By Charlie Schmalz Aurora Sunrise Rotary participates in Student Youth Exchange for West Aurora and East Aurora High Schools. Students are given the opportunity to study abroad for one school year in participating countries through-out the world. In exchange, we have students who come to Aurora from around the world
Arvid Meyer, center, receives the Lions Clubs International Club Excellence award
Montgomery resident Rebecca “Becky” Dunnigan, left, receives Aurora Noon Lions Club’s annual Distinguished Service Award Thursday, Dec. 15
Aurora officials shared city economic development updates with Aurora Noon Lions Club members at the Club’s November 17 meeting. Alex Alexandrou, Aurora’s chief management officer and chief of staff, and Trevor Dick, assistant director of the mayor’s Office of Economic Development, were keynote the Lions’ meeting at St. Mark’s Lutheran
Last year Aurora Noon Lions Club opened the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign with a $500 donation.
East Aurora High School student Melanie Galendo, left, serves plates at Aurora Noon Lions Club’s annual fundraiser Saturday, Oct. 29, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora.
Doug Needham, center, and Michelle Needham of Plainfield, provide pancakes at a past Aurora Noon Lions Club Great Pumpkin breakfast fundraiser.
Aurora Noon Lions Club celebrates the induction of three new members at the Club’s Thursday, Oct. 6, meeting at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary year, Aurora Noon Lions Club will hold its annual Candy Day fundraiser Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14-15. Susan Koepke, Noon Lions president, said volunteers will don bright yellow aprons and stand outside Prisco’s Family Market, 1108 Prairie Street in Aurora, to accept donations from 9 a.m.
Illinois State representative Stephanie Kifowit, third from right, presents Aurora Noon Lions Club members with recognition certificates for work on the Club’s 100th anniversary celebration.
Aurora Noon Lions members, from left, Arvid Meyer, Dick Schindel, and Paul Buddy are in masks for blind-eating test September 1.
August 16, 2022Dear editor; Aurora Noon Lions Club just celebrated a big birthday: A century of service. The occasion was marked during a 100th anniversary celebration July 26 at Gaslite Manor Banquets in Aurora. It featured a centennial banquet, recognitions by the City of Aurora and Lions Clubs International, and
One-hundred years of Aurora Noon Lions Club history is on display at the David L. Pierce Art and History Center in Aurora. Celebrating the Noon Lions’ centennial year, the exhibit opened Friday, Aug. 5, at the center, 20 E. Downer Place in Aurora. Admission is free. Hours are noon to
By Al Benson “I challenge you to keep up the good work. “Have fun. “Aurora Lions roar for another 100 years!” That was the charge to the Aurora Noon Lions Club Thursday, July 28, from Lions Clubs International past international director Robert “Bob” Block. Elected at the Lions’ 102nd international
Donna Carter, RN, explains diabetes basics to Aurora Noon Lions Club members Thursday, Aug. 4, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora. Carter is a quality coordinator at Rush-Copley Medical Center’s outpatient diabetes center in Aurora.
Randy Brown, left, Aurora Noon Lions Club membership committee chairman, extends a welcomes to Tom Voigt of Aurora, Thursday, July 21.
Aurora Noon Lions Club has extended the reservation deadline for its centennial banquet to Thursday, July 21. Susan Koepke of Aurora, Noon Lions president, invited the public to the celebration Thursday, July 28, at 5:30 p.m. at Gaslite Manor Banquets, 2485 Church Road in Aurora. The event will feature a
Aurora Noon Lions Club member Paul Buddy of Aurora, right, watches Thursday, July 13, as Wayside Cross Ministries workers unload 1,800 bottles of water donated by Aurora Lions.
Susan Koepke of Aurora has been elected Aurora Noon Lions Club president for 2022-2023. In an installation ceremony at a July 7 meeting, at Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center, Koepke received the presidential gavel from outgoing president Arvid Meyer of Aurora. Koepke served as Aurora Noon club president in 2000-2001
