Fellow Lions, Friends of the Elk Grove Lions Club and our Community.
February also turned out to be a busy month for the Club.
Of course, we had our monthly pancake breakfast on the second Saturday of the month. We invited Post 55, American Legion Elk Grove, to join us. They made arrangements with CSD to have access to a separate room for their social hour and breakfast. It worked great. We even had the Red Hat Ladies show up for breakfast. In all we served over 140 people for breakfast.
As usual, we have plans for our regular monthly meetings and our board meeting.
The District Meeting was on February 4th. Our club was asked to serve breakfast so we set up our pancake grill before daylight so that we were serving by the time the event started at 8:00 am. It was a great District Meeting. One of the highlights of the meeting was having Rise Against Hunger join us. They set up a food filling station and we filled several thousand bags with rice, soy and dehydrated vegetables that can be distributed worldwide to help curb the world hunger problem as well as to provide food for the refugees from the Ukraine as well as people displaced due to hurricanes, cyclones and earthquakes.
We had our annual Student Speaker Contest on the 13th of February. We also planed to have a visit from our District Governor and his Cabinet at our February 27th dinner meeting but it was postponed because the District Governor could not travel because he was snowed in at Colfax.
Next month, we will be visiting the Delta Lions Club Celtic Tea on the 11th of March. We will host the bar for the Martinis and Merriment for the Soroptimist on March 25th. We have our Drive-thru Tri-tip fundraiser on the 29th of March followed by a sit down Shrimp Dinner on April 1st.. Our District Convention is set for April 21-23 here in Sacramento.
All together, February was a great month.
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: Online Zoom Meeting
General Meeting: 6:00PM – 4th Monday of the month (except Nov & Dec) Location: Albiani Recreation Center
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Let’s reach out to our fellow members:
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:
Bill Heston & Vanita Kumari
Anniversaries
Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club: Dennis Weiss, Anthony Dapelo, Harjeet Kumar, Vanita Kumari & Jason Springer
Cooks List
December 12 – Don Thompson (Christmas Dinner)
January 9 – Jerry Salamy
January 23 – Randy Feist
February 13 – (Student Speaker Meeting)
February 28 – John Zehnder Jr. (Swiss Night)
March 13 – Bob Shipley (St. Patrick’s Day)
Board Minutes
ELK GROVE LIONS CLUB
Board Meeting Agenda
January 16th, 2023
Call to order: p.m. President: Warren Weaver Attendance:
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President: Warren Weaver
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Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
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1st VP: Bob Shipley
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LCIF: Andy Anderson
2nd VP: Taka Blackburn
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Tail Twister: Brad Dano
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3rd VP: Anthony Dapelo
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Treasurer: Jason Springer
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Lion Tamer: Dave King
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2-Year Director: Brad Dano
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1-Year Director: Greg Neill
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2-Year Director: Dan Pearson
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1-Year Director: Marv Neill
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Membership Director: John Zehnder Jr.
Immediate Past Pres: John Muegge
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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 December 2022 by Lion Andy second by Lion John Z___ Motion Passed
Treasurer Report: by Lion Treasurer Jason Springer:
Admin- $ 12,550.87
Project Categories
Equipment – $4,373.67
FFA – $10,816.65
Scouts – $2,734.43
Project – $63,307.01
Total – $ 81,232.76
Combined Project – $93,782.63
Correspondence: See New Business
Adjourn Club Meeting & Open Elk Grove Lions Foundation at 6:09 pm
Old Business / Status Checks / Chairperson’s Report
Community Breakfast – 97 attended, American Legion helped with our attendance this month, we had Good Day News crew there to interview us. We have new Breakfast A-Frame signs ordered
Crab Feed Update – We received our refund back from SES Hall of $1500
Uplift Dinner January 31st – Jack E – Sign-up sheet will be available at dinner meeting, we will be serving Pasta, Salad, Rolls
EG Parade of Lights – Update on income – We received our Sutter Health Donation of $5000
Lion Club Apparel order – Order was placed and will delivered at the first dinner meeting in Feb
New Business:
Albiani Center refrigerator – See Motions
PGHS Red Carpet Event Feb 17th – At District 56 (Partnership) – See Motions
Shrimp Feed, April 1st, Albiani Rec Center – See Motions
Fundraiser for McKee 5th-6th graders for their Headland’s trip- Anthony D – See Motions
District Convention Food Fair – April- See Motions
District Registration – Paperwork was given to anyone who wanted to attendW
Woodcrafter event Scottish Rite center – Lion Brad is borrowing hot dog roller, ice chest
Pancake Breakfast for the District Meeting – See Motion
OMNI Sport Club Volleyball Dinner – See Motion
Elk Grove Historical Society Civil War – See Motion
Elk Grove Historical Society Derby Tea Party – See Motion
Motions on New Business
Motion
Moved By
Second
Passed
Lead
Treasure will be getting annual raffle permit and getting our taxes compliant
Andy
Bob S
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Jason
Received $500 donation from Sky River for our Holiday Wreath competition, sending $250 to Optimist Club for their half of donation
Dave K
Andy
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Jason
Albiani Rec Center Moved to purchase a Commercial Freezer and Refrigerator up to $6000
Bob S
Dave K
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Don T
PGHS Red Carpet Dance Event Feb 17th, and we will be sponsoring this yearly
Bob S
Dave
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Shrimp Feed April 1st, Albiani Center
If tickets sales are good we might open another room for event, Shrimp, Pasta, Salad, Rolls, and Bar
Don
Andy
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Bar – Andy
Warren and Lorene
Lions Drive thru Tri Tip Dinner March 29th, Albiani Rec Center Proceeds will go into Project fund
John Z
Dave
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Warren and Lorene
McKee Elementary 5th & 6th graders Pasta Dinner for the Headland’s trip.
Lions will provide, cook and serve Pasta salad and rolls up to the cost of $600.
Sit down dinner at McKee school at 6pm
Dave
Dan
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Anthony and Warren
Pancake Breakfast for District Meeting at Army Depot on Feb 4th, Budget of $300 for Pancake mix, Sausage, syrup
Dave
Jason
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Brad
OMNI Sports Volleyball Club Feb 11th
Help with Bar Service only 350 ppl and Beer and Wine only
John Z
Dan
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Andy
Elk Grove Historical Society Civil War Event at Mahon Ranch need parking control on May 6th and 7th
Brad
Dan
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Jack
Elk Grove Historical Society Derby Tea Party at Heritage Park, Elk Grove Park, May 13th need parking and Bar serve
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: Bob Shipley
2nd VP: Taka Blackburn
3rd VP: Anthony Dapelo
Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
Treasurer: Jason Springer
Tail Twister: Brad Dano
Lion Tamer: Dave King
1 Year Director – Greg Neill
1 Year Director – Marv Neill
2 Year Director – Brad Dano
2 Year Director – Dan Pearson
Membership: John Zehnder, Jr.
Past Pres: John Muegge 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 Warren Weaver
District Governor Tim Luckingill