Thalia Lions Club

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

2023-2024 April 17, 2025 Membership Meeting , Wed. April 17 th, 2024- 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 Ellen Truman Pledge of Allegiance – Lion Mike Coren Invocation: Lion Vickie Kennedy Introduction of Guests – Traveling Safari from Aragona-Woodstock Lions Club - Lions John & Dot Subasavage and PDG Donnie and Lion Christine Johnson Recess for Dinner: 6:35pm Reconvene for Program 7:00pm Introduction of Guest Speaker – Lion Bill Austin Shelly Averett, Development Director at Horizons. With seven years in the nonprofit sector, Shelly brings expertise in social change. Holding a Masters in Human and Social Services from Walden University and a Certificate of Nonprofit Management from Tidewater Community College, she combines academic knowledge with hands-on experience. Shelly is dedicated to helping sustain and grow the funding for Horizons' programs,