Thanks for all your help in a very busy February and getting ready for our March Crab Feed. We started out the month helping Lion Joe review several hundred scholarship applications. On Friday the 10th as we hosted the bar for the memorial service for Mary Lewis. Of course, Lion Jim & Lion Don handled the Senior Center Breakfast on Saturday the 11th. At our 2nd Monday meeting we will be hosted the Student Speaker Contest at 6:00 at the Senior Center. Our winner from last year returned, but lost to Prentice Hitt from Elk Grove High School. The Zone contest is set for March 6th. On the 16th, Lion Taka and crew worked the Blue & Gold Event for Pack 179. Lion Pancho and crew worked the Markofer Spaghetti Feed on the 17th and Lion Weaver and crew worked the Pleasant Grove High School Burgers and Brew event at the Pavilion at Elk Grove Park. And finally, at our 4th Monday meeting we announced the start of the election of officers for 2017-2018 year.
Coming up in March we will be almost as busy. We start the month with our Crab Feed on March 4th, followed by the Zone Student Speaker Contest on March 6th. On March 10th we will be hosting the bar for the Soroptimist Martinis and Merriment event. Lions Don & Jim and crew will be handling the Senior Center Breakfast on the 11th followed by our 2nd Monday meeting on the 13th. We will continue with the nominations for officers at that meeting and I expect a visit from Ed Smith to talk about a Student Speaker Fundraising event. We will also be joining the Pride of Laguna at Colton Insurance for the 3rd Annual Eyes across California for a statewide eyeglass collection event. After the board meeting on the 20th, we will move forward with another busy week. I will attend a CSD Master Planning Meeting on the afternoon of the 21st followed by the Chamber of Commerce mixer that evening. The theme of the night will be Elk Grove’s non-profit organizations. I have signed up to staff a booth and hope for a few members to assist. Friday the 24th is also double booked. We have a Regional Student Speaker Contest, if our winner moves forward, and the Spaghetti Feed at Pleasant Grove Elementary. On Saturday the 25th, we have the Mel Oneto Memorial Pasta Feud and the Delta Lions Club Celtic Irish Tea. We end the month at our 4th Monday meeting with more nominations for officers from the floor. Keep in mind that we will be voting for our board on April 10th.
I hope to see all of you at our upcoming activities.
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Elk Grove Lions Club
P.O. Box 465
Elk Grove, CA. 95759
Program Meeting: 7:00PM – 2nd Monday of the month (except November & December) Location: Senior Center of Elk Grove 8830 Sharkey Avenue
General Meeting: 7:00PM – 4th Monday of the month (except November & December) Location: Senior Center of Elk Grove 8830 Sharkey Avenue
Board Meetings: 3rd Monday @ 6:30PM
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
Check out the following photos:
Lion Agustin, Speaker Kathy Le & Lion Rick
Lion Agustin, Our Winner Prentice Hitt Le & Lion Rick
Announcements
Let’s reach out to our fellow members:
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 atEmeritus 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 Dr. Diana Holcomb’s office at 8419 Elk Grove-Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624 just south of Calvine Road, next to the Bel Air Market.
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Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Lions:
Dennis Weiss, Don Veninga, Bud Schafer, Dave King, Kirk Marchetti, Randy Feist
Anniversaries
Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club:
Howard Stoll, Jack Edwards, Jim Switzgable
Cooks List
March 13 – St. Patricks Day Dinner – Lion Don Thompson
March 27 – Lion Randy Feist
April 10 – Lion Isaac White
April 24 – Lion Jerry Salamy
May 8 – Dan Pearson
May 22 – David Ogden
Board Minutes
ELK GROVE LIONS CLUB
Board Meeting Minutes
2/20/2017
Call to order @ 6:30 pm
Lion President: Jack Edwards
X
President: Jack Edwards
X
Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
X
1st VP: Sharon Mika
Bulletin Editor: Bob Shipley
X
2nd VP: Brad Dano
Tail Twister: Agustin Placios
X
3rd VP: Taka Blackburn
X
Treasurer: Warren Weaver
X
Lion Tamer: Jeylon Strong
2-Year Director: Marv Neill
X
1-Year Director: Jim Switzgable
2-Year Director: Al Jauregui
X
1-Year Director: Don Thompson
X
Membership Director: Dan Pearson
X
Imm Past Pres: Bob Brewer
X
Public Relations: Pancho Sanchez
Other Lions Present
Guests
None
Lion Bill Hubbard
Lion Joe Tallerico
Secretary Report (Stag) by Lion Secretary Lorene Fuhs:
Motion to approve Board _____________ second by Lion ________ approved
Minutes by Lion: Jeylon
Second by Lion Taka Approved: All
Treasurer Report by Lion Treasurer Warren Weaver:
Admin: $ __________
$1,917.69
Project Sub Accts:
Project: $ __________
$24,171.34
Equipment:
$ 19,097.20
Grand Total$
$26,089.03
FFA:
$ 504.53
Projects:
$ 4,569.61
Correspondence: (see folder)
Committee Updates
Eyesight: Lion Dave King
No report
Sunshine: Lion Shelli Pearson
No report
Assets/Equipment: Lion Don Thompson
No report
Membership: Lion Dan Pearson
No report
Visitation: Lion Pancho Sanchez
Working on it,
Elk Grove Lions Foundation
Old Business / Chairperson’s Reports
Dates
Location
Chairman/motion
notes
Lacrosse Dinner
27-Jan
Masonic Lodge
Lion Weaver
The event well , everyone had a lot of fun.
