Our Lions Club was originally chartered as the East Marietta Lions Club in July, 1958. Our service area was defined as the new neighborhoods being built east of the city of Marietta at that time. As those neighborhoods continued to grow, our service area expanded to include all of the eastern portion of Cobb County. In the early 90's, we decided to change our name to the East Cobb Lions Club because it more clearly identified the community we are part of and serve. And here we are today, still serving!
Every Lions Club is independent and gets to choose how it raises money and how it spends it. One thing is a given tho, any money from the public must be and is spent on the public. The only money Lions can spend on themselves is the money they pay in membership dues. We are very careful to keep those monies separate.
Over the years, we have raised money by parking cars and running a food booth at the North Georgia Fair. We had a half-marathon road race during the early 70’s. We’ve sold Lions mints, giant coloring books, mops, brooms and light bulbs, Christmas tree ornaments, Vidalia onions, and Georgia pecans. We have cooked steak dinners, spaghetti suppers, pancake breakfasts, and chicken BBQ. We even had a car show. We have raffled off valuable prizes, participated in White Cane Days by standing outside stores asking for donations, the list goes on. For the past 30 years, we've hosted a golf tournament that has been very successful. If it was legal, we've probably tried it.
We've spent that money helping people get eye exams and glasses, providing scholarships, sending kids to the Georgia Lions Camp, buying a tandem bicycle for a blind teenager. We've provided vision screenings at the North Georgia Fair and in Cobb schools, supported other agencies and non-profits that provide direct services to the visually impaired (see We Support). We helped a child with a traumatic brain injury get the medical care he needed. We are the longest running sponsor of the East Marietta Little League, 60+ years! We have packed bag lunches for Special Olympics athletes, sorted and packed food at the Atlanta Community Food Bank, and decorated Christmas trees that were sold to benefit Wellspring Living. We have provided Christmas gifts for homeless families and teens separated from their families. We have collected socks to be distributed to homeless veterans and pack care packages for military personnel overseas. We pick up litter along a one mile stretch of Johnson Ferry Rd in east Cobb. For almost 40 years, we have provided a warm meal or a small gift bag on Christmas Day to seniors in the Meals On Wheels program.
We've been busy, always looking for a new ways to raise money that we can use to help others, and for new ways to help our neighbors. It has been a rewarding journey with new destinations on the horizon. Come join us!
Every Lions Club is independent and gets to choose how it raises money and how it spends it. One thing is a given tho, any money from the public must be and is spent on the public. The only money Lions can spend on themselves is the money they pay in membership dues. We are very careful to keep those monies separate.
Over the years, we have raised money by parking cars and running a food booth at the North Georgia Fair. We had a half-marathon road race during the early 70’s. We’ve sold Lions mints, giant coloring books, mops, brooms and light bulbs, Christmas tree ornaments, Vidalia onions, and Georgia pecans. We have cooked steak dinners, spaghetti suppers, pancake breakfasts, and chicken BBQ. We even had a car show. We have raffled off valuable prizes, participated in White Cane Days by standing outside stores asking for donations, the list goes on. For the past 30 years, we've hosted a golf tournament that has been very successful. If it was legal, we've probably tried it.
We've spent that money helping people get eye exams and glasses, providing scholarships, sending kids to the Georgia Lions Camp, buying a tandem bicycle for a blind teenager. We've provided vision screenings at the North Georgia Fair and in Cobb schools, supported other agencies and non-profits that provide direct services to the visually impaired (see We Support). We helped a child with a traumatic brain injury get the medical care he needed. We are the longest running sponsor of the East Marietta Little League, 60+ years! We have packed bag lunches for Special Olympics athletes, sorted and packed food at the Atlanta Community Food Bank, and decorated Christmas trees that were sold to benefit Wellspring Living. We have provided Christmas gifts for homeless families and teens separated from their families. We have collected socks to be distributed to homeless veterans and pack care packages for military personnel overseas. We pick up litter along a one mile stretch of Johnson Ferry Rd in east Cobb. For almost 40 years, we have provided a warm meal or a small gift bag on Christmas Day to seniors in the Meals On Wheels program.
We've been busy, always looking for a new ways to raise money that we can use to help others, and for new ways to help our neighbors. It has been a rewarding journey with new destinations on the horizon. Come join us!
