Well my friends and fellow Lions, we are at the end of our year and I am ready to step down as your president and welcome Lion Bob Brewer as your new president next month.
It has been a great year and I am very proud of all of the hard work you have done for your community and Lionism. We again excelled as a club and all of the thanks goes to you, the members, who put in the time and effort to live the motto, “We Serve.”
We had a busy May and have a busy June to look forward to as well. As usual, our cooking crew did a great job at our monthly pancake breakfast for the Senior Center. We assisted with drinks and clean up at the Spotlight on Scholars event at the 1st Babtist Church on May 7th. Our delegates were at the District Convention from May 8-10. We assisted Relay for Life at Franklin High on May 16th, cooked breakfast for the Sheldon High Seniors on the 21st, and a pancake breakfast for Adriana Elementary School on May 27th. If that wasn’t enough, during this year’s county fair, May 21-24, we provided breakfast on the 23rd for the FFA & 4H students from Elk Grove and then we cooked breakfast for about 9,000 students and buyers on the 24th.
Heads up for June as we enjoy the Pride of Laguna Lions Club’s Brewfest on June 5th at the Laguna Town Hall. We also have the Spotlight at the Ranch: BBQ & Country Bands on the 13th of June. Lion Joe is the chair of the event. We will be handling parking as well as cooking for this year’s event. Make sure to sign up and give Joe a hand. We are also doing our monthly breakfast at the Senior Center. Several of the members will be cooking breakfast before heading over to the Mosher Ranch to assist Lion Joe. We are still planning a visitation to Rio Vista on June 2nd and to Fair Oaks on June 11th. We still need a couple more Lions for those events.
Don’t forget that we will be installing the new president and board of directors at the Installation Dinner at the Senior Center on June 15th. The installation dinner will cost $30 per person. The menu will be Prime Rib with all the fixings, but for those of you who don’t want beef, we will also have chicken and the fixings.You can buy your tickets online, or you can mail your check to the PO Box, or you can bring a check to the board meeting on June 8th. If you are ordering by mail or bringing a check to the board meeting, please identify which dinner you want, Beef or Chicken, and how many of each. If mailing your check, send it to:
It is our PayPal ordering system. Don’t worry, you don’t have to have a PayPal account to use it. It will accept your credit card. Quick and Easy.
One final note; as we welcome in the new president and board of directors, we still need a Lion to step forward to fill the 2nd VP slot.
Thanks again for supporting me as your president. I am looking forward to assisting incoming President Bob Brewer as he takes over the responsibilities as our new president.
Join Us
Elk Grove Lions Club
P.O. Box 465
Elk Grove, CA. 95759
Meetings: 2nd & 4th Mondays (except November & December)
Board Meetings: 3rd Monday
Location: Senior Center of Elk Grove 8830 Sharkey Avenue
Lions are in 200 countries and geographic areas. We have 45,000 clubs with over 1.3 million members world wide. We have a dynamic history. We are best known for fighting blindness — it’s part of our history as well as our work today. But we also volunteer for many different kinds of projects including disaster relief — across many borders. We serve youth. Our community projects often support local children and schools with new programs and resources. Internationally, we offer many programs.
We hope you will consider joining our club.
To become a Lion, you must be of good moral character and good reputation in our community.
Membership is by invitation.
If you’re interested in being invited to join Lions Club of Elk Grove, you may want to consider some of the following facts about Lionism:
Activities & Photos
The club was engaged in several fun events over the past month.
Check out the following photos:
Scholarship Recipients, Sarah Hunt & Hannah Dokter with Lion Bob Brewer and Lion Lori Dapelo
Scholarship Recipients Sarah Hunt & Hannah Dokter
Pride of Laguna Lions Assisting at the County Fair
Elk Grove Lions at the County Fair
Elk Grove Lions Jack Edwards & Brad Dano at the County Fair
Lions Pancho, Shauna Ono, Tom Anderson, Warren Weaver & Andy Anderson
Lions Diane Edwards, Shauna Ono, Bill Hibbard & Andy Anderson
Lion Sharon Mika & Lion President Pancho. Jim & Debbie Switzgable in the back.