Services for Mary Lewis
10-Feb
Falls Event Center
Lion Jack
Very nice event for Mary and the bar went very smooth
Senior Center Breakfast
11-Feb
Senior Center
Lion Jim & Lion Don
Served 116 adults and 10 kids, 9 Lions club members helped with a total of 47 hrs. $726. was raised for Senior Center, $437 expenses and $116 back to LC
Student Speaker Contest
13-Feb
Senior Center
Lions Rick & John Jr.
Went well, only 3 speakers and 1 was disqualified. It was brought to the board that the rules and regulation be given to the participants next year so they are better prepared for contest
Blue & Gold for Pack 179
16-Feb
Edna Batey
Lion Taka
Lions served 125 ppl, served Hot dogs, beans and the cost was $184.01
Markofer Spaghetti Feed
17-Feb
EGHS Cafeteria
Lion Pancho
Everything went really well.
New Business:
1
March Crab Feed – Sell Tickets
Approx. 65 tickets sold —-Sell Sell Sell
2
Carnitas Feed – If we are going to do one, lets plan it now and get a date that does not conflict
with other Elk Grove Service Club fund raisers. The Kiwanis have one set for May 6th at the SES Hall.
Checking on Dates for Pavilion for dates next year events for smaller crab feed event
3
Request from Lion Joe regarding Brunch at the Ranch.
Board Approved the request to cook brunch at the Mosher ranch on Sunday, June 11th
4
Request from Lion Weaver, Spaghetti Feed for EGHS Senior Sunset on May 18th
Board Approved the request to cook Senior Sunset Spaghetti Feed
5
Request for assistance from Larry Sahota at the American Legion for a donation
The board agreed we won’t be able to assist at this time
6
Request for volunteers to work aid stations and for $250 donation for Running of the Elk.
The board has agreed to ask for volunteers to help with work stations at Running of the Elk.
But at this time we are unable to do a donation of $250 but will approve $125.
7
Create nomination committee: Vice Presdents and Directors. Open nominations from the
floor at next regular meeting, February 27th.
The 1st, 2nd, & 3rd VP will be contacting membership
8
Are we going to enter the Lion Mel Oneto Memorial Pasta Feud Contest???
The board has decided to ask the membership at next dinner meeting it they might be interested to competing
9
Swiss Night next week. Vice Presidents please call for a count and get numbers to Lion John Z.
The 1st, 2nd, & 3rd VP will be contacting membership and getting back to Lion John
Requested by
Moved by:
Second
Approved
Sending $500 of FFA Fund to LEF to get matching funds Grant
Lion Warren Weaver
Lion Taka
Lion Brad
ALL
Sunday Brunch for Spotlight at the Ranch
Lion Joe Tallerico
Lion Jim
Lion Don
ALL
EGHS Senior Class Sunset Spaghetti Dinner
Lion Warren Weaver
Lion Bob Brewer
Lion Pancho
ALL
Help With Running of the Elk Volunteers
Lion Teresa
Lion Brad
Lion Warren Weaver
ALL
Purchasing Jerry Strong Cooker for $4000 from Equipment Fund
Lion Pancho
Lion Bob Brewer
Lion Taka
ALL
Purchasing a propane grill and selling the brique grill using money from equipment Fund $4000
This newsletter is produced each month by the Stag Editor, Lion Bob Shipley. He may be reached by email at dashipleys@frontier.com or by phone at 916-685-2426:
Elk Grove Lions Club P.O. Box 465 Elk Grove, CA 95759
President: Jack Edwards 240-9302
Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
1st VP: Charlie Brummer 949-5519
2nd VP: Sharon Mika 479-4954
3rd VP: Brad Dano
Treasurer: Warren Weaver
Tail Twister: Agustin Placios
Lion Tamer: Jay Strong
1 Year Dir: Jim Switzgable 684-7700
1 Year Dir: Don Thompson 600-9884
2 Year Dir: Marv Neill 685-9878
2 Year Dir: Al Jauregui
Membership: Dan Pearson 217-2753
Past Pres: Bob Brewer 686-7084
Public Relations: Pancho Sanchez 595-9103
Stag Editor: Bob Shipley 685-2426
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 Social
7:00 pm Meeting
Papa’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
Chris Joyce
Heather
Dave King
Julie
Bill Kirkland Jr
Dusty
Sterling Kloss
Tina
Harjeet Kumar
Vanita
Vanita Kumari
Harjeet
John Lorraine
Debbie
Kirk Marchetti
Robin
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 Pearsen
Shelli
Shelli Pearsen
Dan
Agustin Placios
Teresa Rodriguez
Jerry Salamy
Leann
Pancho Sanchez
Theresa
Bud Schafer Jr
Rosanne – Ro
Rick Schriver
Jessie
Bob Shipley
David Simpson
Ginger
Howard Stoll
Jeanette
Jeylon Strong
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
Isaac White
Amy
John Zehnder
Nancy
John Zehnder Jr
Linda
District Contact Info
International President
Chancellor Robert ‘Bob’ Corlew
“New Mountains to Climb”
District Governor Kumar Kalagara “Sustainable Service” Through Lionism
Lion Agustin, Speaker Kathy Le & Lion Rick
Lion Agustin, Our Winner Prentice Hitt Le & Lion Rick
