Fellow Lions, Friends of the Elk Grove Lions Club and our Community.
As a reminder to all, we voted at a prior board meeting to drop our 2nd Monday Meeting and will be having our board meetings on the 3rd Monday and our general meetings on the 4th Monday of each month except for November and December. The board meetings will be held at Lion Warren’s house through June and starting in July we will have our board meetings at the Albiani Recreation Center.
We are continuing our work on building 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. If you have not yet forwarded your info to Lorene, please do so before our board meeting on the 3rd Monday in January.
We had a great Parade of Lights which works out to be a great fundraiser for our club. According to Lion Jack, we could have used a few additional lions to walk the parade.
The following weekend, we had a great turnout for our Annual Crab and Shrimp Feed. Thanks to all who showed up to support the event, especially since it is on the same day as our Community Pancake Breakfast.
And finally, thanks to our great cooks, we had a wonderful Christmas Dinner event as usual.
A special thanks to Santa for stopping by to pass out gifts to our kids.
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
Join Us
Elk Grove Lions Club
P.O. Box 465
Elk Grove, CA. 95759
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.
To become a Lion, you must be of good moral character and good reputation in our community.
Membership is by invitation.
If you’re interested in being invited to join Lions Club of Elk Grove, you may want to consider some of the following facts about Lionism:
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:
Bill Heston
Anniversaries
Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club: Dennis Weiss, Anthony Dapelo, Harjeet Kumar & Jason Springer
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 Minutes
December 2nd, 2024
Call to order: 6:10 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: Anthony Dapelo
Treasurer: Jason Springer
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2nd VP: Tim O’Hara
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LCIF: Andy Anderson
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3rd VP: Greg Neill
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Membership Director: John Zehnder Jr.
Lion Tamer: Dave King
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2-Year Director: Denise O’Hara
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1-Year Director: Dan Pearson
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2-Year Director: Lynden King
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1-Year Director: TJ Weaver
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Publicity Director & Asst. Secretary: Jack Edwards
Immediate Past Pres: Bob Shipley
Guest(s):
Chris Martin – New Membership
Secretary Report: (Stag) by Lion Lorene: All activities will be recorded in the Lions International’s MyLion program.
Motion to approve Board Minutes for November 2024 by Lion_Dan and 2nd by Lion Andy _
Treasurer Report: by Lion Treasurer Jason Springer:
Admin- (Club) $ 17,865.73
Project Categories
FFA – $ 2,919.45
Scouts – $ 2,150.91
Project – $ 44,144.52
Foundation Total – $ 50,214.88
Correspondence:
None
Adjourn Club Meeting & Open Elk Grove Lions Foundation at 6:15 pm
Old Business / Status Checks / Chairperson’s Report
Uplift Secret Santa – Lion Lorene – They are giving us 3 families, 2 will need a tree
Families pick up trees from Boy Scout Lots and Presents will be delivered on Dec 17th at
Up Lift Dinner Meeting
EG Food Bank Turkey Pick Up – Went really well 300 Families pick up
Crab Feed Dessert Auction, Liquor Wagon – Lion Lorene – bring all bottled Liquor – can bring
To Christmas dinner celebration
Directors #’s for Christmas Dinner due By Dec 2nd
Still need # from Directors
Parade of lights – Lion Lyndon – Have maps for the parade route
Lion’s Club Connex container moving Day – Friday, December 20TH 8-9am passed our sign up sheet will contact everyone by email, keep a look out for information
New Business:
Red Carpet Dance Friday April 4th – Lion Lorene – see motion
Lion Club February 15th, Dinner – Lion Lorene – Cancel event
Rent moving truck for Connex Box – Lion Lorene – See motion
Speaker from Foster Youth – Jackie Simon – Pres Weaver- Speaker will come Feb 24th
Funds from Kiwanis Crab Feed – Lion Lorene – See motion
Membership for Chris Martin – See motion
Motions on New Business
Motion
Moved By
Second
Passed
Lead
Motion to add addition $ 100 for preparing Bacon Macaroni and cheese for Red carpet event for 200 ppl
April 4th
Lion
John Z
Lion
Jack
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Lion Lorene
Motion to spend $ 300 to rent moving truck to move contents in Connex box if need due to rain
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