Announcements
June 8th: Board Meeting (enter through the front door, not the kitchen) The Senior Center Board meeting will be using the large room on June 8th in order to meet their requirement to accommodate large public access once a year. They start their meeting at 3:15 or so. We hold our board meeting at 7 pm which leaves a chance for our meetings to overlap.
To avoid interfering with their meeting, we will use the Senior Center Library for our Board meeting. We will need to enter through the front door of the Senior Center so as not to disturb their meeting in the big room.
June 15th: Installation Dinner at the Senior Center. The installation dinner will cost $30 per person. The menu will be Prime Rib with all the fixings, but for those of you who don’t want beef, we will also have chicken and the fixings.You can buy your tickets online, or you can mail your check to the PO Box, or you can bring a check to the board meeting on June 8th. If you are ordering by mail or bringing a check to the board meeting, please identify which dinner you want, Beef or Chicken, and how many of each. If mailing your check, send it to:
It is our PayPal ordering system. Don’t worry, you don’t have to have a PayPal account to use it. It will accept your credit card. Quick and Easy.
Dues:Time is coming for our annual dues. As you remember, they are $80 per year. Just so you know, $25 goes to MD4, $43 goes to LCIF and $12 is kept by the club. That $12 per member goes into the admin fund. It is not enough to pay our annual insurance bill, which is why we are always looking for a way to bring in admin funds. We should probably discuss dues at an upcoming board meeting.
Don’t wait until June 30th to pay your dues. You can pay them at the end of this month or you can send your dues check in with your installation dinner check.
The best option is to bring 2 checks to the Board Meeting. Mark the memo field as “Dues” for your dues check and mark the memo field “Installation Dinner/Chicken” or “Installation Dinner/Beef” or “Installation Dinner/1 Chicken-1 Beef” for your dinner tickets. We will know if you want to 1 or 2 beef or chicken dinners because the amount would be $30 or $60.
Let’s reach out to our fellow members:
Please keep Lion Heinz in your prayers. He started radiation treatment in December. Give him a call and lend him your support. He can be reached at (540) 888-3936.
As many of you know, Lion Sterling has been in a care facility since his stroke. He would love to have some visits from his Lion friends. Call ahead to make sure he is not out on a field trip. He is at Emeritus of Laguna Creek, 6727 Laguna Park Drive, EG, CA. 95758 916-683-1881
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As usual, we want to send out a special thank you to Dr. John J. Eliopulos, O.D. for all of his support with our efforts to continue to provide support to people with visual impairments. You can find Dr. Eliopulos’ office at 9074 Elk Grove Blvd., Elk Grove, CA 95624.
We also send our thanks out to Dr. Diana Holcomb, O.D. for her support of our mission to support people with visual impairments. You can find Crystal View Optometry at 8347 Elk Grove-Florin Road, Suite 123, just north of Calvine Road.
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Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Lions:
Don Thompson, Sterling Kloss, Howard Stoll
Anniversaries
Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club:
Bill Hibbard, Bob Brewer, Charlie Brummer, Dan Pearson, David Simpson, Don Thompson, Marv Neill, Pancho Sanchez, Randy Feist, Ray Martinez, Sterling Kloss
Cooks List
June 15 – Installation Dinner
June 22 – Waiting for the new list
Board Minutes
ELK GROVE LIONS FOUNDATION
Board Meeting Agenda
May 18, 2015
Call to order Lion President: Francisco “Pancho” Sanchez 5:00pm
Attendance:
X
President: Francisco Sanchez
X
Secretary: Jim Switzgable
X
1st VP: Robert Brewer
X
Bulletin Editor: Jack Edwards
X
2nd VP: Ray Martinez
Ex
Tail Twister: Tom Anderson
X
3rd VP: Taka Blackburn
Ex
Treasurer: Fred Handley
Ex
Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika
X
2-Year Director: David King
X
1-Year Director: Warren Weaver
X
2-Year Director: John Muegge
X
1-Year Director: William Hibbard
X
Membership Director: Dan Pearson
Ex
Imm Past Pres: John Zehnder Jr.
