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Dec
2
Sat
2023 Illumination Holiday Festival
Dec 2 @ 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Come out and celebrate the Parade of Lights with the Elk Grove Lions Club. We will be co-hosting the Parade of Lights with the City of Elk Grove and Sutter Health as a part of Elk Grove’s Illumination Holiday Festival. The parade participants will line up on Laguna Springs Drive at Lotz Parkway. Parade will start on Laguna Springs Drive and travel north to Civic Center Drive, left on Civic Center Drive to its completion around District56.

We plan to be at the front of the parade carrying the banner that you see at the top of this page.

In fact, you should plan to come out to spend the afternoon at District 56 and then enjoy the parade and the lighting of the tree. The perfect time and location for you and your family to enjoy some of what makes Elk Grove a great place to live.

Celebrate the holiday with families, friends and neighbors at the 3rd annual Illumination Holiday Festival.  This year’s event has been expanded to include a variety of free activities for the entire family!  Shop for special gifs in the Vendor Village, enjoy some holiday delicacies, celebrate traditions from around the globe, strap on some skates and glide on an ice rink, check out the holiday bounce houses, find some amazing photo opportunities, get your game on with our holiday carnival booths, meet the one and only Mr. Clause and cap your night off with a photo in front of the City’s Ribbon Tree at 8230 Civic Center Drive, Elk Grove, CA, 95757.

  • 3:00pm – Illumination Holiday Festival begins
  • 6:00pm – Annual Holiday of Lights Parade around District56, produced by the Elk Grove Lions Club
  • Tree lighting following the Parade
  • 8:00pm – Festivities end
2023 Holiday of Lights Parade
Dec 2 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

December 2 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Come out and celebrate the Parade of Lights with the Elk Grove Lions Club. We will be co-hosting the Parade of Lights with the City of Elk Grove and Sutter Health as a part of Elk Grove’s Illumination Holiday Festival. The parade participants will line up on Laguna Springs Drive at Lotz Parkway. Parade will start on Laguna Springs Drive and travel north to Civic Center Drive, left on Civic Center Drive to the reviewing stand across from District56. From there, we turn left on Big Horn and continue to Denali Circle. We plan to be at the front of the parade carrying the banner that you see at the top of this page.

Do you want to be a participant in the parade? Parade-of-Lights-Entry-Form

Dec
9
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
Dec 9 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

2023 Annual Shrimp & Crab Feed @ SES Hall of Elk Grove
Dec 9 @ 5:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Tickets will be available on the 1st of November

This year we are partnering again with the Elk Grove Optimist Club for our annual Crab & Shrimp Feed at the SES Hall.

Yes, we did move it from the first Saturday in December to the second Saturday in December because it would have conflicted with the Illumination Festival at District 56 on the 2nd of December 2023.

Learn more about what is happening at District 56

Jan
13
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
Jan 13 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

Jan
15
Mon
Board Meeting @ Albiani Recreational Center
Jan 15 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

We host our board meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month except for November and December.

The board meeting for November is generally the first Tuesday because the First Monday is usually the Citizen of the Year dinner. For 2023, that dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for November will be on Monday, November 6th.

The board meeting for December is generally the First Monday but because the Citizen of the Year dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for December will be on Tuesday, December 5th.

Feb
10
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
Feb 10 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

Feb
19
Mon
Board Meeting @ Albiani Recreational Center
Feb 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

We host our board meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month except for November and December.

The board meeting for November is generally the first Tuesday because the First Monday is usually the Citizen of the Year dinner. For 2023, that dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for November will be on Monday, November 6th.

The board meeting for December is generally the First Monday but because the Citizen of the Year dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for December will be on Tuesday, December 5th.

Mar
6
Wed
March 2024 Tri-Tip Fundraiser
Mar 6 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Sold Out

Sold Out

 

 

Mar
9
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
Mar 9 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

Mar
18
Mon
Board Meeting @ Albiani Recreational Center
Mar 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

We host our board meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month except for November and December.

The board meeting for November is generally the first Tuesday because the First Monday is usually the Citizen of the Year dinner. For 2023, that dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for November will be on Monday, November 6th.

The board meeting for December is generally the First Monday but because the Citizen of the Year dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for December will be on Tuesday, December 5th.

