Larchmont, Mamaroneck Lions Clubs To Merge

MAMARONECK, NY — Two local Lions Clubs have announced they will merge. The Larchmont Lions and Mamaroneck Lions Clubs will combine to become the Larchmont Mamaroneck Lions. This is a result of recent joint efforts in support of what is primarily a single community with existing shared services, including a single school system.

The goal of the new club is to help engage with business, service and governmental elements of our community, to better serve its needs, according to a spokeswoman.

The merging of these two Lions Clubs will be celebrated at a dinner event Jan. 7, 2018, at the Sedona Taphouse in Mamaroneck. The guest speaker will be Westchester County Executive-elect George Latimer. Attending will be members of the Lions, local and community leaders and heads of the charities that the Lions support.

The dinner will also launch the Lions partnership with the Sedona Taphouse’s Mondays “Steak Out for Charity.” On Mondays Sedona offers a steak dinner, usually $17.90, for only $6 and donates $1 to a local charity or community service for every steak dinner sold. For the four Mondays in January, starting January 8, the Larchmont Mamaroneck Lions will match each $1 donation. The community service recipient is Habitat for Humanity of Westchester, which works throughout Westchester and the adjacent area to build or repair homes for those in need and to fix up buildings for community organizations.

The newly combined Larchmont Mamaroneck Lions Club will join with other area Lions Clubs (New Rochelle, Rye City and Ann Sullivan/White Plains) to form the Sound Shore Lions Clubs Group. Its goal is to work together to support the many common needs of our community.

The Larchmont Mamaroneck Lions is part of the Lions Clubs International, the world’s largest service organization. The Lions are celebrating their 100th anniversary this year.

Photo caption: Incoming Westchester County Exec George Latimer, Habitat’s Jim Killoran, Mamaroneck Lions VP Rose Silvestro, Larchmont Lions President Phil Oldham, Sedona’s Ron Duckstein. Photo credit: Submitted by Larchmont Mamaroneck Lions.