Thanks to all of you who have been supporting our activities this fall. We had a busy October and are looking forward to our Thanksgiving Dinner in November.
Here is a quick review of what we did since the last newsletter. We supported the Elk Grove Pumpkin Festival on the 1st & 2nd of October. Lion Dano and his crew handled the parking as part of our agreement with the Elk Grove CSD which provides space for our equipment storage. I had a great time visiting with fellow Lions as well as the people who visited the park for the Pumpkin Festival. At our 2nd Monday of the month meeting at the Senior Center we hosted the District Governor and part of his staff. We had a great time.
We hosted the Senior Center Breakfast on the 8th. The big event of the month was at the Pavilion at Elk Grove Park. We had our Day of The Dead, Carnitas Festival on October 28th. Lions Lorene and Jay put together a great event. Almost a complete sell out. It was a fun time for all of us who worked or attended the event.
In November we have our annual Family Thanksgiving Dinner on the 14th and then our board meeting on the 21st. 1st VP Lion Sharon will be handling the board meeting.
Coming up in December is one of our major fund raising events, the December Crab and Shrimp Feed at the SES Hall. Please keep selling tickets so that we have a successful fundraiser. Lion Sharon still needs raffle prizes so touch bases with her if you have a raffle prize for the Crab Feed.
After the Crab Feed, we have a Senior Center Pancake Breakfast on the 10th, our December Family Christmas Dinner on the 12th. Rather than paying the club for the dinner, we will be collecting a check or cash for the Elk Grove Food Bank. Please plan to bring cash or a check made payable to the Elk Grove Food Bank Services in the amount of $10 or more. We will have a board meeting on the 19th. We also have the traffic control for the Elk Grove Food Bank’s food boxes on the 19th. Check with Lion Jim Switzgable to see if he needs any help on the 10th and Lion Joe Tallerico to see if he needs any help on the 19th.
I hope to see all of you at our upcoming activities.
Join Us
Elk Grove Lions Club
P.O. Box 465
Elk Grove, CA. 95759
Program Meeting: 7:00PM – 2nd Monday of the month (except November & December) Location: Senior Center of Elk Grove 8830 Sharkey Avenue
General Meeting: 7:00PM – 4th Monday of the month (except November & December) Location: Senior Center of Elk Grove 8830 Sharkey Avenue
Board Meetings: 3rd Monday @ 6:30PM
Location: Senior Center of Elk Grove 8830 Sharkey Avenue
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:
Activities & Photos
Check out the following photos:
District Governor Kumar with Lion President Jack Edwards
District Governor Kumar with Past President Bob
District Governor Kumar’s Board Members with PDG Andy
Lion Joe Tallerico receiving award from District Governor Kumar
First Vice District Governor Nick McNicholas
Chicken Drop Winner with Lion Jey at Carnitas Festival
Announcements
Let’s reach out to our fellow members:
Please keep Lion Dave Simpson in your prayers. He had a stroke in June and is recuperating at home.
Please keep Lion Heinz in your prayers. He started radiation treatment in December. Give him a call and lend him your support. He can be reached at (540) 888-3936.
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:
Rick Schriver, Jerry Salamy, Sharon Mika, Jack Edwards, David Simpson
Anniversaries
Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club:
Jack Megna, Warren Weaver
Cooks List
November 14 – Thanksgiving Dinner – Dave King
December 12 – Christmas Dinner – Don Thompson
January 9 – Jey Strong
Board Minutes
ELK GROVE LIONS CLUB
Board Meeting Minutes
October 17, 2016
Call to order: 6:30 pm Lion President: Jack Edwards
Attendance:
X
President: Jack Edwards
X
Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
X
1st VP: Sharon Mika
Bulletin Editor: Bob Shipley
2nd VP: Brad Dano
X
Tail Twister: Agustin Placios
3rd VP: Dan Pearson
X
Treasurer: Warren Weaver
X
Lion Tamer: Jeylon Strong
X
2-Year Director: Marv Neill
X
1-Year Director: Jim Switzgable
X
2-Year Director: Al Jauregui
1-Year Director: Don Thompson
Membership Director: Dan Pearson
X
Imm Past Pres: Bob Brewer
X
Public Relations: Pancho Sanchez
Other Lions Present
Lion Andy Anderson
Lions Bill Hubbard
Lion Taka Blackburn
Guests:
none
Secretary Report (Stag) by Lion Secretary Lorene Fuhs:
Motion to approve Board Minutes by Lion warren second by Lion Bob approved all
Sub Accts:
Equipment: $__19097.22__________
FFA: $____71.02________
Projects: $___2503.21_________
Committee Updates
Eyesight: Lion Dave King – no report
Sunshine: Lion Shelli Pearson – no report
Assets/Equipment: Lion Don Thompson – no report
Membership: Lion Dan Pearson- no report
Visitation: Lion Pancho will be doing a visitation in November
Elk Grove Lions Foundation
Old Business / Status Checks / Chairperson’s Reports
Date Location Chair
Pumpkin Festival Parking
Oct 1-2
Elk Grove Park
Lion Brad no report
Senior Center Breakfast
Oct 8
Senior Center
Lion Don everything went well
Habitat For Humanity
Oct 15
Elk Grove
Lion Jim Switzgable Had a great time rained during the day so everything didn’t get completed.
