Monthly Club Meetings 1st & 3rd Thursday @ Noon The Southport Lions Club meets every first and third Thursdays at Noon at Surfers Restaurant on Route 211. The Restaurant is next to the Walmart Shopping Center heading into Southport. Visitors are Welcome! and All visiting Lions in the area are welcome to join us.
	Southport Flag Days Southport Lions will place American Flags on: Martin Luther King Day Presidents Day Memorial Day Flag Day-June 14 Labor Day Veterans Day-Nov.11 To sponsor a flag send us an email.
	Monthly Board Meetings 1st Thursday @ 10AM The Southport Lions Club Board of Directors meets on the 1st Thursday of the month. The meeting is held at 10AM and ends at 11:30AM prior to the regular Club meeting at Surfers Restauraunt in the back meeting room.
	2008 4th of July Boat GiveAway Winner Annually for the last almost 20 years the Southport Lions Club has given away a 17 to 19 foot boat at Southport's Annual 4th of July Celebration. The drawing is held around 9PM just prior to the Fireworks Show near Whittler's Bench in downtown Southport. Sales of tickets for the Boat Drawing begin in late March or early April of each year at bthe Annual Chili Cookoff. This project is the primary fundraiser for the Club and supports the majority of the Club's annual charitable donations.
	Lions Clubs and Broom Sales Are a Long Time Tradition The Southport Lions Club's association with Broom sales relates to the fact that the Brooms are all made by Industries For The Blind in northern NC where both blind and visually impaired workers staff the Broom Making assembly line. During early October of each year the Southport Lions Club members will sell brooms in the historical section of Southport at the Cape Fear Waterfront Park near the end of Howe Street at Whittler's Bench. This has become a regular event and tradition for both the community and the Club. It should be noted also, that the club sells Brooms at the Southport Visitors Center all year long!!! So what are you waiting for get your broom now to help support Industries for the Blind and the Lions Club!!
	Annual B&G Home NC Luggage Donation For the last 5 years in the Spring Lions have been collecting Luggage, Backpaks, Duffels, etc. to Donate to the Boys and Girls Home of NC in Lake Waccamaw
	Southport Pewter Christmas Ornament Sales Series The Southport Lions Club has arranged to have a special series of Southport related/oriented pewter Christmas Ornaments cast and sold ech year. We currently have the reproduction rights for up to 12 of the sketches done by artist Don Johnson so there could be a collectable series of up to 12 ornaments and we are now in our 7th year. Ornaments can be purchased from members of the Club or at the Southport Visitor's Center on Moore St. Past ornaments are also available to backfill a collection where you are missing them. The first Ornament was issued in 2002 and we are now selling the 2008 Ornament which is a rendition of the Adkins-Ruark House.
	Annual Food/Gift Giveaway to Needy Annually just before Christmas the Southport Lions Club organizes baskets of Food and Presents for some of our neighbors who are have fallen on hard times. This programs primarily supports single parent families and seniors who can use a helping hand over the holiday season.
	B&G Home Boys Day at the Beach! Annually our Lions Club sponsors the Lions Cottage Boys from the B&G Home of NC to a day or two at the Beach!