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CONGRATULATIONS LIONS OF THE YEAR
BRENDA MIZE & JUSTIN FANCHER
The Burleson Lions Club President Les Havins presented two Lions of the Year awards to Lions Brenda Mize and Justin Fancher. Congratulations Brenda and Justin for all you do to keep our club moving forward and successful!!!
Brenda is our long time Club Treasurer. Her hard work is sometimes not seen by many inside or outside the club, but she is a primary reason we are on great financial footing! She does much more than finances, participating in our service projects like leading our parade registration.
Justin is our club Secretary. Justin ensures we are properly documented and recored and keeps our club straight with district. In addition, Justin is our central collection point for all of the eyeglass donations collected across the community. Last year that was over 4,000 pairs of glasses!!
BURLESON, YOU MADE THE PARADE AWESOME!
We had a huge crowd and great parade entries to celebrate Independence Day. We hope everyone had a great time!
More Parade pictures Here courtesy of the City of Burleson
Link to Parade Video on YouTube
See our parade page at the following link for details:
Click here to see an updated list of Sponsors
PARADE WINNERS:
The following are the category winners for the 21st Burleson Lions Independence Day Parade. Congratulations to all the winners! Thank you to all that entered and made the parade great!
- Antique/Classic Car:
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- Club: Hermandad Vochera VW club
- Individual: Johnson County 4-H
- Business: AKF Martial Arts
- Civic/Non Profit: Burleson Rotary Club
- Equestrian: National Association of Riding Clubs & Sheriff’s Posse
- Individual: Raymond's Paint & Body
- Club/Multi Vehicle: Moslah Shriners Motor Corps
- Military: Military Order of the Purple Heart
- Sport: Burleson Independent Soccer Association
- School: Lady Spartan Soccer
- Overall Float:
1. AKF Martial Arts
2. Burleson Independent Soccer Association
3. Military Order of the Purple Heart
MEET THE GRAND MARSHAL!!
We are honored to have Byron Black, Burleson Mayor 1998-2004, serve as Grand Marshal for the 21st Independence Day Parade.
Byron Black was born and raised in Johnson County. He and his family moved to Burleson in 1965.
Mr. Black has served Johnson County as a founding member and president of the board of Johnson County Child Advocacy Center and Chair of the Johnson County Central Appraisal District.
Significant accomplishments for the City of Burleson during his tenure as Mayor were initiatives to bring Gateway Station development, restoration of the Interurban Building, expansion of the Burleson Senior Center, the conversion of the Fire Department from volunteer to fulltime status, began development and construction of Hidden Creek Parkway, and recognition of Burleson as a City of Character.
His life of public service also includes: Member Chisholm Trail 100 Board, President Burleson Independent School Board, Med-Star Board, President of Texas Association of School Boards of Texas, President of the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool.
Burleson Club Leadership
We recently installed our new and returning officers and board members for the 2025-2026 Lions Year! Please join us in congratulating our leaders for the next year!
2025 SCHOLARSHIPS
The Burleson Lions Club recently awarded two $2,500 scholarships Burleson area seniors. Congratulations Vance Vernon - Centennial High and Tanner Borowski - BHS !
Thank you to all students who applied for our annual scholarships, and Best of Luck to all Graduating Seniors in our community! You all make us proud!
Each year the Burleson Lions Club awards scholarships to selected graduating seniors in the Burleson Community. The scholarships are paid directly to th admissions office at the education institution of the student's choice, be it a university, two year college, trade school, or a firefighting / police academy, etc. Awards are based on a demonstration of the importance of community service, volunteer experiences, academic effort, and school and community involvement.
Burleson Honey Tour 2025
Rest Stop #5 of the Burleson Honey Tour Bike Ride was once again staffed by the Burleson Lions this year! It is always a great time helping to keep the riders going. Especially since we have a nice, shaded rest stop!!
CONGRATULATIONS LION HAROLD MOORE!
The Burleson Lions Club was Proud to attend a Luncheon on Wednesday, April 23rd at Lost Oak Winery presented by the Boy Scouts Longhorn Chapter to HONOR: Harold Moore; recipient of the “Good Scout” Award for his years of work and dedication not only in the Boy Scouts, but in all the numerous ways he has served his community in many roles and capacities!
NEW AUDIOMETERS
Recently the Burleson Lions Club purchased two new audiometers to assist with our annual Vision and Hearing screeings. These audiometers were purchased with funds donated in memory of Lion Galen Atkinson, who passed away unexpectedly last year. Galen was a major player in our screenings.
Our screenings are our largest service project and serve over 4500 students every year!! These audiometers will help us better serve our communtiy, living up to our motto, WE SERVE!
SCHEDULED VISION & HEARING SCREENINGS COMPLETE FOR 2024!!
The Burleson Lions Club's largest annual service project, Vision & Hearing Screenings, recently completed for 2024. 4,504 chidren were screened for both vision and hearing issues. 612 vision referrals for follow up care were made. Screenings are held every year for Burleson ISD, Keene ISD, and other Burleson area children. This year we performed screenings at 17 different locations. It takes multiple Lions to accomplish our yearly task of helping around 4,500 children!! Many thanks to all the volunteers that contributed to this worthy endeavor!!! We volunteered over 600 hours of work to make this happen.
The completion of our scheduled screenings doesn't mean we can't still help. If you know a private school, homeschool, or other Burleson Area group that needs help with vision and hearing screening, please contact the Burleson Lions (email@burlesonlions.org). We are happy to help if we can. WE SERVE.
BURLESON LIONS DISPLAY AT BURLESON HERITAGE FOUNDATION
Thanks to Past President Blair Lybbert, the Burleson Lions Club now has a display in the Burleson Museum and Visitors Center. Lion Blair coordinated with the Burleson Heritage Foundation to secure a spot to honor the history and contributions of the Burleson Lions Club. Huge kudos to Lion Blair for getting this accomplished!! Another notch in his list of accomplishments increasing the visibility of our club!!!
The case includes our original Burleson Lions Club charter, Lion Ted Whitley's vest and description, along with additional information about our club.
The Burleson Museum and Visitors Center is in the middle of Old Town at Mayor Vera Calvin Plaza. They are open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Please visit and learn more about Burleson history and our club's part in it.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Recently Burleson Lions helped support Harvest House at their Vinyard & Vibes event. We enjoy the opportunity to help Serve in support of other community organizations.
The Burleson Lions Club attended the Burleson Chamber of Commerce Winter Luncheon on January 16, 2025. We enjoyed the opportunity to let everyone know what the Burleson Lions Club is about. It's always great to meet the wonderful people of Burleson.
The Burleson Lions Club once again participated in Burleson Founders Day in 2024. Several Lions met with Founders Day attendees and provided information on the Lions Club and our service in the Burleson community. It is always great to get out into the community and talk about our club. We also made several positive contacts with possible new members.
The Burleson Lions Club attended the Burleson Chamber of Commerce Fall Luncheon on October 17, 2024. Lions had the chance to talk with multiple City and business leaders and enjoyed a lunch from Old Texas Brewing Company along with the speakers.
Once again Burleson Lions supported the Library Great Give Back event on January 25, 2025. There was a decent turn out of citizens and number of civic/service organizations represented. We talked to a lot of people and shared the Burleson Lions Club story.
Meals on Wheels is an avenue in which the Burleson Lions Club shares with our community. Each week one or more of our members partners with Meals on Wheels to provide a meal to members of our community and at the same time makes contact with these people for whom it is more difficult to be out and about. Lions Bill and Gloria Ayars are shown here delivering a meal.