Fellow Lions, Friends of the Elk Grove Lions Club and our Community.
For the first time this year, we had a rather quiet month. We had a great time on the 2nd Saturday of the month hosting our Community Pancake Breakfast with over 100 guests. It was great that our friends from Post 55 were able to attend before rushing off to the Veterans Day Parade.
As is usual for November, we had our board meeting on the 1st Monday of the month with our Thanksgiving Dinner on the 2nd Monday. We had a great turn out and a lot of good food to eat.
Our crab feed tickets went on sale the afternoon of the Carnitas Dinner and we are already on the way to a sell out.
Several members attended the ribbon cutting for the Project R.I.D.E. Sensory Trail on the 9th of November and several attended the Chamber of Commerce Mixer at the Elk Grove Food Bank on the 14th. Finally, our crew, led by Lion Brad, handled traffic control for the Turkey Box pickup on the 18th of November at Creekside Church for the Elk Grove Food Bank.
Lion Jack has been doing all of the prep work for our first activity of December, the Holiday of Lights Parade at District 56. Our club is the sponsor of this event, and we are coordinating with the City with the hopes that we don’t get rained out. In addition several of our members, who are past Citizens of the Year, are also planning on attending the Citizen of the Year Dinner on the 4th of December where they will recognize Jon Colton, a member of Elk Grove Rotary. Finally, our crew is working on the upcoming December Crab Feed.
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.
To top it off, we will have a 1/4 page advertisement in Be Local every month in 2024 so that we can push for new members as well as to highlight what we are doing in the community. Go here to see what we already have planned, in the way of public events, for 2024.
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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:
new photos
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:
Jack Edwards, Rebecca Muegge, Jerry Salamy, Sharon Mika & Jason Springer
Anniversaries
Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club: Warren Weaver and Bob Shipley
Cooks List
November 13 – Thanksgiving Dinner
December 11 – Christmas Dinner
Board Minutes
ELK GROVE LIONS CLUB
Board Meeting minutes
November 6, 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
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
2-Year Director: Greg Neill
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1-Year Director: Denise O’Hara
2-Year Director: Marv Neill
1-Year Director: Lynden King
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):
Secretary Report: (Stag) by Lion Lorene: All activities will be recorded in the Lions International’s MyLion program. Motion to approve Board Minutes for October 2023 by Lion DAVE K second by Lion ANDYMotion passed
Treasurer Report: by Lion Treasurer Jason Springer:
Admin- $13,661.86
Project Categories
FFA – $ 9,756.44
Scouts – $ 2,572.71
Project – $ 25,273.87
Total – $ 37,603.02
Combined Project – $ 51,264.88
Correspondence: NONE
Adjourn Club Meeting & Open Elk Grove Lions Foundation at 6:04 pm
Old Business / Status Checks / Chairperson’s Report
Carnitas’ Dinner – went well/ report to come
CSD Staff Luncheon – went well CSD was very thankful
Veteran standdown – 5 hrs 120 vets served
New Business:
Adreani Elementary Spaghetti Feed (Feb 23rd) Fri – see motion
Barbara Comstock Morse Elem.– Staff Appreciation Mon., Jan 8th- Breakfast -See Motion
Barbara Comstock Morse Elem. – Volunteer Tea Thurs., May 23rd – Breakfast – see motion
Crab Feed tickets sales – need to sell
Future Lions Name Tags -John Z – see motion
Crab Feed Raffle Prizes – can drop off at Warren Weavers house
Crab Feed Dessert silent action – get in touch with Lorene if can donate dessert
Wrestling Tri Tip Dinner – see motion
Postpone Feb 17th Dinner – see motion
Motions on New Business
Motion
Moved By
Second
Passed
Lead
Adreani Elemantary Spaghetti feed Feb 23rd will cook and donate supplies for Pasta sauce and pasta
Lion Jack
Lion Andy
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Pres. Bob
Jan 8th Barbara Comstock Elementary Staff appreciation Breakfast 60-80ppl
Breakfast burritos
Will supply labor and shop will be reimbursed for cost
Lion Dave
Lion Anthony
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Lion Lorene
May 23rd Barbara Comstock Elementary
Volunteer tea Breakfast 60-80ppl
Breakfast burritos
Will supply labor and shop will donate funds up to $250.00
Lion Dave
Lion Jack
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Lion Lorene
$300 expense for name plates for Lion members to Mark Willford
Lion Dave
Lion Anthony
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Lion John Jr
Elk Grove Wrestling Tri Tip Drive Thru Dec 13th will help with labor
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
