Members of the Moorestown Lions Club are busy preparing to host its Ed Winkler Memorial Lions Golf Outing, formerly the Annual Golf Outing. This is the 29th year for this event. This event will be held at Ramblewood Country Club in Mt. Laurel, on Wednesday, June 1 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Registration begins at 11 a.m. with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. For details on participation, please contact Chris Deyoung at (609) 636–2362, John Dietz at (856) 581–3470 or Scott Boren at (856) 234–1974. Sponsorship opportunities are available.
This year the Lions renaming the golf outing to honor our founder Ed Winkler, who passed on last year.
Funds raised from this event are used to help area residents obtain eye care and vision screenings, community projects and providing scholarships to our Moorestown High School students.
Regionally, Moorestown Lions supports local food banks, youth organizations, summer camp programs for children and adults, seeing eye — training dogs for the visually impaired, and many other worthy causes in support of the visually and hearing impaired.
“Money raised on June will allow Lions to meet pressing needs in our community. Lions members thank everyone who contributes to this important work. You are truly helping Lions make a difference in our community,” Helen Davies-Miramontes, President of Moorestown Lions Club, said.
Moorestown Lions contributes 100 percent of the funds raised to causes it supports.
The Moorestown Lions Club has been serving the Moorestown Community since 1948, and currently has 32 members and meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. at Sal & Joes Restaurant. Lions clubs are a group of men and women who identify needs within the community and work together to fulfill those needs. For more information or to get involved with the Moorestown Lions Club, please contact Craig Roberts at (609) 980–2954.
Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization with more than 1.3 million members in approximately 45,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world. Since 1917, Lions clubs have aided the blind and visually impaired and made a strong commitment to community service and serving youth throughout the world. For more information about Lions Clubs International, visit the website at www.lionsclubs.org.
