Lions Club honors Al Godfrey for 50 years of service

Mar. 232017

LIVERMORE FALLS — Longtime Lions Club member Al Godfrey, of Jay, who was recently honored for 50 years of service, will be at the Home and Living Show at Spruce Mountain High School, manning the Lions Club booth to say hello to old friends and encourge non-members to join.

Godfrey, a past Lions district governor, was honored at the Feb. 21 meeting of the Jay-Livermore Falls Lions Club with a legislative sentiment on behalf of the 128th Legislature and presented by Rep. Christine Riley, D-Jay, according to a news release from the club. He was inducted into the Winthrop Lions Club on Jan. 11, 1967, and transferred to the Jay-Livermore club in September 2013.

Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service organization with 1.41 million members in 46,746 clubs in 210 countries around the world, according to the release. The Jay-Livermore Falls Club meets at 6 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of the month at the Chuck Wagon Restaurant on Depot Street. The club is always looking for new members who want to serve their community, according to the news release. For more information contact President Roger Kay at 897-4444 or any of the other 46 current members around town.

PHOTO CAPTION: Rep. Christina Riley, D-Jay, presents a legislative sentiment to Al Godfrey, a past district vice president, who was honored for 50 years with the Lions Club. Godfrey, of Jay, started at the Winthrop club and transferred to Jay in 2013.

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