History of Marrero Lions Club

The Marrero Lions Club was organized in January of 1956, for the purpose of serving the Marrero Community and its people. The Lions first priority is sight and hearing conservation.

Our first president was Harry Pitre of Marrero Land Company. We began raising funds by having can shakers on street corners and selling Halloween candy which netted just a few hundred dollars yearly. Since that time the Marrero Lion Club raises thousands of dollars through various fund raisers such as Bingos, fruitcake sales, giant give-away, Texas Hold' em and the like.

We were instrumental in the creation of the Lions Crippled Children's Camp in Leesville, La. in 1958 and the La. Lions Eye Foundation in 1975. We are still strong supporters of these projects, not only financially, but through our referrals of patients to the LSU/Lions Eye Clinic and by sponsoring  handicapped kids to the Crippled Children's Camp every summer.

When we began over 54 years ago, we met in members homes. Then for the next 31 years we moved about the West Bank like nomads in the desert.  We met in the back of bars, in restaurants, in motel meeting rooms, in fire stations and any place that would have us before moving into our facility on St. Patrick's Day, 1988.

Whatever we are today we owe to the support of the people of the West Bank and particularly of Marrero.

For their past leadership and dedication, we thank the past presidents of the Marrero Lions Club as follows:

*Harry Pitre1956-57...*Oscar Autin,  Past Dist. Governor 1957-58...A L Talamo 1958-59...*Raleigh Brunet 1959-60...J Chris Ullo 1960-61...Melvin Robichaux 1961-62...Walter Des Roches 1962-63...Harold Fuchs1963-64...Cyrus Dufrene 1964-65...Sal Caruso 1965-66...Vincent Nuzzo,Past Dist. Governor 1966-67...Jim Towler 1968-69...*Al Thies 1968-69...*Ray Taravella 1969-70...*Dr Guy Rabando 1970-71...*Oscar Autin, Past Dist. Governor 1971-72...Maxey Stevenson 1972-73...Sal Barcelona 1973-74...Bob Harris 1974-75...Elmore Keller 1975-76...Bill Senter 1976-77...Rene Bourgeois 1977-78...Frank Muscarello 1978-79...Ken Duay 1979-80...Mike Martin 1980-81...*Bill Murphy 1981-82...Vince Nuzzo, Past Dist. Governor 1982-83...*Floyd "Doc"Belsome 1983-84...Welton Theriot 1984-85...Ken Duay 1985-86...Wayne Nocito 1986-87...*Alvin P Bergeron 1987-88...Welton Theriot 1988-89...Barrel Bond 1989-91...Ken Villane1991-92...Frank Muscarello1992-93...Tony Favolora1993-94...*Alvin Bergeron 1994-95...Juan Pere1995-96...Elmore Keller1996-97...Paul Blonvian1997-00...Charle Brathbury 2000-01...Tony Fabolora2001-02...*Lionel J Boudreaux 2002-2004...John Plaisance2004-05...Lionel A Boudreaux2005-08...James Hines2008-11..Willis A Luke  2011--2013 Barron C Burmaster...2013--