As expected, we had another busy month here in Elk Grove. We started out the month cooking a Tri Tip dinner for St. Peters Church. Thanks to Lion Chris, one of our new members. That was quickly followed by the first dinner meeting of the month, then the Spotlight Elk Grove to assist the major fundraiser for scholarships for Elk Grove seniors getting ready to move on to college. The following weekend, we had our regular pancake breakfast to support the Elk Grove Senior Center on the 2nd Saturday of the month. The major difference was the almost the whole crew was new to the job as our regular cooks were on vacation. We still managed to feed about 130 pancake eaters which put about $650 in the bank for the Senior Center. As usual, we provide the food and labor and the Senior Center gets the proceeds as our donation to their operation for the use of their facilities for our meetings and cooking projects.
After a short break of about a week, we were on the job again with our first major fund raising effort for this fiscal year, a Tri Tip Dinner Pick-Up on September 22nd at the Senior Center. We prepared and packaged up about 150 dinners, including the cooked tri tip, 4 baked potatoes, salad, bread and dessert. Great effort by well over a dozen dedicated lions. hope to be cooking several hunderd tri tip roasts as well as 4 times as many baked potatoes. Of course, there will be beans, salad, bread and cookies to round out the meal. Thanks to Lion Taka for taking the lead on this project.
Of course, weren’t done yet. On the 26th we did a spaghetti dinner for Andreani Elementary School, and to close out the month, we made a visitation to the Galt Lions Club on September 25th.
Please join me in continuing the tradition set by our past club presidents in keeping the Elk Grove Lions Club at the top of the list of service clubs in Elk Grove as we get ready for a busy October. We will be assisting with traffic control for the Pumpkin Festival during the first weekend in October, followed by all of our regular activities.
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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.
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Activities & Photos The club was engaged in several fun events over the past month. Check out the following photos:
Soap Box Derby presentation
Soap Box Derby presentation
Lion Shana with the check list to make sure we delivered Tri Tip to the right people
Lions getting ready for pickups for our Tri Tip Fundraiser
Lions getting ready for pickups for our Tri Tip Fundraiser
Lion Lorene wondering what Lion Pancho is doing to the potatoes
Lion Chris supporting the pick up table for our Tri Tip Fundraiser
Announcements
Let’s reach out to our fellow member, Lion Sterling. As many of you know, Lion Sterling has been in a care facility since his stroke. His wife sent a little note along with his dues payment stating that he would love to have some visits from his Lion friends. Call ahead to make sure he is not out on a field trip.
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:
Taka Blackburn, Bob Brewer, Ray Martinez, David Ogden, Tom Anderson, Lewis Flint
Anniversaries
Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club:
Chuck Davis, David Ogden, Fred Handley, Tom Anderson
Cooks List
October 13 – Rick Schriver, October 27 – Joe Tallerico
November 10 – Don Thompson, November 24 – Dave King
Board Minutes
ELK GROVE LIONS
Board Meeting Minutes
September 15, 2014
Call to order Lion President: Francisco Sanchez 7:00 PM
Attendance:
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President: Francisco Sanchez
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Secretary: Jim Switzgable
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1st VP: Robert Brewer
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Bulletin Editor: Jack Edwards
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2nd VP: Ray Martinez
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Tail Twister: Tom Anderson
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3rd VP: Taka Blackburn.
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Treasurer: Fred Handley
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Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika
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2-Year Director: David King
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1-Year Director: Warren Weaver
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2-Year Director: John Muegge
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1-Year Director: William Hibbard
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Membership Director: Dan Pearson
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Immediate Past Pres: John Zehnder Jr.
Other Lions Present:
Andy Anderson Don Thompson
Chris Joyce
Guests:
Kristin Chavez from EGHS drill team
Secretary Report Lion Secretary Jim Switzgable
Motion to approve Board Minutes by Lion Jack Edwards and second by Lion Bob Brewer Passed
Treasurer Report: Lion Treasurer Fred Handley Motion to accept John Zehnder Jr. second Dan Pearson Passed
Visions in Motion-tend bar at Bob Lent Ranch on 10/25-Andy Anderson will get license and arrange bartenders
Warren Weaver
Jack Edwards
Yes
EGHS drill team spaghetti dinner on 11/8 Labor, equipment and $200
John Jr.
Sharon Mika
Yes
City of Hope donation-$300
Fred Handley
Dave King
Yes
EG Citizen of the Year donation-$200
Fred Handley
Jack Edwards
Yes
Motion to form a committee to look into a different location to hold our monthly dinner meetings and report back at the October board meeting. Jack Edwards is chairperson and members are: Taka Blackburn, Bill Hibbard, Sharon Mika, Don Thompson and Warren Weaver.
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
Bulletin: Jack Edwards 240-9302
1st Vice President: Bob Brewer 686-7084
2nd Vice President: Raymond Martinez 709-2101
3rd Vice President: Taka Blackburn 686-6696
Treasurer: Fred Handley 628-9770
Tail Twister: Tom Anderson 947-2439
Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika 479-4954
One Year Director: Warren Weaver 715-9636
One Year Director: Bill Hibbard 956-5860
Two Year Director: John Muggee
Two YearDirector: Dave King
Membership Director: Dan Pearson/Andy Anderson
Imm. Past President: 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
Nickname
Last Name
Spouse
Andy
Anderson
Tom
Anderson
Ashley
Taka
Blackburn
Valerie
Bob
Brewer
Cheryl
Charlie
Brummer
Brad
Dano
Teresa
Gary
Dapelo
Laurie
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
Nickname
Last Name
Spouse
Jack
Megna
Sharon
Mika
John
Muegge
Rebecca
Rebecca
Muegge
John
Marv
Neill
Annajean
David
Ogden
Diann
Shauna
Ono
Greg
Jim
Parino
Charlette
Dan
Pearson
Shelli
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
Linda
Vernon
Vincent
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
E-mail: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
Lions getting ready for pickups for our Tri Tip Fundraiser