Apr
13
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
Apr 13 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

Apr
15
Mon
Board Meeting @ Albiani Recreational Center
Apr 15 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

We host our board meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month except for November and December.

The board meeting for November is generally the first Tuesday because the First Monday is usually the Citizen of the Year dinner. For 2023, that dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for November will be on Monday, November 6th.

The board meeting for December is generally the First Monday but because the Citizen of the Year dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for December will be on Tuesday, December 5th.

May
2
Thu
2024 Big Day of Giving
May 2 all-day

Hi, friends!  The Elk Grove Lions Club is asking for your support.  We are excited to be participating for the fifth time in the Big Day of Giving on May 2nd, 2024!  We hope you will join us in making this a big success for the visually impaired in our community.  As many of you know, the Lions Clubs are the Knights of the Blind, a challenge to the Lions by none other than Helen Keller.

Don’t do banking online, want to write a check instead?  Please make the check payable to Elk Grove Lions Foundation and mail it to the Elk Grove Lions Club, P.O. Box 465, Elk Grove, CA 95759 between April 2, 2024 and May 2, 2024 and we’ll add it to the Big Day of Giving totals on your behalf). If you cannot get it into the mail this week, that’s ok; we will still be able to use it to support your vision impaired neighbors in our community.

Click here to learn more and to make your donation.

Why should you give; what do we do with the funds raised by this fundraiser? “We Serve” we give to our community. Here are some examples:

  • The Elk Grove Lions Club pays for eye glasses and exams for people in need here in Elk Grove. In fact, we budget about $500 per month just for eye glasses and exams. When we run out of money, we can no longer provide this service.
  • We support the Elk Grove Child Spree, a program that provides a shopping spree at Kohl’s with a volunteer chaperone, a haircut, and a pancake breakfast for about 100 children in need each year. We work closely with the Elk Grove School District, the Optimist Club and Soroptimist International of Elk Grove on this program.
  • We provide a pancake breakfast every month for the Elk Grove Senior Center at a cost to the club of about $300 to $400 per month.
  • We support our high school graduates with several annual scholarship award through the Elk Grove Regional Scholarship Foundation.
  • We provide funds to the Burn Institute to support children who have had their lives turned upside down as a result of being burned in a fire.
  • For a small list of some of the things we have done over the past few years, click here.

How do you give? It is a simple process of clicking on this link, then get out your credit card and then click on the big Donate Now button. You will see a set of buttons which show how we plan to use the funds that we collect. Click on the amount you want to donate, or fill in the box for any amount that you want. Answer a few questions and follow the steps to provide your credit card info. I know that we have dozens of wonderful organizations that give so much to make our community a better place to live, and I hope that you remember the Elk Grove Lions Foundation with your giving.

May
11
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
May 11 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

May
20
Mon
Board Meeting @ Albiani Recreational Center
May 20 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

We host our board meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month except for November and December.

The board meeting for November is generally the first Tuesday because the First Monday is usually the Citizen of the Year dinner. For 2023, that dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for November will be on Monday, November 6th.

The board meeting for December is generally the First Monday but because the Citizen of the Year dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for December will be on Tuesday, December 5th.

Jun
8
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
Jun 8 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

Jun
17
Mon
Board Meeting @ Albiani Recreational Center
Jun 17 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

We host our board meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month except for November and December.

The board meeting for November is generally the first Tuesday because the First Monday is usually the Citizen of the Year dinner. For 2023, that dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for November will be on Monday, November 6th.

The board meeting for December is generally the First Monday but because the Citizen of the Year dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for December will be on Tuesday, December 5th.

Jul
13
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
Jul 13 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

Jul
15
Mon
Board Meeting @ Albiani Recreational Center
Jul 15 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

We host our board meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month except for November and December.

The board meeting for November is generally the first Tuesday because the First Monday is usually the Citizen of the Year dinner. For 2023, that dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for November will be on Monday, November 6th.

The board meeting for December is generally the First Monday but because the Citizen of the Year dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for December will be on Tuesday, December 5th.

