Candy Day: An annual fall activity specially aimed at raising money for the visually handicapped. We have raised over $9000 and donated all of it to Vision activities.

Auction Sales: Auctions have raised over $13,000.

Dinners: Ham and beans, spaghetti, chicken and noodles, chili and Vegetable soup dinners have been served over the years and brought in over $7500.

Raffles: Quilts, turkeys, beef, hogs, trips to Las Vegas, have been raffled and have netted the club over $4200.

Light Bulb Sales: An early fund raising method used by the club. We sold 18,600 light bulbs that brought in over $3700.

Hoop Fest: All profits are ear marked for School sports projects – over $30,000.

Local Sight Conservation

• Provided over 62 eye exams and glasses
• Sponsored four visits from the Lions Mobile Glaucoma Unit screening over 300 people
• Purchased a tape recorder for a blind student
• Purchased a brailler for a blind student
• Provided specialist care for a young boy with an eye muscle problem

School Related Activities

• Help sponsor student for ILL Teen Institute – 03
• Purchased scoreboard controller for gym in 2003
• Sponsored nine athletic banquets, hosted 398 students
• Sponsored 43 academic banquets honoring 1×78 honor students
• Bought a vision screening machine for the school
• Provided a Resaca-Annie and a Baby-baby for use in CPR training
• Helped finance and build a playground
• Built the original football observation booth
• Contributed towards building baseball dugouts
• Contributed for building baseball-batting cage
• Contributed annually to the school yearbook
• Contributed annually to the after prom party
• Made contributions to the Sports boosters
• Awarded Thirteen $500 Scholarships
• Bought the Varsity Basketball uniforms in 1993
• Purchased a whirlpool in 1996
• Co-purchased weight equipment in 1997
• Purchased softball pitching machine in 1997
• Donated $1200 toward cheerleaders to send them to the
• Nationals in Florida in 1998
• Bought a squat machine for the school in 1998
• Helped to support the Pawnee/Divemon JFL
• Purchased additional weight equipment in 1999
• Co-purchased a tent for the Track Team in 2000
• 50% of the cost for Volleyball Girls camp in 2001
• Purchased training tapes for track in 2001

Pawnee Prairie Days

Was a co-founder of the Pawnee Picnic association that has provided a summer celebration every year from 1962 – 1986. We helped to provide the leadership and labor.

Khoury League & Youth Baseball

We have sponsored and financed sixteen teams.

Medical

• Led the effort to bring a fultime doctor to Pawnee
• Led the effort to start the ambulance district.
• Contributed $1000 to the ambulance district in the start-up
• Contributed over the years to the ambulance district
• Provided a Social Security and Medicare explanation meeting
• Sponsored a free hearing clinic

Parade

Have participated in Pawnee and area parades with floats 39 times.

Scouting

• Provided tickets for scouts and scoutmaster at five recognition dinners
• Assumed sponsorship of Explorers in 1962
• Assumed sponsorship of Boy Scouts in 1965
• Purchased a new motor for the Boy Scout Bus, also purchased eight tents
• Sponsored Brownies in 1972 and bought them their flags
• Donated over $600 toward Scout trips
• Donated $500 toward Trailer Purchase in 2000
• Helped sponsor a scout for Sea Base in 2003

4-H

• Purchased lambs at the lamb show nine years.
• Financial supporter of the Sangamon County 4-H Foundation
• Donated toward their trip to Florida, to pick up their safety award in 1996

Christmas Activities

• Provided community Christmas decorations and put them up for 12 years
• Sixteen years of bringing Santa Claus to town
• 41 years of providing food for needy families
• Nineteen years of music on the square during the Christmas season
• Held a community party and program in 1979 and for all children in 1999

Community Clean-up

• Took part in three community clean-up days
• Rehabilitated an abandoned store on the square ($3000)
• Provided six large trash receptacles for the business area.

Community Improvement

• Original house numbering for Pawnee
• Provided and set up the original street signs
• Built and painted the community welcome sign
• Provided a sidewalk along north edge of park
• Planted twelve trees in the park
• Rewired and refurbished the park bandstand
• Brought the question of a Park District to the referendum stage
• Helped provide illumination of the war memorial
• Provided a summer recreation program for 175 kids for six weeks
• Paid for 50% of cost of brick planters in the park
• Conducted a bicycle safety check and education program
• Provided every home in Pawnee with a map of Pawnee
• Purchased picnic tables for the square

Honored Past Presidents

• Ralph Walker (1960-61)
• Dick Barnes (1961-62)
• Moms Smith (1962-63)
• Tom Brown (1963-64)
• Wayne Sullivan (1964-65)
• George Young (1965-66)
• Aaron Vangeison (1966-67)
• Gordon Sanders (1967-68)
• Wayne Waganer (1968-69)
• Dave Dickey (1969-70)
• Dean Myers (1970-71)
• Ed Maxey (1971-72)
• Darrell Snelling (1972-73)
• Carroll Waganer (1973-74)
• Tom Stelte (1974-75)
• Larry Hamblin (1975-76)
• Charles Swain (1976-77)
• Ray Jenkins (1977-78)
• Ray Claycomb (1978-79)
• Jack Andring (1979-80)
• Bob Stelte (1980-81)
• Ed Maxey II (1981-82)
• Ted Knudsen (1982-83)
• Steve Youngblut (1983-84)
• Dave Kramer (1984-85)
• George Bell (1985-86)
• Bill Eldredge (1986-87)
• Art Brown (1987-88)
• Keith Ladage (1988-89)
• George Sneyd (1989-90)
• Denny Siez (1990-91)
• Tom Frazee (1991-92)
• Gary Star (1992-93)
• John Mellinger (1993-94)
• Tom Lederbrand (1994-95)
• Mark Newhouse (1995-96)
• Billy Miller (1996-97)
• Tom Steve (1997-98)
• Gary Star (1998-99)
• Don Burton (1999-00)
• Dan Ford (2000-01)
• Tom Tindell (2001-02)
• David Roberts (2002-03)
• Michael Reynolds (2003-04)

Honored Past District Governors

Ed Maxey 1977-78
Tom Steve 1985-86

Lists were updated in May of 2004 (UPDATED INFO COMING SOON (10/22/24))