The
Tube Rental and River Taxi are fund raising projects of
the San Marcos Lions Club. The Tube Rental is located in
the City Park and next to the Texas National Guard Armory.
Proceeds from this and other projects allow the Lions Clubs
to support many charities and educational opportunities
for students.
The
San Marcos Lions Club tube rental originally began during
the 1970’s out of a cattle truck with a portable air
compressor and recycled automotive tubes. They would show
up about 10 on the weekends and rent tubes out of a truck
behind Joe’s Crab Shack. When the day was over, the
tubes were stored in a member’s garage. What started
out as 20-40 tube rentals a day has grown to 800-850 rentals
a day, making this program the single largest fundraising
event by the San Marcos Area Lions Club. Today, we have
a building in the City Park on Bobcat Drive and each year
students from Bobcat Build and other volunteers work with
Lions to get the Tube Rental ready for business! Now, the
tube rental allows the Lions Club to donate to over 100
charities and individuals in our area.
Groups
that have floated with us:
1. Sunshine Kids
2. TX State University Football Team
3. State School for the Blind
4. Southside Community Center
5. Greater San Marcos Youth Council
6. TX State Women’s Basketball Team
Who
Benefits from the money raised by the tube rental?
You Do!
When you come and tube the river at the local San Marcos
Lions Club Tube Rental, all of the profits go directly to
benefit these charities as well as other National Lion Programs!
We serve over 100 Charities and individuals in our local
community and we gladly serve our community!
• 11 Annual scholarships benefiting area wide high
school seniors
• San Marcos River Foundation
• Greater San Marcos Youth Council
• Hays Caldwell Women’s Shelter
• Crime stoppers
• Hays County Area Food Bank
• Southside Community Center
• Boy Scout Troop 112
• Campfire USA
• Adopt a School Program
• Scheib Community Center
• Hays County Salvation Army
• San Marcos Pony League
• Hays County Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
• Eyeglasses/Eye care Programs
• CFPOY Sports
• State School for the Blind
• San Marcos Summer in the Park
• Summer Fest Float Parade
• Blood Drives
• San Marcos Parks & Recreation
• Leader Dogs for the Blind
• Brown Santa
• CASA of Central Texas
• Central Texas Life Care
• Green Belts
• Gary Job Corps
• Hays County Livestock Exposition
• San Marcos Youth Soccer
• Sights and Sounds of Christmas
• SMCISD Reading is Fundamental
• TX Lions Camp
• American Heart Association
• South Hays County Emergency Services Dist. #3
• Habitat for Humanity
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