Franklin Lakes Lions Club

Established in April 1965, the Franklin Lakes Lions Club Foundation is a 501-C3 charitable organization of men and women dedicated to raising funds to support organizations that provide services to the blind, handicapped and the less fortunate. 

The money we raise comes from donations by caring people like you and through various fund raising events.

Bar chart showing total donations from 2019 to 2025, with amounts increasing from $29,200 in 2019 to around $58,900 in 2025, and a notable drop to $2,600 in 2021.

*2021 numbers impacted by Covid

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Charities We Support

Logo of the Charlie Landers Foundation featuring a stylized yellow snake forming a loop with the text 'CL 7' and the foundation's name.
Evil Massage logo with purple text and a cartoonish figure in a mask in purple.
Logo of Christian Healthcare Ministries with red and white CHM emblem and blue text
OASIS logo with a bird's nest containing an egg to the right of the text
Logo of Iron Matt with slogan 'The Matthew Larson Foundation for Pediatric Brain Tumor'
Logo for New Concepts for Living, featuring a house outline with three abstract figures raising their arms, with one figure in a wheelchair. The text reads 'New Concepts for Living' in blue.
A stylized graphic of a green olive branch above a navy blue rectangle with the text 'Olive Garden' in white, and an orange banner with the words 'Welcome to' in white.
Pets for Vets logo with American flag and text promoting helping veterans and saving pets
Logo for Spring Lake Hope Foundation featuring the word ''HOPE'' with a horse icon inside the 'O', and the phrase 'A lil' miracle goes a long way' in purple script.

Adler Aphasia Center

Aequitas

ARC

Camp Marcella

Center for Food Action

Chai Lifeline

Charlie Landers Foundation

Christian Healthcare Adult

Diabetes Association of New Jersey

Eva’s Village

Eversight of NJ

Family Reach Foundation

Franklin Lakes Library

Franklin Lakes OEM

Halfway Home Animal Shelter

Iron Matt

Julia’s Butterfly Foundation

Lions Eye Research

Marine Corps League Lakeland Detachment 744

Memorial Day Nursery

New Concepts for Living

Oasis

One Child

The Opportunity Center at Fair Lawn

Paterson Habitat for Humanity

Pets for Vets

Push to Walk

Ramapo College Foundation

Ramzon

Reed Academy

St. Joseph School for the Blind

The Seeing Eye of Morristown

Spring Lake Hope Foundation

Upcoming Events

We hope you will be able to join us for one of our events shown below! Please click to learn more specific details about each one.

Franklin Lakes Lions banner with Lions International logo and the slogan 'We Serve'.

Lions Club Members

Alex Arns

Alfred W. Cinelli

Dr. Peter M. Costello

Anthony E. Cristiano

Dr. Joe Cucci

Dick Davis

G. Thomas Donch

Craig Goldman

Pam Goldman

Marc S. Goldstein

Lisa Goldstein

Bob Hausler

Walter J. Janeczek

Chris Jones

Tim Trossman

Arlene Jurovitsky

Alex Jurovitsky

Charles Kahwaty

Dave Kampschmidt

Larry Kaufmann

Kruno Kunkera

Dr. Michael J. Landolfi

Dr. Robert Loeb

Dr. Catherine Mazzola

Steven R. Mazzola

Peter McBride

Mike McGuire

Richard J. Meier

Dr. Robert Morin

John Morley

Christopher A. Pontrelli

Mark Ruebenacker

William T. Smith

Tom Srednicki

Peter M. Swist

Ann Swist

Sascha Szyfman

Tom Trossman

Larisa Tsvetkova

Steve Veldran

Dr. Jack Vitenson

Sandi Wesner

Courtney Zizzo

David Schlett

Officers

  • A middle-aged man with blond hair smiling, wearing a navy blue zip-up sweater over a blue and white checkered shirt, standing in front of a wooden wall.

    Mathew Jones

    President

  • Professional headshot of a man in a suit and tie against a blue background.

    Robert Hausler

    First Vice President

  • A smiling bald man wearing a patterned blue blazer and a light-colored collared shirt standing in front of a wooden-paneled wall.

    Anthony Cristiano

    Second Vice President

  • Man in a suit sitting on a beige sofa in a room with beige walls.

    Bill Smith

    Secretary

  • A man with white hair and glasses wearing a suit and tie sitting indoors.

    James Vander Plaat

    Co-Treasurer

  • Older man with glasses and gray hair smiling, wearing a red shirt and a gray vest, standing in front of a wooden wall.

    Dick Davis

    Co-Treasurer

Join The Lions Club!

We welcome new members who want to help our community. 100% of all donations and proceeds that the Franklin Lakes Lions raise each year are distributed to local charities and community service organizations.

We meet every third Thursday of the month at the Indian Trail Club for dinner and develop our plans for our fund raising activities througout the year.  

Members pay annual dues which cover our meals at the Indian Trail Club, our accountant, web site, holiday party, National dues, etc. They are $400 for a full fiscal year (we prorate the dinners for a partial year).  That allows us to give 100% of what we raise from our Casino Night, carnival and 50/50 to our charities. 

If you are interested in finding out more about us and possibly joining in the work that we do, please email our Membership Chairperson, David Kampschmidt at david@kampschmidt.net or click on ‘Become a Lion’.

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