“If you want to be happy for an hour take a nap. for a day, go fishing. for a year, inherit money. If you want to be happy for a lifetime, …serve others.”
Jay Moughon
Who are the Mason Neck Lions?
The Mason Neck Lions Club 24-A is a charitable organization devoted to humanitarian causes. By working on service projects and raising funds, we strive to help the less fortunate. Our motto is “We serve.”
Meetings are held in person on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at Cranford UMC at 9912 Old Colchester Road
Lorton, VA 22079, or occasionally via Zoom link. – email to attend or to make a presentation to the club.
Social time starts at 6:00PM, Meeting called to order 7:00PM
Leadership Team 2026-2027:
Officers
President: Lion Sharon Fussell
Immediate Past President: Lion Paul Tompkins
1st Vice President: Lion Robert Swain
2nd Vice President: Lion Joe Chudzik
Secretary: PDG Jim Snyder
Treasurer: PDG Woody Woodard
Lion Tamer/Tail Twister: Lion Kristine Tompkins
Membership Chair: Lion Charlene Heeter
LCIF Coordinator: Lion Rich LaVallee
Publicity & Communications: Lion Nancy Lisi
Board of Directors
Lion Foster Morse
Lion Maria Keady
Lion Vivian Snyder
Lion Marvin Miller
Lion Dick Kennedy
This website is an adjunct to our page at Lions Club International which may be found here. Our district is 24-L which can be found here. We are a 501c3 Organization Lions club of Mason Neck, Lorton Charities Inc. EIN32 – 0249937 Combined Federal Charities Code 15565
Dues
$120 per Year, $30 per quarter (3 months). New members are inducted after orientation, to learn about what the Lions do, Lion History and Procedure.
Services
- Eyeglass Provision Services
- Fundraising Food Service for Your Events
- Community Cultural and Environmental: stream and road cleanups
- Benches With Business Names and Logos
- Community Service events Or Funding
- World Relief Through Lions International
- Lorton Community Action Center
Sight
The Lions have a significant interest in aiding those who are blind or have low vision. In 1925 Helen Keller addressed the Lions at their International Convention challenging them to become “Knights of the Blind” in the crusade against darkness. We work with the Lorton Community Action Center and provide eye exams and eyeglasses for them. We lend support to the Leader Dog Program and Canine Companions for Independence as well.
Lions Support:
- Lions Clubs Fund International LCIF
- Bland Music Competition
- L.E.A.R.N.S educating school staff about diabetes
- Sight and Hearing screening events
- Leader Dogs for the Blind
- Canine Companions for Independence
- Lions of Virginia Foundation
- Hearing Aid Bank Foundation
- Virginia Lions Eye Institute
- Virginia Lions Youth Camp
- Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center
- Lorton Community Action Center
- Our Own Fundraisers:
- Food Service
- Shrimp Sales
- Tail Twister and 50/50
- Benches
