Fellow Lions, Friends of the Elk Grove Lions Club and our Community.
We started the month of December with big plans for our sponsorship of the Parade of Lights along with our December Crab Feed. Our inability to control the weather resulted in the City of Elk Grove making the decision to cancel the parade on the 3rd of December. We will apply to the City to be able to host the parade next year.
The following Saturday morning, December 10th, our Lions were busy at the Albiani Recreation Center with our monthly pancake breakfast as the rest of our group gathered to bring the needed equipment to the SES Hall for our annual Shrimp and Crab Feed.
This year was a first for the club as we had partnered with the Elk Grove Optimist Club to put on our dinner. Bad weather almost caused the cancellation of our crab feed. When we showed up at the SES Hall, they were without power, as was about half of Elk Grove. With fingers crossed, we got started on the prep work. The lights did come on, but that was short lived. They were off in less than an hour. We were still hopeful and continued with our preparations.
We had a sell out and were very hopeful that SMUD would get the power back on. Finally, by mid morning, the power was on and it stayed on for the rest of the day. We had a very successful crab feed and are looking forward to another great event next year. A special thanks to all of the volunteers from our club as well as the Optimist club. They managed the front of the house while we managed the kitchen. It was a great partnership. Also a special thanks to Sky River Casino for their donations and support as well as our friends from the Strauss Festival who, as usual, purchased two full tables of tickets. Thank you Jackie Lewis and Raelynn Springer for your support.
With that success behind us, we were now looking forward to our annual Christmas Dinner that we put on each year for our Lion families on the 12th of December.
It was a great evening with a visit from Santa with presents for the kids. Another great event. Thanks very much to Lion Don and Crew for a great ham dinner.
To end the month with a bang, two of our members, Lion Sharon and Lion Lorene worked on Operation Santa Clause to provide Christmas for two families.
Finally, the Sky River Casino hosted a giveaway event for the first of 10 local nonprofit organizations in Elk Grove. They hosted 10 wreaths on their Wreaths of Hope wall. Out of the hundreds of non profit organizations, they selected 10 because that was all the room they had for their contest. Each of the organizations were given a frame to create their wreath. Because of some confusion about which 10 organizations were selected, the Lions Club teamed up with our friends at the Optimist Club as one of the 10 nonprofits. Unfortunately, we were not one of the top three winners. Every organization was a winner as they all received a donation from Sky River Casino. The top three were:
1st Place: Paws For A Purpose
2nd Place: Elk Grove Food Bank
3rd Place: Project R.I.D.E.
All together, it was a great month. Coming up in the next month or so are the following:
Lions Education Foundation Soup and Salad fundraiser on the 28th of January, District Meeting on February 4th and the Delta Lions Club Celtic Tea on the 11th of March. Our District Convention is set for April 21-23 here in Sacramento.
We also have a few requests for service from other organizations in our community. We are providing a bar on the 21st of January at the High Tech Center for Elk Grove High School Baseball. We may be assisting the Strauss Festival with their Spring Tea on the 4th of March. We are doing the bar for the Soroptimist at their Martinis and Merriment event on the 25th of March.
Sincerely,
Lion Warren Weaver
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Elk Grove Lions Club
P.O. Box 465
Elk Grove, CA. 95759
General Meeting: 6:00PM – 2nd Monday of the month Location: Albiani Recreation Center
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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:
Bill Heston & Vanita Kumari
Anniversaries
Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club: Dennis Weiss, Anthony Dapelo, Harjeet Kumar, Vanita Kumari & Jason Springer
Cooks List
December 12 – Don Thompson (Christmas Dinner)
January 9 – Jerry Salamy
January 23 – Randy Feist
February 13 – (Student Speaker Meeting)
February 28 – John Zehnder Jr. (Swiss Night)
March 13 – Bob Shipley (St. Patrick’s Day)
Board Minutes
ELK GROVE LIONS CLUB
Board Meeting Agenda
December 5th, 2022
Call to order: 6:05 p.m. President: Warren Weaver Attendance:
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President: Warren Weaver
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Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
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1st VP: Bob Shipley
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LCIF: Andy Anderson
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2nd VP: Taka Blackburn
Tail Twister: Brad Dano
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3rd VP: Anthony Dapelo
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Treasurer: Jason Springer
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Lion Tamer: Dave King
2-Year Director: Brad Dano
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1-Year Director: Greg Neill
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2-Year Director: Dan Pearson
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1-Year Director: Marv Neill
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Membership Director: John Zehnder Jr.