Dec
2
Sat
2023 Illumination Holiday Festival
Dec 2 @ 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Come out and celebrate the Parade of Lights with the Elk Grove Lions Club. We will be co-hosting the Parade of Lights with the City of Elk Grove and Sutter Health as a part of Elk Grove’s Illumination Holiday Festival. The parade participants will line up on Laguna Springs Drive at Lotz Parkway. Parade will start on Laguna Springs Drive and travel north to Civic Center Drive, left on Civic Center Drive to its completion around District56.

We plan to be at the front of the parade carrying the banner that you see at the top of this page.

In fact, you should plan to come out to spend the afternoon at District 56 and then enjoy the parade and the lighting of the tree. The perfect time and location for you and your family to enjoy some of what makes Elk Grove a great place to live.

Celebrate the holiday with families, friends and neighbors at the 3rd annual Illumination Holiday Festival.  This year’s event has been expanded to include a variety of free activities for the entire family!  Shop for special gifs in the Vendor Village, enjoy some holiday delicacies, celebrate traditions from around the globe, strap on some skates and glide on an ice rink, check out the holiday bounce houses, find some amazing photo opportunities, get your game on with our holiday carnival booths, meet the one and only Mr. Clause and cap your night off with a photo in front of the City’s Ribbon Tree at 8230 Civic Center Drive, Elk Grove, CA, 95757.

  • 3:00pm – Illumination Holiday Festival begins
  • 6:00pm – Annual Holiday of Lights Parade around District56, produced by the Elk Grove Lions Club
  • Tree lighting following the Parade
  • 8:00pm – Festivities end
2023 Holiday of Lights Parade
Dec 2 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

December 2 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Come out and celebrate the Parade of Lights with the Elk Grove Lions Club. We will be co-hosting the Parade of Lights with the City of Elk Grove and Sutter Health as a part of Elk Grove’s Illumination Holiday Festival. The parade participants will line up on Laguna Springs Drive at Lotz Parkway. Parade will start on Laguna Springs Drive and travel north to Civic Center Drive, left on Civic Center Drive to the reviewing stand across from District56. From there, we turn left on Big Horn and continue to Denali Circle. We plan to be at the front of the parade carrying the banner that you see at the top of this page.

Do you want to be a participant in the parade? Parade-of-Lights-Entry-Form

Dec
9
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
Dec 9 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

2023 Annual Shrimp & Crab Feed @ SES Hall of Elk Grove
Dec 9 @ 5:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Tickets will be available on the 1st of November

This year we are partnering again with the Elk Grove Optimist Club for our annual Crab & Shrimp Feed at the SES Hall.

Yes, we did move it from the first Saturday in December to the second Saturday in December because it would have conflicted with the Illumination Festival at District 56 on the 2nd of December 2023.

Learn more about what is happening at District 56

Jan
13
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
Jan 13 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

Jan
15
Mon
Board Meeting @ Albiani Recreational Center
Jan 15 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

We host our board meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month except for November and December.

The board meeting for November is generally the first Tuesday because the First Monday is usually the Citizen of the Year dinner. For 2023, that dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for November will be on Monday, November 6th.

The board meeting for December is generally the First Monday but because the Citizen of the Year dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for December will be on Tuesday, December 5th.

Feb
10
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
Feb 10 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

Feb
19
Mon
Board Meeting @ Albiani Recreational Center
Feb 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

We host our board meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month except for November and December.

The board meeting for November is generally the first Tuesday because the First Monday is usually the Citizen of the Year dinner. For 2023, that dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for November will be on Monday, November 6th.

The board meeting for December is generally the First Monday but because the Citizen of the Year dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for December will be on Tuesday, December 5th.

Mar
6
Wed
March 2024 Tri-Tip Fundraiser
Mar 6 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Sold Out

Sold Out

 

 

Mar
9
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
Mar 9 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

Mar
18
Mon
Board Meeting @ Albiani Recreational Center
Mar 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

We host our board meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month except for November and December.

The board meeting for November is generally the first Tuesday because the First Monday is usually the Citizen of the Year dinner. For 2023, that dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for November will be on Monday, November 6th.

The board meeting for December is generally the First Monday but because the Citizen of the Year dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for December will be on Tuesday, December 5th.

Apr
13
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
Apr 13 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

Apr
15
Mon
Board Meeting @ Albiani Recreational Center
Apr 15 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

We host our board meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month except for November and December.

