Fellow Lions, Friends of the Elk Grove Lions Club and our Community.
Another month has come and gone, and we seem to have been as busy as ever.
As usual we had our regular Monday night dinner meetings and our monthly board meeting. We also had a great time on the 2nd Saturday of the month hosting our Community Pancake Breakfast.
On the 2nd of September we worked a special fundraising event at Short Line lake. Thank you Lion Rebecca for your leadership and Lion Jason for the off site prep work on the dinner meal.
We were scheduled to host our first annual Burgers and Brews Dinner on the 9th of September but pushed it off to next spring because of a lack of ticket sale. It was up against 3 other major fundraisers that were scheduled for that day.
We were asked to support the CSD Pajama Party, breakfast for dinner, at the Laguna Town Hall on the 14th of September. It was a special recognition event for their part time staff and was a great success.
On the 21st of September, we worked a pasta dinner for the Elliot Ranch Elementary School. The attendance was a bit low but it was still a great evening supporting our community.
We held a special event at Uplift Elk Grove on the 26th of September where we prepared dinner for their group and for the public invited to their open house. It was a great event and we are proud of all of the Lions that were in attendance that evening.
We were scheduled to assist Christy Cares at her pasta dinner, but it was cancelled because of a lack of ticket sales. She will try again next spring.
What is coming up for October:
We are in the planning stages for the Great Pumpkin Festival where we will be cooking for the employees and volunteers for CSD. It will be a great break from doing the parking at the event.
One of our very special events on our schedule for the month of October will be the “Fight Hunger, Locally and Globally.” We have invited members of every service club in Elk Grove along with employees of the City of Elk Grove and CSD. We plan to fill over 10,000 meal packets and to collect at least 50 cases of canned goods for the Elk Grove Food Bank.
We are also scheduled to host an Elk Grove High Pasta Dinner and the Bradshaw Christian High School Fall Festival.
Finally, coming up in October will be our annual Day of the Dead Carnitas Festival on the 28th.
I’m proud of our club and all that we do for our community. Our schedule is the busiest it has been in years, and that means we are meeting our mission to serve.
Sincerely,
Lion Bob Shipley
By the way, did you get a chance to read this article about our Service Clubs written by our own public affairs officer, Lion Jack Edwards, published by BeLocal in June? In July, the companion article about several of our local non-profit organizations was published. Thanks Jack for getting the word out about the Lions and the other great organizations in our community. You can read it here. Below the picture of the monthly magazine you will find the article about the non-profits and the interview with Jack & Tracey.
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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.
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Membership is by invitation.
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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 Lions:
Charlie Brummer, Harjeet Kumar & John Zehnder Jr.
Anniversaries
Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club: Bill Heston, Jerry Salamy, John Zehnder Jr, Kirk Marchetti & Taka Blackburn.
Cooks List
October 9 – Jack Edwards
October 23 – Marv Neill
Board Minutes
ELK GROVE LIONS CLUB
Board Meeting Minutes
September 18th, 2023
Call to order: 6 p.m. President: Bob Shipley Attendance:
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President: Bob Shipley
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Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
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1st VP: Lion Warren Weaver
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LCIF: Andy Anderson
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2nd VP: Anthony Dapelo
Tail Twister: Brad Dano
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3rd VP: Tim O’Hara
Treasurer: Jason Springer
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Lion Tamer: Dave King
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2-Year Director: Greg Neill
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1-Year Director: Denise O’Hara
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2-Year Director: Marv Neill
1-Year Director: Lynden King
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Membership Director: John Zehnder Jr.
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Immediate Past Pres: Warren Weaver
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Publicity Director & Asst. Secretary: Jack Edwards
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Kitchen Director: Don Thompson
Guest(s):
Christi Drake form Bradshaw Christian FFA
Secretary Report: (Stag) by Lion Lorene: All activities will be recorded in the Lions International’s MyLion program.
Motion to approve Board Minutes for August 2023 by Lion John Z second by Lion Andy ___ Motion……………
Treasurer Report: by Lion Treasurer Jason Springer:
Admin- $14,380.59
Project Categories
FFA – $ 9,865.44
Scouts – $ 2,575.71
Project – $ 27,299.92
Total – $ 39,738.07
Combined Project – $ 54,118.66
Correspondence: from David Mello
Adjourn Club Meeting & Open Elk Grove Lions Foundation at 6:12 pm
Old Business / Status Checks / Chairperson’s Report
Elliot Ranch Pasta Dinner Lion Pres. Bob
CSD Staff Pajama Party – Lion Lorene
CSD GPF – Lion Lorene
Uplift Dinner – Lion Jack 5pm setup and cook Serve 6:30pm
New Business:
Youth Service Compliance – will revisit later need more information
Pass through donation – voted down
Bradshaw Christian FFA Fall Festival – see Motion
Citizen of the year – see motion
Hot Dogs for Veteran’s Parade – See Motion
Equipment for pride of Laguna veterans standdown – see motion
Motions on New Business
Motion
Moved By
Second
Passed
Lead
POL Lion request to borrow 6 tables and 60 chairs, on Oct 26th for veterans standdown
Lion John Z
Lion Jack
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Lion Andy
Citizen of the year $200 Donation
Lion Jack
Lion Dave
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Lion Jack
Pride of Laguna request for us to take donation for them then pass it on to them because they are not a 501C3
Lion Andy
Lion John Z
Not
Passed
Bradshaw Christian FFA Fall Festival
On Oct 20th donate up to $700 for Hamburgers, Hot dogs, buns, chips and water cook and serve
Lion Andy
Lion Jack
X
Lion Jack
Hot dogs to be purchased for Veteran’s Parade up to $500
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