Other Lions Present:
Andy Anderson
Dave King
Don Thompson
Bill Kirkland
Marv Neil
Joe Tallerico
Guests:
Secretary Report by Lion Secretary Jim Switzgable: Motion to approve Board Minutes by Lion Dave King and second by Lion Bill Hibbard; approved
Treasurer Report by Lion Treasurer Fred Handley: Lion Jim Switzgable moved to accept Treasurer’s report with Lion Dan Pearson seconding; approved
Correspondence: (see folder)
Award from Running of the Elk for Lions supportAward from ACS Relay for Life for our supportanother 100 letters from FFA students asking to buy their animal
Committee Updates
Eyesight: Dave King
set for Kohl’s Child Spree with the site van. Dr Eliopolis and Dr Holcomb will support us again this year. No children this month and 1 adult supported with exam and glasses.
Assets: Don Thompson
“More crap out there than I can shake a stick at”. We need a cleaning effort. Pancho working with Ferrellgas to get gas converted from Natural gas to propane on new griddles.
Old Business / Chairman’s Reports:
Date Chairman Notes
Jesse Baker Games
4/23
L Pancho Sanchez
Hamburgers and Hot Dogs served on 4/23 lunch for kids during their annual games.
FFA / 4H Golf Tournament
4/24
L Andy Anderson
Last of the FFA Golf Tournaments. Next year will be a shooting tournament
CSD Hands Helping Hands
4/25
L Pancho Sanchez
Cut up watermelon, tomatoes, onions and helped serve food for Creek Week.
Elk Grove Elementary School
5/1
L Dave King
Hot Dog dinner fundraiser. Dave and Pancho report that the PTA raised $300 from Hot Dogs (also raised $750 from the cotton candy booth)
Spotlight on Scholars
5/7
L Warren Weaver
Lion Joe Tallerico, Jack Edwards, Pancho Sanchez and Bob Brewer pulled it together with Lion Warren.
Senior Center Breakfast
5/9
L Don ThompsonL Jim Switzgable
Served 160 and raised $832 for the SCEG. 13 Lions worked 51 hours.
ACS Relay For Life Survivors Breakfast
5/16
L Charlie Brummer
Lions Charlie Brummer, Pres. Pancho Sanchez, Bill Hibbard and Jim Switzgable cooked pancakes and sausage for about 125. New stainless steel griddle worked like a champ as did the griddle given to us by a Roseville donor.
End of Watch Fund inaugural Law Enforcement Memorial Ball is on May 23rd at the Aerospace Museum at McClellan Park. 3 tickets purchased. Paid after last Board meeting. Any correspondence? Anyone going?
5/23
N/A
Lion Bill Hibbard will attend and represent our club.
New Business: Motion Second Approval
Lion Jim asked about providing $1000 to FFA to support the
Lion Taka Blackburn made a motion for providing up to $1000 for Lion Andy to use in the at the County Fair
Lion Dave King
Yes
Lion Bill Hibbard raised the issue of checks being signed by Lion Rick Schriver for the Crab Feed. He requests that the checks audited against receipts to make sure they are appropriate.
Lion Bill Hibbard makes a motion to have an audit done on the crab feed checks signed by Lion Rick Schriver. Lion Bob Brewer and Lion Pancho Sanchez and Lion Warren Weaver provide this audit.
Lion Dan Pearson
Yes
Request from Lion Sherry Retzlaff, Pride of Laguna, to provide monetary support for the Kids Day event earlier this month (District Event). We approved $100 last month.