The board meeting for November is generally the first Tuesday because the First Monday is usually the Citizen of the Year dinner. For 2023, that dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for November will be on Monday, November 6th.

The board meeting for December is generally the First Monday but because the Citizen of the Year dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for December will be on Tuesday, December 5th.

May
2
Thu
2024 Big Day of Giving
May 2 all-day

Hi, friends!  The Elk Grove Lions Club is asking for your support.  We are excited to be participating for the fifth time in the Big Day of Giving on May 2nd, 2024!  We hope you will join us in making this a big success for the visually impaired in our community.  As many of you know, the Lions Clubs are the Knights of the Blind, a challenge to the Lions by none other than Helen Keller.

Don’t do banking online, want to write a check instead?  Please make the check payable to Elk Grove Lions Foundation and mail it to the Elk Grove Lions Club, P.O. Box 465, Elk Grove, CA 95759 between April 2, 2024 and May 2, 2024 and we’ll add it to the Big Day of Giving totals on your behalf). If you cannot get it into the mail this week, that’s ok; we will still be able to use it to support your vision impaired neighbors in our community.

Click here to learn more and to make your donation.

Why should you give; what do we do with the funds raised by this fundraiser? “We Serve” we give to our community. Here are some examples:

  • The Elk Grove Lions Club pays for eye glasses and exams for people in need here in Elk Grove. In fact, we budget about $500 per month just for eye glasses and exams. When we run out of money, we can no longer provide this service.
  • We support the Elk Grove Child Spree, a program that provides a shopping spree at Kohl’s with a volunteer chaperone, a haircut, and a pancake breakfast for about 100 children in need each year. We work closely with the Elk Grove School District, the Optimist Club and Soroptimist International of Elk Grove on this program.
  • We provide a pancake breakfast every month for the Elk Grove Senior Center at a cost to the club of about $300 to $400 per month.
  • We support our high school graduates with several annual scholarship award through the Elk Grove Regional Scholarship Foundation.
  • We provide funds to the Burn Institute to support children who have had their lives turned upside down as a result of being burned in a fire.
  • For a small list of some of the things we have done over the past few years, click here.

How do you give? It is a simple process of clicking on this link, then get out your credit card and then click on the big Donate Now button. You will see a set of buttons which show how we plan to use the funds that we collect. Click on the amount you want to donate, or fill in the box for any amount that you want. Answer a few questions and follow the steps to provide your credit card info. I know that we have dozens of wonderful organizations that give so much to make our community a better place to live, and I hope that you remember the Elk Grove Lions Foundation with your giving.

May
11
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
May 11 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

May
20
Mon
Board Meeting @ Albiani Recreational Center
May 20 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

We host our board meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month except for November and December.

The board meeting for November is generally the first Tuesday because the First Monday is usually the Citizen of the Year dinner. For 2023, that dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for November will be on Monday, November 6th.

The board meeting for December is generally the First Monday but because the Citizen of the Year dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for December will be on Tuesday, December 5th.

Jun
8
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
Jun 8 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

Jun
17
Mon
Board Meeting @ Albiani Recreational Center
Jun 17 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

We host our board meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month except for November and December.

The board meeting for November is generally the first Tuesday because the First Monday is usually the Citizen of the Year dinner. For 2023, that dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for November will be on Monday, November 6th.

The board meeting for December is generally the First Monday but because the Citizen of the Year dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for December will be on Tuesday, December 5th.

Jul
13
Sat
Community Pancake Breakfast
Jul 13 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Pancake Breakfast Flyer

Come join us on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Albiani Recreation Center at 8830 Sharkey Avenue, Elk Grove, between 8:00 am and 10 am for our Community Pancake Breakfast.

Jul
15
Mon
Board Meeting @ Albiani Recreational Center
Jul 15 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

We host our board meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month except for November and December.

The board meeting for November is generally the first Tuesday because the First Monday is usually the Citizen of the Year dinner. For 2023, that dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for November will be on Monday, November 6th.

The board meeting for December is generally the First Monday but because the Citizen of the Year dinner will be on December 4th so our board meeting for December will be on Tuesday, December 5th.