New Business:
Funding for County Fair we couldn’t come up with a fundraiser for this.
We need another fundraiser
Eagle Scout Report for Troop 59. Two scouts have qualified for the Rank of Eagle. Matthew Morris and Kyle Blackburn. No others will qualify this year. Court of Honor is November 19th at 2:00 for Kyle Blackburn. Lion Jeylon Strong has volunteered to present awards.
The Speech contest in February Lion Rick and Lion John Jr. will chair again. Have they scheduled and ordered supplies? Date set and notifications to schools? February 13th or February 27th? Chairpersons were not at board meeting to report.
The board voted on membership dues in August. It was moved by Lion Bob Brewer and 2nd by Lion Pancho to have letter go out in April 1st for due payments. Due Payments need to be paid by June 30th or members will be dropped from the club on that date. Has research been done to allow this? Still looking into this matter.
Have we dropped members who have not yet paid their dues?
We have dropped Howard Stoll and Donald Veninga.
Have we received an invoice or a request for funds to pay Habitat for Humanity the $1,000 we have pledged? We have not received a invoice for is donation. Lion Jim in going to see if they might be willing to have the lions work off the donation instead of the cash value.
Mayor’s Volunteer Awards due by October 31st.
Donation requests received and not funded due to lack of funds:
1,000 dogs and buns for Veteran’s Day Event. We are looking into getting buns and hot dogs donated.
Delta Tea event we are going to address this in the spring
Will Stodden Scholarship we have the funds now and we are paying the scholarship.
This newsletter is produced each month by the Stag Editor, Lion Bob Shipley. He may be reached by email at dashipleys@frontier.com or by phone at 916-685-2426:
Elk Grove Lions Club P.O. Box 465 Elk Grove, CA 95759
President: Jack Edwards 240-9302
Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
1st VP: Charlie Brummer 949-5519
2nd VP: Sharon Mika 479-4954
3rd VP: Brad Dano
Treasurer: Warren Weaver
Tail Twister: Agustin Placios
Lion Tamer: Jay Strong
1 Year Dir: Jim Switzgable 684-7700
1 Year Dir: Don Thompson 600-9884
2 Year Dir: Marv Neill 685-9878
2 Year Dir: Al Jauregui
Membership: Dan Pearson 217-2753
Past Pres: Bob Brewer 686-7084
Public Relations: Pancho Sanchez 595-9103
Stag Editor: Bob Shipley 685-2426
Make-up Clubs
Delta Lions Club
2nd Thursdays, 7 am
Bartley Cavenaugh Golf Course
8301 Freeport Blvd.
Sacramento
Galt Lions Club
2 & 4 Thursdays
6:00 pm Social
7:00 pm Meeting
Papa’s Pizza
505 C Street, Galt
Pride of Laguna
2 & 4 Wednesdays at 7 pm
The Old Spaghetti Factory
7727 Laguna Blvd.
Elk Grove, CA
Club Roster with Phone Numbers & Email Addresses
was Emailed to Each Member
Name
Spouse
Andy Anderson
Tom Anderson
Ashley
Taka Blackburn
Valerie
Bob Brewer
Cheryl
Charlie Brummer
Brad Dano
Teresa
Chuck Davis
Rebecca
Rigo De La Torre
Marina
Daniel DiBenedetto III
Sunni
Dianne Edwards
Brian
Jack Edwards
Tracey
Randy Feist
Barbara
Lewis Flint Sr
Peggy
Lorene Fuhs
Robert
Fred Handley
Pam
Bill Heston Jr
Linda
Bill Hibbard
Linda
Bob Hillyer
Shirlee
John Jackson
Chris Joyce
Heather
Dave King
Julie
Bill Kirkland Jr
Dusty
Sterling Kloss
Tina
Harjeet Kumar
Vanita
Vanita Kumari
Harjeet
John Lorraine
Debbie
Kirk Marchetti
Robin
Lu Lu Martinez
Tom McDaniel
Jack Megna
Name
Spouse
Sharon Mika
John Muggee
Rebecca
Rebecca Muggee
John
Marv Neill
Annajean
David Ogden
Diann
Shauna Ono
Greg
Jim Parino
Charlette
Dan Pearsen
Shelli
Shelli Pearsen
Dan
Agustin Placios
Teresa Rodriguez
Jerry Salamy
Leann
Pancho Sanchez
Theresa
Bud Schafer Jr
Rosanne – Ro
Rick Schriver
Jessie
Bob Shipley
David Simpson
Ginger
Howard Stoll
Jeanette
Jeylon Strong
Jim Switzgable
Debbie
Matt Switzgable
Joe Tallerico
Lynda
Don Thompson
Sue
Bob Turner
Alice
Don Veninga
Vernon Wheeler
Patricia
Warren Weaver
Patricia
Dennis Weiss
Diane
Isaac White
Amy
John Zehnder
Nancy
John Zehnder Jr
Linda
District Contact Info
International President
Chancellor Robert ‘Bob’ Corlew
“New Mountains to Climb”
District Governor Kumar Kalagara “Sustainable Service” Through Lionism
District Governor Kumar with Lion President Jack Edwards
District Governor Kumar with Past President Bob
District Governor Kumar’s Board Members with PDG Andy
Lion Joe Tallerico receiving award from District Governor Kumar
Chicken Drop Winner with Lion Jey at Carnitas Festival
