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Upcoming Lions Club Events
March 2026
31 = MO Lions State Convention, Hotel rooms special ends.
31 = Memphis Forum early bird registration ends for $340, to $360 on April 1.
April 2026
4 = Carl Junction Lions Breakfast, with special Easter guest.
4 = Elkland Lions, Turkey Shoot 9am-noon & Easter Egg Hunt at 1pm.
10-11 = Mid-South Visiting Lions Weekend, Memphis, TN
11 = Hartville Lions Consignment & Donation Auction
18 = Elkland Lions Pancake Breakfast 8am and Craft Fair, 9am-1pm.
18-26 = Environment Week of Service
23 = Council of Governors Meeting, St. Joseph, MO
23-26 = MO State Convention, St. Joseph, MO
30 = GPLLI & FDI registration early bird payment ends.
May 2026
1 = Council Of Governors Meeting, St. Joseph, MO
2 = Seymour Lions Eye Mission, Seymour Methodist Church, 10am-2pm
2 = Christian Count Lions, Shred Day, Price Cutters Nixa, MO
9 = M6 Cabinet Meeting, Lebanon Wallace Center, Lebanon, MO
16 = Long Lane Lions, Pony Pull, 6pm
30 = Monett Lions 80th Anniversary, 5pm social hr, RSVP by May 15, 2026.
See more Lions Events on our Calendar Page.
Lions International Director from M6
ID Debbie Cantrell from Marshfield, Missouri, United States, was elected to serve a two-year term as an International Directors of Lions International at the association’s 106th International Convention in Melbourne, Australia, June 21 through June 25, 2024.
Director Cantrell has 22 years of experience in financial consulting. She is a financial consultant/insurance and operations specialist at Heritage Financial Advisors. She also has 10 years of experience working with at-risk kindergarteners. Director Cantrell has many notable projects, including conducting company trainings, launching a booster club curriculum for Esther Elementary School and created the “It Takes a Village” event to raise awareness for domestic violence.
Director Cantrell joined the Lebanon Host Lions Club in 2004, where she is currently an active member. She has held several offices within the association, including club president, club membership chairperson, district governor, first and second vice district governor, immediate past district governor and multiple district Global Membership Team coordinator, among many other positions.
In recognition of her service to the association, Director Cantrell has received numerous awards, including multiple Lion of the Year Awards, multiple International President’s Awards and International President’s Medals. She was also presented with the Helping Hands Award from Past International President Sid Scruggs. She is a Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow. In addition to her Lion activities, Director Cantrell has spoken at The White House and was named a Champion of Change. She has also spoken at the United Nations during Lions Day with the United Nations. She has written multiple disaster grants after the tornados in Joplin and Branson, Missouri, and held the first women’s workshop in the state.
She loves spending time with her family, sunsets, travel and cooking. Director Cantrell and her husband of 11 years, Kevin, also a Lion and a Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow, have three children and six grandchildren.
Lions of M6
Thank you so much for your support through my war with stage 4 ovarian cancer! You have truly lifted me up through this horrendous chapter. I look a LOT different but my heart is the same.
Thank God, I am now cancer free and ready to....
Lead to Serve, Serve to Lead!
ID Debbie Cantrell
Who Lions are
Who Lions are
Who Lions are
Founded in 1917, we are best known for fighting blindness, but we also volunteer for many different kinds of community projects - including caring for the environment, feeding the hungry and aiding seniors and the disabled.
Our Mission
Who Lions are
Who Lions are
To empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions clubs.
Our global causes
Recycle glasses bins
Recycle glasses bins
Over the last 100 years, the kindness of Lions and Leos has multiplied across borders, oceans, and continents. With over 1.4 million members, we now have an opportunity to truly change our world. That’s why we’re uniting our global service around five areas of need. These Global Causes present significant challenges to humanity, and we believe it’s our turn to meet them.
Recycle glasses bins
Recycle glasses bins
Recycle glasses bins
Send your collected eyeglasses to an official Lions Eyeglass Recycling bin for processing. There, the glasses are sorted to determine those that are usable or unusable, processed, and placed in inventory for distribution to optical missions around the world. Lions help to minimize landfill waste by supporting precious metal reclamation
Send your collected eyeglasses to an official Lions Eyeglass Recycling bin for processing. There, the glasses are sorted to determine those that are usable or unusable, processed, and placed in inventory for distribution to optical missions around the world. Lions help to minimize landfill waste by supporting precious metal reclamation and scrap processing for damaged glasses that are unusable.
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