Fairfax County’s “Golden Gazette” for Oct 2025, includes a nice article on Fairfax Lions Club. See the article at this link: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/familyservices/older-adults/golden-gazette/2025-10-fairfax-lions-club-serving-and-supporting-the-community?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

2nd Vice District Governor Greg brought Fairfax Lions a “S2L” message: Those with a passion for SERVICE (the “S”) are great candidates to become LIONS (the first “L”) , and will become great Lion LEADERS (the second “L”). Greg emphasized the LCI theme “Serve to Lead, and Lead to Serve,” and the new Lions service priority: Mental Health.

It was a great pleasure to welcome a guest, Karla (whose dad had been a Lion for 50 years)…the photo shows Karla picking the winning ticket for the 50-50 drawing.

Finally, on behalf of the District Governor, Greg gave the DG’s award to the Fairfax Lions Club president, to present to a club member.

Fairfax Lions Club held our Aug 19 dinner meeting at Foster’s Grille in Vienna. Several Fairfax Lions were members of the former Vienna Lions Club, and often met at Foster’s Grille.

Fairfax Lions welcomed guest Chantana, a local Fairfax optometrist who is interested in working with our vision screening program.

Club President Gary presents a flower to Past President Karen, to thank her for her wonderful year of outstanding leadership.

Mitzi and Deanna manage City of Fairfax events, including the recent Independence Day parade and fireworks. On August 5th, they spoke to Fairfax Lions about the year-long planning process resulting in those successful events.

Each year, the Lions Club President selects one Fairfax Lion for outstanding service – to be “Lion of the Year.” In the City of Fairfax, volunteers of the year from all service clubs are recognized in a very nice ceremony hosted by the Inter-Service Club Council (ISCC). On August 6th, Volunteer of the Year Lion Joe Rovansek received a certificate as was congratulated by the City Mayor, flanked by (R) President of Fairfax Lions Club, and (L) President of the ISCC.