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June 21, 2023, Jack Wagner takes over as President of Thalia Lions serving a 2nd Year ........................................................... First two things - (1) Select READ MORE bottom right and (2) THALIA LIONS CLUB at page top............................................. You may continue with this website, or go to Lions of Virginia District 24-I http://https://lionsdistrict24i.org/ .................................................... For the first time through it is recommended you read this Home Page, a description of how to maneuver through this website. Continue scrolling down or to read this article, select READ MORE . After reading this first article you must go back to the top of the page & click on THALIA LIONS CLUB ............... and again scroll down stopping at any article and select READ MORE . After reading the article, you must go back to the top of the website and select THALIA LIONS CLUB ...and scroll
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History

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HISTORY The Thalia Lions Club was chartered on April 20 1966, and since then we have served the Virginia Beach Community continuously helping people with loss of sight and hearing and with diabetes.   But that’s not all. Our club’s history is rich in community projects.   I’ll start with Lion Eli Chertoff, our sixteenth 1981 president who passed away in 2010 at the age of 96.   As a son of Russian immigrants Lion Eli set up our scholarship account which has grown to over $50,000 and is now used for Princess Anne High School and Adult Learning Center scholarships. Our club has been packed with notable Lions and a wealth of service projects. No one represented these folks more than Lion Dallas Divelbiss. Door-to-door broom sales started out of Lion Dallas’ garage, followed by a picnic at his home. Then there’s Lion Ed DeLong serving Thalia Lions for 23 years. For dozens of years Lion Ed handed out scholarships for a selected Adult Learning Center student goin
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Meetings 2022-2024

2023-2024 Sept 20th, 2023, Membership Meeting , Wed. - 6 pm. Bay Lake Retirement Center 4225 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23455 Lion President Jack Wagner: Call to Order- 6:30 pm Patriotic Song: Lion Nancy Watters Pledge of Allegiance – Lion Susan Sumnick Invocation: Lion Rev. Bill Austin Introduction of Guests – Lion Susan Sumnick - New member to be inducted, Dorothy Young. Dorothy asked to be a member when Thalia Lions was conducting a Blood Drive at VBCC. Lion Nancy Watters – New member to be inducted, Brenda Mallery Lion John Watters – New member to be inducted, Jack Mallery Brenda and Jack are members of Virginia Beach Christian Church. There they saw what Lions were doing because several members were also Thalia members. Recess for Dinner Reconvene for Program Introduction of Guest Speaker – PCC Stanley Furman – District 24I Governor Homer Cook (Please stand, if able, to welcome the DG) DG Homer Cook’s bio: Lion Homer has been married for 36 years
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