Recently, with the economy dragging, Walters’ charity work has helped sustain him.
“Business is really bad,” Walters said. “If I was retired, I would be spending a lot more time helping the Lions Club.”
Instead, Walters keeps working. He does not want his workers to go unemployed.
But to many of his colleagues, Walters does enough for the community.
“He gets involved in all our activities,” said fellow Lions Club member Ross Adams. “He’s a dedicated Lion.”
Walters has been president of the club three times. Although the club is getting smaller every year and money is drying out, the club and Walters continue to work for a better community.
The members served more than 150 people in Glendale recently with free eye examinations.
The club has become a family affair for Walters. His parents were members and his brother is a member.
And it is an ethic that he has tried to instill in his children — first through his involvement with the PTA while they were in school and later with his work with the Lions Club.
That ethic has rubbed off in part on Walters’ youngest son, who is also actively involved in the community, Walters said. The 22-year-old graduated from Glendale High School and became the coach of the school’s football team soon after. He attends school now at Cal Poly Pomona while coaching the team there.
If there is any work ethic Walters wants to pass on to his children, he said, it is “be good at what you do and do it as well as you can.”
