Fellow Lions, Friends of the Elk Grove Lions Club and our Community.
We had a great February and I want to say thank to all of our members who stepped up to help.
We had our meetings on the 2nd and 4th Monday and the board meeting on the 3rd Monday as usual. For the 2nd Monday, we had our Student Speaker Contest. It was a great event with 6 speakers. Participatig students were Kamylle Stanford, Valeria Romo Porras, Meike Pulido, Felix Xu, Phoeniz Casvill and Maddison Machado. Congratulations on the winner, Valeria Romo Porras. She will be competing at the Zone level at the Laguna Town Hall on March 6th. See photos below.
We also had a TriTip drive thru for the EG Wrestling team and the Adreani Elementary Spaghetti Feed.
We also inducted a new member at our 4th Monday meeting. Welcome aboard Ed Mooney. We are looking forward to working with you at the upcoming events.
Coming up in March are the following events. Sign up to help if available.
March 2nd: Senior Center Breakfast Fundraiser
March 2nd: Bar for Seth Smith fundraiser at the SES Hall.
March 6th: Zone Student Speaker Contest at the Laguna Town Hall
March 6th: TriTip Drive Thru Fundraiser for FFA & 4-H
March 16th: Bar for Martinis and Merriment
March 22nd: Oodles of Noodles Bingo Night at Pleasant Grove Elementary
I look forward to working with you at the above events.
Sincerely,
Lion Bob Shipley
We have partnered with Be Local and 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.
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:
Student Speaker Contestants, Valeria Romo Porras, Meike Pulido, Maddison Machado, Kamylle Stanford, Phoeniz Casvill and Felix Xu along with Lion John Zehnder
PDG Andy Anderson inducting new member Ed Mooney along with his sponsor Jack Edwards
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:
Dennis Weiss, Kirk Marchetti & Randy Feist
Anniversaries
Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club: Jack Edwards & Jim Switzgable
Cooks List
March 11 – Corned Beef & Cabbage – Don Thompson
March 25 – Jason Springer
Board Minutes
ELK GROVE LIONS CLUB
Board Meeting Agenda TUESDAY, February 20, 2024
Call to order: 6:04 p.m. President: Bob Shipley Attendance:
X
President: Bob Shipley
X
Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
1st VP: Warren Weaver
LCIF: Andy Anderson
2nd VP: Anthony Dapelo
Tail Twister: Brad Dano
X
3rd VP: Tim O’Hara
X
Treasurer: Jason Springer
Lion Tamer: Dave King
2-Year Director: Greg Neill
X
1-Year Director: Denise O’Hara
X
2-Year Director: Marv Neill
1-Year Director: Lynden King
X
Membership Director: John Zehnder Jr.
Immediate Past Pres: Warren Weaver
Publicity Director & Asst. Secretary: Jack Edwards
Kitchen Director: Brian Crough
Guest(s):
Lion Jim 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 January 2024 by Lion _ John, Z Jr and by Lion Marv _ Motion……………
Treasurer Report: by Lion Treasurer Jason Springer:
Admin- $11,296.04
Project Categories
FFA – $ 10,071.44
Scouts – $ 2,162.71
Project – $ 58,709.74
Total – $ 70,943.89
Combined Project – $ 82,239.93
Correspondence:
Adjourn Club Meeting & Open Elk Grove Lions Foundation at 6:06 pm
Old Business / Status Checks / Chairperson’s Report
Installation for Ed Mooney – Lion John Jr – Monday Meeting
Community Breakfast – Lion Jim was successful
EG Wrestling Tri Tip Dinner –
Super Bowl Pool – Lion John Jr.
Lions Tri Tip Drive Thru Dinner –
Burger and Brews –
Adreani Spaghetti Feed – Pres. Bob
Senior Center – Bubbles and Bites – Sat March 2nd – Lion Jack
Running of the Elk Breakfast – Sun March 24th – Lion Jack
Short Line Event – cancelled this year, they are going to Spain for event
New Business:
EG Historical Society – Victorian Era Courtship Sat, May 11th serve bar only- see Motion
Pleasant Grove Elementary – Pasta Dinner – Cook only Fri., March 22, 2024- see motion
Crab Feed – Date set for Dec 14th, SES Hall being booked
Boy Scout Troop Banking Authorization – see motion
Seth Smith Memorial fundraiser – Bar Only – See motion
Motions on New Business
Motion
Moved By
Second
Passed
Lead
EG Historical Society – Victorian Era
Courtship, Sat, May 11th,
Serve bar only
Lion
John Jr
Lion
Jason
X
Lion Brad
Pleasant Grove Elementary Pasta Dinner
Fri., March 22, 2024
Both Pasta, (Meat Pasta and garlic Pasta)
Shop/cook/
Lion
John Jr
Lion
Jason
X
Pres Bob
Troop 59 needs to move bank act to another bank and set up new acct
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
