Fellow Lions, Friends of the Elk Grove Lions Club and our Community.
Another very busy month has come and gone. As usual we had our regular Monday night dinner meetings and our monthly board meeting. We also had a great time on the 2nd Saturday of the month hosting our Community Pancake Breakfast with over 100 guests.
We worked the cooking event for CSD at the Great Pumpkin Festival where we cooked for the employees and volunteers for CSD. Lion Lorene did a great job coordinating the event and Lion Jack made some great salsa. It was so good, that for the Monday dinner, Lion Jack prepared a fantastic Nacho Grande dinner bar featuring very tasty beef, nacho cheese and his salsa. It was so good, that he has been asked to do it again for the Carnitas Festival on the 28th of October. Yay Jack!
One of our very special events on our schedule for the month of October was the “Fight Hunger, Locally and Globally.” We have invited members of every service club in Elk Grove along with employees of the City of Elk Grove and CSD. We hoped for 50-60 volunteers but ended up with 71. We filled over 10,236 meal packets and collected over 70 cases of canned goods for the Elk Grove Food Bank.
We also served a good crowd at the Elk Grove High Pasta Dinner, thanks to Lion Warren and his crew. Before the end of the month, we were set to host 250 people at the Bradshaw Christian High School’s First Fall Festival, in support of their FFA program. Soon the numbers jumped to 450, then on the day of the event it was over 800 tickets sold. We provided enough hamburgers and dogs for 500 people and the event planners at the school scrambled to get enough food to feed 800 people. But as luck would have it, they sold another 200 tickets at the door and had to make a shopping run for more food. It was a long event for our cooking crew, but Lion Jack was lucky to have a great crew of Lions plus one potential new member, Ed Mooney who put in the effort to make it look like it was on cruise control. We did not let them see us sweat, except for the crew standing in front of the BBQs.
Finally, the last event of the month was our annual Day of the Dead Carnitas Festival on the 28th. Lion Jack came through with 2 gallons of salsa fresca to go with the great carnitas. Thanks to Lion TJ Weaver and his crew for putting this event together. It is really great to see our new members stepping up to make our club even better.
I’m proud of our club and all that we do for our community. Our schedule is the busiest it has been in years, and that means we are meeting our mission to serve.
Sincerely,
Lion Bob Shipley
I know that you have seen this note before, but our friends in the other service clubs who assisted us at our “Stop Hunger, Locally and Globally,” have been saying that they are very happy about the article in Be Local that highlights our local service clubs and their major fundraising events. So, if you have not done it yet, take a look at this article about our Service Clubs written by our own public affairs officer, Lion Jack Edwards, published by BeLocal in June? In July, his companion article about several of our local non-profit organizations was published. Thanks Jack for getting the word out about the Lions and the other great organizations in our community. You can read it here. Below the picture of the monthly magazine you will find the article about the non-profits and the interview with Jack & Tracey.
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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
Board Meetings: 3rd Monday @ 6:00PM
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
General Meeting: 6:00PM – 4th Monday of the month (except Nov & Dec) Location: Albiani Recreation Center
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.
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Activities & Photos
Check out the following photos & videos:
Induction Ceremony for Karen Pang
Fall Festival Crew at Bradshaw Christian School: Andy Anderson, Anthony Dapelo, Bob Shipley, Brian Crough, Dave King, Ed Mooney, Sharon Mika, Taka Blackburn, and Warren Weaver
Announcements
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:
Charlie Brummer, Harjeet Kumar & John Zehnder Jr.
Anniversaries
Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club: Bill Heston, Jerry Salamy, John Zehnder Jr, Kirk Marchetti & Taka Blackburn.
Cooks List
October 9 – Jack Edwards
October 23 – Marv Neill
Board Minutes
ELK GROVE LIONS CLUB
Board Meeting Minutes
October 16th, 2023
Call to order: 6 p.m. President: Bob Shipley Attendance:
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President: Bob Shipley
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Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
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1st VP: Warren Weaver
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LCIF: Andy Anderson
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2nd VP: Anthony Dapelo
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Tail Twister: Brad Dano
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3rd VP: Tim O’Hara
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Treasurer: Jason Springer
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Lion Tamer: Dave King
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2-Year Director: Greg Neill
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1-Year Director: Denise O’Hara
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2-Year Director: Marv Neill
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1-Year Director: Lynden King
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Membership Director: John Zehnder Jr.
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Immediate Past Pres: Warren Weaver
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Publicity Director & Asst. Secretary: Jack Edwards
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Kitchen Director: Don Thompson
Guest(s):
Brett Bartholomew of Chamber Leadership group to present a proposal for Project R.I.D.E. sensory trail
Secretary Report: (Stag) by Lion Lorene: All activities will be recorded in the Lions International’s MyLion program.
Motion to approve Board Minutes for September 2023 by Lion Andy second by Lion _Dave__ Motion……………
Treasurer Report: by Lion Treasurer Jason Springer:
Admin- $14,380.59
Project Categories
FFA – $ 9865.44
Scouts – $ 71
Project – $ 27,299.92
Total – $ 39,738.07
Combined Project – $ 54,118.66
Correspondence: None
Adjourn Club Meeting & Open Elk Grove Lions Foundation at 6:09 pm
Old Business / Status Checks / Chairperson’s Report
Community Breakfast – Lion Don \went well, November we will serve Biscuits and gravy
Rise Against Hunger – Lion Jack \ wonderful event look forward to others
Carnitas’ Dinner – we still have tickets email will be sent out for volunteer times
CSD Staff Luncheon – Arrive at 9:45am Wackford Center
Crab Feed – tickets will be available Nov 1st
EGHS FFA Pasta Dinner – Arrive at 4:10pm/ Email will be sent to times
New Business:
Youth Service Compliance – will be discussed at later date
Vote on new Member Karen Pang – See Motion
Parade of lights – There is a $50 fee
Carnita’s Ticket for Juan ( Cook) – See Motion
District meeting food Donation – See Motion
Project Ride donation – See Motion
Motions on New Business
Motion
Moved By
Second
Passed
Lead
Karen Pang for new membership
Lion Andy
Lion John Z
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As thank you for Juan Cooking
Carnitas Dinner we will give him a
Dinner Ticket
Lion
Taka
Lion
Warren
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District Meeting donation of $100
For Soda purchase for Feb 4th Meeting
Lion
Jack
Lion
Anthony
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Project Ride $1000 donation for sensory
Trail –will vote at next meeting for club approval for the amount of $1000
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: Bob Shipley
1st VP: Warren Weaver
2nd VP: Anthony Dapelo
3rd VP: Tim O’Hara
Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
Treasurer: Jason Springer
Tail Twister: Brad Dano
Lion Tamer: Dave King
1 Year Director – Denise O’Hara
1 Year Director – Lynden King
2 Year Director – Greg Neill
2 Year Director – Marv Neill
Membership: John Zehnder, Jr.
Past Pres: Warren Weaver 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 Bob Shipley
