Jones Fellow, made the inductions. 

For the 2019 – 2020 administrative year, Doug Marsh was installed as the new Dripping Springs Lions Club President. Other officers installed were Theo E. Krenek, Jr., Immediate Past President and Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF) Coordinator; Dr. Megan Tholen, 1st Vice President; Sharon Goss, Secretary;  Susan Warwick, Treasurer;  Greg Jordan, Director and Tail Twister; Sharon Kemp, Membership/ Service Chairperson; and John Brown, Marketing and Communication Chairperson.

“I am looking forward to a great year for our Club and am honored to be the new President,” Marsh said. “ I want to thank Theo for his service as President this past year and for the service of the other officers on the board and all the volunteers from the Club that helped us complete a great year of service and fundraising.”

Through club fundraising activities at the Founders Day Festival, Christmas on Mercer Street and the annual Lions Club Charity Golf Tournament, the local Lions Club is able to support a large number of community organizations and events, such as: the Hays County Livestock Show, The Burke Center, Hays County Brown Santa, Red Arena, Pound House Pioneer Day,  the Hill Country Youth Orchestra, Dripping Springs High School Community Service Day, Helping Hands, Hometown Missions, The Friends Foundation, Service Dog program, the Austin Zoo, Texas Lions Camp (a free residential camping facility in Kerrville for children with physical disabilities, type 1 diabetes and cancer), Camp Counselor Scholarships, and the Lone Star Lions Eye Bank in Manor.   

A crowning achievement this past year, was their gifting of $12,000 in scholarships to Dripping Springs High School Seniors.

The Dripping Springs Lions Club meets on the first and third Mondays at 6:30 p.m. at Ranch Park. “Membership in the Lions Club is by invitation only, and the Dripping Springs Club welcomes new members to help make Dripping Springs a better place to live and work,” the club said in its new officer induction press release. “For information on joining the Dripping Springs Lions Club, please contact Membership Chairperson Sharon Kemp at [email protected], or any Lions Club member.”

About The Lions Club 

The Lions Club was formed in 1917 by a group of Chicago businessmen who believed that they should “reach beyond business issues and address the betterment of their communities.” Business leader and founder Melvin Jones stated, “You can’t get very far until you start doing something for somebody else.”  The motto of the Lions Club is “We Serve.”                            

The Lions Club is the largest service organization in the world with over 1.4 million members in more than 200 countries.  Lions are dedicated to helping those in need today as they were over 100 years ago. Globally, Lions are known for the commitment to the areas of sight, health, youth, elderly, the environment and disaster relief.                                                               

Entering the second century of service, the Lions Club has a new Global Service Framework, which focuses heavily on five worldwide service areas: diabetes, the environment, hunger, childhood cancer and vision.