Well, we have made it through our first month with me as your President. So far, so good. We had a very busy July. Our first meeting of the month was the Past President’s BBQ thanks to Immediate Past President Bob Brewer. Our board meeting was handled by 2nd VP Sharon at The Barn Cafe in Sheldon. Our final dinner meeting of the month was also held at The Barn Cafe in Sheldon. Thanks to all of you for the great turnout.
As is often the case, we again doubled up our community events and served pancakes at the Senior Center Breakfast on the 9th, followed by cooking hamburgers and hotdogs for the CSD Community Campout at Elk Grove Park. The following morning, the crew returned to the park to prepare sausages and pancakes for the approximately 340 campers. It was a great event. Thanks to Lions Bob Brewer, Dave King, Dan Pearson, Bill Hibbard, Vanita Kumari, Harjeet Kumar, Pancho Sanchez, Jim Switzgable and Lorene Fuhs.
Later in the month, we assisted the Strauss Festival by handling the collections for parking. Thanks to the chair of the event, Lion Dave King, we had great crews on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening. If that wasn’t enough to keep us buys over the weekend, Lion Jim Switzgable’s crew was up early on Saturday morning to cook pancakes at the Kohl’s Child Spree in support of our friends at the Optimist Club of Elk Grove. Thanks to all of the Lions who volunteered. We could not be the force within our community without you.
We also have the following plans for August. We will start off on the 3rd with our Chili’s fundraiser. We passed out hundreds of flyers during the Strauss Festival and hope for a great turnout. On the 6th Lion Bob Brewer and crew will handle the Historical Society BBQ. We have our regular meetings and the board meeting. Our first meeting, on the 8th will be at the Senior Center. We will be doing the Senior Center Breakfast on Saturday the 13th. The board meeting on the 15th and the 4th Monday meeting on the 22nd will be at The Barn Cafe in Sheldon. I hope to see all of you at our upcoming activities.
Join Us
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: The Barn Restaurant, Sheldon.
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:
I attended the Tribute to Iris Zimbleman, the creator of the Elk Grove Strauss Festival.
We happily worked this event in July.
For the club members who don’t know a lot of our history, here is a photo of the plaque on the Strauss Island Bridge thanking the Elk Grove Lions Club for building it for the community.
Lions Cooking for Camp Out in Elk Grove Park
Lions Cooking for Camp Out in Elk Grove Park
Lions getting set up for the Child Spree
Lions Lorene, Jim & Al
Lions getting set up for the Child Spree
Sausages on the grill Lion Al flipping pancakes
The serving line. Lions Sharon, Harjeet & Joe
Lions Al & Agustin
Announcements
DUES!!! DUES!!! Dues were due by the end of June. Many of you still have not paid yet. Please make sure to bring your checks to the next meeting or go online to our website and pay your dues there. All you need is a credit card, and you are set to go.
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 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:
Pancho Sanchez, Marina Galvez, Bill Kirkland, Teresa Rodriguez, Bill Hibbard, LuLu Martinez, Brad Dano
Anniversaries
Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club:
BradDano, LuLu Marina, Marina Galvez, Matt Switzgable
Cooks List
August 8 – Senior Center – Brad Dano
August 22- Dinner meeting at The Barn Cafe
September 12 – Senior Center – Sharon Mika
September 26- Dinner meeting at The Barn Cafe
October 10th – Senior Center/Governor’s Visit – Lion Jim Switzgable
Board Minutes
ELK GROVE LIONS CLUB
Elk Grove Lions Club / Foundation Business / Board Meeting
Call to Order
Lion Sharon
Date
7/18/2016
Time
6:30
Lion President Bob Brewer
President
Jack Edwards
X
Secretary
Lorene Fuhs
1st VP
Charlie Brummer
X
Bulletin Ed
Bob Shipley
X
2nd VP
Sharon Mika
X
T Twister
Agustin Plaios
X
3rd VP
Brad Dano
X
Treasurer
Warren Weaver
X
Lion Tamer
Marv Neil
X
M Ship
Dan Pearson
X
1 year Dir
Don Thompson
X
2nd Year Dir
Marv Neill
X
1 year Dir
Jim Switzgable
X
2nd Year Dir
Al Jauregui
X
IP President
Bob Brewer
P R
Poncho Sanchez
Guests / Presentations
N/A
Lions Present:
Correspondence/Mail
Secretary Report
Lion Fuhs
Motion to Approve the Minutes
1st
Lion Jim
2nd
Lion Dan
Treasurers Report
Lion Bill
Admin (Club Act)
$5,436.32
Project Foundation Act
$18,277.76
Sub Accounts
Equipment
$14,097.20
FFA
$71.02
Project
$4,109.54
Motion to Approve the Treasures Report
1st
Lion Dan
2nd
Lion Brad
*New Business/requests
Elk Grove Lions Foundation
1. Request from EG Historical Society to cook dogs & burgers. August 6th. Food/labor & euipment. From Lion Brewer
At the request of the EG Historical Society for $150 donation along with cooking for their event the board
has decided and aprroved we would only cook and serve for event.
2. Do we want to do a Carnitas Feed? Very few days available in September?
Lion Lorene Checked With Lion Pancho and he is avaiable to cook in October.
We could do a Day of the Dead Theme
3. Would we rather do a TriTip Drive Thru? May be easier to do. Is Lion Weaver available to cook?
Lion Tom has offered to have a Spaghetti Dinner at the Barn Café to help raise Money for the club
4. Lions Club Cookbooks
Lion Dan has presented the club with options on having a Lions club Cookbook for Lions to sell at our events.
5. Boy Scout Scholarship – Will Stodden Scholarship
Ian Hamiltion submitted as a candidate for the award of $500 his troop/$500 from Lions Club
Board will re-address this in the fall due to the lack of our funds.
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: Jack Edwards 240-9302
Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
Bulletin: Bob Shipley
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
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
Jey 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
Lions getting set up for the Child Spree
Lion Al flipping pancakes
The serving line. Lions Sharon, Harjeet & Joe