Lion Dave King made a motion to donate $400
Lion Jack Edwards
Yes
Upcoming Events:Date Location Chairman
Sheldon HS Senior Breakfast
5/21
First Baptist Church
L Warren Weaver
Elk Grove & Pleasant Grove FFA Breakfast
5/23
Cal Expo
L Andy Anderson (he buys food too) Get to storage shed at 5:30am
FFA Buyer – Seller – Adult Breakfast at the Sac Cty Fair
5/24
Cal Expo
L Warren Weaver. Walnut Grove will join us and possibly Zone. Be there by 6am at Gate 12.
Adreani Elementary School Pancake Breakfast
5/27
Adreani Elementary School
L Joe Tallerico – pancakes only – serve around 7:30am
Elk Grove HS Sunset Dinner
5/27
Elk Grove High School
Be there at 3pm to start cooking
Senior Day in the Park
6/3
Senior Center of Elk Grove
L. Bob Brewer
Senior Center Breakfast
6/13
Senior Center of Elk Grove
L Don ThompsonL Jim Switzgable
Spotlight at the Ranch: BBQ & Country Bands
6/13
Mosher Ranch
L Joe Tallerico – parking assistance and hot dog cooking
Installation Dinner
6/15
Senior Center of Elk Grove
L Bob Brewer
Good of the Order:
Adjournment: 6:35PM
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ELK GROVE LIONS CLUB
Board Meeting
May 18, 2015
Call to order Lion President: Francisco “Pancho” Sanchezafter Foundation meeting
Attendance:
X
President: Francisco Sanchez
X
Secretary: Jim Switzgable
X
1st VP: Robert Brewer
X
Bulletin Editor: Jack Edwards
Ex
2nd VP: Ray Martinez
Ex
Tail Twister: Tom Anderson
X
3rd VP: Taka Blackburn
Ex
Treasurer: Fred Handley
Ex
Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika
X
2-Year Director: David King
X
1-Year Director: Warren Weaver
X
2-Year Director: John Muegge
X
1-Year Director: William Hibbard
X
Membership Director: Dan Pearson
Ex
Imm Past Pres: John Zehnder Jr.
Other Lions Present:
Andy Anderson
Dave King
Don Thompson
Bill Kirkland
Marv Neil
Joe Tallerico
Correspondence: (see folder)
Committee Updates
Membership: Dan Pearson
no new prospects
Sunshine: Fred Handley
Ain’t No Sunshine when he’s gone
Visitation: Sharon Mika
Rio Vista club:“ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, WE HAVE AN EVENING MEETING..BEGINNING AT 6 PM…..SHARP.”Working toward:June 2nd – Rio Vista (meet at Cassidy’s at 4:30pm to carpool)June 11th – Fair Oaks – Coco’s
Old Business / Chairman’s Reports: Notes
Lion Rick Schriver has volunteered to take over Cook List administrator from L Dave King.
Get with Rick to reserve your dinner responsibility in the new year.
Convention News from Lion Pancho.
Club of the Year (3rd year in a row!). Community Service Award
New Business: Motion Second Approval
Request from Matthew Oberholtz / Obe Ski School who is holding the 2015 Disabled World Water Ski Championship in Elk Grove on September 20 – 27. He is looking for in-kind donations from the Elk Grove Lions Club. We helped him hold the 2012 Disabled US Nationals by providing food during the event. He would like to work with us again. L Don Thompson to investigate.
Don to speak to him on Tuesday. He will have news for next Board Meeting
Lion President Pancho requests $3300 for end of year club awards bought with donations to various non-profits including NCLSA, LEF, LCIF, Folsom Project, etc.
Lion Bill Hibbard made a motion to support the request to spend $3300
Lion Jim Switzgable
approved
Request from Lion Sherry to provide monetary support for the Kids Day.
