Ephrata (PA) Lions Club

The Ephrata Lions Club meets the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month, at 6:30 p.m at American Legion Post 429 (300 Cocalico Street, Ephrata), with some exceptions. Although the meeting starts at 6:30, please try to arrive before 6:00 in order to order your meal from the Legion's menu. (Attendees may continue to eat while the meeting is in progress.) Check our club information page for meeting details, or contact a club member to confirm meeting dates and locations. The Club is always seeking new members who are interested in community service. Interested people -- including non-members and visiting Lions -- are always welcome to attend.

Club History and Other Information

The Ephrata Lions Club was chartered on Feb 26, 1925. The Ephrata area, as well as our state, nation, and all corners of the world have since benefited from the individual and combined efforts of the club members. The club has certainly taken the Lions' motto “We Serve” to heart. After ninety-four years of community service, our club is justly proud to be one of more than 47,000 clubs in over 200 countries, in an organization with more than 1.4 million members.

Although the club is best known for the sport card show and the Ephrata Fair bingo, we also support the community through Adopt-A-Highway, the community Easter Egg Hunt, food drives, used eyeglass collection, and White Cane Days collections. Our other fundraising projects support Ephrata Area Social Services, Ephrata Baseball Association, Ephrata Community Ambulance, Ephrata High School Senior Service Award and Students of the Month, Ephrata Performing Arts Center, the Ephrata Public Library, Ephrata Recreation Center, Ephrata Youth Football, the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership seminar, Leader Dogs for the Blind, the Lincoln Fire Company, Lions Clubs International Foundation, Lions of PA Foundation, PA Lions Beacon Lodge Camp, the Pioneer Fire Company, Power Packs Project, Sight Conservation Committee of Lebanon County, the Samaritan Counseling Center’s TeenHope project, VisionCorps, and other community needs that arise.

Our Board of Directors meetings are usually held immediately following the 2nd monthly Club meeting (the 3rd Thursday), and occasionally after the 1st monthly Club meeting (the 1st Thursday).

Typical exceptions to the normal meeting schedule include the following:

• January of even-numbered years (2022): one meeting is usually moved to the 2nd Tuesday to meet with the Akron Lions Club.
• April: one meeting is typically moved to the Friday when the District 14D Presidents' Honor Night is scheduled. Holy week may also impact the scheduling.
  
• July: our only meeting is a special event. (There is usually no board meeting in July.)
  
• August: our only meeting is a family picnic usually at the Ephrata Township Park on the 3rd Thursday.
• October: one meeting is held at the District 14D Region III Rally, usually on a Thursday.
• December: our 2nd meeting is a family party, reservations are required.

There may be additional exceptions to our meeting schedule due to holidays, special activities, visitations, etc. Please check our club information page or the club meeting box (to the right), or contact a Club Officer or any Club Member to verify meeting dates and locations.

Other Notes

Interested in knowing more about the Club or in becoming a member? Contact any Club officer or member, or contact us at one of the addresses below.

Guests, new members, and donations are always welcome.

The Club is collecting eyeglasses, hearing aids, and inactive cell phones at our yellow "mailbox" at Martin's Country Market.

Donate to the Ephrata Lions Club

Due to the corona virus, 2021 has proven to be a very difficult year for the Ephrata Lions Club, as it is for almost everyone. We were unable to hold some of our larger fundraisers. That means we will not have funds for people unable to afford eye exams or eyeglasses, we will not be able to fully support our youth-oriented projects, and we will not be able to donate to some of the other community organizations we normally support.

So if you can, please donate to the Ephrata Lions Club, so we can support other organizations and people in need in the Ephrata Area.

Contact Us

Email us at info@ephratalions.org.

Follow us on Facebook at "Ephrata Lions Club" (@ephratalionsclub)

Our mailing address is:

Other email addresses include: cardshow@ephratalions.org, publicity@ephratalions.org, and treasurer@ephratalions.org