Fellow Lions, Friends of the Elk Grove Lions Club and our Community.
As usual, we had a great November and are looking forward to a great December.
We had a productive board meeting on the 2nd of December where we discussed our ongoing efforts to put together a standard operating manual that describes the duties of each of the board positions as well as the step-by-step process of managing each function. Our hope is that it will be much easier to bring new members onboard and to have a better mentoring program where new members can step up to run one of our events. This is a task that is much easier with the info in place combined with a mentor to bring you through the process of learning how to manage an event.
Thanks to our great cooks, we had a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner event as usual. We had quite a turnout and are looking forward to a similar turnout for our Christmas Dinner next month.
Don’t you agree that Lorene out did herself with the great decorations. It was a feast fit for a Lion?
Also a special thank you to Lion Brad and his crew who assisted with traffic control for the Food Bank’s turkey dinner box distrubition.
Also in December we are gearing up for the Parade of Lights, our annual Crab Feed and
the move of our Conex to the old Sunset Sky Ranch airport on Grantline Road.
Thank you to our club members who have contributed by showing up to provide the support for all of our community events and fundraising efforts. I am proud to call myself an Elk Grove Lion.
Sincerely,
Lion Warren Weaver
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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: Albiani Recreation Center
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.
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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 Lion:
Bob Shipley and Marv Neill
Anniversaries
Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club: Greg Neill
Cooks List
November 18th – Head Cooks Lion Bob S, Lion Brenda, Lion Sharon, Lion Lorene
December 9th – Lions Brian, Bob Shipley, Brenda, Sharon and Lorene
Board Minutes
ELK GROVE LIONS CLUB
Board Meeting Agenda
November 11th, 2024
Call to order: 6:02 p.m. President: Warren Weaver Attendance:
X
President: Warren Weaver
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Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
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1st VP: Anthony Dapelo
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Treasurer: Jason Springer
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2nd VP: Tim O’Hara
X
LCIF: Andy Anderson
X
3rd VP: Greg Neill
X
Membership Director: John Zehnder Jr.
X
Lion Tamer: Dave King
X
2-Year Director: Denise O’Hara
X
1-Year Director: Dan Pearson
2-Year Director: Lynden King
1-Year Director: TJ Weaver
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Publicity Director & Asst. Secretary: Jack Edwards
X
Immediate Past Pres: Bob Shipley
Guest(s):
Lion Taka Blackburn
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 2024 by Lion Dave K and 2nd by Lion Andy _
Treasurer Report: by Lion Treasurer Jason Springer:
Admin- (Club) $ 17,629.60
Project Categories
FFA – $ 6,919.45
Scouts – $ 2,150.91
Project – $ 44,931.88
Foundation Total – $ 54,002.24
Correspondence:
Adjourn Club Meeting & Open Elk Grove Lions Foundation at 6:08 pm
Old Business / Status Checks / Chairperson’s Report
Community Breakfast – 108 Adults attended
CSD Park dedication Thurs, November 7th – Lion Lorene – went very well will 8 Lions present
Crab Feed Tickets – President Warren has tickets & you can purchase online – Still available need all ticket money and any tickets returned by Dec 6th
Uplift Secret Santa – Lion Lorene – They are giving us 3 families, 1 will need a tree
Crab Feed Dessert Auction, Liquor Wagon – Lion Lorene – bring all bottled Liquor Thanksgiving and X Dinner meetings
Directors #’sThanksgiving Dinner – Need numbers for dinner by Nov 13th
Directors #’s for Christmas due By Dec 2nd
New Business:
EG Wresting Tri Tip Dinner – Wed. January 28th – Lion Tom A – see motion
Red Carpet Dance Friday April 4th – Lion Lorene – See motion
Troop 179 – Lion Bob S – See motion
EG Baseball Dinner BAR ONLY– Saturday January 18th, 2025 see motion
EG Soroptimist Martini and Merriment Cook – Lion Jack – see motion
EG Soroptimist Martini and Merriment Cook – Lion Jack -see motion
Motions on New Business
Motion
Moved By
Second
Passed
Lead
Shop Cook and package for EG
Wrestling Academy
Tri Tip Drive Thru Dinner
Wed, Jan 29th, We will be reimbursed
For our supplies
Lion Andy
Lion Dan
X
Lion Tom
Lion Lorene
Red Carpet Dance on Fri, April 4th,
We will buy and cook hamburgers & Hot Dogs with Chips up to $750 for their event
Lion Lorene
Lion Bob S
X
Lion Sharon
For Cub Scout Troop 179, we will Donate $300, we will revise this if they
Need more
Lion Bob S
Lion Dave
X
Lion Bob S
EG Baseball Booster First Pitch Dinner
Jan 19th
Bar Only, Labor only
Lion Andy
Lion Jack
X
Lion Andy
EG Soroptimist Martini and Merriment Cook Hors d’ oeuvres, March 15th
Lion Jack
Lion John
Didn’t Pass
EG Soroptimist Martini and Merriment March 15th, Bar only
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: Warren Weaver
1st VP: Anthony Dapelo
2nd VP: Tim O’Hara
3rd VP: Greg Neill
Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
Treasurer: Jason Springer
Tail Twister: Brad Dano
Lion Tamer: Dave King
1 Year Director – Dan Pearson
1 Year Director – TJ Weaver
2 Year Director – Denise O’Hara
2 Year Director – Lynden King
Membership: John Zehnder, Jr.
Past Pres: Bob Shipley 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
