New Ormond-by-the-Sea Lions Club officers installed for 2024-2025

Ormond Beach Observer
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The Ormond-by-the-Sea Lions Club installed its new officers for the 2024-2025 year at a Puzzle Pieces Installation Ceremony held June 28 at Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery.

The officers were installed by Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood. To thank him for performing the ceremony, the Lions Club donated $100 to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Foundation and presented him with a large basket of snacks to take back for his deputies, according to a press release.

The new officers are:

Lion Bobbie Cheh presents Sheriff Mike Chitwood with check for the Volusia County Sheriff's Foundation. Courtesy photo

President Aleta Dick
First Vice President Kathleen Trutschel
Second Vice President Jean Cerullo
Secretary Bobbie Cheh
Treasurer Greg Evans
Membership Chair Mary Yochum
Directors Katie Hamlin, Marcia Pizzimenti and Melinda Uebel
Lion Tamer Frank White
Tail Twister Anne Thompson

Lions Club members were also presented with awards for their volunteerism. The awardees were:

Diabetes Awareness Foundation Life Membership: Carol Snyder, Richard Snyder, Lance Zeimetz, Jean Cerullo and Maureen Hamilton
Multiple District 35 Diabetic Retinopathy Foundation Life Membership: Melinda Uebel, Patsy Franklin and Ann Thompson
Florida Lions Eye Foundation for the Blind Life Memberships: Kathleen Trutschel (Grand Lion), Aleta Dick (3rd level) and Vince Colona (1st level)
Youth Exchange Scholarship Trust Fund Life Membership: Kathleen Trutschel
Project Right to Sight Life Membership: Marcia Pizzimenti
Lions World Vision Institute Dan Carver Fellowship Award: Bobbie Cheh
Janet King Memorial Award (Lion of the Year): Katie Hamlin
Melvin Jones Fellowship Award: Dianne Zeimetz
Lion Dianne Zeimetz is surprised with a Melvin Jones Fellowship by the Club as her husband, Lion Lance, watches. Courtesy photo