After nearly five years of serving the community, the Beltzville Lions Club is disbanding.

Charter member Gail Maholick, who also acted as the club's secretary and treasurer, said that a lot of their fundraising was done at the Lehigh Canal in Weissport, selling hot dogs and ice cream, as well as their fall festival with hay rides. The group wanted to use the money remaining in the treasury to continue their support of the Lehigh Canal Commission.The club spent around $3,000 on trimmers and mowers to be towed behind a Cub Cadet tractor that they had purchased for the commission earlier. The equipment will make it easier and safer to mow and maintain the towpath.The equipment will be kept in a shed at the canal that the Beltzville Lions helped purchase together with the Canal Commission and Delaware & Lehigh - National Heritage Corridor, with each paying one-third of the cost.Former club members will continue to donate their time maintaining the canal using the new mowing/trimming equipment.