The North Richland Hills Lions Club was chartered March 7, 1963 with 24 members. It was originally named the Northeast Lions Club. The first meeting was in a cafeteria in Richland Plaza mall. The original charter members were Raymond L. Anderson, H. L. Arnold, Charles C. Brinkley, Rev. Hal Brooks, A.E. Brown, Harry J. Bryant, Hiram J. Davis, Alvis Dowell, Rev. Gus Eoff, J. D. Foster, William E. French, Brian H. Haenish, Alan Hamm, John P. Hunter, W. B. Leffingwell, Chester Lewis, Charles M. Morrison, Clyde Mynatt, R. R. McKinney, A. C. Nichols, J. B. Sandlin, Hoyte L. Teague, D. Wayne Tidwell and Woodie C. Vardeman. (Deceased)

The Fort Worth Founders Lions Club was the sponsor and Verne Carrington was the District Governor. Eleven members transferred from other clubs and thirteen new members joined to make us start with twenty-four charter members. Charles C. Brinkley was elected President and J. B. Sandlin served as charter Secretary.

Northeast Lions and the Greater Richland Lions clubs merged into the Northeast-Richland Lions Club just a few years after being chartered in 1963. The Northeast-Richland Lions Club has now grown to over 100 members and is the largest Lions Club in District 2E2 of Texas. Lions Club projects have included an annual Chili Supper with auction. Proceeds have purchased eye glasses for students and for sending crippled children to summer camp in Kerrville, Texas. Another ongoing project is our annual Basket Ball tournament in the Wiley G. Thomas Coliseum each December. All funds raised are used to purchase eye-glasses for children and Christmas food, clothing and toys for needy families with children. Our club has been a real asset to North Richland Hills and all of Northeast Tarrant County.

Lions Clubs do more than help the underprivileged as listed above. We also support the Lions Club International Foundation where millions of dollars are donated each year to help people all over the world with disaster, blindness and sight conservation. Lions Club International also operates the World Services for the Blind facility in Little Rock ,Arkansas, where people are taught how to cope with their blindness and become self supporting. There is a Leader Dog School in Rochester, Michigan where blind people of all ages are given a leader dog and taught how to use the dog and live a rather normal life. Other areas of support include financial aid for cornea transplants, Glaucoma screenings, diabetes awareness and research and disaster relief any where in the world. Lions Clubs International is the largest service organization in the world.