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Lost Nation, Iowa 52254

Lions Motto: We Serve

Enos Ihns, President
Phone: 563-678-2565
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Lost Nation Lions Club Meetings:
2nd Saturday, each month
7:00 a.m. breakfast meeting
Lost Nation-Elwood Telephone Community Room
304 Long Avenue, Lost Nation, Iowa


2010 Lost Nation Lions Club Officers:
President: Enos Ihns
Vice President:
Secretary: Sharon Steiner
Treasurer: Joe Fulmer

LN Lions Club Upcoming Events for 2010
June 25 Brat Stand @ DeWitt
July 17-18 Food stand @ Gilroy Rustic Park
September 3 Brat Stand @ DeWitt

District Governor Visits LN Lions

District Governor, Gary Glockhoff, visited the Lost Nation Lions Club on Saturday, March 13, 2010.

Gary is shown with Enos Ihns (on the left), President of the Lost Nation Club.

The Lost Nation Lions Club in Our Community

Community Blood Drives for MVRBC
The Lost Nation Lions Club sponsors blood drives for the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center. MVRBC is the sole provider of blood products to 10 hospitals in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois.

Bonnie Fulmer, at the right, coordinates most of the blood drives held by the Lost Nation Liions Club.


Donations to Community Organizations

Much of the proceeds from the Lost Nation Lions Club fund-raising activities are donated to community groups including Gilroy Rustic Park, Lost Nation Fire Company, Lost Nation Library, Lost Nation Food Center, Midland School Post Prom Party, etc.

Lost Nation Lions Club fund-raising activities:
  • food stands during Rustic Days & other ballgames at Gilroy Rustic Park
  • working at brat stands
  • other community activities

Preschool Vision Screening Program

The Lost Nation Lions Club participates in the Lions Clubs International Preschool Vision Screening Program in conjunction with the Delmar Lions Club.

Lions conduct screenings for preschool children in order to prevent childhood blindness through early detection and treatment for the most common vision disorders.


The Lost Nation Lions Club hosts visits from 9 x 9 District Governors

The Lost Nation Lions Club participates in many area parades with their "little red trolley."

Lost Nation Lions Club History

The Lost Nation Lions Club was chartered in 1984. Charter members included: Dwane Bentrott; Ron Burnett; Roy Cain; Darrell Christensen; David Clapp; Robert Dow; Paul Gardner; Robert Gilroy; Walter Hamdorf; Ward Hollingsworth; Bill Horstmann, Jr.; Wm. J. Lee; Gerald Lukins; Rev. Frank Martinez; Jim McCutcheon; Joe McGonegle, Jr.; Robert Niebuhr; Elmer Ruchotzke; Gary Schmidt; Paul Schroeder; Linn Schultz; Alan Small; Robert Thiel; Wm. J. Watters; and Keith Welch.

The Lost Nation Lions Club is also noted for many community-minded activities including assisting area citizens who have vision problems, twice yearly blood drives, and helping with the Rustic Run and Rustic Days.