Immediate Past Pres: John Muegge
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Publicity Director & Asst. Secretary: Jack Edwards
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Kitchen Director: Don Thompson
Guest(s):
Secretary Report: (Stag) by Lion Lorene: Minutes for May were approved and have been posted in the Stag. Click Here for the November Stag. All activities will be recorded in the Lions International’s MyLion program.
Motion to approve Board Minutes for November 2022 by Lion TAKA second by Lion BOB S. _ Motion……………
Treasurer Report: by Lion Treasurer Jason Springer:
Admin- $ 13,139.39
Project Categories
Equipment – $4,459.36
FFA – $10,301.65
Scouts – $2,734.43
Project – $43,952.06
Combined Project – $
Total – $61,447.43
Correspondence: See New Business
Adjourn Club Meeting & Open Elk Grove Lions Foundation at 6:07 pm
Old Business / Status Checks / Chairperson’s Report
Bob Shipley – Crab Feed Kitchen Update DJ cancelled will be using Bob’s Sound System, FFA set-up table and chairs
Jack Edwards – Crab Feed Ticket sales Update Sold out!!! 520 tickets
Raffle Prizes everything is in place lots of raffle prizes
Crab Feed Kitchen – Everything is ordered and ready for a great night
EGFBS Turkey Dinner Box
(Parking and Traffic Control) – Brad – the event went well, with working with another event going at the same time as pick up.
EG Parade of Lights – cancelled due to rain and bad weather.
Sky River Wreath – was completed and on display at the casino till Dec 21st for voting
New Business:
January 21st, Bar for EGHS Baseball Dinner – Tend Bar 450ppl at their steak dinner
Christmas Dinner, SANTA? – we will have a Santa at our Christmas Party
Directors call- How many Kids# approx. 20
Present hand out? Santa and Helper will do present handouts
Lions Club Apparel order will be ordered in Dec
Motions on New Business
Motion
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Lead
· January 21st, Bar for EGHS Baseball Dinner
Dave K
Dan
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Andy
Order Lion Club Hats for new Members when they join our Club
This newsletter is produced each month by the Stag Editor, Lion Jack Edwards. He may be reached by email at Jack@ElkGroveLionsFoundation.org or by phone at 916-240-9302:
Elk Grove Lions Club P.O. Box 465 Elk Grove, CA 95759
President: Warren Weaver
1st VP: Bob Shipley
2nd VP: Taka Blackburn
3rd VP: Anthony Dapelo
Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
Treasurer: Jason Springer
Tail Twister: Brad Dano
Lion Tamer: Dave King
1 Year Director – Greg Neill
1 Year Director – Marv Neill
2 Year Director – Brad Dano
2 Year Director – Dan Pearson
Membership: John Zehnder, Jr.
Past Pres: John Muegge Club Administrator: Jack A Edwards
Stag Editor: Jack A Edwards
LCIF Coordinator: Andy Anderson
Make-up Clubs
Delta Lions Club
2nd Thursdays, 7 am
Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course
8301 Freeport Blvd.
Sacramento
Galt Lions Club
2 & 4 Thursdays
6:00 pm Social
6:30 pm Meeting
Grange Hall
5th & D Street, Galt
Pride of Laguna
2 & 4 Wednesdays at 6:30 pm
Albiani Recreation Center
8830 Sharkey Ave
Elk Grove, CA
Club Roster with Phone Numbers & Email Addresses
was Emailed to Each Member
President Warren Weaver
District Governor Tim Luckingill