2025

New Members Sworn In

The newest members of the Round Top Lions Club were sworn in on August 28 by the club's District Governor Kelli Higgings. Pictured are Gary Russell, Terri Russell, Daniel Deridder, Susan Wayland (the club membership chair), Jane Page, Ken Page, and Amy Bone. Not pictured are John Bone, Stacie Brown, Karen Duddlesten, Lou Ann Phillips, and Julie Robertson.

Turkey Trot Awards

Pictured above are the organizations the Round Top Lions Club awarded the proceeds from 2024 Turkey Trot.

Front row: Jenny Baird WNW Show Fund, Robin Soto Camp Shakespeare, Susannah Mikulin & Ashleigh Parks Fayette Community Foundation & Red Door, Karen Duddlesten Round Top Lions Club, Susan Weyland Round Top Lions Club

Back Row: Jerry Hinkel Round Top Lions Club, Glenn Morrison Round Top Cannoneers, Joshua Bellue Round Top Carmine Scholarship recipient attending TSTC in Waco, Kristi Bauer CASA, Daniel DeRidder Round Top Lions Club, Ruby Mc Cullough Round Top Carmine Education Foundation

Not pictured: Round Top Carmine High School Family Careers & Community Leadership of America and the Round Top Family Library.

The Round Top Cannoneers

The Round Top Cannoneers Corps, who are one of the recipients of the funds generated by the Turkey Trot, kicked off the Round Top fourth of July Parade with an impressive (and loud!) firing of the cannon. The cannon is fired on July 4th and Texas Independence Day.

Scholarship Award Winner

The Round Top Lions Club awarded a scholarship to Joshua to Bellue to attend the Texas State Technical College in Waco. Joshua is a Round Top-Carmine 2025 graduate.

Food Drive

The Round Top Lions Club and Round Top Family Library Junior Master Gardeners sponsored a food drive. Left to right: Karen Duddlesten, Gary Pior, Gary Russell, Pam Langford, Susan Weyand, and Terri Russell.

2024

Round Top Lions Club bi-monthly meeting at Poppi Burger.

The Round Top Lions club and the Round Top Family Library's Junior Master Gardeners teamed up for a February food drive.

At their January 9^thmeeting, Lion 2-S5 District Governor Jane Istre and Lion Zone 2B Chairman Dale Throckmorton visited the Round Top Lions Club. Lions Barnell Albers, Dale Throckmorton, Jane Istre, Tricia Blakistone, Gary Pior, Pam Langford, Lenny Dalton, Ed Ellis, and David Smith were in attendance.

The Round Top Lions Club put the American and Texas flags around the Round Top Courthouse in honor of Texas Independence Day. Pictured are David Smith, Gary Pior, Jerry Henkel, Susan Weyand, and Ed Ellis.

On April 17th members of the Lions Club placed Texas and American flags around Round Top's historic courthouse.

2023

The Round Top Lions Club presents the BIG CHECK to recipients of their annual Turkey Trot. Pictured are Arts for Rural Texas, Camp Shakespeare at Winedale, CASA Fayette County, Mini Horse Helpers, Round Top Carmine Education Foundation, Round Top Family Library and The Red Door Fund for Mental Health.

Round Top Lions Club is collected prescription glasses, sunglasses, reading glasses and cases at the Round Top Family Library. These items went to people who live in low and middle income countries who lack basic eye care services.

Round Top Lions Club accepted any unexpired canned goods or non-perishable food items as part of their 2023 spring food drive. All donations went to to AMEN Food Pantry in La Grange.

2019

$950 donated to "Round Top/Carmine Education Foundation"

$800 donated to "Round Top Family Library"

$500 donated to "Hope Rising"

$800 donated to "Mini Horse Helpers"

$800 donated to "Camp Shakespeare"

2018

Young thespians look on as the Round Top Lions Club donated $400 to Shakespeare at Winedale summer camp program. Pictured left to right , Susanne Ellis (VP RT Lions), Robin Grace Thompson, and Jim Doc Ayers (founder Shakespeare at Winedale)

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The Round Top Lions Club presented ARTS with an $800 donation towards their Round Top/Carmine children's programs including ARTS After School, Fine Art Assemblies, and Summer Art Camps. Pictured left to right ARTS Program Administrator Michelle Crisler, Executive Director Jeanne Schilling, Round Top Lions VP Susanne Ellis, and President Pam Langford. Plus the children of ARTS.