This bulletin is produced each month by the Bulletin Editor, Lion Jack Edwards. He may be reached by email at jack.edwards@surewest.net or by phone at 916-240-9302 or by mail at:
Elk Grove Lions Club P.O. Box 465 Elk Grove, CA 95759
President: Pancho Sanchez 916-595-9103
Secretary: Jim Switzgable 916-684-7700
Bulletin: Jack Edwards 240-9302
1st VP: Bob Brewer 686-7084
2nd VP: Raymond Martinez 709-2101
3rd VP: Taka Blackburn 686-6696
Treasurer: Fred Handley 628-9770
Tail Twister: Tom Anderson 947-2439
Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika 479-4954
1 Year Dir: Warren Weaver 715-9636
1 Year Dir: Bill Hibbard 956-5860
2 Year Dir: John Muggee
2 Year Dir: Dave King
Membership: Dan Pearson 217-2753
Past Pres: John Zehnder 690-4934
Public Relations: Rick Schriver 425-3865
Make-up Clubs
Delta Lions Club 2nd Thursdays, 7 am Bartley Cavenaugh Golf Course 8301 Freeport Blvd.Sacramento
Galt Lions Club 2 & 4 Thursdays 6:00 pm Social7:00 pm
MeetingPapa’s Pizza 505 C Street, Galt
Pride of Laguna 2 & 4 Wednesdays at 7 pm The Old Spaghetti Factory 7727 Laguna Blvd.Elk Grove, CA
Club Roster with Phone Numbers & Email Addresses
was Emailed to Each Member
Name
Spouse
Andy Anderson
Tom Anderson
Ashley
Taka Blackburn
Valerie
Bob Brewer
Cheryl
Charlie Brummer
Brad Dano
Teresa
Chuck Davis
Rebecca
Rigo De La Torre
Marina
Daniel DiBenedetto III
Sunni
Dianne Edwards
Brian
Jack Edwards
Tracey
Randy Feist
Barbara
Lewis Flint Sr
Peggy
Lorene Fuhs
Robert
Fred Handley
Pam
Bill Heston Jr
Linda
Bill Hibbard
Linda
Bob Hillyer
Shirlee
John Jackson
Dave King
Julie
Bill Kirkland Jr
Dusty
Sterling Kloss
Tina
Kirk Marchetti
Robin
Ray Martinez
Connie
Lu Lu Martinez
Tom McDaniel
Jack Megna
Name
Spouse
Sharon Mika
John Muggee
Rebecca
Rebecca Muggee
John
Marv Neill
Annajean
David Ogden
Diann
Shauna Ono
Greg
Jim Parino
Charlette
Dan Piersen
Shelli
Shelli Piersen
Dan
Teresa Rodriguez
Jerry Salamy
Leann
Pancho Sanchez
Theresa
Bud Schafer Jr
Rosanne – Ro
Rick Schriver
Jessie
David Simpson
Ginger
Howard Stoll
Jeanette
Jim Switzgable
Debbie
Matt Switzgable
Joe Tallerico
Lynda
Don Thompson
Sue
Bob Turner
Alice
Don Veninga
Vernon Wheeler
Patricia
Warren Weaver
Patricia
Dennis Weiss
Diane
John Zehnder
Nancy
John Zehnder Jr
Linda
District Contact Info
International President
Joseph Preston
“Strengthen The Pride”
District Governor Erv Gon
District Governor
Lion Erv Gon (Lion Cat)
Embarcadero Lions Club
32 Sunlit Circle, Sac, Ca 95831
Res.916 427-5747
Email:gonfishing32@sbcglobal.net
1st Vice District Governor
Lion Mike Retzlaff (Lion Sheri)
Pride of Laguna Lions Club
Cell: 916-225-8321
Res: 916-681-9726
Pride of Laguna Lions Assisting at the County Fair
Elk Grove Lions at the County Fair
Elk Grove Lions Jack Edwards & Brad Dano at the County Fair
